Blue Prince is everybody’s favorite new game
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 79, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, RIP your free time, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about dire wolves and Neuralink
This might be the most addictive puzzle game, yet, and I can’t stop playing
What is your relationship to addictive mobile games? If you were to ask me, I’d say it’s a love-hate relationship. I love being drawn into the fun but hate then not being able to put them down. I love being challenged, but hate that it keeps me on my phone.
Luka Dončić Wore a Killer Watch For His Dallas Revenge Game
This week, Slovenian phenomenon Luka Dončić returned to Dallas to play his former team, the Mavericks. Clearly, there were mixed feelings going into the game: Dressed like a mourner—or a stealth assassin, depending on your POV—in all black, Dončić grew visibly emotional when his old team played him a tribute
’90s Video Game Movies Deserve More Respect
Super Mario Bros. features Dennis Hopper playing a dinosaur-descended humanoid dictator chasing a rocket shoes-aided Bob Hoskins across a fungal-covered cyberpunk dystopia—all while Luigi is depicted as the cool one. Street Fighter sees Raul Julia feasting on the scenery while Jean-Claude Van Damme flexes an American flag tattooed across his
Arduboy creator says his tiny Game Boy won’t survive Trump’s tariffs
Kevin Bates managed to quit his day job and move to China after his game-playing business card, the Arduboy, went viral in 2014. But a decade later, Trump’s staggering and inexplicable new US tariffs are driving him out of business. Just as he was about to turn a profit for
Sora needs to up its game to match the new Runway AI video model
I always enjoy a chance to mess with AI video generators. Even when they’re terrible, they can be entertaining, and when they pull it off, they can be amazing. So, I was keen to play with Runway’s new Gen-4 model. The company boasted that the Gen-4 (and its smaller, faster
Nintendo Switch 2: Everything announced including a new Mario Kart game, new Switch features and more
After months of anticipation and years of speculation, Nintendo is finally spilling all the beans about the Switch 2. In a Nintendo Direct presentation, the company is filling in questions we’ve had about the console since it was first officially revealed in a short teaser this past January. Switch 2
I Thought 1923’s Death-Filled Episode Was The Best Of The Season, But One Star’s Game Of Thrones Nod Has Me Even More Pumped For What’s Next
Spoilers for Season 2 of 1923 are ahead! If you are looking to catch up, you can do so with a Paramount+ subscription. Then, you can stream the finale in the same place this Sunday, April 6. To this day, Game of Thrones’ Red Wedding lives on as one of
Game developers urge Nvidia RTX 30 and 40 series owners rollback to December 2024 driver after recent RTX 50-centric release issues
Nvidia RTX 40-series GPU owners continue to face system stability issues, with reports of blue screen crashes (BSODs), system instability, and game-breaking bugs. While many users have been frustrated by these problems, Nvidia’s apparent primary focus on its new RTX 50-series cards has only added to their concerns. Now, a
The new Tamagotchi game for Nintendo Switch will connect with Tamagotchi Uni
The Nintendo Direct livestream on Thursday brought some unexpected news for Tamagotchi fans: the Tamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop game series of the early 2000s is being resurrected with a new entry, Tamagotchi Plaza. But it seems the announcement trailer left out the best part. As spotted by Tama-Palace, Bandai Namco
