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A photo of Donald Trump sitting next to his lawyer, who has an Asus gaming laptop. It's a still image, but we've edited it to make the laptop's RGB logo cycle through rainbow colours.
Ace AttorneyNewsThursday, 5th October 2023 by Trump’s lawyer brought a gaming laptop to court, and everyone on Bluesky made the same joke

How a distracting, “strobing” Asus logo became the star of Trump’s fraud trial – and unleashed a slew of Ace Attorney comparisons in the process.

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An animated GIF showing Matthew's MetaHuman creation
ReviewPreviewsWednesday, 16th June 2021 by I accidentally created Zac Efron and Will Poulter’s lovechild in MetaHuman Creator

Sims 4-style people creation comes to Unreal Engine thanks to MetaHuman Creator. Matthew puts it through its paces with… uncanny results.

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Key art for Two Point Campus
NewsVideoThursday, 10th June 2021 by Theme Hospital + The Sims 2: University = Two Point Campus

We finally got a glimpse of our next adventure in Two Point County — and it brought back old traumas. We’ll never forgive EA for killing Bullfrog. Never!

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A screenshot showing the Urbz's endearing, isometric pixel art style
FeatureOpinionTuesday, 12th March 2019 by The best Sims game is an oft-forgotten Nintendo DS title

Could an obscure Sims-series outlier — for an aging Nintendo handheld — really be the best game in the franchise? Matthew certainly thinks so.

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A Minecraft demo running on Microsoft's HoloLens AR headset
E3 2016FeatureSaturday, 11th June 2016 by A Critical look ahead

As E3 looms, so does the prospect of “finally getting a proper look at Mass Effect: Andromeda“. No matter how cringe the rest is, that might be enough.

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