Coronavirus

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Video Games

GameStop Considers Itself Essential Retail During Lockdown

B. Simmons March 20, 2020 1 Comment

Oh, Reggie, they’re determined to wreck things before you even start. Well, GameStop seems to have decided to flush whatever goodwill anyone has left for them. Per an internal memo leaked to Kotaku and...

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Tech

Facebook’s Anti-Spam System Blocks Actual COVID-19 Information

B. Simmons March 18, 2020

Lovely Spam,Wonderful Spam The fallout of the COVID-19 T-virus pandemic has only just begun, and all technology is stabbing us in the back. Take, for example, Facebook. Their Anti-Spam feature has blocked legitimate news...

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Video Games

Every Gaming Service Is Getting Screwed By The Self-Isolation, It’s Not Just You Dropping Frames

B. Simmons March 18, 2020

Everything is fucked, everybody sucks.* So, the eShop’s been broken in both the US and the UK. And it’s not the only one. Blizzard’s Battle.net, Steam PSN, Xbox Live, they’ve all been alternatingly in...

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Tech

Amazon Will Not Stock Anything But Essentials Until April

B. Simmons March 18, 2020

The world is endingAnd there’s no more foodAnd I really need to wipe my bumHelp Goooooooooo~ Amazon has recently notified third-party sellers that the COVID-19 T-virus crisis has forced them to stop stoking non-essentials...

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Random Access Tech

Best Buy Limiting In-Store Customers to 10-15 At a Time

J. Luis March 17, 2020

The coronavirus is wreaking havoc and Best Buy is taking precautions by limiting customers inside its stores to 10 to 15 at any given time beginning on March 23. This move comes after a...

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Movies

Universal’s Theatrical Releases Will Be Streamable Day 1

B. Simmons March 16, 2020

The question is, for how long? For once, it isn’t millennials (potentially) killing something; rather, it’s coronavirus (not literally) killing theaters. Since gatherings of 250 people or over are getting the axe, and people...

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Tech Video Games

Italy’s Internet Strains Under Quarantined Kids’ Constant Fortnite Playing

B. Simmons March 14, 2020

By the end of this shit, they’re gonna be MLG Pro. Italy responded to the coronavirus threat by quarantining the entire country. The European boot is sealed up tight as a drum; no travel,...

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Tech

Comcast Offers 60 Days of Free Internet for Low-Income Families Over Coronavirus

J. Luis March 13, 2020

Comcast is not a good company but even a bad egg can do something good every now and then. Come to think of it, this does seem like a great PR move. Look, I...

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Random Access

Disneyland To Close In Response to Coronavirus

J. Luis March 12, 2020

The Walt Disney Company released a statement that Disneyland and California Adventure parks will close on Saturday (3/14/20) in only the fourth time in company history. The parks will be closed through the rest...

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Video Games

E3 2020 Cancelled

B. Simmons March 11, 2020

’twas a dark day for the ESA. It seems that the 2020 E3 expo has been cancelled. The rumors started on March 10th, when Devolver Digital sent out the following tweet: Supposedly, the ESA...