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AI’s Dual Nature, Regulatory Battles, & Platform Shifts: Weekly Tech Roundup

Sam Greenwood

The past two weeks in the tech world witnessed a rapid expansion of Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities across diverse products, revealing both extraordinary potential and significant inherent flaws. This period highlighted AI’s dual nature as a powerful tool for innovation and a source of concern regarding accuracy, privacy, and security. Concurrently, governments intensified their efforts to regulate the digital sphere, leading to landmark legal battles and policy adjustments aimed at reining in tech giants and addressing user safety. These developments, alongside strategic maneuvers within major industry players and evolving dynamics in the gaming and content sectors, underscored a landscape in … Continue reading AI’s Dual Nature, Regulatory Battles, & Platform Shifts: Weekly Tech Roundup

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Switch 2 Games: Critics Find More to Love in Old Titles Than New

Sam Greenwood

The Nintendo Switch 2 has launched with a game library strategy that reviewers are calling a powerful two-pronged attack: a massive, instantly playable back catalog made better than ever, led by a single, ambitious new flagship title. The result is a launch lineup that feels both familiar and revolutionary, offering what critics have called a “staggering” number of games from day one. Leading the Pack: Mario Kart World The star of the launch, according to most reviews, is undoubtedly Mario Kart World. It has been described in outlets like Nintendo Everything as a “remarkable masterwork” of presentation and a true … Continue reading Switch 2 Games: Critics Find More to Love in Old Titles Than New

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Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair Review

Sam Greenwood

Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a super fun platforming game. It’s the sequel to the acclaimed Yooka Laylee. I had a great time playing the game. The graphics are great and the gameplay is pretty good. Gameplay In general, the game is great really fun to play. It makes me wish that I was able to play the original. This game is super difficult but that is balanced with level design to keep the difficulty from giving you that ‘I’ll never finish the level’ feeling. The controls are pretty simple but a couple of the more advanced moves take … Continue reading Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair Review

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This Week In Tech 05/13-05/20/2017

Sam Greenwood

This week, Google hosted its I/O conference, HTC announced its U11 phone, right-to-repair is in, Nintendo hosted another Direct, and Biz Stone is back at Twitter. At I/O, Google announced many updates to Google Assistant, Photos, and more. They also announced Google Lens. For more information, see my post on I/O. And also lots of stuff, this summer Google Home is coming to Canada, Australia, and a couple of other countries. Android also got some updates (the beta version of Android O is out; you can enroll at android.com/beta. On Tuesday, HTC announced the HTC U11. It features Edge Sense, which … Continue reading This Week In Tech 05/13-05/20/2017

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Nintendo Direct 05/17/2017

Sam Greenwood

Today Nintendo hosted a Direct focused on ARMS. The Grand Prix was announced as the single-player game mode. In Versus Mode you have: In the ARM Getter, you use in-game currency to win new ARMS. If you get ARMS that you already have, you level up. A new fighter, Helix, was introduced. Described as a “failed lab experiment”, he is a fighter that can stretch his whole body. Battle Mode Details: Free updates with new fighters, new stages, and new ARMS will come out even after launch. ARMS Testpunches North America: Europe: Other Non-ARMS Direct News In Splatoon 2 news, … Continue reading Nintendo Direct 05/17/2017

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Nintendo Switch Review

Sam Greenwood

I got my Nintendo Switch about 2 months ago and I love it. The library of games is decent Zelda is great(I might eventually right a full review of it) and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe which released Friday (the best selling video game of the year so far) the indie games are good though. The system its self us decent it doesn’t have the same amount of processing power and frame rate as the other consoles of this generation. But it still works well it’s a tablet what else could expect from a tablet. The Switch has some features that … Continue reading Nintendo Switch Review

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This Week In Tech 04/09-04/15/2017

Sam Greenwood

This week Nintendo announced sales data for Switch, also that they are killing of the NES Classic Edition, also hosted a direct. EA announced release info for Star Wars Battlefront II. Nintendo said the Switch console has sold 906,000 units after 28 days on sale, while the accompanying Zelda Breath of the Wild actually sold more copies than physical consoles at 925,000. and also announced that they are going to stop manufacturing the NES Classic and hosted a Direct on Wednesday I wrote a full article about it. On Saturday Electronic Arts announced a release window for Star Wars Battlefront … Continue reading This Week In Tech 04/09-04/15/2017

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More On The Nintendo Direct

Sam Greenwood

Hey Pikmin comes out on July 28th for 3DS Switch Puyo Puyo Tetris: don’t remember the date but english demo available now The joycon battery pack comes out the same day as arms Minecraft for Switch will come with come with come with a Mario texture pack and have multi-player but only for 8 players Ultra Street Fighter II The Final Challengers will come out May 26th. Continue reading More On The Nintendo Direct

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Nintendo Direct April 2017

Sam Greenwood

Nintendo 3DS Games Title Release Date Notes Hey! Pikmin July New Pikmin game Ever Oasis June 23rd Monster Hunter Stories Fall Yo-kai Watch 2 DLC Fall RPG Maker Fes June 22nd Miitopia Later this year Fire Emblem Echoes TBD Kirby Team Clash Deluxe Summer Available on eShop Kirby Blowout Blast Summer New Zelda Amiibo June 23rd Nintendo Switch Games Title Release Date Details ARMS June 16th New character: Min Min; features 2v2 battles Ultra Street Fighter II TBD Minecraft May 11th Available on eShop Sonic Forces Holiday Sonic Mania Summer Puyo Puyo Tetris Available Today Demo release Monopoly for Switch … Continue reading Nintendo Direct April 2017