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Archives for December 2024

Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
Pinball’s coming to the Playdate.

Developer Amano has shared an update on how it’s creating the realistic physics for its upcoming Playdate pinball game, Devils on the Moon. It’s not launching until sometime in 2025, but the game will use the Playdate’s left D-pad and A buttons to trigger the flippers. As for the crank? The developers haven’t revealed how it will specifically be used.

Gameplay footage of Amano’s Devils on the Moon pinball game for the Playdate handheld.
Devils on the Moon pinball is expected to launch in 2025.
Image: Amano
Allison Johnson
Allison Johnson
Google now lets you see just how hot its Pixel phones are running.

Recent Pixel phones have a reputation for running hot. While largely fixed in the Pixel 9, the 6, 7, and 8 can get quite toasty. Now, a new troubleshooting tool can tell you just how toasty with a realtime estimate of the phone’s internal temperature along with steps the device is taking to reduce heat, like pausing charging. Kinda cool.

Emma Roth
Emma Roth
From Spotify Wrapped to Amazon Music Delivered.

Even Amazon Music is getting in on the yearly recap trend, as its app will now show your top songs, artists, and podcasts of the year, along with other interesting stats under the “2024 Delivered” banner.

Wes Davis
Wes Davis
Más marketing.

I don’t know who needs (or wants) to hear this, but Taco Bell announced the start of a “Live Más Drive Thru Cam” tour with big Idiocracy vibes today:

Fans can capture their drive-thru moment with a digital photo takeaway and, if they choose, opt-in for an opportunity to have their photos featured in Taco Bell’s Big Game ad campaign

It’s in Los Angeles now and will move to Taco Bell-listed locations in Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, and Florida.

A Jeep in a Taco Bell drive thru, parked beneath an archway with colorful strip lights and “Live Más Drive-Thru Cam” in large letters on top.
Leave me alone, I’m Baja Blastin’.
Image: Taco Bell Corp.
Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
Nintendo’s new Zonai device capsule toys are worth a trip to Japan.

Following its excellent controller button keychain collections, Nintendo will soon fill the gashapon machines in its stores in Japan with collectible Zonai devices from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Six will be available for $4 each, including devices like rockets and flame emitters, and they’ll all double as magnets with an included attachment.

The Zonai device magnets that will be available in Nintendo stores in Japan.
Nintendo stores in Japan are getting Zonai device magnets available through gashapon machines.
Image: Nintendo
Andrew Webster
Andrew Webster
Apple is adding another crime thriller to its streaming service.

This time it’s Lucky, which stars Anya Taylor-Joy “as a young woman who left behind the life of crime she was raised in years ago, but must now embrace her darker, criminal side one final time in a desperate attempt to escape her past.” No word on when the series will be streaming.

Today is your last chance to shop these Cyber Monday deals

It’s actually Tuesday, but that doesn’t mean all the deals have suddenly vanished. We’re rounding up the best of the rest that you can still shop.

Quentyn Kennemer