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Watch_Dogs 2, this time with actual dogs

If there was anything missing from the underwhelming Watch_Dogs (2014), it was actual dogs. Luckily, bright and early Wednesday morning, Ubisoft hosted an unbearably long livestream cataloguing the details of its hardly-anticipated sequel, Watch_Dogs 2 (most of which was appropriately leaked—via premature ads—ahead of schedule). And guess what? It finally played up the single feature that we’ve all wanted from the beginning: legit dogs. Pettable dogs, even. By my eagle-eyed count (and watching the 18-minute broadcast on mute due to not really caring too much), 10 dogs total pounce onto the screen at some point, all within the mix of…

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Discover the secret life of dogs in upcoming game Home Free

Meet Dax. View post on imgur.com Since I’ve known him, he’s always been a really happy guy. But Dax started a good portion of his young life without me. All I know is that, at about five months of age, he was surrendered at the local ACCT with a clipped ear, grossly emaciated, dehydrated, and covered in his own excrement. A few days after Christmas, New Life Animal Rescue picked him up— all 12.5 pounds of him— and nursed him back to health. The woman who took him in said that, by the way he looked at her in the car…

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Three music toys for when you’re feeling drowsy

I used to call The Tiny Bang Story my “lullaby game” on account of its reliability in sending me to sleep at my desk in the late hours of the night. It’s a gentle, soothing hidden object game with hand-painted artwork that you can complete in less than an hour. I used to deliberately put it on while I was feeling dozy in order to put myself to sleep with a smile (I used to struggle to nod off and, sometimes, still do). Its soundtrack was the main culprit in this somnial ritual. Seriously, listen to this—it’s music that’s meant…