‘Chibi tumba loonuck’ may sound like gibberish, but The Sims have their own language. Can you translate the simlish phrases in our latest Sims series quiz?

Sul sul! If you’ve ever spent extended time with The Sims, don’t pretend like you don’t know what I’m saying—we’ve all been there. It’s never enough to open a game in the series for a quick session. You’ve got to spend hours micromanaging households, building new homes, and coordinating fancy ‘fits. More quizzes! (Image credit:…

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The launch of Commodore’s social media-free privacy-first ‘dumbphone’ was apparently responsible for ‘Our biggest week’

In 2025, Commodore was bought by retro YouTuber Chris “Peri Fractic” Simpson, who re-assembled some key execs and went into the hardware business. The main result so far has been the Commodore 64 Ultimate, the slimline 64C, and a line of merch including, er, a backpack holster? Until last month, that is, when Commodore unveiled…

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Researchers studying ChatGPT conversations surprised to find one power user churning out thousands of Doki Doki Literature Club pregnancy fics

As spotted by Japan’s IT Media News, a paper presented at Purdue University’s MFS Cultural AI Conference called AI Fiction in the Wild performed a fascinating study of half a million anonymous English-language ChatGPT-user conversations using WildChat, and found some real oddities. Well, one in particular. The study’s purpose was to analyze the significant number…

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Nintendo Talks About Connecting Players With Its Past Via Switch Online

“We would like to continue exploring a variety of possibilities”. Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has reiterated in a recent (and now translated) shareholders meeting how the Japanese firm will continue to “create opportunities” for people to experience Nintendo’s past with “initiatives” such as Switch Online. This was tied to a question asking about Nintendo’s views…

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“I Almost Left Sony Over That One” – Meet The Unreleased PlayStation Pad With A PS1 Inside

“Sony licensing couldn’t get their act together about the royalty terms”. Sony almost crammed a PlayStation inside a DualShock controller, it has been revealed. The unreleased hardware was shown off by former Sony and DMA Design staffer Brian ‘Biscuit’ Watson at an event hosted at The Retro Collective museum in the UK (thanks, GamesRadar). Read…

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“Our Biggest Launch” – Commodore Callback Smashes First-Month Sales Of C64 Ultimate In Just Three Days

“The biggest moment in Commodore’s modern history”. Much has been said about Commodore International’s upcoming Callback 8020 “dumbphone”, but, according to the revived company, the device has already become its most successful product. “In just three days, Callback matched the first month’s sales of the Commodore 64 Ultimate,” says Commodore on social media. Read the…

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