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Hands On: The Genki Moonbase Doesn’t Just Charge My Devices – It Looks Cool, Too

Node activated! Charging devices isn’t something that’s particularly sexy or exciting – at least not normally, anyway. Since the Genki Moonbase arrived in the Time Extension office, however, powering tech has suddenly become a lot more interesting. I’ve wanted to get my hands on one of these “desktop superchargers” ever since Genki announced it a…

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‘Average Valve W’: After some Steam Controller packages were sent to the wrong country, Valve is reportedly giving ‘any standard-edition title’ to affected shoppers

It seems like the Steam Controller is a hit. After selling out immediately, Valve implemented a reservation system to get your hands on it without having to fight so many scalpers. If you recently purchased one, and your package has been sent to the wrong country by mistake, there’s a chance Valve will reimburse you…

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Don’t sleep on Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes—it’s tricky, tactical and the best FTL-like since, well, FTL

Battlestar Galactica’s resurgence in 2003 was a landmark moment in science fiction, taking a weirdly Mormon ’70s sci-fi romp and turning it into a gloomy space thriller full of political and military drama. “Yes,” it said, “sci-fi will have its prestige drama moment as well.” We’d had DS9 and Babylon 5 years before, but Battlestar…

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Subnautica 2 has sold 2 million copies in 12 hours, with 9x the players as the first, and at this point I figure that Krafton CEO is already on his second bottle

It’s rare, especially in this day and age, to see a genuine comeuppance play out in real time—which is why I’m savouring this particular piece of glee as I’m informed that Subnautica 2 has hit a 2 million copy milestone in just 12 hours, after selling a million copies in one. Per a press release…

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