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Lenovo Legion Go S (Windows) review

The Lenovo Legion Go S is a peculiar beast. I don’t think I can remember the last time I’ve enjoyed using a product so much that I’ve found so hard to recommend. But that’s what you get when you muck up your pricing in the wider market segment, and on this front Lenovo does really…

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Shigeru Miyamoto Predicted Animal Crossing’s Appeal Over A Decade Before It Launched

“Imagine a game with only five houses”. The utterly brilliant translation site Shmuplations has just published a 1989 discussion between Shigeru Miyamoto and Shigesato Itoi, and during the surprisingly in-depth chat between the two legendary game designers, the former predicts the arrival of ‘cosy’ titles like Animal Crossing. Originally published in Gamer Handbook and published…

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Feature: Ghosts ‘n Goblins Hit Arcades 40 Years Ago, And Its Recent Resurrection Is The Perfect Way To Celebrate

Ambassador, with this barbaric difficulty you’re really spoiling us…. It’s hard to believe, especially since I just about remember this one happening, that Ghosts ‘n Goblins, Capcom’s seminal (and seminally difficult) coin-op classic, first arrived in smoky arcade halls in Japan 40 years ago. Four entire decades. Deary me. I know I sound like a…

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Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney argues banning Twitter over its ability to AI-generate pornographic images of minors is just ‘gatekeepers’ attempting to ‘censor all of their political opponents’

As reported by Eurogamer, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney took to X (formerly Twitter) to criticize an attempt by US lawmakers to ban the social media app and its accompanying generative AI tool, Grok. The move came after users discovered that Elon Musk’s Grok has the ability to take photos of real people, including minors,…

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