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8BitDo’s All-Button Arcade Controllers for Nintendo Switch 1/2, PC, and Xbox consoles are on sale for terrific prices at Amazon. The wireless retro-inspired edition for Switch 1/2 and PC is up for grabs for $70.68 (was $90), and the officially licensed Xbox and PC version is discounted to $80 (was $100). The deal on the Xbox edition is exclusive to Prime members, but all shoppers can get the discount on the Switch 1/2 version.8BitDo launched the All-Button Arcade Controllers last July. Both models were included in Amazon’s Black Friday sale; the Xbox edition was on sale for the same price…

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Lego’s latest batch of 3-in-1 Creator sets includes a pretty cool gaming-themed kit. The 268-piece Lego Retro Gaming Console retails for $20 and can be built as a handheld game system, miniature arcade machine, or desktop computer. Recommended for builders ages eight and up, the Lego Creator 3-in-1 Retro Gaming Console launched January 1 and is in stock at Amazon, Best Buy, and the Lego Store.The Retro Gaming Console is one of nine new Lego Creator sets. The January 2026 lineup also features the $20 Fierce Dinosaur, $30 Playful Puppy, $10 Cute Hamster, and more 3-in-1 builds. Eight of the…

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A powerful and visually impressive device for those who want professional grade capability at home and on the road; the Apple iPad Pro 13-inch (M5) is the perfect tablet. It’s also a viable replacement for a laptop if you need it for those types of work or play on the go. And right now, you can save a significant amount of money on one. It’s true: you can get the Apple iPad Pro 13-inch (M5) on Amazon today for the low price of $1,199, which represents a savings of $100, or approximately 8%, from its original price of $1,299. If…

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Looking for a new set of earbuds that sound absolutely fantastic? If money is a concern, you should skip some of the more expensive models and try the Google Pixel Buds Pro 2. They’ll offer some extra sound for the price and some serious oomph. All you have to do is lock yours in before they’re no longer on sale. You can get the Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 at Amazon for $179 right now. That’s $50 less than the typical $229 price. That represents a $50 discount and a savings of about 22% compared to retail. See at Amazon…

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Stranger Things is officially over. Well, the main series, anyway. Netflix is still putting out the animated midquel series Stranger Things: Tales from ’85 later this year. But the decade-long wait for an ending for the Hawkins kids is finally over. To some, the series finale seems to have gone over pretty alright. People in my group chat called it “fine,” another said they “absolutely crushed” it, and another remarked that they “did the best with what they had.” Those are reactions in private, rather than ones said publicly to get social media engagement, so I wasn’t surprised when I…

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It’s been known for months now that technology giant Lenovo is hosting its Tech World event at Sphere in Las Vegas during . Like many other tech conglomerates, the world’s largest PC manufacturer by units shipped will put its main focus on AI. it’s a “Tech World experience unlike anything CES has seen before.” We’ll tell you where to livestream the event and what to expect so far.How to watch the Lenovo CES 2026 event liveLenovo CEO Yuanqing Yang will host the event on Tuesday, January 6 at 8PM ET. You can follow along to the once the event starts.…

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Generally speaking, the bigger a subject being reviewed, the more likely the person reviewing it is to skew white and/or wealthy. Based on purely anecdotal evidence—I am not doing “reverse eugenics” or whatever—I have found that wealthy whites get first dibs on writing about important things. And because this year was the one where a critical mass of people started saying stupid shit like “DEI must DIE” (they thought they were sooooo clever for that one), well, a lot of my queer and BIPOC (am I still allowed to say “queer” and “BIPOC”?) peers were pushed out of any job…

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During CES 2025, NVIDIA spent much of its keynote touting its leading position in artificial intelligence. Still, the company managed to squeeze in a few notable hardware announcements, including its RTX 5000-series GPUs and Project Digits desktop supercomputer (later redubbed Spark). For this year’s show, the company’s website says it’s “lighting up CES 2026 with the power of AI.” To that end, NVIDIA is going big in Las Vegas, promising hands-on demos in its Fontainebleau booth, replete with the “latest NVIDIA solutions driving innovation and productivity across industries.”But if you won’t be in Vegas for the action, don’t worry. Here’s…

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Will we ever get a new Deus Ex? Could Ascend be the mechanical centerpiece of the next Zelda? And can speedrunning wash away all the bad sulfates still swimming around in our systems from 2025? It’s the latest edition of Morning Checkpoint, brought to you from my in-laws’ basement in western PA where the wind chill has temps near zero. I’m currently blogging with an original Xbox to my right and the Sega Genesis version of Shaq Fu to my left. I am trying to put the finishing touches on my January backlog plans. They include getting at least one…

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The Lego Group is set to host its very first press conference at CES 2026 — but exactly what it plans to unveil is still under wraps. The iconic toy brick maker has offered no clues about what’s on the agenda, leaving speculation wide open, from new video games to Formula 1 race cars.Here’s how you can watch Lego’s presentation at CES, along with what we think the company could reveal.How to watch The Lego Group’s CES 2026 press conferenceThe Lego CES press conference is scheduled for Monday, January 5 at 1PM ET. While Lego and the Consumer Technology Association…

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