Video Games

A Broken Game Boy Advance Returns Stronger Than Before

By Bill Smith March 23, 2026

Plenty of old handhelds spend their retirement gathering dust in a box somewhere, and this Game Boy Advance was no exception. Abandoned, completely dead, and sporting a screen that had burned out from years of neglect, it was not an obvious candidate for a comeback. Odd Tinkering took it apart piece by piece anyway, worked through every problem methodically, and brought it back to life with a handful of modern upgrades that breathe new life into the hardware without losing any of what made it special in the first place.

Minecraft Goes Big, Shows How Blocks and Real Rides Will Come Together at a Theme Park in Chessington

By Bill Smith March 23, 2026

Minecraft fans can now plan their next 2027 family outing with confidence, as a brand-new section is set to open at Chessington World of Adventures Resort in Greater London. Next year, they’ll be able to celebrate the New Year in style when the new section, simply called Minecraft World, debuts, marking the first time the game has completely invested in a big theme park.

Anbernic Built a Handheld That Flips Its Screen Open Like a Forgotten Phone

By Bill Smith March 21, 2026

Anbernic has a habit of keeping things interesting, and a recently leaked video has the handheld gaming community talking all over again. At first glance the device looks like a straightforward silver square with a touchscreen, the kind of form factor that plenty of companies have tried before. Then it moves, and that is where things get interesting. The screen flips and rotates in a way that will immediately remind anyone old enough of the Motorola FlipOut, and suddenly it becomes clear that Anbernic is doing something nobody quite expected.

PicoPal Is the Transparent Game Boy Color Remake Nobody Knew They Needed

By Bill Smith March 21, 2026

Gamers who remember sliding cartridges into their old Game Boy Color will feel right at home when they pick up the PicoPal. Its clear plastic shell displays all of the internal components while maintaining the classic shape and button layout of old. The small LEDs illuminate the directional pad and action buttons with customizable brightness, making them ideal for late-night gaming sessions when all you want to do is keep playing. And a 2.6-inch screen front and center displays lovely crisp colors on games that used to seem tiny on vintage Game Boys.

Candlelight Powers a Vintage Game Boy Straight Through Tetris

By Bill Smith March 20, 2026

Most people would hear the question and move on without a second thought. Janus Cycle heard it and got to work. The goal was simple but slightly absurd: could a candle power an original Nintendo Game Boy? As it turns out, yes, and the result is a fully working handheld that loads games and stays lit without a single battery or power outlet in sight.

Twenty Years Later, Twilight Princess Is Finally Escaping the GameCube and Coming to PC

By Bill Smith March 20, 2026

Fans bring The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess to life on their own PCs by meticulously reconstructing the original code. Test footage reveals Link gliding through those classic fields and dungeons just as you remember from years ago, but on modern computer hardware with no middleman. To get to this point, the team had to completely decompile the original GameCube release, which meant translating every line of code into plain English so that a computer could read and execute it on its own. The end product is a neat little file called TwilightPrincess.exe, which you can run on your Windows PC like any other software.

inKONBINI Lets You Spend Summer Days Behind the Register

By Bill Smith March 19, 2026

inKONBINI: One store. Many Stories transports you to a small-town convenience store during a peaceful Japanese summer in the early 1990s. Makoto Hayakawa, a college student on a break from school, walks into her aunt’s shop and realizes that the routine of working there is far more intriguing than simply stacking shelves. Every time you set the shelves exactly right, the bell above the door rings, and a customer walks in, you get a little further into a world where regular hours reveal all sorts of surprising connections.

Mark Built Diablo 2 as a First-Person Game in Unreal Engine 5

By Bill Smith March 17, 2026

Mark of I Make Games, chose to rebuild Diablo 2 from the ground up in Unreal Engine 5, but with one major difference: the entire game is played in first person. A clean heads-up display lies at the bottom of the screen, displaying your current location, an experience bar that ticks upward as you fight monsters, skill slots, glowing potion icons, and a stamina meter that drains anytime you push yourself too far.

NVIDIA’s DLSS 5 Blurs the Line Between Game Worlds and Reality

By Jackson Chung March 16, 2026

NVIDIA unveiled their future graphics technology today at its annual GTC in San Jose, California, and DLSS 5 appears to be the most ambitious jump yet. It will be available to players in the fall, with lucky owners of the latest graphics hardware being among the first to try it out.

Fans Complete Backup of the 385TB Myrient Video Game Archive Before Deadline

By Bill Smith March 16, 2026

This morning, word traveled quickly over the social media that a group of dedicated fans had obtained a complete copy of the Myrient Video Game Archive just in time. With 385TB and thousands of games spanning dozens of platforms, these fans faced a daunting task. Atari ST classics, PS3 and Xbox 360 games, Nintendo Wii U games, and much more are now safely stored on hard drives, due to a small group of people who refused to let it all fade to black.