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Galaxy S22 to be launched in Samsung’s Decentraland metaverse - SamMobile

Posted: 08 Feb 2022 05:23 AM PST

Now that live events are no longer a thing, at least for the foreseeable future, OEMs have to come up with interesting ways to launch their products. While there's nothing wrong with an old fashioned online launch, Samsung wants to spice up the Galaxy Unpacked experience by unveiling the Galaxy S22 and Galaxy Tab S8 in the Metaverse.

Samsung will use its existing virtual reality world to host Unpacked 2022

Samsung will use its newly-constructed Decentraland virtual world for the Galaxy S22 reveal. Participation involves linking your cryptocurrency wallet, but it isn't mandatory. It is likely that Samsung could have some exclusive goodies for those who link their wallets, though.

Once Galaxy Unpacked 2022 kicks off, you can navigate through Decentraland with your keyboard and mouse and peruse through Samsung's latest offerings. There's even a character creator that lets you customize the look of your Decentraland avatar.

We took the liberty of traipsing around Decentraland for a bit and found it to be quite unpopulated. However, that could change once the Galaxy Unpacked kicks off. It is, after all, one of Samsung's largest events of 2022 and it will undoubtedly have something in store for the crypto crowd in the form of NFTs and the likes.

Or, if you're old fashioned and can't be bothered with fancy 3D VR spaces, here's our in-depth guide on how to watch Galaxy Unpacked 2022.

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Wordle On Game Boy Might Be The Coolest Port Yet - Kotaku

Posted: 07 Feb 2022 11:35 AM PST

Due to the limitations of the Game Boy's considerably older hardware, this retro-inspired port isn't the exact same game as the original super popular browser-based puzzler. As Stacksmashing explained in his Twitter thread, the limited ROM size forced him to ditch the full Wordle word list.

"Instead," Stacksmashing said, "I'm using a bloom filter to check (with, admittedly, currently a very high error rate) whether an entered word is one of the 8000 most common English words."

Even though it's a bit limited compared to the real Wordle, it's also totally playable on real Game Boy hardware. To do so, you'll need to download the free ROM created by StackSmashing and then toss that onto a Game Boy-compatible flash cart. Once you've done that, you should be good to go. The ROM will also work on Game Boy emulators and even the Analogue Pocket. Someone even tested if it works on the Super Game Boy Player and yup, it sure does.

Stacksmashing explained to Kotaku that he created this port because he was stuck inside over the weekend due to terrible rain. So stuck indoors, bored—and feeling inspired by a similar project to port Wordle to a Palm handheld device—he spent a few hours creating this Game Boy Wordle clone.

According to Stacksmashing, it ended up being a nice way to distract himself for three hours and have some fun during a dreary Saturday.

Wordle has quickly become a phenomenon, leading to numerous clones and tons of strategies and tips. People also have begun creating their own spins on the idea of a simple, daily puzzle game, including a recent creation focused on the New York subway system. Last month, the creator of Wordle ended up selling the game to the New York Times for a large amount of money. But if you are worried that Wordle might end up locked behind a paywall, you can easily download the whole game and play it offline for free.