Author: James

The word “cyberpunk” had been around for four years before William Gibson’s Neuromancer was published in 1984, but that was the novel that crystallized a subgenre. Gibson disdains the term, but it’s useful shorthand. He fused near-future science fiction with crime fiction as a way to talk about the real world, and created something new.

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ASUS just backed off one of the more polarizing bets of its 20th-anniversary lineup. On August 14, 2026, a company spokesperson confirmed to The Verge that the ROG Xbox Ally X20, the OLED flagship handheld unveiled at Computex in June, will ship as a standalone device instead of being locked to a roughly $2,000 bundle…

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Premium Android handhelds have quietly become the most interesting corner of the retro gaming market. While Valve and Asus fight over who makes the better Windows-based gaming PC, a smaller crowd of buyers wants something lighter, cheaper, and built specifically for emulation. Three devices are dominating that conversation in August 2026: the Retroid Pocket 6,…

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