Nintendo May Kill Off the Wii U Sooner Than Any of Us Expected

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From the moment Nintendo unveiled the Wii U at E3 2011, I knew that something had gone wrong.

After a generation of trying and failing to keep up with Sony and Microsoft, Nintendo struck gold with the Wii. It was different than anything we’d ever seen before, but somehow still more approachable than the PS3 and Xbox 360.

It sold as well as any console in history for half a decade, but when it was time for Nintendo to follow it up, we didn’t get the Wii 2. Instead, we got the Wii U — a half-baked upgrade with an undersized tablet for a controller.

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German Man Knocks out Girlfriend with Sedatives so He Can Keep Playing Video Games

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Plenty of male gamers get annoyed when their girlfriends or wives bug them when they play too many video games — and in the ladies’ defense, we really should know when to put down our controllers and actually interact with other human beings. That said, most of us have never been desperate enough to keep playing a game without interruption that we’d think of knocking out our significant others with sedatives.

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I’ve Used Android Exclusively for the Past 5 Years – Here’s Why I’ll be Buying an iPhone 6s

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I’ve been a loyal Android fan ever since buying the original Motorola Droid X back in 2010. I’m also a big fan of Google’s app ecosystem, despite misgivings I have about assorted privacy issues. That said, spending the last month with the iPhone 6 has convinced me to buy an iPhone 6s when it launches this fall.

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BREAKING: iOS 9 Beta 3 (With Apple Music! ) Is Available for Download Right Now!

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Apple on Tuesday released iOS 9 beta 3, which, as the name might suggest, is the third developer-only version of its new iOS 9 software. After a rocky start with iOS 9 beta 1 — at least, where battery life was concerned — beta 2 really cleaned things up, allowing developers to focus on new features instead of crashes.

Now, iOS 9 beta 3 adds even more stability improvements, and it also finally lets iOS beta users experience Apple Music.

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Do They Think We’re Idiots? Officals Say No Indication that NYSE Trading Halt is a Cyberattack

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The New York Stock Exchange has been shut down after reports from earlier this morning indicated the exchange was having technical difficulties processing orders. Despite this, the Department of Homeland Security has issued a statement saying that there are no indications that this is part of a cyberattack, although they also haven’t put out any statement about what the actual problem might be.

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