Sonic Mania Dev Laments

Chip tariffs could be around the corner as the US starts to probe the ‘effects on national security’ of foreign semiconductor production

After a few days of uncertainty, there’s now a more definite reason to believe that US tariffs will soon apply to currently exempted computer parts and semiconductors. That’s because the US is probing the “effects on the national security of imports of semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing equipment (SME), and their derivative products” (via The Register)….

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Today’s Wordle answer for Thursday, January 30

Some days those yellow letters just won’t turn green no matter what you do, if they ever turn up at all. If that happens, make sure you use our clue for the January 30 (1321) Wordle to quickly find your way. It’ll help you uncover today’s winning word, while still leaving you all the satisfying…

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All Monster Hunter Wilds weapons confirmed so far

Monster Hunter Wilds is only a few months away now, and a lot of hunters are already whipping out their whetstones and sharpening their tools ahead of facing some of the series’ most threatening monsters yet. If it’s your first time delving into a Monster Hunter game, or if you’re looking to try a new…

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Taito Classic Qix Joins The Quarter Arcades Range

Bubble Bobble is returning to the line-up, too. Numskull has announced that Taito’s Qix is joining its Quarter Arcades range this year. Originally released in 1981, Qix is one of the few Taito arcade games to be created in North America – it was developed by husband and wife team Randy and Sandy Pfeiffer. A…

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I am once again tapping my ‘Todd Howard genuinely loves Fallout’ sign: He’s an OG Fallout 1 fan and still hasn’t given back the disc he nicked from his brother

The cross I bear—probably the heaviest burden borne by a human being in history—is that I’m doomed to annoy basically all the loudest segments of the Fallout fan community. Do I love the direction Bethesda took the series in with FO3 and FO4? Not really. Do I think the studio—and especially FO3 and 4 director…

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