The European Commission revealed Tuesday that it contacted Nintendo to “address the recurring technical problem with irresponsive Switch controllers” (read: Joy-Con drift) — and would you look at that, a day before, Nintendo announced that it would repair faulty Joy-Cons for free in more parts of Europe. Huh.
Then you should plan to watch the speedrunner Bubzia take on the challenge at Summer Games Done Quick, which takes place from May 28th through June 4th. The schedule hasn’t been shared yet, but you can peruse the full list of games that runners plan to tackle.
If you want a preview of that Breath of the Wild run, you can watch Bubzia’s attempt at ESA Winter 2023. (Spoiler: it’s nuts.)
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Decentraland’s Metaverse Fashion Week featured virtual clothes and exhibits from some major names in fashion, but it was lonely, difficult to navigate, and pretty boring.
Twitter has made it harder to tell who has paid for a verified checkmark, but on iOS, you can see who is paying for Twitter Blue with this shortcut shared by Matt Navarra. There are browser extensions that can do this, too. But given how chaotic Twitter is right now, just keep in mind that these could stop working at any moment.
The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences has revealed the nominations for some of the best recent stuff on the internet. (Disclosure: we are nominated for three awards.) The Academy will select the winners of The Webby Awards, but you can vote for the The Webby People’s Voice Awards right here.
[TheWebbysAwards]
