It would be an understatement to say the collectibles space is crowded. There’s a seemingly endless number of companies offering various toys, statues, and other pieces of nostalgia-inducing ephemera for almost any age. This is something wrestling fans know especially well, given the explosion of independent toy companies releasing items directed at that fandom.Regardless of what kind of wrestling fan or collector you might be, chances are there is something out there that will appear to you. There’s a surprising number of independent toymakers looking to recapture the spirit of the WWF Hasbro figures of the early ’90s, companies like Super7 and relative newcomer PowerTown that are releasing incredibly detailed figures full of articulation, or even the official WWE and AEW action figures r…
Read moreBest Buy is running a Microsoft 3-Day Sale from now until Sunday, with steep price cuts on laptops, desktops, handheld PCs, and dozens of other electronics. Some products are discounted up to $500–making this a great time to upgrade your laptop or desktop PC. You’ll also find a few accessories for cheap, as well as an enticing deal for the ROG Ally. We’ve pulled together the best deals to help you make the most of the event.Remember–these prices disappear Sunday night at 10 PM PT / 1 AM ET (Monday), so carve out a few minutes this weekend to check out all the great deals. See all deals at Best Buy
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Most people probably have a couple of video game consoles hooked up to their TV. But Ibrahim Al-Nasser is not like most people. The Saudi Arabian has connected 444 systems to a single television, making him the Guinness World Records holder for the feat.But how exactly are hundreds of consoles working on a single TV when most these days have only a few HDMI ports–let alone the fact old systems used different connections? According to Guinness World Records, Ibrahim utilizes roughly 30 RC switchers, 12 HDMI switchers, and other devices. Additionally, he created an Excel spreadsheet to help navigate everything, which he shows off in a video (seen below) posted on X.
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Prey and Redfall developer Arkane Austin became a casualty of a particularly brutal year of layoffs and studio closures, as one of four studios Microsoft closed down in May this year. Arkane founder Raphael Colantonio has said he was saddened by the closure–but he doesn’t think the studio’s unique brand of immersive sim is going anywhere.”It’s sad, of course,” Colantonio said in an interview with PC Gamer. “I wanted to see our game going forever, for obvious reasons. But the company is [gone], but not the people. The people survive.”The Arkane founder discussed the history of the company and the genre itself, pointing to Looking Glass Studios, which he described as “the originator of the immersive sim.” Despite shuttering in 2000, Looking Glass released a number of influential games inclu…
Read moreEveryone has their favorite Studio Ghibli movie, and for many, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind is an all-time classic (even if it was made before the studio was formerly founded). If you want to further explore that legendary tale set in a distant sci-fi future, we’d recommend reading Hayao Miyazaki’s manga, which debuted in 1982 and was adapted into the hit film in 1984. Over at Amazon, you can pick up Nausicaa’s deluxe manga box set for a huge 32% discount, dropping the price from $53 to $80. The set comes with two hardcover books totaling 1,104 pages. Get deal at Amazon What makes this manga series interesting is that it was written and illustrated by Studio Ghibli’s most prominent director, Hayao Miyazaki. It had quite the run–it began publication in 198…
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