WhatsApp really is good, so Meta’s had enough of that and is now ‘monetising the periphery’ with new ads that try to make it more like Instagram

WhatsApp has announced that, thanks to having a huge and captive audience, it’s getting ready to make the experience just a little bit shitter for everyone. So prepare thyself for three new ad features which are being rolled out globally across the popular messaging app (thanks, BBC). The messaging platform is owned by Meta, and…

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Date Everything claims to be a dating sim, but it doesn’t love or understand its own genre

Romantic games are one of the most overlooked successes in all of gaming. There are million-selling series spanning decades amongst them, and the loosely defined genre thrives on Steam in all its beautiful forms, encompassing everything from breezy pop star fantasies and summer adventures to hot gothic stories. Date Everything, a comedic “sandbox dating simulator”…

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RuneScape player pulls off a personal Shawshank Redemption: Grinds his way out of one-zone house arrest by grinding a raid 2,000 times over 10,000 hours: ‘It was all worth it’

Since time immemorial, one question has hounded the games industry and all who sail in her: Are RuneScape players okay? They are not. As spotted by GamesRadar, the latest evidence for that assertion is the tale of Agile Tom, an Old School RuneScape (OSRS) player who—in the heady days of spring 2023—signed himself up for…

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Gamakay x NaughShark NS68 review

The Gamakay x NaughShark NS68 seems to be marketed similarly to a lot of those ooky, dropshipped watches from brands that claim to be able to give you all the perks, craftsmanship, and features that the more premium brands give you for a significantly cut-price. Now, in reality, a lot of those brands are taking…

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