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Sean Hollister

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    Sean Hollister
    Any guesses what’s inside?

    It’s the prize pack I just boxed up for the second winner of our Today I’m Toying With giveaway. I’m drawing for the third winner right now, and you can enter to possibly become the fourth winner starting today! BTW, anyone need whistles? Those bags in the background are full of ‘em.

    Hint: My hand is strategically blocking something.
    Hint: My hand is strategically blocking something.
    Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge
    Sean Hollister
    Sean Hollister
    Mechanism’s desk stand turns your handheld into a tiny desktop.

    CNC aluminum arms, built-in cord keeper, folds down for travel, adjustable tension, Allen wrench storage in the steel base. The best part is you can mount multiple extra items to its parallel arms using Mechanism’s other bits. $39 for the stand on July 17th.

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    Sean Hollister
    Sean Hollister
    It’s that time again: giveaway time.

    Everyone asks Verge reviewers if we get to keep the gadgets, and the answer is no — but I can give them to you! Our third Today I’m Toying With giveaway is live, and I’m making it a regular Wednesday thing. You have to enter to win each time; I do a weekly drawing. US residents only (sorry!)

    Some of the actual items in the giveaway.
    Some of the actual items in the giveaway.
    Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge
    Sean Hollister
    Sean Hollister
    Nvidia’s RTX Spark PCs will get Sega games including Virtua Fighter.

    That’s the word from Nvidia today. Sega was already on Nvidia’s big partner list in May — see below — but you can add Virtua Fighter Crossroads to the list alongside Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Fortnite, Pragmata, League of Legends, Valorant, PUBG, Naraka Bladepoint and Alan Wake II. We don’t know which are built natively for Arm.

    Capcom, CD Projekt, Konami, Mihoyo, Saber, Wargaming, and Xbox are also on the list.
    Capcom, CD Projekt, Konami, Mihoyo, Saber, Wargaming, and Xbox are also on the list.
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    Sean Hollister
    Sean Hollister
    I tried the Asus AR glasses with the OLED Ally — they felt extraneous.

    I enjoy plugging Xreal glasses into handhelds for a huge virtual desktop — but that’s no reason to make us buy the priciest version with a 240Hz mode handhelds have trouble powering. Plus, 240Hz halves resolution from 1080p to 540p, which felt weird and ugly in person. (120Hz was fine.) Good thing Asus will now sell the OLED Ally separately!

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    The Ally X20 plugged into the ROG 20th anniversary version of the ROG Xreal R1 glasses.
    The Ally X20 plugged into the ROG 20th anniversary version of the ROG Xreal R1 glasses.
    Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge