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QuickTake: Switch 2 Update gives many Switch 1 games a needed boost
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Could Apple's $599 MacBook Neo be the best Windows laptop? I asked Parallels
After trying out the MacBook Neo this week, I believe it's the best Windows laptop you can currently buy. I've come away impressed with this Mac, which is something I've not attributed to Apple for several years, so it was oddly refreshing. The Neo
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Interview with Aaron Giles, DREAMM Emulator author: "I have Battle for Naboo up and running with some glitches."
Playing some classic Star Wars games on modern hardware has always been a struggle. From Star Wars Trilogy Arcade to Rogue Squadron II and III, it's often been down to digging into how the games run on certain emulators, like Dolphin and Supermodel. So imagine my surprise when
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Quicktake: There Is No Spoon, Apple
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Tomb Raider 2013 (iOS) Review: A port that mostly hits the bullseye
Tomb Raider 2013 has arrived on iOS and Android devices, and it's been a fun time rediscovering the game at the earliest point of Lara Croft's story. After being made available on Nintendo Switch consoles in January 2026, it was a nice surprise to see the
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VanLife
"Confidence is a preference for the habitual voyeur of what is known as — (VanLife)."
The secret project. For several months, I've been working on the move from where I had been living for the past 18 months, to a converted Ford Transit van. It's something I've been wanting to do for years, arguably since the start of the
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June Highlights
What a month. My business is set up, Nintendo Switch 2 finally came out, and by the time you read this, I'll be out of my flat. I held off from doing an 'App Picks' for June, as developers are still looking into how the latest
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Guest Post: Is Google’s AI Mode the Straw that Breaks the Camel’s Back?
It's 2025, and Google is still trying to wreck the web almost weekly with its bizarre methods of AI and algorithms, some of which have wreaked havoc on so many sites and livelihoods these past several years. I have also been caught in the headwinds of this in
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Taking Screenshots — Switch 2 Edition
We're approaching month one of the Nintendo Switch 2 being on sale, and I'm in no way surprised that it's already the biggest-selling console of all time. Since sharing my early thoughts, I've been using my Switch 2 in between some jobs,
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Springboard LTD is here — why I’ve launched a business with zero AI
I don't like AI. More specifically, generative AI. It helps no one, it exposes those who use it, while stifling imagination and creativity for future generations as they watch on. Before I left my job in 2024, I began to see a lot of it being hyped, and,