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io9GamesThe Adventure Zone: Bureau of Balance Is a Fantastic Gateway to Roleplaying Games
Way up in the stars, there’s a secret moon base called the Bureau of Balance. It’s a place where anything can happen—including a visit to a Fantasy Costco. It’s here that we set the stage for The Adventure Zone: Bureau of Balance, a card and board game that might be one of the most accessible … Continued
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ReviewsHeadphonesI’ll Just Say It: Jabra’s New ANC Earbuds Are Better Than AirPods Pro
Jabra’s Elite lineup of Bluetooth earbuds have been a favorite of mine for years. But as the competition has become more intense and earbuds are packing in more features for less, Jabra was missing one big thing: active noise cancellation. The $230 Elite 85t with ANC is here, and after using these earbuds for a … Continued
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ReviewsHome Entertainment & Smart HomeThe New Amazon Echo Is Round (Also It Sounds Good)
It’s round. That’s the story, folks. In all seriousness, you can’t talk about the fourth-generation Amazon Echo without acknowledging its new globular shape. Visually, it’s a significant departure from the cylindrical Echoes of yore, but it’s more than just Amazon telling you, “Oh, it’s a ball now.” It’s also a way of saying, “This one … Continued
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ReviewsAMD Ryzen 9 5950X Review: Meet the New Best Desktop Processor
Since introducing its Ryzen series of desktop processors into the PC market, AMD has consistently increased core counts and core clocks, shrunk its transistor size to 7nm, and modified its architecture to be more efficient all on the same motherboard socket. The scaling AMD achieved between its Zen and Zen 2 architecture generation was impressive … Continued
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io9This Halloween, I’ll Be Ghostbusting With Egon’s Old Wand
Many, many things make the Ghostbusters cool but near the top of the list has to be their gadgets. Ghost traps, PKE Readers, proton packs and, of course, their neutrona wands. That’s the Ghostbuster version of a gun which fires powerful streams that could grab a ghost and, well, bust it. It’s a key accessory … Continued
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ReviewsOther GadgetsThe Sony A7Siii Is a Dreamy Video Monster
The original A7Siii was my first Sony camera. I got it when I set out to travel the country in a van because I wanted a full-frame camera that could handle photo and video in low light, because I knew I’d never carry a flash. Over the years, as I shifted more and more toward … Continued
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io9GamesDungeons & Dragons: Adventure Begins Doesn’t Capture the Magic
Dungeons & Dragons can be a pretty intimidating game—I didn’t get into it until about a year ago, and I still struggle with all its intricacies. So, I was excited that Hasbro was releasing Dungeons & Dragons: Adventure Begins, a board game designed to help bring new players into the fold. While does succeed in … Continued
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io9The Princess Bride: Adventure Book Game Is Almost as Epic as the Movie
When it comes to board games based on popular movies, TV shows, or franchises, Ravensburger is the company to beat. It’s proven that with its latest triumph, The Princess Bride: Adventure Book Game, which manages to envelop you in a story and world that’s worth telling. The Princess Bride: Adventure Book Game is a 1-4 … Continued
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ReviewsOther GadgetsThe GoPro Hero9 Is a Little Bigger and a Lot Better in Every Possible Way
It wasn’t long ago that action cameras were in an arms race to make the smallest possible device. In fact, a smaller profile was one of the things GoPro was boasting about just last year with the launch of the Hero8 Black. So, it’s a bit of a surprise that GoPro went bigger this year … Continued
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io9GamesThe Umbrella Academy Card Game Is Punishing
The Umbrella Academy has already jumped from the comic book panel to the small screen, with season two of Netflix’s show now streaming. Now, it’s The Umbrella Academy Game thanks to Studio 71 Games. We had a chance to test out an early version of the card game and it’s off to a promising start, but … Continued
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io9MoviesDuncan Is An Unflinching Portrait of a Pizzagater
In 2016, a heavily armed North Carolina man barged into a Washington, DC-area pizza joint, intending to investigate a baseless conspiracy theory that it was secretly torturing children in a basement it didn’t actually have. Shots were fired and panic ensued, but no one was physically harmed. Improbably, those real-life events are now the subject … Continued
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io9Infinity Train Book 3 Is About the Lies We Tell Ourselves
The Infinity Train runs on trauma and the process of healing from it. In the first season, the story was about a girl learning to manage her parents’ divorce. The second season explored identity and feeling like you don’t have a place in the world. But what happens when you choose to run from your … Continued
