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Unexplained Monolith Discovered in Rural Utah's Red Rock Country

Gizmodo

The monolith has drawn comparisons to the black monolith in Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey , and the helicopter crew… Read more. Officers from the Utah Department of Public Safety discovered a shiny metallic monolith in rural Utah’s Red Rock Country on November 18 while surveying big horn sheep by helicopter.

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Microsoft reveals new campaign trailer for ‘Halo Infinite’ with open-ended approach to gameplay

GeekWire

Infinite, by comparison, is closer in spirit to the original 2001 Halo: Combat Evolved. The new trailer even makes sure to include a scene where the Chief runs a Jackal over with a Warthog, just for maximum 2001 nostalgia value. The gameplay is where Infinite is meant to be changing things up.

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Nintendo is finally creating officially-licensed esports tournaments for ‘Super Smash Bros.’

GeekWire

Ultimate for the Nintendo Switch and its 2001 GameCube predecessor Super Smash Bros. Smash, by comparison, has a huge competitive scene, but it’s one that uses a series of unofficial rules and modifications to play Smash very differently from what Nintendo originally intended.

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Researchers find 87% of U.S. classic video games are out of print and ‘critically endangered’

GeekWire

For comparison, this is slightly above the availability of pre-World War II audio recordings,” Salazar writes, “and slightly below the survival rate of American silent films. The rest are out of print and unplayable without resorting to software piracy.

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Guessing the next big technology career path

Virtualized Greek

I know now that investing in my Cisco certification in 2001 was a much better idea than updating my Novell Certification. I used my Cisco/Novell comparison for a reason. Picking a winning career path in technology is difficult even if you have years of industry experience. However, it wasn’t so clear cut at the time.

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Your move, PS5

The Verge

While Nintendo’s Switch, Wii U, Wii, GameCube, and N64 have kept up neatly with inflation to cost around $300 each in modern money, they haven’t competed on technical performance since the GameCube in 2001. ($299

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Confirmed: The PS5 is the biggest game console in modern history

The Verge

Did you say the original 2001 Xbox, or the VCR-sized original Xbox One? There’s barely a comparison. Roughly half an hour after Sony finally revealed the next-gen console’s price and release date ($399 or $499, November 12th) the company released a full spec sheet that includes the console’s dimensions. And it’s a monster.

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