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A Toy Store Near You Gets Ready for Season 4 at Amazon (Exclusive)

So many toy stores, so many viewers. The Nacelle Company, which brought us Netflix’s The Movies That Made Us and The Toys That Made Us, is making more toy stories. The studio has given the green light to A Toy Store Near You season 4, which will continue its run on Amazon Prime Video. Directed by Nacelle Company CEO BrianVolk-Weiss, the series attracted an overwhelming surge of viewership through unexpected times. A Toy Store Near You focuses on the toy collector community, a small and tight knit group, which is apparently growing, partially because of the series. “People are literally…
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A Toy Store Near You Season 3 Premieres June 23 on Amazon Prime (Exclusive)

Everyone wants to be a kid again, and sometimes all it takes is a favorite toy to recapture the magic. Twenty-One Pilots and Megan Thee Stallion both set recent music videos in toy shops. The Nacelle Company explored the power of nostalgia when they gifted us with Netflix’s The Movies That Made Us, The Toys That Made Us, Disney+’s Behind the Attraction, and Down To Earth with Zac Efron. Now Nacelle will premiere A Toy Store Near You season 3 on June 23, on Amazon Prime Video. Season 1 hit during COVID, and the show showcased store owners fighting to…
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Why PlayStation Store Closing on PS3 Should Matter to You

After weeks of rumors, Sony has confirmed that they’re closing the PlayStation Store on PlayStation 3, PS Vita, and PSP starting on July 2.  While you will still be able to access your digital content on those platforms via certain methods after that day (and download previously purchased items of that date) you will no longer be able to download new digital content via the PlayStation Store on those devices past that point. I recommend that you check out Sony’s full list of rules and restrictions related to this decision for a clear understanding of what you will and will…
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Does Cyberpunk 2077’s PlayStation Store Removal Make it The Worst Launch Ever?

Late last night, Sony revealed via the PlayStation website that they have decided to honor refund requests for those who purchased Cyberpunk 2077 via the PlayStation Store. More importantly, they have decided to remove Cyberpunk 2077 from the PlayStation Store “until further notice.” Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red was quick to respond to this decision with one of their “yellow background tweets of doom” that have come to define the year in Cyberpunk 2077 updates. In it, the team noted they were aware of Sony’s decision and are still working to improve the game and get it back on…
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A Toy Store Near You Season 2 To Release on Thanksgiving Day (Exclusive)

The toy collector community is a small and tight knit group, and one that is more cooperative than competitive. Toy store owners do more than get that Princess Diana Beanie Baby off the top shelf. The Nacelle Company has been on a quest to showcase and promote vintage toys with their docuseries A Toy Store Near You. All episodes of season 2 will be released on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26, 2020. The first season of the series focused on how the stores coped with the shuttered existence of the pandemic. Now, they get to explore the love of the toys…
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Fortnite Removed From Google Play Store

Google has removed Fortnite from the Play Store following Apple’s recent decision to also remove the popular gaming app from its App Store. “The open Android ecosystem lets developers distribute apps through multiple app stores,” Google says in a statement explaining their decision to remove the Fortnite app. “For game developers who choose to use the Play Store, we have consistent policies that are fair to developers and keep the store safe for users. While Fortnite remains available on Android, we can no longer make it available on Play because it violates our policies. However, we welcome the opportunity to…
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Fortnite Removed From Apple App Store Over Policy Violations

Apple has removed Fortnite from the App Store following Epic Games’ decision to allow mobile players to purchase in-game currency directly from the developer. “Today, Epic Games took the unfortunate step of violating the App Store guidelines that are applied equally to every developer and designed to keep the store safe for our users,” says Apple in a statement to The Verge. “As a result, their Fortnite app has been removed from the store. Epic enabled a feature in its app which was not reviewed or approved by Apple, and they did so with the express intent of violating the…
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The World’s Last Remaining Blockbuster Video Store Turns Airbnb

Did you ever love going to Blockbuster so much that you wished you could sleep there? Please, hold your interruptions of “no” or “I remember the smell, so no” until we reveal that you can now get your wish …if you live in Deschutes County. Bend, Oregon’s Blockbuster Video store is opening its doors to residents for three nights only in September for just $4 a night. The Blockbuster in Bend is the last one left lingering in our strange new streaming-centric world, and the decision to briefly turn it into an Airbnb for a spell was made by its…
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Call of Duty 2020 Alpha Reportedly Uploaded to Microsoft Store as The Red Door

It appears that Activision may be teasing Call of Duty 2020 via a mysterious new listing on the Microsoft Store for a game known as The Red Door. As noted by PC Gamer, a listing for a previously unconfirmed Activision game known only as The Red Door has been posted to the Microsoft Store very recently. The description for the game reads: “There is more than one truth. If you go looking for answers, be ready to question everything and accept that nothing will ever be the same. The Red Door awaits, do you dare step through it?” It’s described…
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