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4 of the Best Nintendo Switch Educational Games for Kids

If your child plays a lot of games on the Nintendo Switch, why not use their game time to do some learning? While there aren’t many strictly educational games on the console, there are some that help promote learning and development of skills in some way. Here are four educational games for Nintendo Switch that your kids can play. Related: 9 of the Best Nintendo Switch Games for Local Multiplayer 1. Nintendo LABO One of the absolute best options for Nintendo Switch educational games, the Nintendo LABO has an added extra on top of the game itself. Each LABO box comes with cardboard kits that… Read more

16 of the Best Free Games For Linux

“Free” and “Linux” go hand in hand beautifully, like chips and a milkshake, and even though Linux isn’t widely seen as a gaming platform, there is a veritable wealth of free games you can get for it if you look in the right places. That’s in large part thanks to unpaid, open-source developers, who collaborate to bring classics (and new games) all together in Linux. So in tribute to those tireless devs, we’ve gathered the best free games you can play on Linux right now. Enjoy! Related: How to Set a Static IP Address in Ubuntu 1. Awesomenauts Combine the compelling tactics and lane… Read more

“Serious Games” Want to Teach You Real Skills

If “serious game” sounds like a bit of an oxymoron to you, you’re not using your imagination to its fullest potential. Don’t worry, though – there’s probably a serious game out there that can help you, just as they’re already helping teach people things like flying planes and cutting better deals. A serious game is essentially a subset of education games that tries to emulate a real-world task or concept in a video-game format, essentially giving us a fun, low-consequence way to gain experience. Much like the concept of gamification (think Duolingo, layering game mechanics over a task), serious games are based on the idea… Read more

9 of the Best Nintendo Switch Games for Local Multiplayer

The Nintendo Switch’s portable design makes it great for local multiplayer fun. The question is, which games should you go for? With so many games out there, which Nintendo Switch games are worth your time? Here are nine of the best Nintendo Switch local multiplayer games you can play on your couch. Related: The 5 Best Nintendo Switch Accessories for Better Gaming 1. Overcooked 2 If you’re looking for frantic co-op fun, you can’t go wrong with Overcooked 2. The premise of cooking food together sounds boring, but how about when both halves of the kitchen are on separate trucks racing down a highway?… Read more

How to Stream Xbox One Games to Your Windows PC

If you have your Xbox One hooked up to your living room TV, the amount of time you get to play games could be left up to the rest of the family. What happens when somebody wants to watch TV? Normally, you’d be left to wait your turn, but thanks to Xbox game streaming, there’s another way. All you need is a spare Windows 10 PC and a decent connection between your Xbox One and your router to be able to stream and play your Xbox One games while you sit at your PC. Here’s how to do it. Enable Xbox Game Streaming Before you… Read more