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Xbox One vs PS4 Streaming Apps in One Glorious Megachart

Both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One want to be way more than just your gaming console—they want to be the centerpiece of your home entertainment system. This week, we got our first look at the apps that’ll launch with both consoles. Here’s how they measure up. On the numbers game alone, Xbox One appears to … Continued

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The Real Reason the PS4’s Guts Blow the PS3 Away

The hardware inside the PlayStation 4 is quite obviously more powerful than that of its eight-year-old predecessor. But Sony’s newest console owes more to its success than just specs. As Wired found in an in-depth look at how the PS4 was designed, it has the creator of Marble Madness to thank. Mark Cerny, as Wired … Continued

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Classic Controller Ornaments Will 1-Up Your Holiday Spirit

Your Christmas tree says as much about you as it does your love for the holidays. So this year why not skip the traditional ornaments like glass bulbs and shiny stars and go for something that will bring real character to your tree? If you’ve been a gamer for as long as you can remember, … Continued

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Here’s Your First Look at Valve’s Prototype Steam Box

Details have been dribbling out bout the Valve’s new push into living room gaming. First we got the announcement, then the specs, and now the first prototype boxes are showing up in the wild. https://gizmodo.com/valves-first-piece-of-hardware-is-a-steam-box-prototyp-1385903248 Engadget got a look, and it’s a strikingly minimalist box, but a pretty large one. Of course, it’s worth noting … Continued

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The Laptops Worth Your Money

This content is brought to you by the Commerce Team, the same group of writers and product enthusiasts that put together your daily deal roundups: Gizmodo Deals, Kotaku Deals, and Lifehacker Deals. We work independently of Gizmodo Editorial Staff to bring you the best deals and tell you about our own favorite products. – Shane … Continued

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How I Became Gaming’s Most Popular and Anonymous Photographer

I’m a very accomplished photographer. My photos have been in magazines, newspapers, textbooks, blogs, online videos, television and any other medium that you can think of. My work has been seen by millions and will be one of the most important resources for the history of video games. The only catch is that I’m almost … Continued

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Explore infinite worlds in an alien computer in RPG The Strange

Beneath our visible reality is a powerful alien network that forms a series of pocket universes, each with its own physical laws and bizarre denizens. It’s called The Strange, and this new tabletop RPG from Monte Cook Games will take you there. Fresh off the success of Numenera, Monte Cook Games has begun development of … Continued

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Give Your iPhone Games the Buttons They Deserve With This Arcade Case

If your iPhone gaming addiction involves more than just matching jewels or candy, you’re probably well aware that a touchscreen doesn’t make for the best controller. But why carry a separate solution when the Arcadie Go incorporates physical buttons into a reversible case that’s always guaranteed to be there when you need a hit of … Continued

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This Simple Accessory Blinds Kinect and Solves Your Privacy Concerns

The Xbox One’s original requirement for the Kinect 2.0 sensor to always be connected and active led many gamers to raise concerns about their privacy. Microsoft eventually caved in on that requirement, but anyone upgrading to the new Xbox One now has an absolute guarantee that the Kinect 2.0 sensor won’t keep tabs on them … Continued

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Rumored Moga iPhone Gaming Controller Has Thumbsticks (Updated)

According to @evleaks, what you’re looking at here is a forthcoming iPhone gaming controller from mobile peripheral purveyor Moga. Like the simpler Logitech leak we saw before, the new controller mimics one of the reference designs released by Apple in the documentation for iOS 7. https://gizmodo.com/this-could-be-the-first-official-iphone-gaming-hardware-1436151935 The leaked hardware has a more angular, easier-to-grip design … Continued

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A Handheld Gaming Console You Can Build and Program Yourself

It’s about as far from a Nintendo 3DS or PS Vita as you can get when it comes to the latest in handheld gaming consoles, but the DIY Gamer Kit from Technology Will Save Us comes with one features those devices don’t: The satisfaction that you built it yourself. And not only do you have … Continued

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What Do You Want To See In Our Black Friday Coverage?

This year we’re dedicating ourselves to making your Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping as painless as possible. We’re surfacing all the best deals on the products you actually care about in an easily digestible, ever-updating guide. We’ll not only ensure you don’t miss the bargain you’ve been holding out for all year, but that … Continued

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10 Ways to Make Everyone Root for Your Amoral Protagonist

One step beyond the anti-hero, there’s the amoral or morally challenged main character. Sometimes, a protagonist is so dark, you can’t even use the term “hero” to describe him or her. But how do you get your audience to root for a character who might throw an old lady under a bus? Here are 10 … Continued

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Type:Rider Is a Mobile Game That Teaches You About Typograhy

We love typography at Gizmodo, so it’s no surprise that we’re rather taken by Type:Ride—a mobile game that let’s you solve riddles and puzzles while learning about fonts along the way. Available for iOS and Android, the game see players explore the history of typography as two dots: an umlaut or colon, depending on how … Continued

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Report: Valve’s Steam Machines Will Be Powered By AMD Too

Earlier this month, Valve released specs of its prototype Steam Box units and holy hell they were impressive. The eagle-eyed would have noticed that it was a purely Intel party—turns out it won’t be that way for long. Speaking to Forbes, Doug Lombardi, from Valve, has explained: “Last week, we posted some technical specs of … Continued

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This Piano Projector Makes Playing Keyboards as Easy as Rock Band

Learning to play a new instrument is an exciting endeavour until you get caught up in the hours of mind-numbing practice required to get proficient. But if learning the piano is up next on your bucket list, you’ll be desperate to get your hands on this clever projection system that makes learning the ivories easier—and … Continued

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Adorable sculpted dragons guard your 20-sided dice

Some dragons hoard gold and gems, but Becca Golins’ tiny sculpted dragons guard a different treasure: gaming dice. Golins uses Premo Sculpey polymer clay to sculpt her sweet little beasties, which she oven bakes along with their 20- (and sometimes 10- or 12-) sided prizes. She also sculpts non-dice-guarding dragons, ponies, and other delightful creatures. … Continued

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Valve’s Top Steam Machine Prototypes Have Absurd Specs

Here are the specs for the prototype Steam Box units that Valve will be sending out. Rather than just sending a single design to the lucky beta testers, they’ll be sending out a variety of units. And holy crap, the top-of-the-line will be spec’d to high heaven. The Steam Box prototypes will be running different … Continued

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This Could Be the First Official iPhone Gaming Controller

This image posted by perpetual juicy rumor machine @evleaks shows what could be a forthcoming iPhone gaming controller from Logitech. Given Apple’s reference designs for such a controller released at WWDC this year, the supposed leak looks pretty legit. https://gizmodo.com/the-surest-sign-yet-that-apple-tv-will-be-a-gaming-cons-513191654 Indeed, the purportedly forthcoming controller looks pretty much identical to one of the two designs … Continued

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Easily Turn Your iPhone 5 Into GTA V’s iFruit

Grand Theft Auto has long been known for parodying everything from vehicles, to advertising, to pop culture, to even the technology that dominates the time. So it’s not surprising to see one of the characters in the recently released GTA V using an iPhone parody called the iFruit. And now you can actually get your … Continued