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Nintendo launches Year in Review 2025 for the Switch 2 and Switch, offering personalized stats like top played games, go-to genres, total playtime, busiest month, and a favorite title, plus access to full play history from the start date and social sharing via the #NintendoSwitch2025 hashtag.
Nintendo's 2025 'Year in Review' will be released soon, but users must enable specific privacy and data collection settings on their Nintendo Accounts to receive their personalized stats. The review is delayed until January to ensure more accurate holiday playtime data, and users are advised to opt in via their account settings to participate.
Microsoft has launched its "Xbox 2024 Year in Review" site, allowing gamers to see detailed statistics about their gaming habits over the past year. This initiative is part of a broader trend where companies like Spotify and Microsoft showcase user data at the year's end. The site provides insights into the top games played, playtime distribution across devices, and genre preferences. Despite industry uncertainties, Microsoft has had a strong year with successful game releases and plans for future Xbox hardware developments.
Vox's video recap of 2023 highlights major events such as the ongoing climate crisis, the Israel-Hamas war, and trends in entertainment like blockbuster movies and concert tours. The video serves as a reminder of the year's significant global shifts, celebrations, and tragedies. Additionally, Vox encourages reader contributions to support their mission of providing nuanced coverage and solutions to current issues, aiming for 95,000 individual contributions by year's end.
In his satirical "Year in Review," humorist Dave Barry touches on various events and trends of 2023 with his characteristic wit. He jokes about the existential threats of pickleball and AI, the latter humorously asked to summarize the benefits of wiping out humanity. Barry pokes fun at the political chaos, including the Republicans' struggle to elect a House speaker and the Democrats' mishandling of classified documents. He also highlights the absurdity of the Chinese spy balloon saga, the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, and the ongoing legal dramas surrounding Donald Trump and Hunter Biden. Throughout, Barry's humor underscores the year's absurdities and the sometimes farcical nature of current events.
The U.S. Sun's year in pictures for 2023 highlights various notable events, including Richard Williams' (Serena and Venus Williams' father) interview about the biopic "King Richard," a Dolly Parton look-alike contest, Kathie Lee Gifford's public appearance with her boyfriend, Tammy Slaton's diet break, Aiden Fucci's mother's court sentencing, Natalia Grace's public sighting, the identification of Long Island serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann, Madalina Cojocari's grandmother's emotional moment, Kim Mathers' new look, Kailyn Lowry's pregnancy, Wade Robson's sighting post-Britney Spears memoir revelation, Ryan Edwards' court case, and Edwin Castro's shopping spree amidst a legal battle with Jose Rivera over the Powerball jackpot.