In Real Life
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Emotes Mocking Dr Disrespect Disappear From Twitch
22Late last year, Twitch’s most popular wig-wearing angry man, Dr Disrespect, went on a hiatus after announcing that he’d been unfaithful to his wife. Inevitably, certain pockets of Twitch turned his indiscretion into a meme. Now, many of the emotes they used to make fun of him have disappeared.
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How Playing Games With My Wife Changed My Gaming Experience
Sometimes, sharing a game can give you a whole new perspective on it. The titles have varied, from Grand Theft Auto V and Final Fantasy VII, to more recently, Dragon Quest Builders and Super Mario Odyssey. While Angela and I prefer multiplayer games when possible, the majority of games we play together are single-player ones…
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‘Prosthesis’ Is A Real Mech You Can Climb Inside Of And Stomp Around In
Alright, so I want to stomp around in a giant, mechanised exo-skeleton as much as the next person. And while Furrion’s “Prosthesis”, a self-described “exo-bionic mobility platform” looks the goods and appears to work as advertised, I believe the company’s attempt to get a racing league of these things up and running is, well, misguided.
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Why I Play
In the first years of my career as a games writer, I got used to a certain reaction from my parents’ friends when they were told about what I was doing for a living. It was usually along the lines of “what a waste”. I imagined them shaking their heads as if they’d just been…