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Tearaway: Eight Unseen Concepts for Media Molecule’s Papercraft Adventure

With PS4’s papercraft-inspired adventure Tearaway Unfolded available on PS Plus this month, we asked Media Molecule to talk us through some unseen concepts behind the game’s creation. Here, designer Rex Crowle pinpoints key design junctures in Tearway’s development, illustrated through exclusive images from the game’s early days. 1. A colorful dungeon crawler? “This is a…

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8BitDo Retro R8 review

I have come to commend what I can only describe as 8BitDo’s commitment to the bit. From the 8BitDo Retro keyboard and the Pro 3 gamepad, to the R8 gaming mouse sat under my palm, they all have a distinguished and unique look, but they’re so much more than a retro facade slapped on top…

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Meta claims that thousands of pirated adult videos it was accused of using for AI training may have been downloaded by ‘disparate individuals’ for ‘personal use’

Usually, when adult videos are discovered on a device, the response is to claim some grander purpose for their existence. Well, Meta isn’t one to bow to convention, apparently, as it has recently struck back at claims that adult videos were used to train its AI models, claiming that they may have been downloaded for…

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Valve’s Steam Machine may look a bit like the Borg Cube, but it’s still the friendliest face of PC gaming I’ve seen yet

‘Tis true, sire—the Steam Machine rides again. No longer simply issuing specs and outsourcing the rest, Valve is set to fully realise what was at best a half-formed vision more than a decade ago, while also fortifying its existing hardware successes. Valve has introduced a number of new branches to its hardware ecosystem, including the…

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