8BitDo has a knack for gear I’d broadly describe as ‘neat’. From pleasant aesthetics, to solid ease of use, to the recent addition of tidy charging docks, my desk is currently covered in tech from the company. And that’s for good reason. My 8BitDo Retro R8 isn’t as competitively viable as the Logitech I swapped…
With AI taking the lion’s share of the tech industry’s attention, it can be easy to forget about quantum computing. For a long time we didn’t really know whether quantum or AI would be first to make ripples, but AI’s giant waves quickly put that question to bed. Progress with quantum has been ticking along…
Learning Without Borders Continuous education no longer lives in classrooms alone. It moves through quiet bedrooms glowing with tablets through commutes filled with audiobooks through short coffee breaks punctuated by downloaded PDFs. The idea of learning as a scheduled event has faded. In its place is an ecosystem—always on always growing. E-libraries sit at the…
New homebrews for the Amiga and C64, so what’s next? Well it’s the ZX Spectrum’s turn for a new game to enjoy! As MicroChops has announced the release of their latest game called ‘SPECCY SAGA CODENAME : RKW’. A game that not only features a great soundtrack by Pedro Pimenta (128K) and Rich tufty Hollins (48k),…
Before the days of digital downloads, 4K graphics, and terabyte hard drives, there was a time when video games arrived in cardboard boxes filled with floppy disks. Each disk was a small, flexible square of black plastic, holding just a few hundred kilobytes of data—and yet, within those humble bytes lay entire worlds of imagination….
Last week, we asked you to share beautiful landscapes in Ghost of Yōtei using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: ForgottenJasmin shares a forest of red-leaved trees framing a castle fortress SheikhSadi80 shares a sea cliffside view DeathStalker131 shares a mountain shrine view valeria_ame shares horses running past Mount Yōtei at sunset call_me_xavii…
Category: Games October 24, 2025 Obsidian’s Favorite Character Builds for The Outer Worlds 2 Mike Nelson, Xbox Wire Editor Summary Obsidian’s QA team shares some of their favorite character builds to help inspire your own role-playing adventure for The Outer Worlds 2. The Outer Worlds 2 features robust customization options that go beyond Skills and…
What X Timing. Well, we didn’t have to wait long for that! The acclaimed brick-breaking roguelite mashup BALL x PIT will be getting a Switch 2 version on 28th October 2025. For those of you who couldn’t wait and grabbed it on the Switch 1 — like, uh, a lot of us here at NL…
I grew up watching films from the aptly named Disney Renaissance—I’m talking The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, and Mulan—and then got to enjoy some bangers like Treasure Planet, Brother Bear, and Atlantis as I got older, so this style of 2D animation is a pretty formative part of my childhood. So I was ready…
Among the many other wins and stumbles of the recent Borderlands 4 patch is a revelation that actually has me shocked. You know that one shield, the one that was super horny? Well, turns out it wasn’t meant to be that way. Alright, context: In Borderlands 4, The Cindershelly is one of those gag items…