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You kids can all get excited for the PlayStation 4 and the next Xbox, but I'm pumped for this thing. Hyperkin has announced their RetroN 4 console that plays NES, SNES, Game Boy Advance, and Sega Genesis cartridges, though sadly not all at once. It's an upgrade from the RetroN 3, and besides adding Game Boy Advance games into the mix, Hyperkin has made a few additional improvements. It will be like a fifth grade sleepover every day of your life.

Much has been written about former Groupon CEO Andrew Mason's farewell letter to the company. The man was fired from the company he helped found, and that's never something that lends itself to a cheerful departure. Even so, his parting shot comes off as rather amiable. Even better? Mason made a hilariously obscure reference to the Battletoads video game. He specifically calls out one level, but most folks don't seem to understand the implications of this.

Even though the original is only a few weeks old, we've already seen a few parodies of "Dumb Ways to Die." Up until now our favorite one feature the Curiosity rover, but that was until we saw this one. If there's anything that can unseat science in our hearts it's video games. Here we have a compilation by YouTube user Megasteakman of some of the dumbest, and most infuriating ways to die in video games. The Battletoads line hits close to home. We know that feel, bro.