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‘The Strangers’ Endures Because of Its Grim Simplicity—and Its Mile-Long Mean Streak

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-10-20 03:45:09

The Strangers – Chapter 2 is hitting theaters soon, continuing the story from the 2024 reboot. The trailer hints at a hospital stalking tale in the vein of 1982’s Halloween II. But it’s hard to imagine any Strangers take ever topping the 2008 original, a brutal slice of home-invasion agony that suggests even the most ruthless evil can be as simple as it is random. Written and directed by Bryan Bertino, The Strangers is the kind of very-low-budget, high-yield horror flick that studio heads dream

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Here’s your first look at the Google Play Games profiles revamp (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-20 07:09:53

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Play Games profiles are being revamped with new social and customization features. Profiles will now be directly accessible in the Play Store, alongside games and stats. We managed to enable the new profile features to give you an early look. Google Play Games profiles are in for a major overhaul, with a new design that makes them more social and customizable than ever. The refreshed layout introduces a follower system, a more public-facing pr

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This ultra-rare ’90s LaserDisc game console can finally be emulated on a PC

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-20 06:57:19

Here in the year 2025, it's not every day that a classic gaming console from the 20th century becomes playable via emulation for the first time. But that's just what happened last week with the release of Ares v146 and its first-of-its-kind support for Mega LD titles designed for the Pioneer LaserActive. Even retro console superfans would be forgiven for not knowing about the LaserActive, a pricey LaserDisc player released in 1994 alongside swappable hardware modules that could add support for

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Over 30 years later, a rare LaserDisc game console gets its first PC emulator

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-20 11:57:19

Here in the year 2025, it's not every day that a classic gaming console from the 20th century becomes playable via emulation for the first time. But that's just what happened last week with the release of Ares v146 and its first-of-its-kind support for Mega LD titles designed for the Pioneer LaserActive. Even retro console superfans would be forgiven for not knowing about the LaserActive, a pricey LaserDisc player released in 1994 alongside swappable hardware modules that could add support for

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Google’s Play Games update will show people what you’re playing

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-20 19:45:49

Google is readying an update for its Play Games app that will introduce stats and milestones to your all-new profile. From September 23 (October 1 in the EU and UK), other players will be able to see which games you’ve played and for how long, as well as any achievements you’ve unlocked. Google says there will also be new "social features," but it’s not yet clear what they’ll be. It sounds a lot like Google’s take on Steam profiles (similar features are also available on PlayStation and Xbox) a

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Hollow Knight: Silksong Is Coming to Xbox Game Pass to Eat Up Your Entire September

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-20 19:18:31

I promise, this is real. On Sept. 4, Team Cherry is releasing Hollow Knight: Silksong, the sequel to the award-winning indie darling Hollow Knight. After years of waiting and speculation, Xbox Game Pass subscribers can play the highly anticipated sequel on day one at no additional cost. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, a CNET Editors' Choice award pick, offers hundreds of games you can play on your Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, Amazon Fire TV, smart TV and PC or mobile device for $20 a month.

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Why are online puzzle games having a moment?

theverge.com Allison Johnson 2025-10-20 23:30:00

is a senior reviewer with over a decade of experience writing about consumer tech. She has a special interest in mobile photography and telecom. Previously, she worked at DPReview. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Hooked on LinkedIn’s Queens? Gotta extend your Wordle streak in the New York Times games app before you start your day? You’re in good company on today’s Vergecast episode. Allison Johnson is joined by Simon Anthony and Mark Good

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Sony Is Spoiling PlayStation Plus Subscribers With These Free September Games

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-21 20:00:03

All PlayStation Plus members can now play games like Psychonauts 2, the 2021 Game Awards nominee for Game of the Year. The original Psychonauts was highly praised for its comedic storytelling and unique characters when released in 2005, and the sequel received acclaim for its creativity, art style and humor. PlayStation Plus is similar to Xbox Game Pass, offering subscribers a large, constantly expanding library of games. Subscribers can choose from the Essential, Extra and Premium tiers, each

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A Unique, High-Tech (Family) Computer

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-23 03:13:04

There’s a concept that many people have tried, with varying effects: the “educational computer”, a device that a parent can buy for their children to learn the basics of the computer, which everyone will need to know in the future, and can also play games, so the children will actually want to use it. These have ranged from plasticky VTech toys with little more than an electronic organizer, to the Wonder Computer of the 1980’s, the Commodore VIC-20, which was a full computer. This is a prime mar

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5 of the best new Android apps you need to try this September

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-23 19:39:49

Andy Walker / Android Authority Keeping up with the latest and greatest apps and games can be difficult, but I’m here to help. Each month, I draft a detailed list of the best new Android apps and games, and the September 2025 edition is here. Find the best new Android apps and games you should try in September 2025 below. Quasar Escape to the one place that hasn’t been corrupted by terrestrial news… spaaaaace!! Price: Free Free Developer: Shashank Prasanna Andy Walker / Android Authority T

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I tried gaming on the Pixel 10’s new GPU and… it’s fine

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-23 15:00:52

While there’s plenty to unpack with the Pixel 10 series and its new Tensor G5 processor, one of the biggest hardware changes this year is the adoption of a brand new GPU architecture. Google has switched from its long-running use of ARM’s Mali to Imagination Technologies’ PowerVR series. Specifically, the PowerVR DXT-48-1536, but without the ray-tracing capabilities that the series can support. Early scepticism suggested that the move might not be much of an upgrade and potentially even a down

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Why did books start being divided into chapters? A new history

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-23 19:26:35

Perhaps it is the inevitable fate of any convention, but literary history does not, it turns out, have many examples of people appreciating great chaptering. In The History of English Prose Rhythm (1912) – one of the sources for James Joyce’s virtuosic-or-unreadable parodies of the evolution of English prose in Ulysses – George Saintsbury remarks on Thomas Malory’s decision to insert a chapter break at a decisive moment in his fifteenth-century Morte d’Arthur. At the end of chapter ten of the Mo

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The New York Times Mini Crossword Is No Longer Free to All: Here's One Way to Play

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-23 23:54:29

The New York Times Mini Crossword is a fun and simple younger sibling to the newspaper's legendary regular daily crossword. The Mini Crossword (we publish the answers daily) usually has only about six across-clues and six down-clues, and you can finish it in less than a minute if all goes well. It makes me feel smart, unlike the big crossword, which sometimes makes me throw things. But this Wednesday, some Mini Crossword players were met with a paywall. Going forward, anyone who doesn't pay fo

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The Console Wars Are Officially Ending

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-27 02:52:26

On Aug. 26, gamers booted up their consoles and killed a whole lot of bugs. While that may not sound newsworthy on the surface, Sony and Microsoft were actually making history. That's because PlayStation gamers were getting their first taste of Marcus Fenix's classic Locust-blasting adventure in Gears of War: Reloaded, a remaster of a gritty third-person shooter classic -- and a former Xbox exclusive game. And at the very same time, Xbox players were pumping lead into man-sized democracy-hatin

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MSI’s Katana gaming laptop is $400 off and includes Battlefield 6

theverge.com Cameron Faulkner 2025-10-27 15:00:28

is an editor covering deals and gaming hardware that he thinks you’ll like. He joined in 2018, and after a stint at Polygon, he rejoined The Verge in May 2025. If you’re considering a gaming laptop, but you understandably don’t want to spend anywhere near $2,000, MSI’s Katana gaming laptop with the midrange RTX 5070 GPU is $1,099 (was $1,499.99) at Walmart. This machine has a lot to offer aside from a solid graphics chip for gaming. It includes a 15.6-inch QHD screen with a 165Hz refresh rate,

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This Android-powered Nintendo DS has fully replaced my OG hardware

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-28 11:00:56

MagicX Zero 40 The MagicX Zero 40 turns an aging Android operating system into the best Nintendo DS emulation handheld on the market. It's not great for anything else, but it beats the original hardware in significant ways, despite only having one screen. The Nintendo DS was an absolutely groundbreaking handheld, and I have fond memories of sneaking a few turns of Advance Wars: Dual Strike under my desk in high school. Only a few companies have tried to recapture the two-screen magic, and aside

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PlayStation Plus Subscribers Are Eating With These Free September Games

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-28 18:07:38

On Sept. 2, all PlayStation Plus members can play games like Psychonauts 2, the 2021 Game Awards nominee for Game of the Year. The original Psychonauts was highly praised for its comedic storytelling and unique characters when released in 2005, and the sequel received acclaim for its creativity, art style and humor. PlayStation Plus is similar to Xbox Game Pass, offering subscribers a large, constantly expanding library of games. Subscribers can choose from the Essential, Extra and Premium tier

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Microsoft’s Latest Move Could Upend How You Play With the Best Deal in Gaming

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2025-10-29 07:15:58

Xbox Game Pass is marching toward a cliff’s edge. Microsoft’s gaming subscription service has limped along eight years after launch, while the Xbox brand and its lack of new hardware has been castigated by both players and ex-execs alike. The entire format for the subscription—where those paying the most for access to cloud gaming—is going to change. You may end up spending more or less, depending on whether you want all the best features. Those participating in the Xbox Insiders beta program a

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Xbox Cloud Gaming is now playable in the cheaper Game Pass tiers

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-29 11:30:33

It's now a little cheaper to try Xbox Cloud Gaming. Previously restricted to the Game Pass Ultimate tier, it's now open to Core and Standard subscribers. Xbox Cloud Gaming is still in beta, so you'll need to sign up (for free) as an Xbox Insider. Game Pass Core and Standard subscribers can stream cloud-playable games from two categories. This includes games supported in their subscription or select cloud-enabled games they own. The biggest perk of Cloud Gaming is it's supported on a whole mess

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Skate Hands-On Preview: I Think It Might Be the Perfect Free-to-Play Game

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-29 14:30:03

It's been nearly a decade and a half since the last Skate game was released, but veterans won't have to wait much longer to tear up the streets once again. The next entry in the arcade-y skateboarding series launches into early access on Sept. 16. The franchise reboot (just named "Skate") was developed by Full Circle, a studio composed of much of the same talent that worked on the original games. After a long drought, skateboarding game fans have dined well on the compilation remakes of Tony H

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The revived Acclaim will reveal its 2026 lineup in a September 10 showcase

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-29 19:32:06

Acclaim Entertainment, a big name in licensed games in the '90s, is "returning." (Although, much like the new Atari, this is technically a different company that bought the old trademark.) The new Acclaim will focus on publishing indie games and reviving classic franchises. We don't know much beyond that, but we'll learn more on September 10 in the Play Acclaim Showcase. The company's March announcement of its revival hinted at the resurrection of old franchises. But it's unclear which of its c

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Video Games Weekly: Climbing games are so hot right now

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-30 15:07:48

Welcome to Video Games Weekly on Engadget. Expect a new story every Monday or Tuesday, broken into two parts. The first is a space for short essays and ramblings about video game trends and related topics from me, Jess Conditt, a reporter who's covered the industry for more than 13 years. The second contains the video game stories from the past week that you need to know about, including some headlines from outside of Engadget. Please enjoy — and I'll see you next week. The climbing genre is n

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YouTube TV Subscribers Could Lose NFL and College Football Without a Deal by Tomorrow Night

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-31 17:55:00

As an Ohio native and a Buckeye fan since birth, I am filled with nerves and excitement at the start of every college football season. And I'm feeling all the feelings even more so this year with the defending champion Ohio State Buckeyes opening the season against the preseason No. 1 Texas Longhorns and with a quarterback making his first college start. I'll know a lot more about this year's team after Saturday's game -- if I'm able to watch it. Adding to my anxious feelings this week is the o

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news.ycombinator.com Random Daily Urls 2025-11-01 06:02:01

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Shinobi: Art of Vengeance Is a Sleek, Brutal Return to 2D Ninja Action

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-04 00:00:00

The game industry has seemingly made 2025 the "year of the ninja" with the release of Assassin's Creed: Shadows and Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound earlier in the year, as well as the upcoming Ghost of Yotei and Ninja Gaiden 4. Amid all these high-profile ninja releases, Sega's iconic Shinobi franchise returns with what could be its best game in the series. Dormant for more than a decade, Shinobi: Art of Vengeance ($30) does everything right when it comes to reviving the beloved franchise. It has a stu

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Shinobi: Art of Vengeance Review: A Sleek, Brutal Return to 2D Ninja Action

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-04 06:00:00

The game industry has seemingly made 2025 the "year of the ninja" with the release of Assassin's Creed: Shadows and Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound earlier in the year, as well as the upcoming Ghost of Yotei and Ninja Gaiden 4. Amid all these high-profile ninja releases, Sega's iconic Shinobi franchise returns with what could be its best game in the series. Dormant for more than a decade, Shinobi: Art of Vengeance ($30) does everything right when it comes to reviving the beloved franchise. It has a stu

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Women aren't just 'cosy gamers' - I play horror games and 600,000 watch

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-11-04 09:05:06

Women aren't just 'cosy gamers' - I play horror games and 600,000 watch 9 hours ago Share Save Alex Taylor • @Tayloredword BBC News Reporting from London Share Save Alyce Rocha Video game streamer Alyska is part of a burgeoning wave of women claiming a space in gaming Alyce Rocha makes her living working from home - but she doesn't have a normal nine to five. Forget endless Teams meetings, she's spent recent weeks living the (virtual) life of an ambitious Mafia upstart in 1900s Sicily. Such i

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Making games in Go: 3 months without LLMs vs. 3 days with LLMs

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-04 05:01:24

Introduction After 15 years as a software engineer, I realized I had never actually built and published a game. Since I grew up in 🇦🇷 Argentina playing card games with my friends, I figured I’d choose one of those. I asked myself: Truco: 3 Months Without LLMs On June 18th of 2024 I started building Truco in my free time. As a longtime Go backend developer, the backend was obvious. The challenge was the UI and long-term hosting without a paid server. Problem Solution UI Bit the bullet and le

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Making Games in Go: 3 Months Without LLMs vs. 3 Days with LLMs

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-04 11:01:24

Introduction After 15 years as a software engineer, I realized I had never actually built and published a game. Since I grew up in 🇦🇷 Argentina playing card games with my friends, I figured I’d choose one of those. I asked myself: Truco: 3 Months Without LLMs On June 18th of 2024 I started building Truco in my free time. As a longtime Go backend developer, the backend was obvious. The challenge was the UI and long-term hosting without a paid server. Problem Solution UI Bit the bullet and le

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How to Watch NFL Games Without Cable in 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-04 05:00:06

The summer is winding down, which means the return of cooler weather, Spirit Halloween stores and football. We are less than two weeks away from the start of another NFL season. The 2025 NFL season kicks off on Thursday, Sept. 4, in Philadelphia with the Super Bowl champion Eagles opening their title defense against the Dallas Cowboys in primetime on NBC and Peacock. The following night, the Chiefs and Chargers face off in Brazil for a game that will -- in an NFL first -- stream live free on Yo

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‘The Strangers’ Endures Because of Its Grim Simplicity—and Its Mile-Long Mean Streak

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