Hacking Pixels Podcast | Ep 019: FortiBleed, WordPress Gravity SMTP Hack, Banjo‑Kazooie · Hacking Pixels · Radar

Gaming & Tech News Round-Up1:46 – 4:10

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[upbeat music] All right, let's kick things off.

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This month was basically a buffet of gaming news with a little tech sprinkled in, and honestly, I am not complaining.

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The big one for me was the new Wolverine gameplay shown during the recent PlayStation State of Play.

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It looks incredible.

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2:05

It is fast, stylish, and very, very bloody.

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2:09

Wolverine is out here slicing through enemies like he is auditioning for a Mortal Kombat cameo.

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2:14

As someone who grew up obsessed with the X-Men and already loves the Spider-Man games from Insomniac, this feels like the perfect mix of everything I enjoy.

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I'm ready to lose entire weekends to this game.

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2:27

Nintendo also decided to casually drop a tiny teaser for a remake of Ocarina of Time.

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2:32

They barely showed anything, but it does not matter.

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2:35

They could have shown Link opening a door, and I would still be excited, as it is my favorite Zelda game.

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I'm sure we will get more in the next Nintendo Direct, but even this little glimpse was enough to send the internet into a nostalgia spiral.

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PlayStation made a big announcement too.

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2:53

Physical discs for new games are ending in twenty twenty-eight.

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2:57

Collectors everywhere probably felt a disturbance in the Force.

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Personally, I have not bought a physical game in years.

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Platforms like Steam and Apple have been all digital forever.

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It is a little sad, but it feels like the industry is finally admitting what has already been true for a long time.

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Then there is Valve's new Steam Machine.

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3:20

It starts at one thousand and forty-nine dollars, and that does not even include a controller.

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3:26

I think everyone was hoping for something closer to six hundred and ninety-nine dollars, but with RAM and storage being swallowed by AI data centers, everything is inflated.

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Early performance reports are not great either.

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Valve even removed the four K branding.

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At eight hundred and ninety-nine dollars, the PlayStation Five Pro is a much better deal.

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The Steam Machine feels like it is aimed at the Valve super fans who already have a Steam Deck shrine in their living room.