Play to unlock. Nintendo has added two new batches of Switch Online icons from the Metroid series – specifically Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion. You’ll need to boot up and play both games in order to unlock the icons. Super Metroid is part of the SNES app on Switch, and Metroid Fusion is part of…
Make sure it’s “Ultra High Speed”. The Switch 2 has been out for almost a month now and during this time some users have been experiencing issues with their Joy-Con 2 and other Switch 2 controllers repeatedly disconnecting when using the system in docked mode. If this has come up on your end, it might…
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Heikki Repo, creative director and co-founder of Cornfox & Brothers and the creator behind Oceanhorn to find out what makes this new dungeon explorer a special one. Old School Gamer Magazine: How was this game born? Heikki Repo: Oceanhorn: Chronos Dungeon was born from the idea to have a…
Brain Computer Interfaces have to be one of my favourite pieces of futuristic tech around today. These are wonderfully named pieces of kit that allow a brain to interface with a computer directly. BCIs work wonders in the medical community giving patients with even very limited mobility like locked-in syndrome the tools to communicate with…
A heads up for readers in the U.S. if you haven’t changed your passwords since last November, you might just want to get on that. One of the most common ways hackers can gain access to your accounts is by data breaches, where a website’s private data including usernames and passwords become public. Once out,…
The Switch title received a free update last month. Alongside Switch 2’s launch last month, Nintendo rolled out multiple free Switch game updates. One of these was for Game Builder Garage – which not only included visual optimisations but also added Joy-Con 2 mouse support. Now, timed in with this update and the game’s fourth…
We’ve been waiting with baited breath for a while now to find out about the future of TikTok in the United States. After condemning the Chinese owners of the app, TikTok was given the mandate to sell up in the US or miss out on the country as an audience. Since this announcement, Trump has…
Everyday I find myself writing about AI in some capacity. Occasionally, I get to write about the very cool things people are using AI tools to achieve but usually this isn’t the case. Instead, I see endless cases where AI has been used to replace artists and creators, and worse yet it’s usually been trained…
Let’s kick off a new month in the best possible way—with a guaranteed win. You can skip straight to today’s Wordle answer if you like, and savour the feeling of seeing a single perfect row turn up. Or if you’d rather see how you get on, our everyday tips and our fresh hint for the…
If you’re sick of being terrified by the athletic prowess of robots like that displayed from the Boston Dynamics machines, please enjoy these Chinese robots having a red hot go at football. The match pitted four teams of three bots against each other in a classic match, and the results are, well, a little sad….