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Daily tech news & jokes to have a good start for 12/11/2022

Adam G
4 min readNov 12, 2022

Quote of the day:

Opportunities don’t happen. You create them. Chris Grosser

Jokes of the day:

Never take advice from electrons. They are always negative.

Relationship Status: just tried to reach for my dog’s paw and he pulled it away so I pretended I was reaching for the remote.

Top 10 news of the day:

20 PS Plus Extra, Premium Games Coming Next Week

Available from 15th November — https://youtu.be/yl1XUm9iDXY Sony has today announced the lineup of PS5, PS4, and Classic g…

Ooo swapping Greedfall (a game I would have played) for Skyrim (a game I would have bought) I can take that, as I’m one of the few RPG/open world lovers who is yet to play Skyrim, and I couldn’t work out whether to buy the anniversary edition or just… [764 chars]

Hogwarts Legacy Looks Like Another Magical PS5, PS4 Open World

Well, owl be damned — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecgrvh4kQRU God of War Ragnarok may now be available, but there are …

Subscribe to Push Square on God of War Ragnarok may now be available, but there are no shortage of titles to look forward to. One release lingering tantalisingly on the horizon is Hogwarts Legacy, and developer Avalanche has decided to refuel our ent… [1650 chars]

Call Screen on Pixel 7 Pro saves me from daily insults

Someone has been calling me every day to insult me. Thankfully, Call Screen on the Pixel 7 Pro prevents me from needing to deal with it.

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority On Monday this week, I received a call from a private number. Since I have a Google Pixel 7 Pro, I use the Call Screen feature. This very useful tool has Google Assistant answer your call for you to help weed out te… [2401 chars]

Paper Mario: Sticker Star Was When The Series Came Unstuck

Getting stuck isn’t a good thing — Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions…

Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. On the 10th anniversary of Paper Mario: Sticker Star, Kate throws a very grumpy birthday party for a 3DS… [5018 chars]

ASUS Preps AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX & 7900 XT ROG STRIX Custom Graphics Cards Too

ASUS is working on its next-gen AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX & RX 7900 XT ROG STRIX, TUF Gaming & reference custom graphics cards.

Although ASUS has only revealed its TUF Gaming custom models for the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX & 7900 XT graphics cards, an ECC filing reveals that the company is also preparing ROG STRIX GPUs. AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX & RX 7900 XT ROG STRIX Custom Graphi… [1716 chars]

Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration review — an interactive history

The oldest video game publisher in the world is celebrating its 50th birthday, with a new retro compilation and historical archive.

Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration — a very long history (pic: Atari) The oldest video game publisher in the world is celebrating its 50th birthday, with a new retro compilation and historical archive. There have been a number of important anniver… [10549 chars]

Remedy officially announces sequel to Control

Remedy has announced it’s working on a sequel to Control, once more with 505 Games. The developer had previously stated…

Remedy has announced it’s working on a sequel to Control, once more with 505 Games. The developer had previously stated two Control games were in the works, including a multiplayer spin-off and Codename Heron, though a sequel was not formally announc… [1870 chars]

It Takes Two’s merch is all boring apart from the dismember-me-elephant

Game brands should be making more weird merch pulls like toys you can rip apart

I slammed back into the team chat after an appointment this morning, and Katharine asked me to take a look at the new It Takes Two merch — specifically the plushy elephant. And I was like, “Sure!” and toddled off to have a look. I was delighted! But … [3311 chars]

Poll: Splatoon 3’s Pokémon-Themed Splatfest Is This Weekend, Which Type Will You Pick?

Grass, Water, or Fire-type? — After skipping October, it’s Splatfest time once again in Splatoon 3! And in anticipation of…

After skipping October, it’s Splatfest time once again in Splatoon 3! And in anticipation of Pokémon Scarlet & Violet’s launch next week, it has to be a Pokémon-themed one, doesn’t it? And Splatoon is asking the age-old question that longtime Pokémon… [989 chars]

Of dice and men: How Ian Livingstone conquered the nerd universe

From Warhammer to Lara Croft, serial entrepreneur and nerd king Ian Livingstone has defined play for a generation, says Steve Dinneen

Of dice and men: How Ian Livingstone conquered the nerd universe In a leafy enclave of West London, Ian Livingstone is balanced precariously upon a chair in his study, grasping for a top-shelf box filled with incredibly rare figurines. The legs of th… [9160 chars]

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Adam G

Tech enthusiast, currently entrepreneuring — regularly sharing content on startup stories. Founder of www.businessideas.directory and qmapper.co