Magic Leap’s $2.6 billion bait and switch

Two years ago I attended an “Innovation in Immersive Storytelling” event at Industrial Light & Magic, featuring the Chief Game Wizard of Magic Leap. I should have known then, from all the strained corporate sorcery in that sentence, that their demise was inevitable. But in...
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Why you still can’t back up your saves on Nintendo Switch

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Three months later and we’re still screwed if our Nintendo Switch breaks, along with our Zelda saves. In a private room tucked above Nintendo’s media and retailer-specific booth, I sat down with Reggie Fils-Aimé, Nintendo’s president, and asked him about their newest, hybrid home-handheld console....
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