Author: Zach_Wilson
Does Mario feel pain? It’s complicated
The world of Super Mario is a dangerous place. In the games, the plumber falls off cliffs, gets jabbed with spikes, and has everything from wrenches to fireballs hurled at him. But he always gets back up and goes again, which raises an important question: does Nintendo’s hero actually feel…
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There’s a massive weekend sale at Best Buy: OLED TVs, AirPods, cheap laptops and more
Best Buy is celebrating the long holiday weekend with a massive sale of its best-selling tech gadgets. You can save on OLED TVs, laptops, AirPods, headphones, and smart home devices from brands like Apple, LG, Sony, and Samsung. I’ve gone through Best Buy’s sale to bring you the 15 best…
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Shazam on Wear OS now works without your phone
The Shazam app for Wear OS just got a neat update: it can now work independently of your Android phone. The update, which was spotted by 9to5Google, basically removes the need for the wrist app to confer with the app on your phone. You don’t even need the app downloaded…
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14 Best Coffee Subscriptions to Keep You Wired (2024): Blends, Single-Origin, Small Batch, Decaf, Chains
These services deliver freshly roasted, delicious coffee picks right to your door—each with its own twist. Source
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How Nintendo made Super Mario Bros. Wonder so weird
Super Mario Bros. Wonder is a game filled with oddball ideas. Thanks to magical flowers that, once collected, introduce some unexpected new element, players experience everything from a bunch of Piranha Plants simultaneously bursting into song to Mario turning into a sentient pile of goo. It has so many ideas,…
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I lived with Samsung’s S95D QD-OLED TV for a week, and it’s a game changer
Despite still being in its relative infancy by AV technology standards, Samsung’s Quantum Dot OLED panels are seriously shaking up an already complicated TV world. The arrival of the first couple of generations of this pure RGB approach to self-emissive OLED screen technology has already forced its LCD and traditional…
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