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Razer made a Visa card for gamers so naturally it has an LED

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Razer is piloting a new prepaid card program in partnership with Visa, and if you were wondering how the gaming peripheral maker would put its stamp on something so comparatively mundane to its usual offerings, the answer is LED lighting. Did you expect anything different?

Taking a cue from Apple, the Razer Card combines the option of making digital payments with a virtual card and payment app (Razer Pay), with a physical numberless card you can carry in your wallet or purse. If going the latter route, you can choose between the Standard card or, if you want Razer’s logo to glow green when making a payment (and who doesn’t?), the Premium card.

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Raspberry Pi Zero W Powers Mario Kart Live Prototype

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Nintendo’s new Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit, a game where your home becomes the track thanks to augmented reality and a remote controlled kart, is almost ready for release. The team behind prototyping the unique kart have talked about prototyping the technology used, which anyone can buy, namely the Raspberry Pi Zero W.

As written by Nintendo Life, VELAN was tasked by Nintendo to develop a prototype of the kart used in the game, and they chose the Raspberry Pi Zero W as a testbed.  Looking closely at the image, we can see four key areas that identify the components used.

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There’s a freaky gaping chasm in Microsoft Flight Simulator, with an airport at the bottom of it

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Last month we were all amused and transfixed by several looming citadels discovered on the landscape of Microsoft Flight Simulator. And now there’s a new reality-warping curiosity to visit.

A bizarre, gaping chasm has been found in Brazil. And weirder still, there’s an airport at the bottom of it.

This yawning chasm appears to first have been found by ReversedWindow on Reddit, who was brave enough to taxi an airplane right on down inside it. I did the same, and it’s weird down there. Very weird.

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Arcade1Up Surprise Announces a Wi-Fi Digital Board Game Coffee Table

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If you follow Arcade1Up announcements, you might be expecting another arcade cabinet or maybe even a pinball machine. But its latest product, the Arcade1Up Infinity Game Table, is a whole new category. It’s a Wi-Fi-connected coffee table with a touchscreen that can play board games, show comics books, and more.

The Infinity Game Table will come in two sizes, one with a 24-inch HD touchscreen, and one with a 32-inch HD touchscreen. While it looks like a good size for a coffee table in your living room, you can remove the legs and place it on a table or other flat surface.

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How to use D-Pad controllers on the C64

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While I was a big gamer on 8-bit machines back in the early 80s, joysticks always hurt my hands after playing a while. When I got my first console, a Nintendo Entertainment System, I realized how nice it was to use a D-Pad for extended game sessions. Here are two ways to use a D-Pad on the Commodore 64 (and other machines) which makes playing much more ergonomic.

NOTE: PadSwitcher64 control software now works perfectly both NTSC and PAL machines, thanks to the author for fixing that issue!