Tales from IT – Diagnosing and Replacing a Broken MacBook Pro Hard Drive November 14, 2017
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We’ve got an all-new Tales From IT video today, where Maniac talks about some of his most difficult or most interesting experiences fixing computers and other electronic equipment.
Maniac’s girlfriend is a graphic artist and because of that, uses a Mac for her computing needs. One day, while working in Photoshop, she received an odd error message Maniac hadn’t seen in nearly a decade. Will he be able to discover the problem with her computer and fix it? Watch and find out!
FAIL: How Disney Got Back Oswald November 8, 2017
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Welcome back to the highly-anticipated return of FAIL, where we look at Hollywood’s epic business management failures. Today, we’re going to be talking about a FAIL that ended up working out very well for one major company and for an all-new generation.
Before Mickey Mouse was a twinkle in Walt Disney’s eye, Walt created Oswald The Lucky Rabbit for Universal Studios. After Walt decided to leave Universal to start his own company, he was told he could not take Oswald with him, and Walt went on to create Mickey Mouse. Since they both were created by Walt Disney, Oswald The Lucky Rabbit was considered by many Disney historians to be Mickey Mouse’s brother. Sadly, Universal had kept the legal rights to Oswald in one of their vaults for decades, despite the fact they had done nothing with him for nearly a century.
Who would have thought that a contract renewal for famous sportscaster Al Michaels would trigger a series of events to bring Oswald The Lucky Rabbit back to his true owners?
Date Nite – Pokemon: I Choose You Review November 7, 2017
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Over the last two nights, Fathom Events hosted a special event at movie theaters. An all-new feature-length animated Pokémon film was shown at cinemas across the United States. It was a very limited release, but the event intended to celebrate twenty amazing years of Pokémon movies, and participants who bought tickets were given an exclusive Promotional card for the Pokémon TCG and a digital code for the upcoming Pokémon games Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon!
Date Nite is an all-new video series for this website where Maniac and his girlfriend Princess Angel review a film they saw together. Today, they’ll be taking about the Fathom Events premiere of Pokémon: I Choose You, and give their spoiler-free and spoiler-filled thoughts about the special event and the film.
Hope you enjoyed our review, please post a comment below with what you think of this new series!
Silent Hill Podcast October 24, 2017
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We are back with the big return of the GameXcess.net Podcast! Today, we’ve got a special video in anticipation for Halloween, we will be talking about the beloved Silent Hill franchise!
If you’ve never listened to a podcast before, it is an unscripted series where we talk about our memories of a specific gaming franchise. Specifically, we talk about the history of the franchise, our experiences with it and what we think the future holds for it. As I’m sure you will be able to tell, the fact that this podcast clocks in at over an hour and forty minutes long, we have a lot to say! Enjoy.
Pokemon Go Plus iOS 11 Testing October 10, 2017
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Since we got the Pokémon Go Plus BlueTooth accessory, we’ve been having a few issues running the accessory while the iPhone was in standby. The Pokémon Go app would either crash during standby or randomly disconnect from the phone, making a major selling point of Pokémon Go Plus moot. We predicted this was most likely a minor bug that could have been brought on in iOS 11, and would be fixed in an update.
Yesterday, Niantic released an update for the iPhone version of Pokémon Go, and we wanted to finally test how well the app runs with the Pokémon Go Plus accessory while in standby. So we pulled out an old camera and decided to film a walk to see if there is any difference in how Pokémon Go will measure distance if you use the Plus while your phone is in standby. Our results will surprise you!
What do you think of our results? Post a comment below with your thoughts!
Pokémon Go is out now for iOS and Android Smartphones.
How to Attach a Pokemon Go Plus Wrist Strap September 25, 2017
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This weekend we unboxed the Pokémon Go Plus, a Bluetooth accessory designed to enhance the functionality of Pokémon Go. Today, we’ve got another How To video on how to get the most out of it.
Pokémon Go players have two options when carrying the Plus with them, they can either use the attached clip or use the provided wristband. Since a Pokémon Go Plus won’t work if accidentally put in a washer cycle, I didn’t want to accidentally leave it clipped to my clothes. I grew up wearing a watch so having something around my wrist I can interact with is more comfortable to me.
Today, we’re going to show you how to attach a Wrist Strap to the Pokémon Go Plus. Before we get started, here’s an important tip: You’ll need a PH00 micro screwdriver to attach the strap, but we were able to change it using a PH000 screwdriver. Enjoy.
Pokémon Go is out now for Android and iOS devices.
How to Set Up Pokemon Go Plus September 23, 2017
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Are you a big Pokémon Go player and want to play the game in an all new way? If you bought yourself an all new Pokémon Go Plus accessory, you’re going to need to set it up on your iPhone or Android device. Here’s a video to help you out.
Pokémon Go is out now for Android and iOS devices.
Pokemon Go Plus Unboxing September 23, 2017
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It’s been about a year since the release of the Pokémon Go Plus accessory in the US. The Bluetooth device is an accessory specially designed to help trainers get the most out of Pokémon Go. It specifically allows players to catch Pokémon or interact with Pokestops without the need to run the Pokémon Go app constantly on your smartphone.
Before we take a further look at the device what do you say we take a look inside the box?
Need help setting up your Pokémon Go Plus? We will have some Pokémon Go Plus how to videos up soon!
Pokémon Go is out now on Android and iOS smartphones and tablets.
Let’s Play Catherine Part 4 September 14, 2017
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We are back at this attempt to 100% complete Catherine, one of our favorite games of the past generation. Today, we are at the mid-point of Night 2, and can finally explore the Stray Sheep for the first time.
Will we be able to check out the bar and survive our nightmare in the torture chamber? Let’s take a look at it, shall we? All game footage is provided with full picture-in-picture commentary.
Catherine is out now for PS3 and Xbox 360.
Let’s Play Catherine Parts 1-3 September 13, 2017
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Very few games in my life have left as big an impression on me than Catherine by Atlus. On the one hand the game is an artistic puzzle game where you have to arrange unusual blocks to climb to the top of a seemingly never ending tower. On the other hand, it is a strongly written narrative giving the player the full control on its potential resolution.
We have been meaning to do a live Let’s Play of Catherine for quite some time now and now that the game is Backwards compatible on the Xbox One, the time has finally come for us to play it to 100% completion. That means we will be going for every Gold Trophy on each puzzle, every factoid and no unnecessary fatalities. Will we succeed? Watch and find out.
All gameplay footage is provided with full video commentary.
Catherine is out now for the Xbox 360 and PS3. The Xbox 360 version is backwards compatible with the Xbox One and the PS3 version can be streamed on the PlayStation Now service.
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