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Respawn 900 Gaming Recliner Review

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When I think of a gaming chair, I think of a futuristic, carbon-fiber clad desk chair gliding effortlessly across the floor on a set of high-quality casters, and that’s what most high quality gaming chairs are these days. With designs based on the seats found in high-speed super cars, it’s part of the reason they’re called racing chairs: they look like they’re going fast even though they’re sitting still. Respawn has taken the design of the classic racing-style gaming chair and adapted it for the living room with its first “console gaming chair,” the recline-able Respawn 900 (See it on Amazon).

Will Captain America Finally Lift Thor’s Hammer in Avengers: Endgame?

“Chekhov’s gun” is a storytelling rule that says if a gun shows up, then it should eventually be used, otherwise it shouldn’t be in the story. Which means, if you set something up, be sure to pay it off. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there’s one setup in particular involving the mighty Mjolnir that promised a monumental payoff, but it never happened.

Let’s call this a case of “Chekhov’s hammer.”

The Case of Chekhov’s Hammer

In Avengers: Age of Ultron, Steve Rogers is able to lift Thor’s hammer just a smidge. The others tried with all their strength to no avail, but when Cap makes the unliftable hammer budge, Thor reacts with a hilarious look of concerned disbelief. But by the end of the movie, Cap never picks up the hammer to, you know, smash robots. We got the setup, so where was the pay off?

Big Savings on Apple Watch Series 4 and 3

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Anyone who’s been tempted to buy an Apple Watch will want to take a peek at the deals Walmart is currently offering. Right now, you can save a heap of money on Apple Watch Series 4 and Series 3 (the latest and previous iterations). Some of the discounts are only available on refurbished models, but they’ve been inspected and cleaned to be like new. Regardless, this is a good opportunity to get an Apple Watch without breaking the bank.

Scientists Have Revealed the First Photo of a Black Hole

Scientists and researchers working as part of the Event Horizon Telescope project have revealed the very first photograph ever taken of a black hole.

The photograph depicts a ring of light surrounding a shadow, which researchers at EHT explain is caused by “gravitational bending and capture of light by the event horizon”.

“We have taken the first picture of a black hole,” said EHT project director Sheperd S. Doeleman of the Center for Astrophysics at Harvard & Smithsonian. “This is an extraordinary scientific feat accomplished by a team of more than 200 researchers.”

Credit: Event Horizon Telescope

Smash Bros., Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze, and More Great Switch Game Deals

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Good news: if you held off picking up Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, your patience has been rewarded. Smash, and a slew of other big-time Nintendo Switch games, are just under $50 right now.

If you haven’t gotten yourself a Switch yet, there are some amazing Nintendo Switch deals going on right now, including one of the best Switch deals we’ve ever seen and the return of the special edition Pokemon: Let’s Go Pikachu Switch bundle.

Apex Legends’ Quitter Penalty Was Accidentally Made Live by Respawn

Apex Legends recently had a Quitter Penalty feature added to the game which would penalize those who left games early in succession, but it turns out this was not supposed to go live and Respawn has no “ETA for if or when this would come out for real.”

As reported by Game Informer, this feature was accidentally included in a recent patch and would give players a five-minute cooldown between matches if they were found to have quit mid-match for three or more times in a row.

This penalty would not apply to players who quit without a full squad or for those who have already been eliminated. The focus of this would be for those who are constantly quitting and leaving their teammates in a tough spot.

Mark Hamill Believes Star Wars Fatigue is a Real Possibility

Mark Hamill has suggested that audiences may be experiencing ‘Star Wars fatigue’ in the wake of the numerous Star Wars projects coming out of Disney.

Talking to The Hollywood Reporter on the Awards Chatter Podcast, Hamill said: “I’m not gonna tell

how to run their business, but is there a possibility of ‘Star Wars fatigue’? Yeah, I think there is. I’ve experienced it, to a certain degree. But they never listen to my ideas anyway, so who needs ’em?”

The comment came as the podcast discussion covered the box-office underperformance of Solo: A Star Wars Story, which grossed almost $393 million worldwide, offering a slight return on the film’s $250 million budget and multimillion-dollar marketing campaign.

Secret Message in Borderlands 3 Art Teases the Return of the Destroyer

The Borderlands 3 Twitch page features the game’s box art, and fans that have taken a real close look at it have spotted a hidden Morse code message that raises questions about the Destroyer and the first vault hunter.

One such fan, YouTuber Joltzdude139, decided to decode the dots and dashes barely visible in the artwork on the Twitch channel‘s offline screen.

Placed on either side of the Psycho, the first message reads, “Where is the first vault hunter?” The message on the right of the image reads, “Who is the Destroyer?”

Monster Hunter: World and Prey Headed to Xbox Game Pass

April’s Xbox Game Pass additions will see such big titles as Monster Hunter: World, Prey, and Life is Strange 2: Episode 2 join the ever expanding list of games available for subscribers to Microsoft’s service.

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