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GTA: Vice City's Weird Moon Easter Egg Finally Explained
27.11.2023
In 2001’s genre-defining PlayStation 2 smash Grand Theft Auto III, if you pulled out a sniper rifle and shot at the moon, it would change size. For years, fans tried to explain why this funny little secret was included in the game. Was it a reference to something? A smaller part of a larger secret?...
Hollywood Meets Crypto: Director Uses Netflix Funds for Risky Dogecoin Bet
24.11.2023
Source: Boxoffice Movie Scenes / YouTube Carl Erik Rinsch, the director of “47 Ronin,” allegedly took nearly $60 million that Netflix gave him for a sci-fi series to invest in the crypto and stock markets. According to The New York Times, Netflix gave the director more than $55 million...
Former GTA Developer Silenced By Rockstar For Sharing Fun Anecdotes
23.11.2023
Former Rockstar North developer Obbe Vermeij had been enjoying a few weeks of sharing some decades-old tales. Reminiscing on his many days with the GTA developer, Vermeij took to his personal blog to recall revealing inside stories behind games like San Andreas and Vice City, and everyone...
The Scott Pilgrim Anime Backlash, Explained
22.11.2023
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, the new animated series based on Bryan Lee O’Malley’s graphic novels, is out on Netflix. The eight-episode series reunites the voice cast of the 2010 live-action movie Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and is a hilarious blend of the series’ quick wit and well-measured...
You Can Play Diablo IV For Free All This Week
22.11.2023
Just in time for the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend, Blizzard is letting you play Diablo IV for free for one full week on Steam right now. That’s a pretty sweet deal among a crop of other pretty sweet deals that Valve is offering as part of the PC gaming store’s massive annual Autumn Sale.Read...
Can The Upcoming Zelda Movie Be Like This Ghibli-Style Ocarina Of Time Animation?
22.11.2023
This week is the 25th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The Nintendo 64 classic was released in 1998, and became the framework for the series for several generations until Breath of the Wild’s open-world structure changed everything in 2017. In celebration of Ocarina of Time...
Today in Crypto: Binance Saw ‘Significant’ Outflows Since CZ Announcement, KuCoin Launches KuCard, 10101.art Reveals Sale of Banksy’s Turf War
22.11.2023
Source: 10101_art / Twitter Get your daily, bite-sized digest of crypto and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s news. __________ Exchange news According to the blockchain data analytics platform Nansen‘s analysis of Binance’s netflows, Binance...
Simpsons Hit & Run 2 Would Have Added Planes, But The Publisher Passed
21.11.2023
The original Simpsons: Hit & Run, released 20 years ago in 2003, ended up being a massive hit and sold millions of copies. So a sequel, featuring planes, was planned. But then the publisher shocked everyone when it passed on a sweetheart deal to create more Hit & Run games. Read more
Spider-Man 2 Players Are Roasting MJ’s ‘Trash’ Podcast Setup
21.11.2023
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 players are mocking Mary Jane “MJ” Watson for something that is both hilariously silly and professionally questionable: her meek podcast setup.Read more
I Can’t Miss The Last Of Us If It Won’t Leave
21.11.2023
Remember when it took us seven years to get a new The Last of Us game? Remember when there was even a question about whether or not we’d ever get a sequel to Naughty Dog’s post-apocalyptic action game because the ending was so intentionally ambiguous and thought-provoking? Now, it seems we can’t...
10 Years Ago, Sony Redefined The Modern Console War
20.11.2023
“PS3 has no games.” Well, it actually has more than 700, but don’t tell that to 2013’s memes. A decade ago, Sony’s PlayStation 3 began its descent into twilight once its successor, PlayStation 4, was scheduled for release on November 15.Read more
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off: The Kotaku Review
17.11.2023
Let’s get it out of the way: This is not a spoiler-free review of Scott Pilgrim Takes Off. Netflix’s anime take on Brian Lee O’Malley’s video game reference-ridden romantic comedy graphic novels and their subsequent live-action movie adaptation is impossible to talk about while tiptoeing around...
PlayStation Portal Sells Out In Two Days As Resellers Swoop In
17.11.2023
The PlayStation Portal, Sony’s new handheld streaming device that lets you play PlayStation 5 games on a tablet-like screen, has sold out just two days after its November 15 launch. As a result, inflated resale listings are popping up in all the usual places.Read more
Today in Crypto: Sino-US Bitcoin ASIC War May Be Starting, Neon EVM Testing Alternative Gas Payments
17.11.2023
Source: AdobeStock / William W. Potter Get your daily, bite-sized digest of crypto and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s news. __________ Mining news We may be witnessing the start of a Sino-US bitcoin silicon war, according to the latest Miner...
Diablo IV Will Take Over Your Thanksgiving With Some Nice Bonuses
16.11.2023
Blizzard is hoping you’ll break away from stuffing your face full of turkey and yams for a bit next week to grind its action RPG Diablo IV. To sweeten the deal, it’s offering all players across all realms an increase to gold and XP earn rates during the Thanksgiving holiday.Read more
Today in Crypto: Polkadot Founders Launch a $45 Million Community Project, Bybit Reveals Easy Options Tool, Taurus SA Expands to Dubai
16.11.2023
Source: AdobeStock / NikahGeh Get your daily, bite-sized digest of crypto and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s news. __________ Investment news Web3 Foundation, whose flagship project is the Polkadot blockchain protocol, announced the launch...
Persona 5 Publisher Raises Salaries Amid Industry-Wide Layoffs
15.11.2023
Developer-publisher Atlus is reportedly raising the annual salaries of its Japanese staff by 15 percent, a move that is the total opposite of what’s been happening across the U.S. labor market (and the games industry specifically) for months now.Read more
The Best Part Of Alan Wake II Is Now On YouTube
15.11.2023
One of the coolest parts of the newly released survival horror game Alan Wake II is now available to watch for free on YouTube, and you definitely should watch it.Read more
Accused Pelosi Hammer Attacker Confirms In Court He Was A Gamergater
15.11.2023
On November 14, the man accused of a 2022 hammer attack on former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband pleaded not guilty, apologized in court for his actions, and explained that Gamergate first exposed him to right-wing conspiracies. Read more
Always Sunny’s Frank Is Perfect In The Last Of Us
14.11.2023
Danny DeVito’s wonderfully awful Frank Reynolds from the long-running TV show It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia has become an internet icon over the last decade, thanks to his wild behavior and meme-worthy antics. And now the famous asshole has been added to the depressing world of The Last Of...