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Captured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked) Here comes a ball – a great big wrecking ball, ready to smash down the headquarters of productivity that might otherwise control your life. Kenny Sun Studios’ Ball x Pit is a mercilessly addictive mix of, well, a lot of stuff. First, take a big dollop of Vampire Survivors and a healthy scoop of Breakout …

If I had a dollar for every Arkanoid-inspired, roguelite, post-apocalyptic fantasy, bullet hell, town-building simulation, arcade/action game, I’d have – well, precisely one dollar. Ball x Pit triumphs by taking familiar, approachable dynamics drawn from across the history of gaming, and layering them into an instantly understandable and immersive whole. It’s one of those surprise successes of a game that …

Patrick House is inspired by Blaise Agüera y Arcas’s “What Is Intelligence?” to think about what might constitute the difference between artificial and natural intelligence. What Is Intelligence? Lessons from AI About Evolution, Computing, and Minds by Blaise Agüera y Arcas. The MIT Press, 2025. 600 pages. THE LYREBIRD is shy. Carl Bergstrom is not. Unfortunately for Bergstrom, a professor …

Comparing ROG Xbox Ally X benchmarks on the Xbox Full-screen Experience (FSE) and the standard Windows 11 desktop. Here’s Doom: The Dark Ages. Kyle Orland Comparing ROG Xbox Ally X benchmarks on the Xbox Full-screen Experience (FSE) and the standard Windows 11 desktop. Here’s Doom: The Dark Ages. Kyle Orland Comparing ROG Xbox Ally X benchmarks on the Xbox Full-screen …

Book Review: ‘1929,’ by Andrew Ross Sorkin  The New York Times The A.I. Boom and the Spectre of 1929  The New Yorker Andrew Ross Sorkin on the parallels between 1929 and today’s stock market frenzy  Business Insider The Big Crash: Are we really heading for another 1929?  The Telegraph Andrew Ross Sorkin on worrying similarities between Wall Street today and 1929’s pre-crash market  CBS News …

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The Denver Broncos survived a signature “play down to your opponent’s level” moment in London this week. This game was both bizarre and frustrating to watch. I want my lost sleep back after having to watch our offense flail around like a fish out of water. What got lost for me until the end of the game was just how …

Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photos: Getty Images, Mia Mercado Getting a reservation at Travis Kelce’s new restaurant, 1587 Prime — where, the website reads, “legacy isn’t just honored, it’s transformed into something entirely new,” which translates to “it’s a steakhouse” — was not easy. It’s located in the Loews hotel in downtown Kansas City and was booked solid before it …

I play around 60% of my action each week in “cash games.” Cash games refer to any contest in which roughly 50% of the field gets paid out, such as head-to-head, double up or 50/50. I try to get as much head-to-head action as I can every week and then supplement that with other cash games. I make one cash …

Beelink GTR9 Pro Rear 1 Every so often, there are products that are better than we expect. This is one of those, and for anyone considering a Framework Desktop to run Windows 11 Pro, this should make you pause for consideration. In our review of the Beelink GTR9 Pro, you will see both why this is an awesome system and …