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Famitsu’s most wanted games – July 27, 2025

Famitsu’s most wanted games – July 27, 2025

It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart outlining what Japanese gamers are looking forward to based on reader votes. This week, Kirby Air Riders is now in the top five. Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between July 9 and July 15. 1. [NSW] Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake …

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Programmers Aren’t So Humble Anymore—Maybe Because Nobody Codes in Perl

Programmers Aren’t So Humble Anymore—Maybe Because Nobody Codes in Perl

Perl was once everywhere. Or at least it felt that way. Around the turn of the millennium, it seemed that almost every website was built on the back of this scripting language. It processed massive amounts of text—mechanisms for doing this powerfully and easily were part of the language—and it was even used in bioinformatics, munging and churning through genetic …

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Wayland Will Never Be Ready For Every X11 User

Wayland Will Never Be Ready For Every X11 User

After more than forty years, everyone knows that it’s time to retire the X Window System – X11 for short – on account of it being old and decrepit. Or at least that’s what the common narrative is, because if you dig into the chatter surrounding the ongoing transition there are some real issues that people have with the 16-year …

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Pokémon Friends Review (Switch eShop)

Pokémon Friends Review (Switch eShop)

Captured on Nintendo Switch (Docked) It seems like every Pokémon Direct spends more than half its runtime detailing updates for or announcing casual Pokémon spin-offs. From Pokémon Café ReMix to Pokémon Sleep, we’ve gotten so many Pokémon-themed experiences that any new announcements outside of the Generation X games feel as tired as a Snorlax after a large meal. This gives …

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Xclipse 960: Exynos 2600 GPU benchmark scores leak online

Xclipse 960: Exynos 2600 GPU benchmark scores leak online

The Exynos 2600’s GPU has posted impressive benchmark scores online (image source: Google Gemini) Benchmarks of the Exynos 2600’s Xclipse 960 GPU have shown up online. It comes with 8 CUs and outperforms current-gen offerings by a wide margin. While yesterday’s Exynos 2600 Geekbench results were less than ideal, the SoC has reappeared on the platform, this time with remarkably …

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