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The Best Retro Gaming Handhelds and Gifts
The ‘80s was considered a golden era of marketing to kids, and several decades later, those kids who spent their childhoods with Saturday morning cartoons and 8-bit consoles are fully-grown adults with jobs and responsibilities, maybe looking to recapture some of the joy of their youth. Nostalgia is now a big business, and retro gaming…
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Nintendo’s New Pokémon Themed Switch is Inspiring Me to Buy an OLED Upgrade I Don’t Need
The holidays are a challenging time for so many of us, which is why the last three years having so many Pokémon releases has morphed into a welcome comfort for me, rather than seeming like a blatant cash grab. Pokémon Scarlet and Violet will be here on Nov. 18, and Nintendo has launched a matching…
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8BitDo’s Xbox-Style Ultimate Controller Goes Wireless, But Not For the Xbox
With the ability to heavily customise the performance and functionality of its various buttons and sticks, the 8BitDo Pro 2 remains one of our favourite third-party controllers. One of our few complaints is the controller’s symmetrical side-by-side joystick layout, which 8BitDo is finally addressing with a new version of its Xbox Ultimate wired controller that…
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Nintendo Switch Online NES, SNES, Sega, N64 Controllers Now Supported by Steam
Attention all classic controller lovers, your favourite classic Nintendo and Sega controllers, which refer to the Switch specific NES, SNES, Sega Genesis/ Mega Drive, and N64 controllers, are now supported by Steam (and thus your PC). This comes after Steam announced a slew of updates and patch notes yesterday, with the most fun announcement (at least…