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Reality Check






PlayStation 4 wins Black Friday

A Black Friday study conducted by InfoScout, a firm that tracks purchases made by a network of 300,000 users over three mobile apps, determined that Sony’s PS4 outperformed Microsoft’s Xbox One among Millennials (ages 18-35) and had a slight increase in the middle-aged audience (ages 36-55). These changes were weighted against purchases made on average days versus those made on Black Friday, which carries enormous amounts of deals, discounts and bundles. Last year, the Xbox One was declared the victor by InfoScout in terms of total percentage of sales on Black Friday. The statistics declared by InfoScout had the PS4 taking seven percent of the market directly from Xbox, boosting its Black Friday sales to 48 percent among Millennials.



CHECKPOINT: MST3000 Gets Felicia Dayzed & Confused

We talk about the great Black Friday deals going down, the Afro Samurai game getting taken down, and Felicia Day getting added to the cast of theMystery Science Theater 3000 reboot. Hosts: Krissy Thomas & Kelsey Hayes Camera: Dalton Martin Teleprompter: Michael Robb Editing: Michael Robb Graphics: Dalton Martin, Sam Noble, & Lauren Lucas Music: Lex Bravary Producer: Dalton Martin


First 'Fallout 4' patch to include bug fixes, memory and stability improvements

A beta version of the first patch for Fallout 4 was released, albeit only for players on PC who chose to receive beta updates. Developer Bethesda said last week it was “hard at work addressing top issues,” but for now, the patch will be released on Steam in beta first, followed by PC and lastly by consoles. The patch, titled 1.2.33, will fix issues relating to things such as jumping into water, equipping weapons, and reloading saved games.