In an interview with VGC, Hideki Kamiya, director of the original Resident Evil 2, made a bold statement: the current Resident Evils are too scary. Despite being a Resident Evil director from back in the day, Kamiya said he’s never been able to handle horror. “I don’t like horror, and I don’t like scary things. … Read more
Apple has added a new “iPhone Handoff” feature to iOS 27 that will allow you to switch between two iPhones while using the same phone number on each device. This functionality was briefly mentioned during the WWDC 2026 keynote in June, in a slide that listed hundreds of new features coming to iOS 27 and … Read more
1Password faced immediate backlash from customers this week for a $300,000 pledge in support of a Linux distribution created by David Heinemeier Hansson, who has regularly published openly racist blog posts that include comments calling for the deportation of ethnic minorities in Europe. The popular password manager is now a “distinguished corporate sponsor” of Omacom, … Read more
As teased at the 2026 Pokémon World Championships, the MC Rule Set will run in Pokémon Champions from Tuesday, September 8, 2026 at 7:00 pm PDT until Tuesday, December 1, 2026 at 5:59 pm PST. Pokémon that were eligible for Ranked Battles in previous regulation sets remain eligible and will be joined by powerful new … Read more
5. “Slot cars. Almost all my friends had them. I modified with them to improve the speed and ‘stylishness’ of their cars.” There were indoor slot machine tracks where kids competed against each other and exchanged parts and recommendations. There were stores nearby that sold slot cars and their parts. Many of my friends spent … Read more
Last week I fired up a 26-year-old copy of Pokémon Pinball, one of the best Game Boy games ever made. My save file no longer existed. The Charmander I’d caught for my daughter, the high scores we’d set together… disappeared. Before flash memory, Nintendo cartridges used small clock batteries to store their games, and those … Read more
Nintendo just released a surprise update for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe’s 71 million players, bringing all-new Switch 2 support to the 2017 kart racing game. The new Mario Kart 8 Deluxe update brings some long-awaited features, including “clearer visuals” for the Nintendo Switch 2 screen and high-resolution TVs, as well as faster loading times. But … Read more
If you’re the type of person who installs Windows updates as soon as they arrive on your PC, you’re probably running Windows 11 build KB5120998 right now. Microsoft released it on Thursday, and while it’s an optional update, it’s not locked behind its Windows Insider program. As such, anyone who has manually checked for new … Read more
A massive update has just been released for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe with version 4.0.0. If you’re browsing, you may have expected Mario Kart World to be the game that would receive the update. However, this is for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. There’s a lot here if you’re a Nintendo Switch 2 player. Nintendo offers … Read more
We have news about another Nintendo game that received an update, and this time it’s Super Smash Bros. Ultimate that will be moving to version 13.0.5. We’ll mention up front that this is a small patch. Nintendo is fixing a unique bug involving invalid data from sent/received online battles. If you are interested in reading … Read more