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Ken Block’s Gymkhana Eight

Posted on March 1st, 2016 by Hitstun

Ken Block’s Gymkhana series shuts down streets and drives a tiny Ford like crazy like it’s Grand Theft Auto Online. This time, he takes us on a whirlwind tour of Dubai. Source: Ford Performance via Top Gear and TwistedSifter

The Game Boy, a hardware autopsy – Part 1: the CPU

Posted on February 24th, 2016 by Hitstun

The humble Nintendo Game Boy had a low price and long battery life thanks to its cheap low-powered parts. JackTech is breaking down the Game Boy into pieces to show us exactly what each component can do. The Z80’s bare-bones instruction set made it a pain to code even basic tasks in assembly. That’s why […]

Desk – Street Fighter 5 Zangief Combo and Parry Video

Posted on February 19th, 2016 by Hitstun

I’ve been having a lot of fun playing Zangief in Street Fighter V. His Iron Muscle can shrug off most attacks, and the big guy can combo into throws from a dozen different moves. Have I really never posted a Desk video? Source: Desk (biffotasty) via RSS feed

Girls and Space!! – pixiv Spotlight

Posted on February 2nd, 2016 by Hitstun

These girls should be very dead. If I could survive without heat, air, atmospheric pressure, and radiation protection, then I’d wish I could float around in space too. Maybe they can do it because it’s cool, or maybe they’re robots? pixiv Spotlight posts twice a day in English, and this one’s about girls in space. […]

My New Gaming PC

Posted on January 26th, 2016 by Hitstun

UPDATE: This PC now has a name: Red Cyclone. I built a new $900 gaming PC, so I’m showing it off. It’s a Core i5-6500 with a Radeon R9 380 in an Enermax Ostrog GT case. My friends convinced me to get a Samsung 850 Evo which makes Windows 10 super fast. I haven’t found […]