New disc-based PS5 console boxes now come with label reminding buyers of discontinuation of discs in January 2028 ➡️ www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/08...
Paolo Cappadonia
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| Electronic and Computer Engineer, wannabe drummer. | Founder and reviewer of Smashing Buttons | I love travelling, and gundams. | https://smashingbuttons.blogspot.com/
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Glorious Kula World. Immortalised as a demo but man, what a game. 🥲
I really miss my good friend and colleague Alex...Gamescom will be emptier without him, that's for sure. Here's hoping for the best - back pain sucks.
Splatoon Raiders banner outside of 7-11. You just know someone secretly has a killer collection of these.
Xbox UK and Europe console price hikes revealed - and it's even worse than we expected www.eurogamer.net/xbox-console...
Rust Foundation Infrastructure Engineer Marco Ieni shares his journey from contributor to maintainer, speaker, and community builder. Learn about his work to support Rust infrastructure at scale: youtu.be/alW8mcSrD1Y #rustlang
The Man Who Keeps Rust Running for 4 Million Developers | Marco Ieni | Rust
He manages the infrastructure that keeps Rust alive for 4 million developers worldwide — CI, releases, bots, and everything in between. Meet Marco Ieni, Infrastructure Engineer at the Rust…
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Insomniac Games on ‘Wolverine’ 🎮 “The physical version will include a disc in box”
Microsoft this week: We're laying off half the industry. Sony: We're ending physical games. Nintendo: have u seen this splatoon weapon we call it the bloblobber
Sony has announced it will stop making physical PlayStation games in 2028 Response from the gaming community:
Japan has now joined Horizon Europe. Japan’s researchers can now partner with teams across the EU. Together, we will advance global research in health, digital technologies, and climate neutrality ↓ link.europa.eu/YP7MtB
New summer themed Tomodachi Life ad in Tokyo. Don’t forget that there are seasonal items!
A company offering printed books to AI companies to train on because they’re free of AI slop has stopped after our reporting. Thanks to 404 Media subscribers, we’re able to continue reporting stories that bring real life impact. Read now: www.404media.co/ai-company-t...
Today is the 28th anniversary of Pokémon Stadium, released exclusively in Japan for the Nintendo 64 on August 1, 1998! It is the first game of the Pokémon Stadium series and was never officially released outside of Japan. https://bulbapedia.b...
I'm old enough to remember when a constant stream of ASCII art middle fingers on the Xbox Facebook page got Microsoft to reverse course on always-online DRM.
“We’ve heard your complaints, but we recommend you go fuck yourselves.”
‘We’re going to cautiously move this forward’: Sony says it hears PlayStation disc backlash but will continue its plans | VGC
CFO Lin Tao says it’s exploring how to “engage the gamers” in a “future digital ecosystem”…
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I’ve come to the conclusion that the literacy crisis is why people don’t laugh at my jokes on here.
Konami decided that it could succeed if it started making a lot of video games, let's check in to see how wrong that's gone ... oh
Super Mario Sunshine is coming to Nintendo Switch Online on 8/13, and Virtual Boy tracks are now available on Nintendo Music! Sunshine was kind of the Virtual Boy of 3D Mario if you think about it 🤔
"Dreamcast", a haiku Each day he rises. Asks me, "Is it still launch day?" "Yes," I lie. "Always."
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Timnit Gebru@timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 7d ago"As Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei Asia found in a recent investigation, just five US tech giants — Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle — are hiding an estimated $1.65 trillion in debt that doesn’t appear on balance sheets. futurism.com/artificial-i...
A truly wonderful mix of vinyl soundtracks at Tower Records
You will own nothing and you will be happy about it.
all games except Wolverine and Ghost/Death Stranding 2 Collector's Editions now showing out of stock on PS Direct
