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Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: Four Lovely Games We Are Eager To Get Back To
9.5.2025
It’s been a pretty neat week! Maybe even a good one? In 2025? Are we allowed to have those?Read more
The New Pope Plays Video Games
9.5.2025
Yesterday, the world was introduced to the newest leader of the Catholic church, Pope Leo XIV aka Robert Francis Prevost. He was elected after just two days and was born in Chicago, making him the first American pope in history. He also is very likely the first pope to regularly play video games....
John Cena vs. Randy Orton: A Timeline of Their Iconic Feuds
9.5.2025
John Cena vs. Randy Orton isn’t just a rivalry. It is the rivalry of a generation, and it will be rekindled again—perhaps for the final time—at WWE Backlash.Read more
9 Games You Should Play If You Loved Fantasian: Neo Dimension
8.5.2025
2024 was an absurdly crowded year for RPGs, but it’s also a treasure trove—especially if you’re willing to look past all the big names. Fantasian: Neo Dimension is a neat middle ground. It’s a non-franchise IP from a less-known studio, but backed by Square Enix and led by some of the biggest...
C2E2's Cosplay Is Some Of The Most Original We've Seen
8.5.2025
Chicago’s comic and entertainment show, C2E2, took place just over a month ago, celebrating all things pop culture. This year’s event saw high-profile guests appearing like Star Wars’ John Boyega, Katey Sagal, Peter Weller, The Last of Us’ Ashely Johnson, and all-time legend Judd Nelson....
Orbital Mechanics (or How I Optimized a CSS Keyframes Animation)
8.5.2025
What does it look like to refactor your own code? John Rhea picks apart an old CSS animation he wrote and walks through the thought process of optimizing it.
Orbital Mechanics (or How I Optimized a CSS Keyframes Animation) originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean...
Ex-SafeMoon CEO claims innocence, blames founder as trial begins
7.5.2025
Braden John Karony, the former CEO of crypto firm SafeMoon, made an out-of-court statement claiming innocence as his criminal trial began in New York.In a May 6 X post after court proceedings had likely ended for the day, Karony said he was innocent and “did not commit fraud”...
Ex-SafeMoon CEO claims innocence, blames founder as trial begins
7.5.2025
Braden John Karony, the former CEO of crypto firm SafeMoon, made an out-of-court statement claiming innocence as his criminal trial began in New York.In a May 6 X post after court proceedings had likely ended for the day, Karony said he was innocent and “did not commit fraud”...
Stabledollars: The Third Act of Dollar Reinvention
6.5.2025
Blockchain-based dollar infrastructure holds enormous opportunities for the U.S. But only if it treats the technology wisely, says John deVadoss
Xbox Consoles And Games Get A Price Hike, Borderlands 4 Gets A Showcase, And More Of The Week's Top Stories
3.5.2025
This week saw gaming website Polygon sold to Valnet, the company that owns Screen Rant and Game Rant among other sites, and many of its staffers laid off. Meanwhile publication at another gaming site, Giant Bomb, is currently on hold as owner Fandom engages in what it calls a “strategic reset...
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 5 Great Games We're Escaping Into After A Crappy Week
2.5.2025
It’s been a week, huh? It looks like we’ll be paying a whole lot more for consoles and games as well as reading and watching a whole lot less great gaming journalism, and on top of all that, GTA 6 isn’t even coming out this year! Read more
U.S. Senate Moves Toward Action on Stablecoin Bill
2.5.2025
U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune has started the process toward a vote on the legislation to establish rules for stablecoin issuers
US Senate majority leader expects stablecoin vote before May 26 — Report
30.4.2025
US Senate Majority Leader John Thune reportedly told Republican lawmakers that the chamber would address a bill on stablecoin regulation before the May 26 Memorial Day holiday.According to an April 29 Politico report, Thune made the comments in a closed-door meeting with Republican senators,...
US Senate majority leader expects stablecoin vote before May 26 — Report
30.4.2025
US Senate Majority Leader John Thune reportedly told Republican lawmakers that the chamber would address a bill on stablecoin regulation before the May 26 Memorial Day holiday.According to an April 29 Politico report, Thune made the comments in a closed-door meeting with Republican senators,...
Our Thoughts On Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, The Marathon Alpha, The Hundred Line, And More Of The Week's Top Takes
26.4.2025
This week we spent some time with the Marathon alpha and tell you what we loved and hated about Bungie’s upcoming extraction shooter. We also found ourselves seduced by Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, smitten with the new time-travel-themed point-and-click adventure Old Skies, and impressed with...
Mantra to Burn $160M OM Tokens, 50% From DAO’s Founder, Following 90% Price Crash
22.4.2025
The tokens are part of John Mullin's team allocation that were staked when the network first started in October 2024
We Wanted John Cena To Make History At Wrestlemania 41, But Not Like This
21.4.2025
We all saw it coming. Once John Cena shocked the wrestling world by announcing his retirement after 2025 at Money in the Bank last July, him winning his record-breaking 17th World Championship was preordained. Wrestling fans around the world were on board with the WWE engineering a championship...
The Last Of Us Season Two, Episode Two Recap: When Wolves Attack
21.4.2025
Welcome back to another recap of The Last of Us season two. It’s the big one, folks. Please leave all your golf clubs at the door on your way in so as not to impart any more emotional damage to your fellow readers. Get your “Fore!” or “birdie” jokes out of your system. Anyone who played The Last...
Twisted Metal Season 2 Is Bringing Us The Tournament and Two Characters We've Been Waiting For
17.4.2025
After letting us process the first season’s half-naked murder clowns and sinister dollfaced thugs for two years, Peacock’s Twisted Metal series is returning with a deeper connection to the source material. On July 31, Anthony Mackie and the rest of the Divided States of America will be back for...
John Boyega Has Talked With Kevin Feige About Joining The MCU
14.4.2025
In furtherance of Marvel President Kevin Feige’s Thanos-like quest to collect all of the best actors to power his Marvel money-making machine, another award-winning actor has entered his orbit. During a panel at Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2), John Boyega revealed he has...