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Animal Crossing: New Horizons players are holding Tommy ransom to cancel their debt with Tom Nook
Animal Crossing: New Horizons players are attempting to clear their debt with Tom Nook by holding little Tommy Nook ransom.
Screenshots have appeared on Reddit showing several players caging the little twin Tanuki outside and sending a letter to business mogul Tom Nook to demand he clear their debt. One player trapped the little flag-holding Tommy outside resident services using log stakes. The reddit post by u/travisstyle reads “My 11-year-old daughter is finding new and creative ways to pay off debt.”
Xbox Series X Hands On, Gameplay & Controller!
Xbox Series X hands on reaction: specs, gameplay, controller and more!
This is why I love 3D Printing! – Custom tools and Jigs
3D Printing is awesome for so many things – but making quick, custom tools and jigs is still one of my favorite use cases! You don’t have to spend hours in CAD to optimize a part to perfection when you can easily print a new revision while you keep working on your project. Stay safe folks!
The C64 MOD – add more than 150 Games in Carusel-Mode (2020)
The C64 MOD – Modifizieren des C64 Maxi add more than 150 Games in Carusel-Mode
Libretro Cores Quick Look – Mupen64 Plus Next – 64 Disk Drive Support!
The Mupen64 Plus Next core now finally supports the 64 Disk Drive! In this video you see three games being tested: Polygon Studio, part of the Mario Artist set of game creation tools for the 64DD. Think of a prehistoric take on Dreams two decades ago. Next is F-Zero X Expansion Kit. F-Zero X received a 64DD expansion which bolted on a track editor to the game and added a few new cups. Third is Super Mario 64 Disk Version. It is essentially a proof of concept tech demo for the 64DD meant to show off the relatively fast loading times comparative to the PS1/Saturn’s double-speed CD-ROM drive. This would have been one of the big selling points of the 64DD had it not been continuously delayed well past its sell by date.
3D Printing Ventilator Valves for #Coronavirus AND How YOU Can Help!
3D Printing helped save lives when Cristian Fracassi from Isinnova modeled and 3d printed a Venturi valve for respirators. Italian doctors couldn’t get them fast enough from the manufacturer for the Coronavirus / COVID-19 response.
This story took hold, and many reached out wondering how THEY can help with their 3d printers. Here are some ways to help! UPDATE 3/19: Looks like some of the information I reported was corrected.
The price of the ventilator valves was not $11,000 – and the company behind them did NOT threaten to sue. Also, looks like Josef Prusa and his team stepped up and is helping out.
Sony’s PS5 ‘Reveal’ Is Over – And Boy, Was It a Disaster
Sony’s PlayStation 5 “reveal” event was a sleep-inducing 50 minutes of utter boredom. It’s hard to imagine how it could have gone worse.
- Today’s PS5 “reveal” event turned out to be a 50-minute lecture aimed at developers.
- The sleep-inducing presentation appears to have been initially scheduled for GDC2020 before the event was canceled.
- Not only did Mark Cerny drone on for 50 minutes about the same three things, but we still didn’t learn anything about the PS5’s “killer features.”
Well, that was disappointing. After months of waiting for the PlayStation 5 (PS5) reveal, Sony delivered one of the most boring and utterly pointless events imaginable.
Mark Cerny basically got up on stage and gave a talk aimed solely at game developers. That would have been fine at GDC, where he planned to present it. But Sony talked today’s event up as a gamer-focused PS5 unveiling.
So hundreds of thousands of people tuned in, expecting to finally get some information about the console. Instead, all we got was a bunch of pointless tech speak.
Atari Shock – The Video Game Market Crash of 1983
1982. The game developer Atari is huge. By introducing swappable game cartridges with its VCS console and riding high on the back of a license of Taito’s Space Invaders, Atari had helped make home console gaming massive. This is the story of how it all came crashing down. This is the story of the Atari Shock.
