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Image : Sattalat Phukkum ( Shutterstock ) Twitter is currently on fire. With Elon Musk as owner and CEO, the company has changed many rules and regulations users (and advertisers) had come to expect from the platform. The latest drama, however, concerns Twitter verification, and it’s throwing a wrench in the ability to tell which accounts are real and which are fake. The “blue checkmark” on Twitter was more than just a status symbol. Twitter’s verification process served as a means of identification: If you saw a blue check next to an account, say, for a politician, you knew that account was official, and not an impersonator. Accounts needed to be vetted to prove both their identity and noteworthiness before receiving a blue check, which is a good thing. Under the direction of Musk, though, anyone can buy a blue check by subscribing to Twitter Blue for $8 a month. Since the change, identifying legitimate users has been a challenge. In fact, Twitter Blue subscribers have taken adva...

Photo : charnsitr ( Shutterstock ) Nintendo isn’t the only company out t here with joy stick drift issues . Joy Cons might be the highest profile controller to suffer from drift, but Sony’s PS5 controllers can experience a similar plight. If your PS5 characters are moving on their own, there are some steps you can take to fix the drift. 02:15 How to Steam an Egg Wednesday 11:19AM 02:50 Chopping Basics Wednesday 11:09AM What is stick drift? Stick drift is when your controller’s analog joysticks think an input is being made even when you aren’t moving the stick at all. You’ll notice this issue right away, since game menus and characters alike will move on their own. It’s frustrating, and makes many games unplayable. There isn’t one root cause of stick drift. In some cases, the analog stick might become loose , and cause the sensors to think it’s tilted when it isn’t. In other cases, dirt and debris can get trapped in the stick, resulting in a similar error. In the worst case scena...

Photo : kasarp studio ( Shutterstock ) Work means something different to all of us, but to many of us, the work day involves some periods of down time. If you find yourself with nothing to do in between meetings, or if a coworker is taking their sweet time to respond to you, you might think about picking up your Switch for a brief gaming session. But a story-heavy game will only lead to disappointment when that coworker calls you back in the middle of a cutscene. Instead, you need a game that’s easy to pick up and play for a few minutes, like one of these 12 titles. This list is inspired by Redditor Certain-Ad-2118 . Their job essentially involves talking on the phone, with two to three minutes in between each call. They took to r/NintendoSwitch looking for games that could fill those short bursts of time, and the subreddit answered their call. I picked what I thought were 12 of the best suggestions for the situation, but let us know in the comments if you have a favorite you don...

Nintendo Power is an iconic part of Nintendo history, and gaming history generally . It s 24- year, 285- issue run spanned multiple generations of gamers, and helped us finish tough games played on systems from the OG NES to the Wii U. Many of us have fond memories of flipping through it , but didn’t have the forethought to save them (or hide them from our decluttering parents before heading off to college) . But that’s OK, because in another reminder there’s no better cure for nostalgia pangs than the internet , every issue is available to download right now. As reported by Nintendo Life , a group of archivists have been working on a project dubbed “Retromags,” an endeavor to upload retro magazines to the internet for fans to peruse and reminisce. Nintendo Power is the latest magazine the archivists have targeted and finished uploading. Now, you can download each and every one of those 285 issues to your computer to enjoy at your leisure. One user, Gumball, even added the entir...

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are the talk of the town, but not for the reasons Nintendo likely wanted. While many are enjoying their new Pokémon adventures, the tweets are all about how buggy the games are . These glitches range from funny to bizarre to hilarious . But there’s one quirk that isn’t like the others—the hidden ability to run faster than you should be able to. As demonstrated by Redditor hamsterhead64 , by connecting a second Joy-Con to your Switch playing Pokémon Scarlet or Violet , you can greatly increase your running speed across the Paldea region. With both controllers connected, you need to push both left sticks at “an angle” (meaning, any position other than directly up, down, left, or right), and you’ll see your character book it faster than Keemstar . The game isn’t necessarily designed for you to run this fast, so you could notice the game struggling to keep up with you. Wild Pokémon might not generate in time for you to sprint past, although, as one Reddi...

Photo : Shuang Li ( Shutterstock ) It’s November, which means it is once again Black Friday season (the Friday after Thanksgiving now somehow lasting an entire month), and retailers across the internet—and the brick-and-mortar chains that remain—are dropping deals. Traditionally, this is the best/worst time to be a video game fan. The best, because tons of A-level games are on generous sales, some of them for the first time. And the worst, because you probably bought a lot of those games for full price when they came out and—if you’re anything like me—you have barely played them since. That’s why, in the interest of never feeling the sting of unrealized savings, I have vowed to never pay full price for a game again—and you should too. FOMO versus reality Before you rush to tell me I wrong, I’ll start with a caveat: If you are the kind of gamer who simply must play the hot new game when it’s at its newest and hottest, then by all means, do so. But be honest with yourself before yo...

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are glitchfests . In this age of post-launch updates, many games have their fair share of bugs and issues, but at $60 a pop, Scarlet and Violet’s problems are borderline impressive, struggling to run on the same console other AAA titles like Breath of the Wild and Xenoblade Chronicles 3 worked with just fine. If you’re thinking about throwing in the towel and asking for your money back, you’re not alone. Now, if you’re a long-time Nintendo fan, you might know the company does not have a generous returns policy . Anything purchased on the eShop is, by company policy, a completed sale, and ineligible for a refund. While you can return physical games, Nintendo will not accept any opened items, meaning if you’ve played the game, you can’t return it. Nintendo sticks to this policy so intently they warn you to look up reviews before buying the game. Not many companies have “do your research, idiot” as a customer service philosophy, but Nintendo is spe...

By now, you probably know how buggy Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are . At this point, t he glitches and issues are more features than bugs . M ost of the games’ quirks seem to range from harmless to game- breaking, but there are some newly- discovered ones you can use for your benefit... specifically to duplicate items and Pokémon in your game. These duplication glitches have been circulating around social media, as have other Scarlet and Violet glitches. The difference here is that these bugs actually improve things for players , netting them extra items and Pokémon without much effort. And w hile you always have to take these types of claims with a grain of salt, Polygon was able to confirm some of them actually work. The first they test is a simple glitch : If you set up a picnic over a sparkly spot in the wild, you’ll find an item in your basket. If you leave the picnic here, that item will continue to respawn every now and then, in an apparent infinite item glitch. There’...

Image : Steamforged Games Video games are but one of gaming’s many forms, existing alongside board games, tabletop RPGs, and collectible card games. Unsurprisingly, many popular video games are often adapted into various tabletop formats. There are large-scale board games that adapt the gameplay of popular video games into cooperative tabletop adventures. Some standouts include Monster Hunter , Skyrim , Fallout , Doom , Resident Evil , Devil May Cry , and Horizon: Zero Dawn . From Software’s Dark Souls and its spinoffs like Bloodborne and (coming soon) Elden Ring also have massive co-op dungeon crawlers with numerous expansions to collect. Be prepared to spend a couple hundred dollars on some of these games and their respective add-ons. There are also smaller board games based on family-friendly games like Portal , Minecraft , and Pac-Man that are simpler to set up and play, and more affordable. If you’re looking for something to switch up D&D night, there are pen-and-pap...