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Japan’s national legal deposit library says Switch 2 Game-Key Cards won’t be eligible as part of its video game preservation process. The National Diet Library (NDL), which was established in 1948, is one of the largest libraries in the world and, similarly to other ‘legal deposit’ libraries like the British Library and the US Library of Congress, requires by law …

Image: Ollie Reynolds / Nintendo Life Japan’s National Diet Library (or ‘NDL’, for short) is one of the biggest libraries in the world and, from the year 2000, began to obtain video game CDs and cartridges for preservation purposes. According to an article from Famitsu (thanks, Automaton), however, the library does not consider the Switch 2’s Game-Key Cards as ‘proper’ …

Pokémon, sports trading cards have leveled up from nostalgia to retail gold  Axios Where you can learn to play the Pokémon card game in Los Angeles  LAist Don’t Miss GameStop’s Most Valuable Rising Pokemon TCG Promos  TheGamer Pokemon and trading cards are a multi-billion dollar industry: How a collector craze became retail gold  The Economic Times How a $0 handshake deal became a $200m …

Alaska Atmos Ascent consumer and Atmos Business cards out with new 80K offers (Asccent now at 85K)  Frequent Miler Alaska Airlines unveils new loyalty plan and credit card. Here are the details  The Seattle Times Introducing Atmos™ Rewards – an enhanced, combined loyalty program by Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines  Alaska Airlines Here’s how Hawaiian and Alaska’s new loyalty program affects your travels  Hawaii …

When it was first announced, the Universes Beyond product line was almost universally despised. Things really didn’t get off to a good start as the initial The Walking Dead Secret Lair was fraught with issues and controversy. For better or worse, since then, Wizards has taken several strides since then and largely turned things around. Nowadays, Universes Beyond MTG products …

$800 for a Credit Card? Why Your Premium Cards Will Cost More.  The New York Times Premium credit card fees are rising. For whom are these cards a good deal?  NPR Travel card benefits are ‘getting harder to maximize,’ analyst says. What to know before you apply  CNBC Are Travel Credit Cards Good for Occasional Travelers?  US News Money Your credit card’s travel perks …

Joe Maring / Android Authority When you receive a call on your Android phone, you see a standard incoming call screen with that person’s name, number, and profile picture. Calling Cards let you spruce this up a bit, allowing you to select a full-screen picture and stylized text to display for each of your contacts. It’s basically Google’s version of …

Dan Ziskie, who made a career out of playing prominent government officials in several hit movies and TV shows, died last month at 80. His family announced his death in an obituary published online, which said that the stage and screen actor died from arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease on July 21. Ziskie was best known for his television roles in Treme …

Dan Ziskie, a prolific TV character actor whose abundant credits stretch from 1980 episodes of The Edge of Night to central roles on HBO’s Treme and Netflix’s House of Cards, died July 21 in New York of arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, his family announced. He was 80. “Dan was a man of remarkable talent and a keen observer of life,” the …

Google has started rolling out customizable calling cards for the beta versions of its Android Contacts and Phone apps. Android Authority found clues that the company was working on the feature back in July when it did an APK teardown. Now, you can give it a try if you decide to install the beta versions of the apps. As the …