With its upcoming remake for the Switch 2, Nintendo might have nailed the best thing about The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time: its timelessness. The 1998 3D action adventure game for the Nintendo 64 that pioneered so much - 3D graphics, movement, exploration, openness - has been reengineered with changes that make it feel more modern, and surprisingly terrifying at times. Based on my early hands-on time with the game, it's shaping up to be the best-looking, best-playing version of the game that addresses the most frustrating aspects of playing the original.
More than just sanding off its roughest edges, Nintendo also fitted Ocarina of Tim …
The screen looks good no matter what’s on it. Star Wars helps, though. | Photo: David Pierce / The Verge
We have to talk about this screen. It's the first thing you notice, and maybe the only thing that matters, about the Alexa Tablet 12 Pro. It's a 12-inch, 2800 x 1840 panel with a new technology Amazon calls "Nanomatte" that is meant to decrease glare and increase the feeling that you can reach out and touch the things you see onscreen. When Amazon set out to build the best tablet the company has ever shipped, it started with this screen.
The $549.99 device I've been testing is one of four new models in the Alexa Tablet lineup, which ranges from a $229.99 8-inch model up to a $679.99 12 Pro with this Nanomatte coating and some extra RAM you …
When people learn I work for The Verge, they inevitably ask: “Do you get to keep the gadgets?” Now that I film Today I’m Toying With, a video series where I share the joy of tech, I get that question more than ever.
The answer isno, we don’t keep them! Our ethics policy is clear: “We don’t accept things of value from companies or from their PR firms, period.” We don’t keep them, we don’t sell them, we don’t pass them to family or friends. We try to return them, and if a company doesn’t want them back, we give them away. But now we’re going to give some of those unwanted gadgets to you.
Want to win robot toys, chargers, gaming gear and more? We’re giving away some of the actual gadgets we’ve shared here on TikTok in our Today I’m Toying With giveaway! The Verge’s strong ethics policy means our journalists don’t get to keep the gadgets or anything else a company sends. Usually we return or donate — but since Today I’m Toying With is all about sharing the joy of gadgets, we thought we’d share some actual gadgets, too! You can find the Today I’m Toying With giveaway and official rules at theverge.com/titw — every few weeks, you can submit your name and email address for a chance to win a random prize pack of items we actually called in for the show. #todayimtoyingwith#tech#gadgets#techtok
I originally came up with Today I’m Toying With so you can live vicariously through me, playing with more cool stuff than you can necessarily afford yourself. (I certainly can’t afford a tenth of what I get to try this way!)
But what if you could actually reach out and touch these gadgets? What if I shipped you actual items you’ve seen in my videos on YouTube and Instagram and TikTok? What if I did it every week?
That’s what we’re doing. I have dozens of awesome packages of gadgets to give away — Robot toys! USB-C chargers! Gaming gear! — and I’m going to keep giving them away as long as I can. Each prize box will be picked randomly from my big list, so neither you nor I will know exactly what each winner’s going to get.
We do have a few limitations. You have to enter week to stay in the running, because each week is technically a new giveaway. Our legal team tells me I can’t send prizes outside the 50 US states and DC because paperwork gets complicated fast. If you’re a Verge subscriber, thank you for supporting our work, but sweepstakes like these can’t be subscriber-exclusive — they have to be “no purchase necessary.”
But if you’re eligible, there’s a chance you could get a package from me in the mail! Just fill out the entry form above or at Gleam with your name and email address, subscribe to The Verge on Instagram and TikTok — there’s also an email entry option, check the official rules — and keep an eye out for my next giveaway next week! (Follow me on The Verge or Bluesky to be extra sure you won’t miss an announcement!) You can find the official rules here.
Now some legalese:
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. Sweepstakes begins at 9:00AM ET on October 7th, 2026 and ends at 9:00AM ET on October 14th, 2026. Open to legal residents of the 50 U.S. states and Washington D.C., of legal age of majority and have access to the internet, and a valid email address. Odds of winning depend on number of eligible entries received. Governed by and subject to the Official Rules, additional eligibility restrictions apply. VM Publishing, LLC Privacy Policy
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Update, October 14th: We’re now on Giveaway #16 — and we’re doing it weekly! You can enter every week, but you need to enter each time fresh!
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