“Pac-Man [the character] was designed to represent the core concept of the game, ‘to eat’, in the simplest way possible,” Michiko Kumagai, the licensing manager for the iconic character at the game’s publisher, Bandai Namco, tells the BBC. “Just like the McDonald’s arches, he’s become an internationally recognised symbol. At one glance everyone can understand what Pac-Man means instinctively, [which] is …
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If you prefer gaming on a PC instead of consoles, you should hook it up to a display that can support playing games at higher frame rates for a smoother experience. Most gaming monitors require you to choose between prioritizing resolution or fidelity, but you get both with Alienware’s AW2725Q. The 26.7-inch 4K OLED display has a refresh rate of …
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When it comes to the best handheld gaming consoles for 2025, you’re going to choose between three: the Asus ROG Xbox Ally X, the Lenovo Legion Go 2 and the MSI Claw A8. All three run AMD’s Ryzen Z2 Extreme chipset (Asus getting the AI-injected version), a bucket full of RAM, a giant battery and gaming ergonomics at their core. …
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GOG launched a new website Friday where users can claim 13 games that have been delisted from other online sales portals for free. In a press release, GOG wrote that with the giveaway, it and the game publishers taking part are “taking a stand against the quiet erasure of creative works from digital shelves.” GOG’s giveaway–found at the URL FreedomToBuy.games, …
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Moms might not wear capes, but this Redditor’s mother definitely earned one. Back in the 90s, she stumbled upon something alarming—her 11-year-old son had a stash of knives and a dagger hidden in his room. After some digging, she discovered that a local shop had been selling these weapons to him. Furious, she marched over to confront the store owner. …
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In the last two weeks, thousands of “adult only” and “not safe for work” games have disappeared from Steam and itch.io – two of the most prominent distribution platforms for PC video games – as they scrambled to comply with stricter rules mandated by payment processors such as MasterCard, Visa, and PayPal. These rules were established after a campaign by …
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LEGO Game Boy is still available to preorder for $59.99, which is surprising given how fast most retro LEGO sets usually sell out. It comes with two Game Paks for Super Mario Land and The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, complete with inserts to mimic in-game screenshots. At the same time, Samsung is running a big gaming monitor sale on …
Read More »‘Shinobi: Art of Vengeance’ embraces the ‘pure craft’ of hand-drawn 2D gaming The Washington PostView Full Coverage on Google News Source link
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In 2023, NASA embarked on an intriguing mission to simulate life on Mars, where four volunteers spent over a year confined to a Martian habitat replica. While the scientific focus was on survival and adaptation to extreme conditions, an unexpected tool helped the crew maintain their mental and cognitive health: video games. The CHAPEA mission (Crew Health and Performance Exploration …
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The Chinese GPU industry has been making massive strides in recent days, and now, the Moore Threads S90 gaming GPU has been tested, revealing performance competitive with NVIDIA’s mainstream offerings. Moore Threads MTT S90 Beats Out NVIDIA’s RTX 4060 Across Multiple Tests, Credits to Optimized Drivers When you look at some of the consumer graphics offerings from China, they have …
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