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Photo : DANIEL CONSTANTE ( Shutterstock ) When people talk Mario Kart in 2022, most people mean Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for the Switch. That’s where Nintendo puts its focus, adding new courses and game elements like customizable items , so it’s odd to see a new update to a Mario Kart game that isn’t   Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Weirder still, Nintendo’s latest news affects Mario Kart 7 , a game that launched on the Nintendo 3DS over 10 years ago. Nintendo quietly released a new patch for Mario Kart 7 on Tuesday, Dec. 13, and players don’t know what to make of it—partly because Nintendo won’t tell anyone what’s actually in the update. According to the official release notes, Mario Kart 7 version 1.2 addresses “several issues” to “improve the gameplay experience.” What that means is anybody’s guess. And guess, they have! Twitter user OatmealDome guesses the update patches a severe security vulnerability seen in other Nintendo games like Splatoon 2 and Animal Crossing , since it’s possib...

Photo : robtek ( Shutterstock ) We’ll never truly get to relive the ‘ 90s again, but technology is getting us pretty darn close. This moment, you could be sitting in your modern home in 2022, surrounded by iPhones, big screen OLED TVs, and smart gadgets of all kinds, all the while experiencing a room decked out with classic posters, old-school TVs, and retro games filling every corner of the bookshelves. It’s not magic: It’s Emu VR . EmuVR recreates the 90s bedroom of your dreams, allowing you to play one of more than 70 different classic consoles one on TV, while watching retro cartoons on another. Because EmuVR is, at its core, an emulator, you can play games from a wide range of platforms, including PlayStation, Nintendo 64, GameCube, Sega Dreamcast, SNES, NES, and even more modern consoles like Wii. The coolest part of EmuVR, in my opinion, is it recreates the gaming experience down to the smallest detail. You don’t pick your games from some in-game UI, or dig through your Win...

Photo : Shutterstock ( Shutterstock ) It’s a classic holiday scene: You unwrap a brand new game console, complete with all the games on your wishlist. After weeks of waiting, it’s time to sit back, cocoa in-hand, fire up the machine, and...wait for all of the updates to load. Maneuvering through setup screens and software updates is the worst part of opening any new tech gift, which is why some gifters take it upon themselves to take care of handling the menus and updates ahead of time. But is that a good idea? When someone opens a gift, they want to be able to use it right away, especially if that gift is super fun, like a game console or a phone, and the recipient is an impatient child (whether in age or temperament). If you unwrap a Nintendo Switch this year, you’re going to want to pop in Mario Kart or Zelda and get playing ASAP. You might even remember when that was the norm—from the NES to the GameCube, as long as everything was plugged in correctly, all you needed to do ...

Photo : DANIEL CONSTANTE ( Shutterstock ) When people talk Mario Kart in 2022, most people mean Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for the Switch. That’s where Nintendo puts its focus, adding new courses and game elements like customizable items , so it’s odd to see a new update to a Mario Kart game that isn’t   Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Weirder still, Nintendo’s latest news affects Mario Kart 7 , a game that launched on the Nintendo 3DS over 10 years ago. Nintendo quietly released a new patch for Mario Kart 7 on Tuesday, Dec. 13, and players don’t know what to make of it—partly because Nintendo won’t tell anyone what’s actually in the update. According to the official release notes, Mario Kart 7 version 1.2 addresses “several issues” to “improve the gameplay experience.” What that means is anybody’s guess. And guess, they have! Twitter user OatmealDome guesses the update patches a severe security vulnerability seen in other Nintendo games like Splatoon 2 and Animal Crossing , since it’s possib...