NFSU: I beat the boss with zero upgrades — and this was the first part I bought
After beating the first Need for Speed Underground boss with a 100% stock Civic, it was time to open the garage. Which …
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NFSU: can you beat the first boss with zero upgrades?
Zero upgrades, zero tuning. I took on the first boss in Need for Speed Underground with a 100% stock Civic to see if you …
Sonic Adventure 2 turns 25 — the Shadow game that changed everything
Twenty-five years ago, Sega marked Sonic's tenth birthday with a game that would define a generation — Shadow, City …
The Day After Tomorrow: 22 years of the end of the world
On 28 May 2004 the biggest climate blockbuster in history opened. The science was wrong, the fear was right. 22 years of …
LAN houses: the room that connected a generation to Counter-Strike
Today is World Internet Day. Time to remember the LAN houses: CS 1.6, Ragnarok, Tibia and the noisy internet we shared …
New Super Mario Bros.: 20 years since 2D Mario came back
On 15 May 2006, Nintendo released the first genuine 2D Mario in 11 years on the DS. More than 30 million copies later, …
Nintendo GameCube: 24 years of the cube everybody rented
3 May 2002: the GameCube landed in Europe. In Brazil, Gradiente's purple cube cost R$1,199 and lived at the rental shop …
GPS: 26 years since the night Clinton switched off the error
On 1 May 2000, Clinton switched off Selective Availability and civilian GPS became 10 times more accurate. The decision …
A Honda Civic in Need for Speed: a childhood dream became a challenge
I'd wanted a Civic like the one in NFS since I was a kid. But instead of just dreaming about it, I turned it into a …