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Atari’s VCS throwback console is getting a joystick upgrade

May23
by on May 23, 2019 at 1:11 am
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


The Atari joystick is one of the most recognizable controllers in gaming history, and now the company is not only bringing it forward into the modern age, it’s making it better with new bells and whistles. You younglings might remember much about the Atari CX40 joystick (The author of this piece was born over a decade after the release of said controller. –Management), but it was extremely ubiquitous in the 80s and was one of the first cross-platform controllers. The introduction of the Atari joystick port predates the computer mouse, just to give you some idea of how old and…

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This Game of Thrones fan remade the ending as an 80s John Hughes film

May22
by on May 22, 2019 at 11:54 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Social Media


Game of Thrones was an epic ride. For eight seasons, HBO treated viewers to some of the best acting and storytelling on television. It all concluded, with a bang, on Sunday. While we all agree that it was a magical journey to get us to season eight in the first place, it’s here where two camps begin to form: some who believe the finale was a solid conclusion, and others who, well, don’t. The latter camp has even gone so far as to collect nearly 1.5 million signatures in hopes that HBO will reshoot the final season. (Don’t hold your…

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Google Search has a new design — see if you can spot the difference

May22
by on May 22, 2019 at 7:46 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider


Google today announced it’s making a visual change to Search on mobile devices. Behold: Can you spot the difference? The “visual refresh,” as Google calls it, is a small one. But it’s also an important one: It makes sure the first thing you see in a search result is where information is coming from, including the site’s favicon/logo. In Google’s own words: With this new design, a website’s branding can be front and center, helping you better understand where the information is coming from and what pages have what you’re looking for.   It’s sometimes easy to forget that Google…

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Review: Alienware’s m17 is a lean mean gaming machine with a nice-sized screen

May22
by on May 22, 2019 at 7:43 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming, Plugged


Alienware‘s m17 is a hard laptop to pigeonhole. For all appearances it’s just a bigger version of the m15, but in practice it’s something entirely different. Sure they look the same, but the smaller one only really competes against other gaming laptops. The m17 feels built to take on all-comers. The size Bigger is usually better, but it’s also … well, bigger. Alienware and other manufacturers have wrestled with the giant end of gaming laptops for years, but only recently have we seen these new slimmed-down designs float towards the top of the power spectrum. And this means the m17…

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