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I don't care what the haters say, the Nintendo Switch 2's rumored mouse mode is by far the most exciting feature coming to the new console

Nintendo has done what it does best when it comes to the newly-unveiled Nintendo Switch 2; take an excellent piece of hardware and tweak it until it peaks, throwing in a few feature gambits along the way.

Of course, the strategy relies on the hardware being great enough to warrant a new entry (see the Virtual Boy) to begin with, and they don't always stick the landing (see the Wii U and. The Nintendo 64DD).

It always surprises me, however, to see how risk-averse gamers are when it comes to Nintendo's hardware. Yes, there have been some blunders, but broadly speaking Nintendo has always been among the most creative hardware manufacturers when it comes to creating consoles that inspire new games and new ways to play.

We've had our first glimpse at the Nintendo Switch 2, and while many of the new aspects are shrouded in mystery. And will remain so until the Nintendo Direct: Nintendo Switch 2 event on April 2, I think people have already grossly misunderstood what will make the Nintendo Switch sequel an excellent follow-up to one of my all-time favorite consoles: its rumored new mouse mode.

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From a new matte coating to an additional USB-C port. A lot of long-rumored attributes were confirmed by Nintendo's Switch 2 announcement trailer. Among the most exciting, however, were the mysterious new system button, larger size, magnetic Joy-Con, and an improved kickstand that could finally make tabletop play more viable for the console.

The standout for me, however. Was what appeared to be confirmation that the new Joy-Con will offer mouse-like control, opening new possibilities for PC game ports as well as new ways to play upcoming titles on the Switch 2.

Among the first games I purchased for the original Switch was an all-time favorite of mine; Sid Meier's Civilization VI. My excitement was short-lived; a game with this many fiddly interfaces on such a small screen just didn't gel with me, and I found myself crawling back to my gaming PC for the more enjoyable mouse input.

Of course. Questions still remain; how comfortable and ergonomic can a Joy-Con be to use in this orientation? How smoothly will it work on different surfaces? Will the new and (hopefully) improved Joy-Con be robust enough for regular mouse mode use, or will we see degradation like the first-generation Nintendo Switch Joy-Con drift?

We won't know the answers to these questions until we've had hands-on time with the console, but one thing that was never a question in my mind was whether or not clients would be a fan of the new feature.

Turns out, not everyone is as excited as I am for the new mouse mode, and I can't really fathom why.

We surveyed our WhatsApp followers to find out which new rumored aspects they were most excited about. And I was pretty surprised by the results.

The vast majority, understandably, said they were reserving their excitement until pricing has been confirmed. The most we know so far on that comes from Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa. Who shared in a recent Q&A that the Switch 2 would be in line with the "affordable prices customers expect". TechRadar Gaming predicts that the cost of the Switch 2 will be around $ / £ / AU$, or lower, which is excellent news, if true.

The next-most popular answers were a tie, as of writing; unsurprisingly, the larger screen (and Joy-Con) ranks highly among prospective Switch 2 owners, but. I was floored to see the mysterious new right Joy-Con system button take the lead over mouse mode.

Rumors have been whirling for months since Joy-Con prototype images leaked online about what this button may be for, especially given earlier iterations featured a 'C' label which birthed all kinds of rumors. Does the 'C' stand for capture, or chat, perhaps? Or was it simply a label for prototype units?

Its placement indicates that it's more likely a system button than one used in gameplay, and given there's still a capture button for screenshots and short gameplay snippets, I'd hedge my bets that it's likely either for in-game text chat or quick control for voice chat.

And sure, that's fun; I used the Nintendo Switch Online-: New Horizons grind, and shared frustrations with many Nintendo fans that online gaming elements have been significantly lacking in the current-generation console.

Still, I fail to see how this could possibly inspire excitement more than Joy-Con mouse control.

In the weeks since the announcement, I've seen countless comments from readers and viewers seething with unfounded rage that the hardware won't be on par with other handheld gaming devices, comparing the Switch 2 to the likes of the Lenovo Legion Go. The Steam Deck, and the Asus ROG Ally X; which is about as fruitful of a comparison as apples to oranges.

Even when it comes to mouse control, it's a false equivalency; the Steam Deck trackpads offer a different form factor and experience, as does the Legion Go's FPS mode. The simple fact of the matter is we won't know until we've tried it, but I for one am incredibly excited to see how Nintendo might use the feature to allow for more whacky, whimsical, and. Wonderful games on the Switch 2.

Consider the success of the Wii and its motion controls. Were they new to the market? No; at the time, motion control was all the rage in gaming. What Nintendo did was make it more accessible, opening the market out to families and. Casual gamers with a piece of moderately priced hardware.

That is where Nintendo thrives. Performance and power are never the focus, and it boggles my mind when I so frequently see gamers misunderstand and misrepresent the very clear – and successful – price point strategy Nintendo opts for.

However, they do need to make games cheaper; I'll give the haters that one.

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If you want to know who will win the AI wars, just watch these two Super Bowl ads from Google and ChatGPT

If you're looking for a Super Bowl LIX game recap, you've tapped the wrong link. I want to talk about this year's Super Bowl ads, or more specifically a pair of tech-related ads, especially the one that had me reaching for the Kleenex and put the ongoing AI wars into a fresh perspective.

I'm old enough to remember a time when the Super Bowl ads were just about Pepsi, McDonald's, Wendy's. Doritos, beer, and the newest cars. Super Bowl LIX was another reminder that these days nothing drives ad dollars and, perhaps, consumer interest like technology.

Woven in between oddball AI slots like recreating football icon Jimmy Johnson for a simultaneously warm and. Creepy tribute were a whole lot of tech ads. T-Mobile ran an ad introducing its new Satellite cell service, and Square Space confusingly employed indie actor Barry Keoghan to pitch personal website building.

For me, though, nothing generated as much interest, engagement and emotion, along with some head-scratching, as a pair of AI-focused commercials. One from Google for the Pixel 9 phone running Gemini Live and the other from OpenAI, plugging ChatGPT.

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OpenAI's minute-long ChatGPT spot, which TechRadar's John-Anthony Disotto has also written about. provoked the head-scratching. The lack of a voice-over, or color (beyond black and white), and use of pointillism-style dots to create imagery, made it almost impossible at first to divine whose commercial I was watching.

Granted, the music is sort of catchy and the imagery of things like flames, horses racing, corn blooming. Ships sailing the high seas, trains racing toward you, and light bulbs is sort of compelling in a, "What the hell am I watching?" sort of way. But the key to a good Super Bowl ad is to grab people within the first 10 seconds, and OpenAI failed in that regard. I appreciated that the imagery was growing more refined and clearer – the dots kept getting smaller to represent ever-more complex imagery – but I still didn't get it.

More than halfway through, there was some historical audio from a newscast. The Apollo 11 mission to the moon, and even the iconic modem handshake sound (ask your parents). Finally, with just 20 seconds left, we hear someone ask an AI chatbot to summarize... er... something. The request audio started overlapping so I couldn't tell who was asking what.

One has to wonder if anyone at OpenAI even understands people.

Additionally, the on-screen text says, 'All progress has a starting point.' Okay. Sure. Whatever that means. Then you hear the more recognizable ChatGPT voice, and we see the first color of the entire ad, ChatGPT's blue voice chatbot icon, and we hear 'What do you want to create next?'

The spot ends with 'ChatGPT' in a large font, and. Then the OpenAI interwoven icon.

This is a commercial created by someone who thinks, "If they're smart enough, they'll get it. We're creating something new here. Let's be mysterious, charismatic, obtuse even. Everyone will love it and remember it."

I wonder if the only 'person' they showed this ad to was a version of ChatGPT. One of the models that can tell you about any photo or video you show it. Perhaps ChatGPT watched it and mentioned "I see a series of dots and many moving images. This all represents ChatGPT (me)." Whoever created the ad likely fixated on the words "moving images" and assumed they'd struck a chord. And they did – one of confusion.

One has to wonder if anyone at OpenAI even understands people. Have they spent so much time in the bowels of ChatGPT's various powerful models that they've forgotten what it's like to be human, or even to talk to a human?

Dream Job | Google Pixel SB Commercial 2025 - YouTube Watch On.

Furthermore, the best Super Bowl LIX ads told a story: a horse rescuing a beer keg (trust me, it's superior than it sounds); David Beckham discovering he has a secret twin (clever. Funny) Matthew McConaughey showing how football might have been created just so we could eat more food. I'd argue that story-telling is a good rule of thumb for almost any TV commercial.

Google's Pixel ad, entitled 'Dream Job', was sneaky. It grabbed my attention from the start with a refrigerator featuring family shots and a guy clearly trying to find a job.

Google didn't try to hide the product or its intentions; the middle-aged guy is clearly holding a Pixel 9 phone and. He's workshopping an interview pitch. From this point forward, though, Google cleverly blends product utility and emotion.

Google cleverly blends product utility and emotion.

Furthermore, the guy's pitch is dry and unemotional, but. Google Gemini Live asks him a key question: "Tell me about the job that taught you the most." What follows is a walk back through the man's life as a stay-at-home dad, raising a little girl into a young woman. Each job experience he relates is actually about raising his daughter. When for example, we see an old video of him spoon-feeding his unhappy toddler daughter, he tells Gemini, "It was a role where I learned to take a lot of constructive criticism."

The whole two-minute spot is heartwarming.

Gemini eventually asks, "When it comes to work. What motivated you?" as the images flash back through his child's life right up to her high school graduation and his dropping her off for college. He answers, "I guess, knowing that people can depend on me."

Oh, but Google and Gemini are not done. Naturally, the daughter turns back and runs to the car to give her dad one more hug.

This is a commercial about AI, right? So why am I crying?! Through my tears, I see that the ad has circled back to showing Gemini complimenting the dad on his answer and telling him he's ready.

The ad ends with the words 'Google Pixel 9 with Gemini Live' and. The dad beginning the real job interview.

Google managed to pull us along through a whole emotional journey while showing exactly how you might use its powerful AI chatbot. By focusing on our shared humanity, the ad made Gemini Live feel like something a human would use.

If you're a parent. The ad's theme probably hits you like a gut punch. Even if you're not, you'd be made of stone if it didn't move you.

OpenAI had a big opportunity with its Super Bowl LIX commercial: it would reach at least 100 million people, and. The ad's message would probably define how consumers thought about ChatGPT for at least the next few months, if not longer. The problem is, the ad OpenAI delivered gave us nothing to think about it. It was about as inhuman and dispassionate as HAL 9000.

Google, on the other hand, has been playing this game for longer (it ran its first Super Bowl ad 15 years ago) and. Understood the task at hand: connect with real people about something that is intrinsically artificial. Make them want to try it. Make them remember by imprinting an emotional note they won't soon forget.

Based on these ads, Google gets us, OpenAI does not. And that's why Google Gemini may ultimately win this AI race.

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Like the Eagles, Tubi surprised its Super Bowl doubters

All season long, the Philadelphia Eagles were hounded by the doubters. One running back can’t win a Super Bowl, they unveiled. Jalen Hurts doesn’t pass enough, they unveiled. The Chiefs have it locked up, they unveiled.

By the same token, there were plenty of side-eyes when Fox presented that Tubi, its ad-supported streaming service. Would be offering a free stream—in 4K, no less—of the one of the world’s biggest sporting events. Did the little streamer have what it takes to deliver the Super Bowl in 4K without fumbling the ball?

Well, it turns out the Eagles did have what it takes and, from all accounts, so did Tubi.

While previous streams of the Super Bowl were plagued by buffering, stuttering, and those dreaded spinning beach balls, Tubi’s 4K (if upscaled) delivery of the big game went off more or less without a hitch.

Cord-cutters on Reddit, who are all too happy to pounce when they encounter poor streaming performance, found Tubi’s Super Bowl stream to be a “pleasant surprise,” with commenters praising the “clarity,” “good sound quality” (although that meant you could enhanced hear Tom Brady be “as dull as he could be”), and the “awesome. Great 4K picture.”.

Not everyone gave Tubi’s Super Bowl stream a high-five, of course (“Tubi is trash,” one viewer grumbled), but for the most part, complaints over the stream were few and far between. Even more surprising, Tubi’s Super Bowl presentation reportedly had the shortest streaming delay of any of its competitors.

(by way of Advanced Television). Tubi’s Super Bowl stream only lagged 26 seconds behind the real-time action. Coming in a distant second was the NFL+ stream with a 51-second lag, while Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV. DirecTV, and Sling were all behind by more than a minute. The worst was Fubo, which stumbled badly with a 78-second lag, the survey unveiled.

Of course, the crown jewel of lag-free sports viewing comes via an over-the-air antenna. Which is the way my family watched the big game. Then again, we’re Plex DVR clients, which meant we actually did experience a delay given that the Plex software has to buffer the stream. Maybe we would have been superior off going with Tubi.

Tubi’s Super Bowl night stood in stark contrast to how other streamers have fared in previous years.

During last year’s Super Bowl, Paramount had some explaining to do following widespread complaints about its game time stream.

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