Razer just made my dream PS5 controller and it blows the DualSense Edge out of the water — but there's a catch

Razer just announced the new Raiju V3 Pro, a PS5 controller designed for professional esports players, and here's what I ...

Your Fancy Modern TV Sucks at Playing Old Video Games. Here’s Why—and Why You Need a CRT TV.

When you play a vintage console through a CRT TV, you see the game as its creators envisioned it. You preserve their sharp ...

9 electronics every home had in 1980

Fi, before smartphones, before your watch could tell you to stand up, there was 1980. It was a glorious era of beige plastic, ...

Space exploration in the backyard, on a budget – how NASA simulates conditions in space without blasting off

Analog missions are designed to simulate the crew’s experience in a given mission plan. In some cases, they simulate surface operations on the Moon or Mars for up to a year. Others might replicate the ...

Throwback styles meet modern tech for a retro revival in our living rooms

A retro revival is underway in the design world: mushroom-shaped lamps, walnut stereo consoles, daisy dishware, neon Polaroid ...

How the Xbox Ally stacks up against Steam Deck and Switch 2

The base Xbox Ally is powered by a similar AMD Ryzen Z2 processor, has 16 GB of RAM, and 512 GB of storage (expandable via ...
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AYANEO Pocket AIR Mini handheld game console hits Indiegogo for $70 and up

The AYANEO Pocket AIR Mini is an Android-powered handheld with a 4.2 inch, 1280 x 920 pixel display with up to 500 nits ...

Forget the Analogue 3D, this competing N64 FPGA console is ready for the spotlight

ModRetro's first home FPGA console, the N64-based M64, will be playable for the public this weekend for the very first time.

ROG Xbox Ally X: The Ars Technica review

Here at Ars, we have been writing about rumors of a portable Xbox for literal decades now. With the ROG Xbox Ally, Microsoft ...
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Every Nintendo console release in chronological order: test your Nintendo knowledge

Even the most hardcore Nintendo fan who is always at the ready to hit you with the fact that Nintendo began in the 1800s selling Hanafuda cards is unlikely to know that the first true Nintendo console ...
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7 Classic Video Games That Defined Their Consoles

Since the days of games like Pitfall on the Atari 2600, every console released has some kind of new feature—a giant leap in graphical power, analog sticks, controller haptics, and so on. Along with ...