Heaps Good Digital Round Up - 9 September
It’s-a-me! Mario! And other throwbacks from the past week
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Now on to what’s Heaps Good this week…
Gaming
Extreme nostalgia in gaming this week with the release of a 35th anniversary Super Mario Bros pack and Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1 & 2.
Nintendo is releasing a 35th anniversary Super Mario Bros. Game and Watch (The Verge)
Nintendo's new 'Mario Kart Live' game lets you drive Mario around your IRL house (Mashable)
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is getting Super Mario-themed furniture (Polygon)
Tech x Culture
The barrier between online and offline gets blurrier as moments of cultural and political significance are replicated and enhanced online.
Black Panther statue added to Fortnite (Polygon)
Biden presidential campaign rolls out yard signs in Animal Crossing (Ars Technica)
Facebook Messenger introduces forwarding limits to combat fake news (Mashable)
This Battery-Free Game Boy Is the First Step Toward Ensuring Gaming Doesn't Wreck the Planet (Gizmodo)
Black Lives Matter Just Entered Its Next Phase (The Atlantic)
What are the tech giants up to now?
Epic Games says 'Fortnite' users on iPhone have plummeted 60%, and it's trying to force Apple to reinstate the game to the App Store (Business Insider)
Facebook Watch is getting 1.25B visitors each month (Tech Crunch)
Apple and Google just made it super easy for states to use their COVID-19 tracking tool (Input Mag)
Twitch finally rolls out Watch Parties to everyone (Input Mag)
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