If you spent your childhood with a joystick in one hand and a crumpled dollar bill for the quarter machine in the other, you know the feeling. The arcade wasn’t just a place; it was a sensory overload in the best way possible. The hypnotic blare of chiptune music, the crazy flashing lights, the solid…
If you’ve lived in California, you drove. The uniqueness of your personal transportation said a lot about who you were, since you spent most of your day relegated behind the wheel, and that car was indeed an extension of you. The average person accumulates about 12,000 miles on their car per year. This was another…
Say, you want a revolution? Has it really been 25 years? Yes, my wizened friends, it has. Back in the year of our lord 2000 (or 1999 if you’re from Japan), if you weren’t still calming down from the trauma of Y2K (still can’t believe nothing happened) you may have been getting completely sucked into…
The latest Insider Preview build of Windows 11 includes a rather ominous update. Ominous, that is, for anyone who prefers to install Windows without being hooked up to the internet and signing up for a Microsoft account. According the to accompanying Microsoft blog post (via The Verge), Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.6772 dispenses with…
Vampire Survivors is aptly named—because of all the vampire stuff, sure, but more because it stubbornly refuses to die. With an announcement trailer released this morning, Vampire Survivors developer Poncle began a weeks-long teaser rollout to preview the additions of the upcoming 1.14 update, starting with the long-awaited online co-op mode. The teaser begins with…
The new Skate game has been a bit of a weird one—EA’s first free-to-play foray with the series, one that currently sits at a 66% ‘Mixed’ rating on Steam. No Steam Deck compatibility thanks to Easy Anti-Cheat and a subpar open world seem to be the biggest culprits, according to the 33,000 user reviews. ‘Fun…
Get booking. After announcing its existence last month, Nintendo has today opened ticket reservations for the UK’s first Nintendo Store Pop-Up. The store will appear on the ground floor of the Shepherd’s Bush Westfield London Shopping Centre, and will be sticking around from 22nd October – 16th November. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Are two screens better than one? Dual-screen handhelds which ape the form and function of the Nintendo DS and 3DS aren’t a new thing – AYANEO produced the Windows-based Flip DS and Flip KB at the start of 2024 – but we’ve seen a formidable second wave appear in 2025, with AYN joining AYANEO at…
The games were originally dumped back in July 2024. A fan translator and archivist has successfully translated a bunch of Kingdom Hearts games that were included as part of the Japanese-exclusive Kingdom Hearts Mobile app into English. Last year, as you may already be aware, we shared the exciting news here on Time Extension that…
Hapless American tourist George Stobbart is back again (again), with Revolution Software celebrating the success of its 2024 remaster by remastering Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror. If you missed it the first time around (perhaps because you weren’t born in 1997), then you’re in for a treat. George and French journalist Nico Collard say…