Best Android Smartwatches 2019
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Google’s Wear OS may not be the biggest name in wearables, but if you’re using an Android phone and want the best integration your watch can offer, there are some decent watches out there that’ll get the job done.
For a little backstory, Wear OS is in a weird spot right now, though. Many popular watches running Wear OS are a couple years old at this point, and even many of the newest options are still running older Snapdragon chipsets. Many manufacturers are producing fewer watches than they used to, so finding one that will perform as well as possible right now isn’t as easy as it was a year or two ago. Still, there are some solid options you should consider. With that out of the way, here are the best Android-based watches in 2019.
Twitch Prime Offers a Year of Free Nintendo Switch Online
Twitch Prime members can claim three months of Nintendo Switch Online and if they keep their Prime membership active for 60 days, they can claim another nine months.
The offer is open to Twitch Prime members and gets you all the benefits that come along with a Nintendo Switch Online, including online play, and access to a library of NES games (via The Verge.)
IGN UK Podcast #481: Shazam! Sekiro! Sematary! Skating!
Joe and Matt have seen Shazam! and have some lovely things to say about it. Cardy hasn't, but he has watched two other films which he also has lovely things to say about. All 3 of them have played Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, of which lovely things are spoken about.
There's also a cameo from a 15 year old deck of top trumps and a nail-biting edition of Go On Name Them. It's a thriller. Please enjoy:
IGN UK Podcast #481: Shazam! Sekiro! Sematary! Skating!
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Amazon Prime Members Now Get a Free 12 Month Nintendo Switch Online Membership
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Security Researcher Arrested for Hacking Into Microsoft and Nintendo
A 24-year old security researcher who worked for the Malwarebytes security company was arrested and narrowly avoided jail for hacking into Microsoft and then hacking into Nintendo while on bail.
As reported by The Verge, Zammis Clark, also known as Slipstream or Raylee, admitted to hacking into Microsoft and Nintendo servers and stealing confidential information, including 43,000 files from Microsoft's internal Windows flighting servers which contain pre-release versions of Windows.
Clark gained access to a Microsoft server on January 24, 2017, and proceeded to upload a "web shell to remotely access Microsoft’s network freely for at least three weeks. Clark then uploaded multiple shells which allowed him to search through Microsoft’s network, upload files, and download data."
Security Researcher Arrested for Hacking Into Microsoft and Nintendo
A 24-year old security researcher who worked for the Malwarebytes security company was arrested and narrowly avoided jail for hacking into Microsoft and then hacking into Nintendo while on bail.
As reported by The Verge, Zammis Clark, also known as Slipstream or Raylee, admitted to hacking into Microsoft and Nintendo servers and stealing confidential information, including 43,000 files from Microsoft's internal Windows flighting servers which contain pre-release versions of Windows.
Clark gained access to a Microsoft server on January 24, 2017, and proceeded to upload a "web shell to remotely access Microsoft’s network freely for at least three weeks. Clark then uploaded multiple shells which allowed him to search through Microsoft’s network, upload files, and download data."
The Top 25 Craziest Finishers in MK History
Mortal Kombat 11 is just around the corner, and it’s already shown us some of the nastiest, most brutal fatalities we’ve ever seen. But brutality isn’t everything. Throughout the history of mortal combat, there have been plenty of Fatalities, Friendships, Animalities and more that weren’t afraid to get weird with it. From the bizarrely gruesome to the gruesomely bizarre, here are our picks for the 25 craziest finishing moves in MK history.
Spoiler alert: There’s a lot of MK 3 in here. That game was wacky.
25. Mortal Kombat 3 - Reptile - Fatality
Even setting aside the fact that in order to swallow his prey, Reptile’s head expands by about 500%, the real WTF?! of this finisher is the question of how can a man who’s head and vocal chords are currently being digested keep screaming?! Or maybe it’s Reptile who’s screaming, though that begs the question why we haven’t seen his ventriloquist act yet.
The Top 25 Craziest Finishers in MK History
Mortal Kombat 11 is just around the corner, and it’s already shown us some of the nastiest, most brutal fatalities we’ve ever seen. But brutality isn’t everything. Throughout the history of mortal combat, there have been plenty of Fatalities, Friendships, Animalities and more that weren’t afraid to get weird with it. From the bizarrely gruesome to the gruesomely bizarre, here are our picks for the 25 craziest finishing moves in MK history.
Spoiler alert: There’s a lot of MK 3 in here. That game was wacky.
25. Mortal Kombat 3 - Reptile - Fatality
Even setting aside the fact that in order to swallow his prey, Reptile’s head expands by about 500%, the real WTF?! of this finisher is the question of how can a man who’s head and vocal chords are currently being digested keep screaming?! Or maybe it’s Reptile who’s screaming, though that begs the question why we haven’t seen his ventriloquist act yet.
Every IGN Borderlands Review Ever
Now that we've finally reviewed Borderlands 3, it's a great time to look back at 10 years of the series. While IGN has missed a DLC here and there (there were a lot of them!) over the past decade we've reviewed a couple of dozen Borderlands things, including games, add-ons, an unfortunate Vita port, and even the episodic Tales from the Borderlands series from Telltale Games (RIP).
After you've browsed through the slideshow below and refreshed your memory, make sure let us know which games stand out to you as Claptrap's best adventures to date.
Every IGN Borderlands Review To Date – Vote For Your Favorite
Now that we've finally had our first glimpse of the inevitable Borderlands 3, it's a great time to look back at 10 years of the series. While IGN has missed a DLC here and there (there were a lot of them!) over the past decade we've reviewed a couple of dozen Borderlands things, including games, add-ons, an unfortunate Vita port, and even the episodic Tales from the Borderlands series from Telltale Games (RIP). Next week we'll have a review of the refreshed Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition so we can finally find out how well that game might've scored if not for its terrible final boss battle!