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November 25, 2025

Lego Minecraft Crafting Table Diorama Gets Huge Price Cut For Black Friday

A Black Friday promotion is currently offering Lego's Crafting Table diorama, a 1,195-piece set, at a discounted price at major retailers like Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy. This set, which celebrates Minecraft's 15th anniversary, features five modular builds representing various biomes and includes eight microfigures. The completed diorama measures 5.5 x 6 x 6 inches. Additionally, the Creeper model, a 665-piece set, is also available, featuring movable parts and a storage compartment. Other Lego Minecraft deals include The Pickaxe Mine, The Sword Outpost, The Frog House, The Badlands Mineshaft, and The Turtle Beach House, with Walmart offering a 5-in-1 Gift Set Bundle.

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November 4, 2025

Arc Raiders olive locations

Upgrading Scrappy is the most effective strategy for securing essential resources in Arc Raiders, allowing players to reserve inventory slots for valuable treasures. To satisfy Scrappy's appetite, players need to collect six olives, prickly pears, and a Cat Bed. Olives can be found on the ground near olive trees or by shaking the branches, which are larger than shrubs. The Lush Blooms event increases the spawn rates of collectible vegetation and introduces baskets filled with olives. The 'Olive Grove' at The Blue Gate is the best location for gathering olives, with a higher likelihood of finding them near the Nature icon. Players should be cautious of nearby threats, including Arcs and a patrolling Bombadier. Newcomers are advised to consult a guide for the A First Foothold quest and bring an Arc Raiders Hatch Key for better chances of success.

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November 3, 2025

Boring always-on displays are history: Android 17 will let apps show controls on your phone’s idle screen

Google is set to launch Android 17, introducing a feature called "Min Mode" that enhances the always-on display by allowing select applications to project functional, minimalist interfaces on the screen without waking the device or draining the battery. This feature will enable users to access live navigation, track workout statistics, and manage music controls while the phone is in sleep mode. Google Maps will be among the first apps to provide simple monochrome directions. Developers can create specialized layouts for a clean aesthetic in low-powered states, and the system will prevent burn-in by shifting pixels periodically. Min Mode will not replace the traditional always-on display but will offer an alternative for a more interactive experience.

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November 3, 2025

Five new Steam games you probably missed (November 3, 2025)

Steam unveils approximately a dozen new games daily, creating a vibrant landscape for gamers. Stray Children - Release: October 30, 2025 - Developer: Onion Games - Genre: First-person narrative adventure - Focus: Exploration of memory and familial dynamics through the perspective of an elderly woman with Alzheimer’s disease. Evil Egg - Release: October 31 - Developer: Ivy Sly - Genre: Twin-stick shooter - Features: Retro arcade experience with infinite levels, online leaderboards, and a distinctive art style. ScootX - Release: October 31 - Developer: Mash Games - Genre: Physics-driven scooter simulation - Features: Inspired by the Skate series, focuses on scooter mechanics and player movements, includes Mod.io integration. Mittelland AD - Release: October 28 - Developer: BKM - Genre: Turn-based trading simulation - Setting: 1600s Germany, allows players to evolve from a trader to an emperor, includes multiplayer "hotseat mode" for up to six players, bilingual support in German and English.

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November 1, 2025

Best Buy’s Early Black Friday LEGO deals are here with Minecraft and City 2025 advent calendars starting from $30

Best Buy has launched its Early Black Friday Sale featuring LEGO building sets, including the LEGO Minecraft 2025 Advent Calendar for .99 and the LEGO City 2025 Advent Calendar for .99, both with shipping included. These sets typically retail for higher prices, offering significant savings. Amazon's stock for these items has been depleted, with only third-party sellers offering inflated prices. The LEGO Minecraft Advent Calendar includes 24 daily surprises, 8 minifigures, and is suitable for children aged 7 and up. The gifts from the calendar are compatible with other LEGO Minecraft sets.

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October 30, 2025

Arc Raiders won’t have CoD-style “T-Rex costumes” and “Santa Claus outfits” because Embark wants to “protect” its visual identity

Embark Studios has released Arc Raiders, an extraction shooter set in a post-disaster world, following the success of its multiplayer game, The Finals. Design director Virgil Watkins emphasized the studio's commitment to maintaining a consistent visual identity and aesthetic integrity, ensuring that all game elements fit within the game's world and narrative. He reassured fans that Arc Raiders would not feature outlandish character and weapon skins, contrasting with trends in other multiplayer games. The game's raider suits are designed to be both functional and stylish, while the imposing design of the Arc bots enhances the atmosphere. Arc Raiders has attracted over 200,000 players on Steam, aided by its appealing aesthetic. The game offers guides and resources for players, encouraging community engagement and feedback.

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October 19, 2025

5 Best Pomodoro Apps for Android: How to Stay Focused in the Digital Age?

The Pomodoro Technique, developed by Francesco Cirillo in the 1980s, involves working intensely for 25 minutes followed by a short break to enhance productivity and reduce burnout. Several Android applications implement this technique: - Forest allows users to grow a virtual tree during focused work sessions, with the tree wilting if the user gets distracted. It also contributes to real-world tree planting. - Focus To-Do combines a Pomodoro timer with a task planner, enabling users to assign sessions to tasks and track productivity. - Pomodoro Timer offers a minimalist design without unnecessary features, allowing users to use the timer without account creation or ads. - Engross includes app blocking and productivity tracking, with options for note-taking and advanced statistics in its premium version. - Tide integrates ambient sounds with the Pomodoro technique and offers breathing exercises and sleep improvement tools.

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October 18, 2025

LEGO Minecraft Advent Calendar at 40% Off, 50K Units Already Gone on Amazon

The Minecraft Advent calendar has become a best-seller, with 50,000 units sold on Amazon in the past month. It features 300 pieces, including 24 hidden gifts that build into a Minecraft winter village. The set includes iconic characters like Alex, Steve, a Creeper, and various mobs, along with a fold-out playmat for play. The calendar is compatible with other LEGO Minecraft collections and costs under nine cents per brick. It has a 4.8 rating from 90 reviews.

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September 30, 2025

The 7 Most Exciting Upcoming PC Games That Should Be On Your Radar

Turnbound combines inventory management and autobattlers in PvP combat, featuring characters like Alice from Alice in Wonderland and Sun Wukong. Tanuki: Pon's Summer is a life sim and BMX racer where players deliver goods and enhance a local shrine. Raev: Kingdom on the Distant Shores allows players to manage a kingdom of anthropomorphic foxes, focusing on trade, diplomacy, and city-building. MotionRec is a 2D platformer that lets players record and replay movements to solve puzzles, set to launch in 2025. Mars Tactics is a turn-based strategy game with destructible environments and a narrative about workers uniting against capital. Outward 2 is an RPG and survival game sequel anticipated for summer 2026. Minos is a strategy game where players set traps for adventurers in a labyrinth, taking on the role of the minotaur.

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September 25, 2025

Yakuza Kiwami 3 is beautiful and ridiculous, and I’m finally going to actually finish the game this time

The remaster of Yakuza 3, titled Kiwami 3, refines the original game while introducing new substories and activities. It serves as an entry point for new players and includes a bonus Gaiden game called Dark Ties, featuring antagonist Yoshitaka Mine. The remaster is visually impressive, crafted in the Dragon Engine, and maintains the series' blend of drama and humor. New substories include Kiryu intervening in a potential suicide and helping a father convince his daughter not to move to Tokyo. Dark Ties allows players to engage in side activities similar to Kiryu's, though it may have fewer substories. The remaster is seen as a polished addition to the franchise, with hopes for future remasters of Yakuza 4 and 5.