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Archives for October 2024

Sean Hollister
Sean Hollister
CRKD’s Nitro Deck for Nintendo Switch is a $40 Amazon lightning deal.

Solve stick drift by making your Switch thick? At just $40 (or $60 with translucent shells and carry case), I’m a fan — and I love the programmable macros. Just know this isn’t the Nitro Deck Plus, which adds TV docking and symmetrical sticks.

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Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Russia wants Discord to take down nearly 1,000 “illegal” posts.

The country’s communications regulator ordered Discord to remove 947 posts it claims contain child sexual abuse material, drug-related content, and calls for extremism, as reported by Reuters.

Russia, which is considering a ban on Discord, fined the platform on Monday for failing to remove content that’s restricted in the country.

Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
A miniature walking AT-AT is the ride-on toy every kid deserves.

James Bruton, an engineer and former toy maker, has spent the past few months designing and building a Star Wars AT-AT replica strong enough to carry a single rider.

It’s built from a mix of 3D-printed parts and aluminum extrusion and has a top speed of about one meter per minute, giving the Rebels plenty of time to get out of its way.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Pizza power.

Epic is giving creators another brand they can build Fortnite experiences around: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Creators will be able to publish their TMNT-themed islands starting in November.

Creators can already make Lego and Fall Guys-themed islands.

A screenshot of an example TMNT experience in Fortnite.
A screenshot of an example TMNT experience that looks to play like one of the classic TMNT arcade games.
Image: Epic Games
Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Nearly half a billion.

Epic says it has paid out $479 million to creators since launching its revised creator payout system for creator-made islands in March 2023.

The company also says there have been more than 134,000 islands published with Unreal Editor for Fortnite, which also launched last March.

Sean Hollister
Sean Hollister
The GPD Duo gadget nerd dream laptop is now in a reviewer’s hands.

GPD tells me Cary “The Phawx” Golomb is the only person with the absolutely feature packed dual-screen OLED laptop right now, and while he’s mostly evangelizing it to start, he’s been known to deliver excellent reviews.

GPD finally revealed full specs and pricing the other week: around $1,400 for AMD 8840U, around $1,800 for newer AMD HX 370.

Tom Warren
Tom Warren
Microsoft’s Copilot integration into WhatsApp is going well.

As part of the big overhaul of Copilot today, Microsoft quietly announced it’s bringing the chatbot to WhatsApp. Intrigued, I gave it a go and asked it a really basic question. The result was all a bit Dutch. I’m now looking forward to it teaching me how to play darts.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
A new game for the Epic Games Store on iOS.

ARK: Ultimate Mobile Edition will come to the store later this year — but only in the EU, which is the only place you can get Epic’s iOS store. The game will come to Epic’s Android store globally, too.