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An Angry Birds Cafe Is Opening in New York as the Game Craters
It wasn’t the hardware that made the iPhone a hit, or even iOS, it was the potential unlocked by the introduction of the App Store, and one of the earliest must-have apps for Apple’s smartphone was a game about slingshotting enraged fowl that, almost 14 years later, will be the branding focus of a new…
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Microsoft’s Ugly Holiday Sweater Is a Hideous Ode to Minesweeper, and I Need It
I’m glad I didn’t buy anything on Black Friday this year — not because it means I can finally afford Apple’s mythical microfiber cloth, but because Microsoft just dropped a new ugly holiday sweater and I’m on the brink of spending $US75 ($106) on it.
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Your Brain Deserves to Play Lovetris: a Soothing Version of Tetris That Always Gives You the Exact Piece You Need
A decade ago the world was cursed with a version of Tetris called Hatetris that frustrated players by delivering the worst possible tetromino piece imaginable. Eleven years and a pandemic later, we now have a version called Lovetris that does the exact opposite: dropping the exact piece a player needs to clear a line.