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Electricity means the presence or motion of electrical charge. When the charge is moving from its source (origin) to sink (destination), it’s called electrical current. Electrical charge that simply dwells on an object is referred to as static electricity. How Electricity Works We will explain electricity by drawing an analogy to water in a pipe.

Nintendo Life: Firstly, congratulations on the release of Stray! The game had a huge first year, gaining the highest user rating on Steam, going viral with cat reaction videos, and picking up several awards. Is this the reception you pictured and how do you feel about it two years on? Swann Martin-Raget, BlueTwelve Studio: Thank

The Nintendo eShop has revealed when to expect the Sonic x Shadow Generations downloadable content which ties in with the Sonic the Hedgehog 3 movie. Fans can get hold of the DLC on 12th December for the reasonable asking price of $5.99. Here’s the DLC description direct from the Nintendo eShop. When transported to an

Stalker 2 has made me look back and realize that maybe it was a mistake to make Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5 become an industry standard for the next decade. Sure, GSC Game World’s big comeback FPS/survival game is a ‘worst case scenario’ of an UE5-powered game being broken as s**t at launch, but I’ve

We’ve come a long way from the luminiferous aether. The speed of light, sometimes abbreviated as c, is a universal maximum posted speed that causality will enforce. It’s the greatest speed at which any known substance or object can travel. Even light itself can’t exceed its own speed limit: specifically, 299,792,458 meters per second, 186,000

Image: SEGA (via Facebook) Original Story: Sega this week released Sonic X Shadow Generations on the Switch and multiple other platforms. It’s a remaster of the 2011 title Sonic Generations and includes a brand new campaign starring Shadow the Hedgehog. It seems the game has got off to a solid start with Sega revealing it’s

Koei Tecmo, publisher of the Dynasty Warriors and Atelier games, is looking to make some changes in how it operates. The scoop comes from a shareholder briefing document that was translated by Automaton: The company plans to take its employee count from 2,500 to 5,000 so that it can better meet its goals. That being

“I remember going to what was probably the local video game shop or computer shop, and me and my friends saw it on the 3DO, and we were like ‘what’s this?’, we all jumped on it, and you felt badass,” current Need For Speed producer Patrick Honnoraty says. “Being able to drive it, being chased

November 29, the day after Thanksgiving, is Black Friday. On this hallowed shopping day, retailers around the world drop prices on just about everything in an attempt to grab their share of your holiday spending dollar. But the real trick is knowing which discounts hit before Black Friday officially begins. Here at ExtremeTech, we’ve been

Image: Nintendo It’s hard to believe that it’s been 20 years since the Nintendo DS launched, yet here we are. It’s been even longer since it was revealed too, with the newly-appointed VP of sales and marketing Reggie Fils-Aimé taking to the stage at E3 2004 to showcase Nintendo’s vision for the future of handheld

Atari has confirmed this afternoon that the retro RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic will be arriving on the Nintendo Switch this December. Fans of the thrilling franchise can get their hands on the game via the Nintendo eShop for $25 on Thursday, 5th December. RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic successfully combines the best features of the original RollerCoaster Tycoon

There sure were a lot of mini-games in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, huh? By my count, there are 21 different activities you can experience as Cloud and his company venture out from Kalm and across the planet. Some are fantastic – Queen’s Blood probably rivals Final Fantasy 8’s Triple Triad in terms of being one

Google recently announced it was moving up the release timeline for Android 16 to the first half of 2025. With the accelerated schedule, that means it’s already developer preview season. Yes, you can download the next version of Android right now, provided you don’t mind dealing with bugs and missing features. Even if you don’t

Captured on Nintendo Switch (Docked) It’s been a stellar year for RPGs on the Switch, with even Mario managing to squeak out three of his own within 12 months and a heavily anticipated remake of a Famicom classic hitting shelves this month with Dragon Quest III Remake. But among all these heavy hitters, be sure

After offically being nominated for the 2024 Game Awards, more good news has come in for Pokémon TCG Pocket. The Pokémon Company’s latest spin on the Pokémon trading card game has, in less than a month of being out on the market, push past $120 million in revenue. This follows an earlier report that revealed

The first trailer for Seth Rogen’s Apple TV+ series The Studio is here, and it features plenty of big names telling him how awful he is. Okay, they’re not specifically telling Rogen he’s awful, but there really are some big names in this thing. The Studio is an upcoming, 10-episode long series created

Microsoft Ignite is underway in Chicago, and the first big news to come from it involves, as you’d expect, AI. And where there’s AI, there’s often Nvidia, so it’s no surprise that Microsoft is releasing AI tools for developers aimed at what they’ve dubbed “GeForce RTX AI PCs.” The new tools will help developers create

Image: Paramount / SEGA We’re getting closer to the final month of the year and that means the blue blur is ready to return in the Sonic the Hedgehog 3 movie. To build excitement, Sega has now shared a look at a new movie poster. As you can see Sonic and his friends are all

You may recall that, back in late September, Square Enix confirmed that Life is Strange: Double Exposure was coming to multiple platforms, including the Nintendo Switch, on October 29th. Unfortunately, the Switch version of the game got delayed, so it has been a matter of waiting for Square Enix to announce a new release date

I want to be absolutely clear: I really think Dragon Age: The Veilguard is rather good. It’s also true that it’s a game that is drawn taut between its different ambitions. It wants to reach new fans while satisfying series fans who’ve waited a decade for Inquisition’s cliffhanger to resolve. It wants to be accessible,

Unlike us, plants don’t need pantries full of food to stay alive; the Sun is their pantry. But, like us, they require fairly regular sustenance, which they create via photosynthesis. This seemingly magical process occurs through a series of precise steps, each of which we’ll cover below. We’ll also explain which non-plant organisms use photosynthesis

Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube785k Following a release date announcement earlier this year, Koei Tecmo has now released its second official trailer for Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land. It’s also released some key art and more than 30 minutes of new gameplay footage, which you can check out below.

The Nintendo Switch version of Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake has now seemingly sold out in multiple stores across Tokyo, Japan. The news was revealed by the informative team at Tokyo Game Life who were checking stores in Tokyo for copies of the game and were greeted with a number of sold out signs on

You might know who’ll be in Marvel Studios‘ Fantastic Four film, but an official synopsis finally tells us what they’ll actually be doing. Back in February, after lots of fan casting, hopes, and questions around who would be the MCU’s Fantastic Four, Marvel finally revealed a pretty strong cast. A lil while after

Microsoft’s Xbox chief, Phil Spencer, is seeking to assuage the fears of gamers who worry the company might give up on its Xbox consoles. In a new interview, Spencer said more Microsoft gaming hardware is coming. However, you shouldn’t expect a mid-generation refresh similar to the new PlayStation 5 Pro. Microsoft has spent the last

Captured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked) Running a budding kingdom is hard, but it is made even more difficult by being surrounded on all sides by a host of potential enemies, all vying for land, resources, and power. Few video games have managed to recreate that pressure as well as Koei Tecmo’s Romance of the Three

A movie based off Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell series of games has been scrapped a decade on from its initial reveal, according to comments from producer Basil Iwanyk. The Ubisoft flagship series tells the tale of Sam Fisher, an operative of the fictional NSA divison “Third Echelon” as he takes on criminals and terrorists to

In a press roundtable following the Warcraft 30th anniversary direct, World of Warcraft game director Ion Hazzikostas stated that player housing is the “most ambitious feature in a WoW expansion ever”. In a response to a question from the press, Hazzikostas stated, “Dare I say it’s our most ambitious feature in a WoW expansion ever.

Google has officially released its Gemini AI app for iPhone. The app, which is free to download, is now available on the Apple App Store in 35 languages worldwide. Google CEO Sundar Pichai confirmed the app’s availability on X. Tweet (opens in a new tab) The Gemini app now gives iPhone users direct access to

Image: Rockstar Games Earlier this week, Rockstar Games rolled out a surprise update for the Grand Theft Auto Trilogy on Switch and other platforms. Fans quickly noticed how the port team ‘Grove Street Games’ had been dropped from the trilogy’s splash screen and now the developer’s CEO Thomas Williamson has responded on social media. It’s