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Handheld Doom Lets You Manually Crank The Chaingun

Retro

6 months ago

Handheld Doom Lets You Manually Crank The Chaingun

Zack Zwiezen

Hands-On With The Playdate, The Game Portable With A Crank

In Real Life

1 year ago

Hands-On With The Playdate, The Game Portable With A Crank

Brian Ashcraft

2

Crank Gaming Handheld’s Creators Trying To Make Amends For Poorly Worded Email

In Real Life

2 years ago

Crank Gaming Handheld’s Creators Trying To Make Amends For Poorly Worded Email

Ethan Gach

5

On May 22, app developer and game publisher Panic announced a new gaming handheld called Playdate that quickly became a mini-sensation online. Playdate is also the name used by a small, yearly indie showcase for experimental games, the 2019 edition of which took place just a few days later. The…

In Real Life

2 years ago

Video Games Should Be Weirder

Joshua Rivera

4

The People Who Published Firewatch Are Now Making A Game Console With, Uh, A Crank

In Real Life

2 years ago

The People Who Published Firewatch Are Now Making A Game Console With, Uh, A Crank

Mike Fahey

8

Playdate is a new portable gaming system from app developer Panic, coming in early 2020. It has a glossy black and white screen with no backlight. Along with a directional pad and A and B buttons, it sports a rotatable crank that pops out of the right side of the…

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Handheld Doom Lets You Manually Crank The Chaingun

Hands-On With The Playdate, The Game Portable With A Crank

Crank Gaming Handheld’s Creators Trying To Make Amends For Poorly Worded Email

Video Games Should Be Weirder

The People Who Published Firewatch Are Now Making A Game Console With, Uh, A Crank

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