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Comparison: Is Astro’s A50 gaming headset worth $200 more than Logitech’s G433?

Dec07
by on December 7, 2018 at 3:29 am
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming, Plugged


Perhaps the best part about Logitech, these days, is the number of products on offer at differing price points. After the company purchased Astro Gaming last summer, it added a high-end line of stellar gaming cans, rivaling anyone in the industry, including Razer, Turtle Beach, and others. And to show off its newfound range in headset availability, the company sent us two to play with: the corded Logitech G433, and Astro’s A50 Wireless. There’s a lot to love, but we’re going to pit the two against one another in a death match of sorts instead. Not to spoil the ending,…

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Valve’s CS:GO is the latest to shove in a battle royale mode

Dec07
by on December 7, 2018 at 12:07 am
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


Valve today revealed it’d be adding a battle royale mode to its FPS Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. I presume it was feeling left out. The new mode will be automatically added to the files of all existing CS:GO players, and is called “Danger Zone.” You’re welcome for getting the Kenny Loggins song stuck in your head. Danger Zone sounds like what you’d expect from any battle royale mode. According to Valve, Danger Zone is, “a fast-paced battle royale game mode built on CS:GO‘s tactical gameplay where players use their wits, skill, and resources to fight to the finish.” Players must compete…

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Reddit’s data hoarders are frantically trying to save Tumblr’s NSFW content

Dec06
by on December 6, 2018 at 11:50 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Social Media


After Tumblr announced, on Monday, that it was invoking the nuclear option to expel NSFW content on the platform, the internet reacted with predictable rage. At TNW, we speculated about whether the move would kill the platform. Yesterday, I scribbled a piece on those stung by the change. To my surprise, that’s primarily women and other marginalized groups who sought solace in Tumblr‘s pseudonymous communities. Reddit veered in a different direction, as it so often does — for better, or worse. By Wednesday afternoon, just two days after the announcement, a group was already hard at work attempting to archive the…

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Reddit’s data hoarders are frantically trying to save Tumblr’s NSFW content

Dec06
by on December 6, 2018 at 11:50 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Social Media


After Tumblr announced, on Monday, that it was invoking the nuclear option to expel NSFW content on the platform, the internet reacted with predictable rage. At TNW, we speculated about whether the move would kill the platform. Yesterday, I scribbled a piece on those stung by the change. To my surprise, that’s primarily women and other marginalized groups who sought solace in Tumblr‘s pseudonymous communities. Reddit veered in a different direction, as it so often does — for better, or worse. By Wednesday afternoon, just two days after the announcement, a group was already hard at work attempting to archive the…

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Or just read more coverage about: Reddit,Tumblr

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