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Valve’s Steam Deck Teardown Video Warns Against Tearing Down Your Steam Deck
In a teardown video demonstrating how (or rather, how not) to replace Steam Deck parts, Valve said that tampering with the handheld PC’s chassis to get a look inside “might mess things up, like, profoundly.” How profoundly you ask? The gaming giant said the batteries could explode, which might kill you. That’s just one of…
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Survey Says Developers Are Definitely Not Interested in Crypto or NFTs
Every year ahead of the actual Game Developers Conference the show’s organisers run an industry survey, polling creators around the world on what’s happening and what could be happening in the games business. With 2022 promising to be a tumultuous 12 months, this year’s results are perhaps a bit more interesting than other years.
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Xbox Creator Nearly Got Fired After Saying Gaming Is Like Masturbating
Back in 2001, one of the key creators behind the original Xbox console, Seamus Blackley, compared gaming to masturbating. Apparently, this didn’t go over well with Bill Gates and other high-ranking Microsoft execs. According to Blackley, he nearly got fired for the quote.
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NFT Bro’s ‘Metaverse’ Rave Looks Boring, Dead
A large crowd of unmoving clones standing still in a mostly empty world amid tinny-arse beats that’d sound weak coming out of a Game Boy. It almost seems like they’re waiting for something to happen. But nothing does. They remain largely still, shuffling slightly, perhaps rotating a bit as the music drones on. Odd human-like…