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Gaming Updated: Switch 2 Coming June 5th starting at $449

Update 2 : April 22nd - Preorders are back on in the US and Canada! We will be able to preorder the Switch 2, games and various accessories on April 24th. The console and games ended up staying the same price, but all accessories received a slight price bump due to US tarrifs.

Update : April 7th - Nintendo has made the unusual decision to halt pre-orders in the U.S. while it evaluates economic changes and the recent t...

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Gaming Putting the Hero in Hero Shooter

What if I pitched you an idea for a game - a 6v6 role-based hero shooter, where heroes and villains use special abilities and weapons to defend and capture points or escort a vehicle to a designated checkpoint? I just described Overwatch, Blizzard’s highly successful spiritual successor to Valve’s Team Fortress 2. However, as of December 2024, a new challenger has entered the ring. While Valve has made the barest of updates to TF2, and Blizzard seems wholly unsure of what ...

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Gaming Sony Unleashes the PS5 - For A Price

Sony finally announced the Playstation 5 Pro this past week, ending months of rumors about the console’s mid-cycle refresh. Playstation system architect Mark Cerny hosted a PS video presentation on September 10th, where the updated console made its grand debut.

Sony says PS5 Pro is “the most visually impressive way to play games on Playstation” and was designed to push higher quality graphics at higher frame rates. To achieve this, the PS5 Pro includes new features s...

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Gaming This is the (Halo) Remix

When I purchased an original Xbox in 2001, there was only one game that I wanted – Halo : Combat Evolved. Like many others, it was the killer app that compelled me to tolerate that weird, giant controller and gamble on Microsoft’s first home console. Instantly I fell in love with the franchise and it has remained one of my favorite FPS games to this day.

Over the past few years other FPS games have skyrocketed in popularity, from the likes of Call of Duty to Overwa...

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Gaming Bait and Switch : What Happened To The Hope of NX

If you are looking forward to the Nintendo Switch, which will be available March 3rd, you might want to skip this column. For anyone who has listened to Tabletop Life (our monthly podcast about tabletop gaming) you might have a clue about the tone of this article.

When Nintendo announced the NX, I had high hopes they would return to their former glory and build a system worthy of gamers’ time and money. What we received with the Switch was at best a misguided attem...

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