hardware
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Switch Owners Say Third-Party Docks Are Bricking Their Consoles
The Nyko Portable Switch Docking KitPhoto: Mike Fahey Sean G. says his 80-hour Zelda: Breath of the Wild save file no longer exists, along with the other contents of his Nintendo Switch, after the system’s recent 5.0 firmware update met his Nyko portable docking kit.
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My Hideous, Comfortable Gamer Chair Fills Me With Existential Dread
For nearly 20 years, I’ve been sitting in the same piece of shit: a grey swivel chair that I got at Target as a teenager. It creaks if you look at it; it’s covered in enormous amounts of my hair. It does not do my body any favours. Very possibly it has been exacerbating my…
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Hori’s PS4 Fighting Edge Controller Is A Beauty
Back in 2012 we reviewed Hori’s Fighting Edge for the PlayStation 3, a mighty beast of an arcade fighting controller with a fancy programmable touch panel. The PS4 version of the Fighting Edge is still a beast, but it trades the gimmicky touchscreen for brushed aluminium. It looks good. It feels even better.
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A $1,200 Graphics Card Might As Well Be Star Wars Themed
Up until last Thursday, the Nvidia Titan XP was the most powerful graphics card you could put in a PC. But being the most powerful isn’t enough for some people to justify laying out $US1,200 ($1,594). So Nvidia used the Force. Or licensed the Force. Either way, check out this Jedi Order video card.