This year, I’ve been all about the headphones. This is quite a change from using an inexpensive wired headset from my phone on the laptop for calls, through various ANC Bluetooth headphones (such as this one) and now sort of full circle, with a wired headset that is worlds better than the one I was given at the office. Enter the SCUF H1.
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Now Funding: the Zephyr Gaming Mouse
We’ve focused on reviewing some keyboards (primarily of the mechanical variety) but seem to have given their close compatriot – the mouse – short shrift. Well, one of the flashier ones we’ve seen hit as of late is the Zephyr Gaming Mouse.
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An AI remakes Pac-Man using AI
An AI has recreated Pac-Man without ever actually playing Pac-Man, a feat akin to understanding, say, a mouse simply by watching it scamper through a maze.
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Beyond Humanity is a board game that uses real AI
A new game called Beyond Humanity: Colonies promises to liven up board game night with a little machine learning. Created by a Polish team called Three Headed Monster, the game uses traditional board game mechanics with a few technological smarts.
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The $200 Analogue Pocket is the perfect retro gaming handheld
Analogue has been making clever remakes of old consoles and now they’ve one-upped themselves with the Pocket. The device, which is about as big as the original Game Boy, can play Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance games – the cartridges, not the ROM files – and will be able to play Game Gear, Neo Geo Pocket Color and Atari Lynx with upcoming adapters.
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The Nintendo Switch Lite is a gaming console for adults
The Switch was an impressively fun piece of hardware. Thanks to the removable Joy-Cons and the HDMI-based dock system it picked up where with Wii U left off, offering portable and TV-based gameplay in one small package.
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An oral history of Snake
Few games are as iconic and addictive as Nokia’s Snake. The game, in which a snake eats pellets until it is too big to maneuver, is a classic, a nail-biting bit of fun that turned the early Nokia phones into blockbuster hits.
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Want modern portable gaming? Why not the Nintendo Switch Lite?
In yesterday’s post, I highlighted a portable gaming device that is coming out early next year. If you want something that is hitting a bit sooner (Sept 2019, to be precise), the the Nintendo Switch Lite is in your wheelhouse.
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