Tag: Consoles & PC
Pokémon Champions isn’t perfect, but that hasn’t stopped me playing it non-stop for days
Pokémon Champions has had a mixed debut, but the haters are wrong — this title is precisely what I dreamed it would be: the perfect jumping-in point to Video Game Championships (VGC), the series’ competitive format. Champions is a free-to-play title for the Nintendo Switch and Switch 2— with a…
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Playing The Last of Us with friends made my favorite PlayStation game feel brand new again
Disclaimer This article contains story spoilers for The Last of Us Part 1. The Last of Us is an institution of modern media – Naughty Dog’s post-apocalyptic zombie shooter escaped the confines of its PS3 game case almost immediately after its initial release in 2013, and has since spanned live…
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I tested Turtle Beach’s Mario-themed controller and headset for Nintendo Switch 2 — and they surprised me for 5 key reasons
It’s been a pretty big year for Nintendo’s Italian plumber so far. We’re in the midst of his 40th birthday celebrations, we recently had Mar10 Day, we just got Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup In Bellabel Park, and right now, the Super Mario Galaxy…
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The extremely handy and super-cheap air duster I use to clean out my gaming PC is back on sale again
There was a surprising amount of interest when I first wrote about the Wolfbox MF50 Electric Air Duster. And now the handy and super-cheap gadget is back on sale at Amazon, so I thought I’d give it another shoutout in case you missed the initial offer. I’d been buying compressed…
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I tried the Nintendo Switch 2’s new handheld boost feature, and I couldn’t believe how good these smash-hit Switch games looked
Recently, Nintendo dropped a firmware update for the Nintendo Switch 2. In System Update 22.0.0, players were treated to a range of small improvements to features like GameChat and Airplane Mode. However, Nintendo also sneakily added a brand new option called Handheld Mode Boost. While playing your Nintendo Switch 2…
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These are my top 5 Pokémon games on Nintendo Switch 2 — including a controversial entry, and one that you may have forgotten
I’ve played a lot of Pokémon over the years, including just about every mainline game, and a fair few spin-offs too. I didn’t actually start playing until Pokémon Black and White released, and I’d just hit age 10 (good times), but I swiftly made it my mission to go back…
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