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'Shop Contest: The Artifact Imps, Winners!
14.3.2021
Remember Artifact, that card game Valve made? No...? Well, it was killed last week. It also had two imps who helped in-game and now they need work. That’s why last week I asked for your help.Read more
Mario Kart Speedrunners Are Racing To Blow Themselves Up With Blue Shells
12.3.2021
Do you know you can hit yourself with a Blue Shell in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe? Speedrunners do, and they’re going all out to blow themselves up with the first place-targeting item as quickly as possible.Read more
The PS5 Is Back In Stock
12.3.2021
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Feels From Heals: Healing In Final Fantasy XIV Is Super Rewarding
12.3.2021
The first thing I did upon setting foot in Foundation, the hub world central to Final Fantasy XIV’s Heavensward expansion, was sign up for the Astrologian and Dark Knight job class. This is extremely out of character for me because I only play damage dealers in MMOs, and Astrolgian and Dark Knight...
Loop Hero Will Soon Let You Save The Dang Game
12.3.2021
The deck-building, dungeon-making roguelite RPG Loop Hero is getting some much needed quality-of-life improvements in an upcoming update, the game’s developers announced yesterday. The most important of these fixes? Finally letting you save your game.Read more
Glitch Turns Breath of the Wild Into A First-Person Game, It Seems
12.3.2021
Mods already makes the first-person view possible in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. One player, however, has apparently figured out how to do that without one.Read more
Get 10% off Nintendo Gift Cards Today Because It's This Mario Guy's Day or Something?
10.3.2021
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Politician Dressed Like The Joker Is Campaigning In Japan
10.3.2021
Meet Yuusuke Kawai. He is running for governor of Chiba Prefecture and recently appeared on NHK to present his platform. It looks as though he wants Japan to put on a happy face.Read more
I Also Accidentally Ordered A Burger From A YouTuber
9.3.2021
In early January, Kotaku weekend editor Zack Zweizen wrote about his experience unknowingly purchasing burger delivery from popular YouTuber MrBeast. I read, laughed, shook my head, and promptly forgot it happened. Then, late last month, while home alone and hungry, I did the same damn thing with...
There Is No Love For Toad In This Cat Mario Three-Pack
9.3.2021
Following up on yesterday’s gorgeous Bowser boat, toy-maker Jakks Pacific’s second MAR10 week reveal is a $30 Super Mario 3D World three-pack featuring articulated four-inch figures of Cat Mario, Cat Luigi, and Cat Peach. Cat Toad can go straight to hell. Read more
Hades Almost Starred Theseus, Which Would've Been Boring AF
9.3.2021
Imagine playing Hades, working to escape the underworld, fighting, and succumbing to swarms of relentless enemies. Every time your character perishes, you hear the low, sinister chuckle of the King of the Dead in your ear, mocking you for your weakness. Until finally, after countless attempts,...
X-COM: UFO Defense Would Have Been Canned If Its Creators Hadn’t Secretly Revolted
9.3.2021
Monsters in the Dark: The Making of X-COM: UFO Defense tells the story of the early years of legendary strategy game designer Julian Gollop and the making of the original X-COM, and is funding now on Kickstarter. In this excerpt from the book, MicroProse’s acquisition by Spectrum Holobyte places...
Fear The Cosmic Unicorn
6.3.2021
This week on Snapshots we have some colorful screenshots, some dead bodies, shadows, superheroes, darkness, and a big, cosmic unicorn.Read more
Whiscash Sleeps All Day, Eats Anything And Predicts Earthquakes
6.3.2021
Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Whiscash!Read more
Steven Spielberg and the Duffer Brothers Will Take on Stephen King's The Talisman
6.3.2021
After essentially creating a show made of pure Spielberg-King fanfic, Matt and Ross Duffer will go from honoring their heroes to working with them.Read more
Bored Fugitive Caught By Police After Venturing Out To Buy Call Of Duty
5.3.2021
After escaping from jail last year and hiding for months, a man in the UK was arrested after leaving hiding to buy a copy of Call of Duty, only to get caught by the police in the process.Read more
Queen: Rock Tour Is Packed With Great Music, Not Ads And Microtransactions
5.3.2021
Queen: Rock Tour is a mobile game that isn’t filled with nasty microtransactions, ads, “energy” timers, or make-believe currencies. Instead, it’s a fun rhythm game that replaces that crap with a ton of classic Queen songs.Read more
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
5.3.2021
The weekend is for screening attractive anime characters to determine which are friends and which are disguised aliens hell-bent on murdering all of humanity. That, and maybe some light gardening. Read more
Best Buy's 3 Day Games Sale Includes Everything From Avengers to Zelda
5.3.2021
3-Day Gaming Sale | Best BuyRead more
It's Time For Crusader Kings In Space
5.3.2021
If you’ve been wondering why there haven’t been more clones of Crusader Kings, it’s because the systems that define Paradox’s game are really hard to copy! Pawley Games are going to give it a shot, though, and they’re going to do it in space.Read more