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Planetary Scientists Recreate Arrakis From Dune, and It Really Is a Hellhole
By modifying a well-known climate model and applying it to the fictional world of Arrakis, a group of scientists has shown that Frank Herbert’s depiction of a desert planet in the book series Dune was surprisingly apt, though with some surprising differences.
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You Can Link These Miniature Street Fighter II Arcade Cabinets for Head-to-Head Multiplayer
Miniature video game cabinets scratch a nostalgic itch for ‘80s kids who miss their favourite childhood arcades, but their compact size often means they’re single-player only. My Arcade’s new Street Fighter II: Champion Edition Micro Player solves that with the option of linking a pair of tiny arcades using a cable so that side-by-side fights…
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The New Mortal Kombat Theme Remix Is So Goddamned Good, You Guys
I don’t care how good this new Mortal Kombat movie is going to be, it is extremely unlikely to be better than this glorious — update? remix? cover? — of the classic Mortal Kombat theme. It’s a banger that slaps, and whatever other cool slang kids are calling very good music nowadays.
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When PC Game Packaging Was a Work of Art
With GameStop’s stock exploding and shrinking on a weekly basis, it’s easy to forget that until recently, it was an open question whether the next-gen of gaming consoles were going to come with an optical drive at all. Physical games managed to avoid the grim reaper, for now, but little care is put into their…