-Repair your own Xbox Controller! https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-starts-selling-replacement-parts-for-xbox-gamepads-174023573.html

-8bitdo breaking into keyboards: https://www.ign.com/articles/8bitdo-retro-mechanical-keyboard-wireless-mechanical-keyboard

-Current Gen Consoles finally have sales

-The Switch 2 Rumor mill is about to take off: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sources-nintendo-switch-2-targets-2024-with-next-gen-console/

-What do you do when you run into P3 while playing Fallout 76? You drop heals and stims of course: https://gamerant.com/xbox-fallout-76-gamer-phil-spencer-encounter/

-In the first half of August Gamepass is losing 4 games and adding 6 to its library.

-Like Energy Star but for security: https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/18/23798153/fcc-cyber-trust-mark-biden-security

-3D VNAND Mobile CPUs: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amds-3d-v-cache-comes-to-laptops-ryzen-9-7945hx3d-cpu-listed

-Ask Abe Linciln for Advice: https://www.engadget.com/meta-is-reportedly-planning-an-abe-lincoln-chatbot-as-part-of-a-public-ai-push-190922903.html

-FTC swings for the fences. Faces down Amazon: https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/07/26/0041223/ftc-readies-lawsuit-that-could-break-up-amazon

-RIP incandescent bulbs… mostly: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/1/23816510/incandescent-light-bulb-2023-sale-ban-usa

-Echo Buds Review from someone who isn’t Tony

-Pizza Controller for Xbox: https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/24/23805501/microsoft-xbox-pizza-scented-controller-tmnt-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles

-More Acquisitions: https://www.ign.com/articles/tencent-buys-dying-light-developer-techland

-Ubisoft almost really stepped in it: https://wccftech.com/ubisoft-accounts-pc-games-not-eligible-deletion/

-Simpsons Hit and Run fan remake: https://www.ign.com/articles/awesome-looking-the-simpsons-hit-and-run-fan-remake-is-complete-but-it-will-never-be-released

-Shoutout to PC Gaming Wiki

-Epic Games summer sale is live: https://www.polygon.com/deals/23800725/epic-games-stores-summer-sale-rewards-deals

-Blizzard is beginning to thaw (HAR HAR HAR). Overwatch 2 coming to Steam: https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/blizzard/23982127/overwatch-2-coming-to-steam-on-august-10

-Ubisoft throws shade at its own unfinishable games. Star Wars Outlaws news: https://www.ign.com/articles/star-wars-outlaws-devs-promise-it-wont-be-a-300-hour-epic-unfinishable-rpg

-AntStream? Never heard of it… but it’s available as a service now on your Xbox! https://kotaku.com/retro-games-arcade-xbox-x-s-antstream-mortal-kombat-1850669127

-“Intimacy Coordinators”? For a video game? ok. https://www.pcgamer.com/baldurs-gate-3-used-intimacy-coordinators-for-sex-scenes-i-never-felt-yuck-in-a-recording-session-at-all-says-actor/

https://www.pcgamer.com/baldurs-gate-3-looks-like-its-gonna-eat-starfields-lunch-when-it-comes-to-romances/