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URL.canParse
17.7.2023
Parsing of URLs on the client side has been a common practice for two decades. The early days included using illegible regular expressions but the JavaScript specification eventually evolved into a new URL method of parsing URLs. While URL is incredibly useful when a valid URL is provided,...
Blockswap to host Multichain ERC20 side event at ETHCC
10.7.2023
Industry leaders in Ethereum are congregating at Blockswap’s MultichainERC20 event at ETHCC to discuss the most pressing topics in Ethereum. The event will introduce new protocols, further decentralizing Ethereum by empowering the user. The two main sessions are open for all to attend...
Everything Sega Announced For Sonic The Hedgehog’s 32nd Anniversary
23.6.2023
Today is Sonic the Hedgehog’s 32nd anniversary, and Sega released a 20-minute Sonic Central showcase to talk about upcoming projects, and alongside talking about upcoming 2D throwback Sonic Superstars, there were a lot of non-game announcements during the show. If you want to watch the whole...
Mario's New Short King Design May Be An Old-School Throwback
22.6.2023
Nintendo just dropped trailers for its next big Super Mario games, and while they look cool, you’ve probably noticed the plumber himself looks a little different. The hallmarks of iconic Mario’s design are still there, like his blue overalls and red cap, but his actual silhouette is now way more...
Nintendo's Next Mario Game Is Here And It's Not What You Expect
21.6.2023
Nintendo revealed the next major Super Mario game and it’s called Super Mario Bros. Wonder and it’s a 2D side-scroller with some completely new mechanics, like Mario turning into an elephant. Read more
10 Highlights From Classic Mega Man’s Newly Released Design Doc
14.6.2023
At the recent Summer Game Fest Capcom announced the launch of Capcom Town, its new…website…online community…thing? That will act as a hub of sorts for, er, Capcom stuff of some sort. (Capcom just turned 40, so maybe it’s a midlife crisis sort of thing.)Read more
30 Minutes With The New Sonic 2D Game: Modernizing Everything Good And Bad From The Classics
13.6.2023
Sonic Superstars feels like what the Sonic series has been working toward for years but hasn’t quite had the courage to do until now. The series has been leaning hard into nostalgia surrounding its speedy, 2D platforming roots with games like Sonic Mania reimagining old levels and Sonic Origins...
Diablo IV Has A Sexy, Gross Side-Quest That Will Haunt You
31.5.2023
Diablo IV, out on June 5 for most major platforms, features an assortment of side quests. The loot-hunting RPG has some 213 optional missions, half of which I haven’t seen during my short time with the game. But of the others I’ve played during the open beta in mid-March and the review build...
New Over-Sized Mega Man Slippers Are Perfect
26.5.2023
Sometimes a product comes along and makes me go, “Well, damn, that’s a perfect idea!” That was precisely what happened the first time I saw these newly announced Mega Man slippers that turn your feet into big, blue, comfy boots that look just like the Blue Bomber’s heroic shoes. Read more
Nintendo's Aggressive Efforts To Squash Tears Of The Kingdom Leaks Are Having Unintended Side Effects
9.5.2023
Nintendo is not messing around when it comes to The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom leaks. In fact it’s so aggro right now, it seems to have unintentionally snagged innocent content creators simply sharing official footage in its copyright clampdown. God of War writer and streamer Alanah...
These Are The Best Dead Island 2 Weapons
26.4.2023
The only thing more important to Dead Island 2 than its gruesome zombies is the diamond mine of weapons it wants you to kill them with. While each of the action role-playing game’s six playable Slayer characters come with a pair of perfectly capable, calloused fits, none of them really stand...
DeFi options protocol raises $17M for buy-side marketplace
24.4.2023
The upcoming version will combine aspects of an automated market maker (AMM) and money market
Everything We Saw At Nintendo's World Showcase 2023
19.4.2023
The latest Nintendo Indie World Showcase presentation arrived today, April 19. For a solid 20 minutes we were treated to new looks at charming, exciting, hopefully must-play upcoming games for Nintendo’s hybrid console. As you’ll see, Nintendo packed a lot of games into today’s event. Read on...
NFT.NYC Was Calm, but Side Events Stirred Drama
17.4.2023
While the annual conference saw fewer attendees in a chilly NFT winter, the real “magic” – and drama – of the Web3 gathering happened outside the main convention
French President Emmanuel Macron on Taiwan: ‘Being an Ally Does Not Mean Being a Vassal’
15.4.2023
French president Emmanuel Macron has decided to double down on his strategic autonomy policy thesis, declaring that Europe should not be forced to side with Beijing or Washington on Taiwan. Macron declared that being a U.S. ally ‘does not mean being a vassal’ in a state visit...
IMF Economist Warns of Side Effects From Sharp Monetary Policy Tightening — Says Financial Risks Have Increased
13.4.2023
The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) economic counselor has warned of the side effects of sharp monetary tightening. Noting that “Inflation is much stickier than anticipated,” he stressed that “financial risks have risen.” IMF Economist’s Warning Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas...
The Super Mario Bros. Movie Feels Like It Was Designed In A Lab
6.4.2023
For me and so many millions of players around the world, the Nintendo brand means something. In our hearts, it holds a place akin to the one Disney holds for others. And, importantly, it’s earned that place not just by being a massive corporation whose name is emblazoned across so many of the games...
PlayStation Plus Has A Couple Of Hidden Gems For April
29.3.2023
The time has come once again for PlayStation enjoyers to fire up their console’s jet engine and check out April’s helping of PlayStation Plus games. Imma keep it a buck with you, I half expected Sony to come out of the gates swinging with a cavalcade of Capcom titles this month, more specifically...
Comparing Resident Evil 4’s Chainsaw Demo To The Original Game
15.3.2023
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Side Protocol delivers IAS & onboards high-level functionality
15.3.2023
Side Protocol happens to have delivered the Interchain Atomic Swap (IAS), which is a trustless and decentralized protocol serving the purpose of inter-chain asset swaps. For this, it utilizes the Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) Protocol standard (ICS-100). The IAS happens to have been...