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For the second time this decade, LeBron James has left the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the team has seemingly collapsed in on itself. James’ departure for the Miami Heat in 2010, of course, left the team in dire straights as they toiled in the NBA’s abyss, collecting lottery picks and racking up 20-win seasons until James…

“Kingdom Hearts 3″/Square Enix Released on January 29th, “Kingdom Hearts 3” is the culmination of a trilogy that began in 2002. The game arrives nearly 13 years after “Kingdom Hearts 2.”The “Kingdom Hearts” series blends the worlds of Disney’s films with the “Final Fantasy” video game series.Through the years the series has developed a cult…

Sports of The TimesImageCalgary’s Saddledome arena, built for the Calgary Flames and the 1988 Olympic Winter Games, would be used if the 2026 Winter Games are held in the city.CreditCreditTodd Korol for The New York TimesCALGARY, Alberta — Hobbled by a reputation for gross expense and corruption, the International Olympic Committee has become a mendicant,…

Welcome to our weekly column, in which YouTuber NimbleThor brings you a short list of the best new mobile games for your Android device. Whether you’re into casual time wasters or hardcore shooters, you’ll find something in here to exercise your thumbs with. From Aunt Mary to your best friend Michael, everyone is Black Friday and Cyber Monday…

Grab that mug of hot cocoa and warm up those mouse-clicking fingers. We’re ramping up to the best time of the year for holiday stocking-stuffing, and the only downside for online shoppers is narrowing down the deals. If you’ve got tech-minded friends on your list, you’ve clicked to the right place: Here are nine discounts…

Subnautica 2 has been at the center of a contentious debate between leadership at its developer Unknown Worlds and the game’s publisher, Krafton Games. At stake is a $250 million payout, promised to Unknown Worlds if the studio hit certain revenue targets by the end of this year. But a company shakeup and the subsequent…

Before the countdown to the Switch 2 direct officially ends April 2nd, Nintendo has some games to get off its plate before we can begin the company’s next generation feast. Nintendo will host a 30-minute Direct showcase featuring games that will keep the vanilla Switch warm in the twilight of its last days as Nintendo’s…

The first Switch was such a hit that Nintendo decided not to mess with a good thing. Instead of releasing a successor that feels like a generational leap or a pivot in a new direction, it’s following up the hugely successful original with the Switch 2 — a welcome upgrade that largely sticks to the…

Best answer: Not exactly. NVIDIA winded down production of the 500GB Shield TV Pro in 2018. It’s no longer available from retailers such as Amazon or Best Buy but still appears to be for sale direct from NVIDIA’s website for $299 (linked below). Alternatively, you can find consoles on eBay selling for as high as…

Welcome to our weekly column, in which YouTuber NimbleThor brings you a short list of the best new mobile games for your Android device. Whether you’re into casual time wasters or hardcore shooters, you’ll find something in here to exercise your thumbs with. Listen, the holiday season as the end of the year is great and everything. But sometimes,…

SCUF’s Envision Pro controller feels so good, so clicky, so responsive, it makes me hate it. I know it’s not the controller, it’s my dumb thumbs, and yet SCUF’s $180 device feels like a memento mori for all the years I spent trying and failing in online multiplayer. The Envision Pro is packing so many…

I think the last time I played a Windows game—as in, a Microsoft game that comes baked into the Windows operating system—was back in Windows 95. Ah, FreeCell. That’s not to say that Microsoft’s games were bad, it’s just not very often that I find myself needing to strike up some Minesweeper to kill time.However,…

Uno Show ‘Em No MercyIf we’re being honest, you may no longer be your mom’s favorite after you’ve both indulged in a round of Uno Show ’Em No Mercy. The updated version of Mattel’s classic card game sends game-turning betrayals into overdrive with more skips, more draw cards, and new stacking rules that let you…

poly-lt-wire-logo BelowCapybara Games Capybara Games’ long awaited dungeon-walker requires zen-like patience There’s much to admire about Below — and plenty to deplore. It’s pleasing on the eye, but often dull to play. It pulls me forward with the temptation of discovery, while forcing me to retrace well-trod paths. It offers up familiar gameplay tropes, simultaneously…

I have played too many games that treat trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming characters as sexual objects. These games portray the lives and identities of marginalized, real-world people as little more than titillation for the (assumed cisgender) player. Hardcoded is not that game. It is a story about dating trans people, written by trans people.…

Santiago Lyon reflects on his friendship with — and the craft of — Mr. Boylan, a fellow conflict photographer.ImageA boy dancing in a heavy tropical shower in a street in Havana. July 19, 2010.CreditCreditDesmond Boylan/ReutersWhen tens of thousands of students took to the streets of Spain to protest new education laws in 1987, riot police…

The Game Developers Conference, an annual gathering that brings thousands of game developers to San Francisco, has just wrapped up. While most of the event is about networking and interesting talks about game design and technology, there were also a bunch of unreleased indie games that we got to check out. Yes, much of video…

Cover Story Codenames! Catan! Sorry! Transform screen time into game time with these immortal classics. For some families, game nights are at the very core of who they are and how they live together. From generation to generation, brothers and sisters and cousins in game families have shared in-jokes, swapped anecdotes, and passed down the…

A shell-shocked Player 456 returns in the Netflix hit’s throat-punch of a third season. Squid Game’s first season dropped seemingly out of the sky in 2021, spanning nine episodes and giving Netflix its biggest hit to date, winning Emmys for creator Hwang Dong-hyuk, star Lee Jung-jae, and others. Season two arrived in late 2024 with…

Child psychologist Maren Østvold Lindheim helps counsel children who’ve been traumatized by their experiences in hospitals. But she doesn’t just use toys and games to treat her patients.Since 2010, Lindheim has been bringing young patients out into the nature preserve behind the Oslo University Hospital, where she works. There, she sat in the grass with…

poly-lt-wire-logo Gameheads’ 2018 showcase Gameheads in Oakland is a creative and educational pipeline Here’s Your Change is a game set in a small store in a low income Oakland neighborhood. It’s a first-person game structured like Papers, Please, which its designer Rogelio Lara cites as a key inspiration. The player stands behind the shop’s counter…

When all is said and done, all of these retro consoles that have appeared recently are the same. They are simply an emulator wrapped in a pretty box with nostalgic controllers. Because of that, there is a lot of options when it comes to hacking or modding them because the software is so basic. The…

Attempting to apply cheats to console games can be intimidating. Do I need to take apart my console? Do I need to mod or hack it, potentially voiding the warranty? Thanks to the Save Wizard MAX save editor, the answer to all of those questions is no. Easy cheats Save Wizard MAX cheat software for…

Darksiders III is the game to play if you’re intrigued by Dark Souls but don’t think you can hack the challenge. The hallmarks are all there. Simplistic-seeming but highly technical combat that punishes even minor errors. A sprawling puzzle box map that folds over on itself again and again as you unlock shortcuts and new…

Jennifer Lawrence played Katniss in four films. Lionsgate; Emma McIntyre/WireImage/Getty Images Updated 2025-04-07T17:37:51Z This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . “The Hunger Games” was released 13 years ago. Since then, the original “tributes” from the first games have gone on to varied…