GameStop patches ‘infinite money glitch’ for Nintendo Switch 2 trade-in — crafty YouTuber trades $415 console in for $472 with purchase of pre-owned game multiple times

YouTuber RJCmedia exploited a loophole in GameStop’s trade-in system that allowed him to get back store credit exceeding the retail value of a Switch 2. He managed to accumulate $150 in trade credit, along with a basically…

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Hytale modder gets Windows 95 OS up and running inside the actual game — other projects include running Minecraft, and Hytale inside itself

Modders have run Windows 95 and Minecraft in Hytale, the hot new sandbox RPG that hit Early Access last Tuesday.

Erroneously assembled 1974 Altair 8800 computer gets fixed and enjoys first run in 2026 — Intel 8080 powered machine ran its first program 52 years later

A computer historian has documented the moment a 1974 kit computer successfully ran its first ever program – in 2016. Altair 8800 kit needed a new PSU.
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Gamer builds ‘hardcore’ first-person shooter simulator that actually shoots back — gaming PC also has real weather effects

The first-person shooter simulator returns fire to the player with pyrotechnics and zaps them with a jolt of electricity whenever they get shot in the game.
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Modder builds all-in-one console with PS5, Xbox Series X, & Switch 2 in a single system — “Ningtendo PXBOX 5” powered by a shared 250W power supply mounted inside a lost-wax chassis

A modder in China has come up with an ingenious solution to combine all three consoles into one device that shares as much with modern tech as it does with ancient tradition.
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New York City is being recreated at 1:1 scale inside Minecraft — project is 5 years in and contains over 50,000 buildings so far

A team of builders is recreating New York City in Minecraft, with the group working on the project over five years and counting.
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Buying all DLC for Monster Hunter Wilds unlocks twice the FPS performance — higher FPS accidentally paywalled by resource-hogging background check for paid content

A performance-crushing bug in Monster Hunter Wilds appears to vanish as more DLC is purchased and added to the game.
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Steam Machine to have fewer ‘Verified’ badge constraints — Valve says Verified on Steam Deck titles expected to run smoothly on upcoming PC console

Valve designer Lawrence Yang confirmed that ‘Verified on Steam Deck’ games will also work well on the Steam Machine, giving gamers a ton of titles that will work well with the console right on launch.
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Doom conquers the kitchen through an electric cooking pot — classic shooter runs seamlessly after a full device firmware refresh

A YouTuber has managed to run Doom on a Krups Cook4Mec smart pressure cooker after dumping and reflashing the firmware on the appliance’s touchscreen control hardware.
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Steam Machine pricing soars past PS5 Pro and Xbox Series X in new retailer listing — 1TB SKU shatters $1,000 barrier

Czech retailer Smarty has listed Valve’s highly anticipated Steam Machine at $950 for the 512GB version and $1,070 for the 1TB model—both before taxes.
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