Most Controllers Are Black and Angry, 8BitDo Ultimate 3 Lavender Dusk Isn’t
Gaming peripherals rarely get described as gentle, calm, or romantic, words that belong more to a paint swatch than a controller aisle. The 8BitDo Ultimate…
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IKEA and Xbox’s YXSTABY furniture collection makes gaming feel more at home
Gaming furniture often announces its purpose a little too loudly with oversized chairs and brightly colored accents. This can make a living room feel more…
Backbone’s iPhone Gaming Controller Goes Translucent for Xbox’s 25th Anniversary
Remember when you could see inside your Game Boy? Or your iMac? Or basically every piece of tech your parents told you was “too expensive…
XBOX Is 25 and 7 Accessories Just Brought Back Its Most Iconic Color
The original XBOX launched on November 15, 2001. A quarter-century later, it’s getting the tribute it probably deserves, not just a cake but a full…
Mattel’s 1:1 brick-built Xbox is a 3,509-piece tribute to gaming’s early 2000s era
The original Xbox is turning 25, and Mattel is marking the occasion with a collector’s piece that transforms Microsoft’s first gaming console into a 1:1-scale…
CRKD Just Built a $135 Guitar Controller Around a Real Gibson Les Paul
Rhythm games went through a period where they were everywhere, then went quiet, and now they’re back in a way that feels more persistent than…
Xbox Series X25 Limited Edition celebrates brand’s 25 years of nostalgic gaming
Xbox limited edition makes are nothing uncommon, as Microsoft often delves into collaborations for some really interesting themed consoles and controllers. The gaming brand just…
The Xbox Prototype That Cost $18K Now Takes Just a Spool of Filament
There are hardware designs from the early 2000s that still stop people cold, and the original Xbox prototype is near the top of that list….
Console Wars Are Dead: This Chinese Modder Fused a PS5, Xbox Series X, and Switch 2 Into One Console
The console wars are dead. And what killed them wasn’t rising RAM prices, GPU scarcity, tariffs, or any sort of monopolistic practices. It was one…
Microsoft’s ugly sweaters are back for this holiday season
Microsoft has an interesting tradition of releasing offbeat sweaters just in time for the holiday season. They call them the ugly sweaters as an ironic…
Level up your feet with the new Xbox Classic Controller Clogs
Xbox and Crocs have found an unexpected sweet spot between gaming culture and lifestyle fashion, creating a collaboration that feels both humorous and oddly fitting….
DIYer recreates a fully functional version of the iconic Xbox “Big X” prototype
Before releasing the official Xbox console, Microsoft was skeptical whether prospective gamers would be able to keep their software image distinguishable from the new hardware…