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Viewer Poll: Do you Buy Games When they first come out? 1. Link Support (Affiliate Links) Become a Member, https://www.youtube.com/@gamerfridge/membership https://www.youtube.com/@JOE-cade https://www.youtube.com/@nerdloungemaster84 2. What’s the Deal? – Gaming Deals Roundup This week’s must-see discounts & bundles: https://tinyurl.com/25j3ygfc – Gears of War: Reloaded – PlayStation 5 https://tinyurl.com/2dh8quct Nintendo Switch – with Gray Joy-Con https://tinyurl.com/23mu6myj – PS5…

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Blizzard filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against one of World of Warcraft’s biggest private servers, but the team behind it is putting on a brave face: ‘Challenges come to us often, and each time we are prepared to face them’

If you’ve played an MMO for very long, you’ve almost certainly heard the siren song of the private server. These fan-operated servers come in all varieties—some keep dead games alive, some provide a window to a past build of an aging game, and some have even gotten the green light to keep going from the…

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Delays to escape the shadow of a launch like Silksong are about way more than just day 1 players: ‘Every game has to fight and use whatever edge they’ve got available to stay visible’

The number of games that have scurried away from Silksong’s surprise September 4 launch date in the past week have given it the air of a mini GTA 6: an event seemingly so all-consuming that no game stands a chance of competing. But what does competing mean, exactly, when the game in question is a…

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The AVGN is back… in 8-bits!! Experience the ULTIMATE NERD RAGE in Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit! The all-new action platformer set in the AVGN universe is coming soon for ALL modern platforms and the ACTUAL NES.   The modern version from Program Ancer, features an 8-bit style with live-action cutscenes, making it feel like you’re playing an…

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AI chatbots can be manipulated into breaking their own rules with simple debate tactics like telling them that an authority figure made the request

Content warning: This article includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, help is available from the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (US), Crisis Services Canada (CA), Samaritans (UK), Lifeline (AUS), and other hotlines. A kind of simulated gullibility has haunted ChatGPT and similar LLM chatbots since their inception, allowing…

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Crusader Kings 3 players have struck out on nearly 5 million seduction attempts, but we still don’t know how many Popes have been kidnapped

If you’re ever in dire need of a laugh, just hit up the Crusader Kings subreddit and read people’s honest discussion of the game. User mak112112, for instance, recently “discovered castration,” and said that they’re having the time of their life “lopping off people’s fun bits.” One of the sub’s most famous posts from a…

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Meta to take ‘extra precautions’ to stop AI chatbots talking to kids about suicide, which makes you wonder what it’s been doing until now

Content warning: This article includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, help is available from the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (US), Crisis Services Canada (CA), Samaritans (UK), Lifeline (AUS), and other hotlines. Facebook parent company Meta has said it will introduce extra safety features to its AI LLMs,…

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Final Fantasy 14 director Yoshi-P daydreams of more crossover events with Evangelion, Gundam, and especially Diablo: ‘I love it so much that I would want to make a Diablo game myself’

Final Fantasy 14 director Naoki Yoshida loves Diablo. He’s talked about Blizzard games several times over the last several years, including when he named Diablo as his dream crossover for FF14 two years ago. If you’re worried he’s forgotten about it, don’t: in an interview with Techradar, Yoshida reiterated that he’d like nothing more than…

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Crucial T710 2 TB NVMe SSD review

Right, let me be clear here. Crucial’s T710 is without a doubt an all-out assault against the majesty that is Sandisk’s WDSN8100. Without question, that drive is the best PCIe 5.0 SSD out there today and has been for a few months now. Certainly as far as performance is concerned. But no crown can remain…

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