Crappy

In Japan, Hoshi wo Miru Hito for Famicom is considered a kusoge no densetsu or “legendary crappy game.” One of the worst games of all time. It never made it to North America, but now we can share the pain, as a complete fan translation for the game has been released. There had been a previous attempt at a translation made by modder KingMike, but it was never fully complete, leaving much of the battle text in Japanese. Last month, user Brandnewscooby released a patch for that patch, which picks up where KingMike left off…

You might not be aware of it, but the Apple Watch that's on your wrist right now actually has a built-in flashlight. It's great for finding things in a dark room, but it isn't going to win any awards when it comes to luminance. It's pretty bright for what it is, but things could be much, much better.It appears that someone at Apple agrees because a new patent suggests that Apple is keen to find a way to make the Apple Watch's flashlight brighter than it already is. How much brighter remains to be seen, but the extra…

If you've read any of my music gear reviews on Engadget, then you probably know that I love all things broken and lo-fi sounding. And you might also know that Chase Bliss is one of the best out there when it comes to making your instruments sound like they're coughing up digital dust after crawling out of a decades long hibernation. The company's latest pedal, Lossy, is a collaboration with Goodhertz, a top notch plugin maker that has an incredible lo-fi pedigree all its own. In fact, it's based on the company's VST…

Too Long; Didn't Readlanguage models aren’t new. We’ve had them in our phones for years, doing autocomplete. They are trained to determine the next probable word or symbol. But, they can also be fine-tuned for other tasks such as language translation and question-answering. Too Long; Didn't Readlanguage models aren’t new. We’ve had them in our phones for years, doing autocomplete. They are trained to determine the next probable word or symbol. But, they can also be fine-tuned for other tasks such as language…

Photoroom uses AI to transform your poor photos into admirable product images. Artificial intelligence, or AI, is meant to mimic human intelligence. AI develops independent decision-making and the ability to predict input over time as it learns the patterns in big data. The more data that is fed into this system, the more human-like it becomes. Beyond the limitations of conventional editing software, AI picture editors support the completion of labor-intensive tasks manually in less time and money. These photo editors…

If there is one utterly inescapable thing about life, it’s that when you’ve gotta go, you’ve gotta go. That applies to soldiers as well, of course, as is the case with one unfortunate fellow in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II. In order to obtain the “A Crappy Way to Die” trophy or achievement, you’ll need to shoot a hidden enemy that just so happens to be doing their business in a port-a-potty during a deadly shootout in the latter half of the game. In this guide, we’ll tell you in which chapter you can find the…