Month: December 2017

Now that Mario’s hung out with the Rabbids, here are some other franchises we’d love to see him partner with.

We tested the best gaming mice available in order to tell you which is best. You’re welcome.

Here’s all the cool stuff we found that you might have missed in Episode VIII.

Don’t miss any of Call of Duty: WWII’s campaign collectibles.

The creator of Deus Ex, System Shock, Ultima Underworld, Epic Mickey, and more sits down for an hour-long interview about his entire fascinating career.

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The Plantronics Rig 400HX (See it on Amazon) looks exactly like a what it is: a budget gaming headset. Its build quality is the poorest of the budget headsets we looked at recently, which includes the Astro A10, HyperX Cloud Stinger, Roccat Cross, and Turtle Beach Recon 50. Reviews for those headsets are publishing in the coming days. And it relies on a terrible design for adjusting the size of the headband. Despite these issues, the Plantronics Rig 400HX delivers impressive audio output and has an excellent microphone.

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ROT13, a decades-old letter substitution cipher, is changing the way people discuss spoilers on social media.

The cipher, which simply shifts each letter 13 places in the alphabet, turns spoilers into gibberish, allowing people to openly discuss plot points from movies, TV series, video games, and more.

For example, Twitter user Nathan Edwards posted a Star Wars: The Last Jedi spoiler using ROT13. Those who’ve already seen the movie and want to decipher the message can simply copy and paste it into the ROT13 website.

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