Lego’s official Nintendo Game Boy is here, complete with a lenticular display. It doesn’t play games, but you can swap in scenes from Super Mario Land and Link’s Awakening. Take my money www.theverge.com/news/712786/...

George Lucas will have a Hall H panel at SDCC this year

It will be the first time he's ever attended

One of the sweetest #SDCC traditions is back — the @sdconventionctr.bsky.social #SDCC exclusive chocolate! sdccblog.com/2025/07/the-...

Microsoft is bringing its “stream your own game” feature to its Xbox PC app. More than 250 Xbox console games are supported for streaming, in addition to titles from Game Pass www.theverge.com/news/707739/...

NEW: In March, Xbox boss Phil Spencer was so impressed by the demo of a Zenimax game codenamed Blackbird that Matt Booty had to tell him to stop playing so the meeting could continue. Yesterday, they canceled it.

Inside one of Xbox's most shocking cancellations: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

As one illustration of just how sloppy and chaotic today's mass Xbox layoff has been, some employees at Zenimax Online Studios are now watching their Slack accounts abruptly get locked out. No message from HR, no word on whether they still have a job, just an ominous Slack deactivation

Critical Role has snagged legendary Dungeons & Dragons lead creators, Chris Perkins and Jeremy Crawford, for its Darrington Press team.

The cryogen is working! Here’s to the next 10 years!!!

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I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving.

There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.

They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.

Hasbro is taking Marvel fans on a prehistoric journey with a #SDCC exclusive #MarvelLegends #SavageLand 3-pack (via Comic Book Resources): sdccblog.com/2025/06/hasb...

NEW: What went wrong with Dragon Age: The Veilguard? Why was the writing so tonally inconsistent? Why did it feel so shallow? Why were there so few choices?

Really, after ten years of turbulence, it was a miracle that anything came out at all. This is the story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

real bummer finding out that literally everything was on the honor system this whole time

Give me a super cut of every time a Republican has told us to “let the states decide” for the last 50 years, as the Marines are sent into a city they were not needed or asked for.

Still need a badge to #SDCC or just want to help the con? #SDCC Volunteer Registration has re-opened to anyone with a Member ID: sdccblog.com/2025/06/san-...

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Gov. Gavin Newsom said that the state would file a lawsuit against the Trump administration, saying he violated California's sovereignty. via @kqednews.kqed.org

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called Los Angeles a “city of criminals” and not a city of immigrants. But like its name, Los Angeles is a city of angels. We protect and look out for one another, especially the most vulnerable.

Steam Deck and the ROG Ally appeal to some of PC gaming’s most enthusiastic players. The ones that play the most, that play the biggest variety of games and, crucially, spend the most money on games. That's what Xbox is aiming for with its new handhelds
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