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Nintendo’s fearsome CEO once called Shigeru Miyamoto in to ask if Tetris was any good, who said ‘your secretaries and accountants are all playing at lunchtime and after work, and that’s never happened before’

Henk Rogers’ memoir The Perfect Game—Tetris: From Russia With Love was published this week, the story of one man’s rather incredible journey through the games industry and, in particular, his involvement with Tetris. Outside of the game’s creator, Alexey Pajitnov, Rogers is by far the most important figure in bringing the game as we know…

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Watch: Nintendo Treehouse 3rd April 2025 – Live!

A closer look at some Switch 2 gameplay. We’re still recovering from yesterday’s Switch 2 blowout, but Nintendo isn’t hitting the brakes just yet. The first of two Nintendo Treehouse presentations is set to kick off in the next half an hour, promising to run us through some hands-on gameplay from a selection of the…

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Semiconductors are exempt from Trump’s massive 32% tariff on Taiwan though PC gamers will still feel the heat

The Trump administration announced sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs across the globe, ranging from a 10% baseline tariff on most countries to 30% or more on countries like Thailand (36%), Vietnam (46%), Cambodia (49%!), and Taiwan (32%). That last one might ring alarm bells for anyone wise to the global trade in semiconductors, as you’ll know it’s…

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The Switch 2 Will Emulate Switch Games, Because It Shares No Internal Hardware With Its Predecessor

It also saves the battery life a little. In an interview published during yesterday’s Switch 2-focused Nintendo Direct, the console’s developers answered some questions about how it handles original Switch software, and the responses were interesting. During Ask the Developer Vol. 16: Nintendo Switch 2: Part 4, Takuhiro Dohta and Kouichi Kawamoto were questioned on…

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