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Sonic 4: Episode II Speedrun Record Broken By Player In Cursed Sonic Outfit
12.1.2022
The speedrun world record for co-op Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II has been broken during this year’s Awesome Games Done Quick, which is made all the more impressive when you learn one of the players was wearing an ill-fitting bootleg Sonic outfit, complete with oversized floppy gloves.Read more
The New Pokémon Diamond And Pearl Remakes Are Barebones, But I'm Still Having A Blast
23.11.2021
Some of the initial reviews described Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl as incredibly workmanlike, and they were correct. These games are serviceable recreations that seem to do the bare minimum when it comes to adding anything new, let alone surprising. And yet for all of their...
Cruis'n Blast On The Switch Is Arcade Racing At Its Most Ridiculous
28.9.2021
Microsoft and Sony can have their Forzas and Gran Turismos with hyper-realistic graphics, authentic engine noises, and true-to-life physics. The Nintendo Switch has Cruis’n Blast, in which your vaguely Nissan GT-R-shaped vehicle barrels off a cliff at breakneck speed toward a massive yeti which...
Lebanese Economy Crashes to New Lows – In Less Than Two Years Nation’s Currency Lost 90% Against the US Dollar
14.6.2021
The Lebanese pound dropped to a new low on Sunday against the greenback trading in the low 1,500s range to the U.S. dollar. Lebanon’s currency has been in a downward spiral since 2019, as the pound has lost 90% of its value since then. Reports note that Lebanese citizens are facing shortfalls...
CEOs of top Russian banks Sberbank and VTB blast Bitcoin
4.6.2021
Top Russian bankers cite their reasons for not liking Bitcoin after Tinkoff's CEO said that the central bank was stopping it from offering crypto trading services
Dogecoin Market Cap Nears $100B, Critics Blast ‘Joke Coin,’ Community Abuzz With Rumors of DOGE Whales
8.5.2021
The infamous meme-based cryptocurrency dogecoin is on the move again just before the upcoming Saturday Night Live episode featuring Elon Musk. While dogecoin is up 81% today a lot of cryptocurrency veterans have been warning newbies about the digital currency that was meant to be a joke. Meanwhile...
Ripple Execs Blast SEC’s 'Perplexing' Actions in String Of Interviews
30.4.2021
Brad Garlinghouse. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Bloomberg Technology
As American blockchain company Ripple’s woes with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continue, the company’s executives have appeared in a string of interviews with major broadcasters to flag what they...
The Surviving Mars OST Will Keep Me In High Spirits When I Blast Off Into Space
12.2.2021
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today, let’s listen to a soundtrack that’s out of this world: that of Surviving Mars, the Paradox-published 2018 city builder from Haemimont Games.Read more
Nigerian Senators Blast Central Bank For Its Crypto Ban
12.2.2021
Following the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) clampdown on banks facilitating crypto investments, a number of the country’s senators have voiced their outrage at the bank, calling on the Nigerian regulators to facilitate the further adoption of cryptocurrencies across the country. The CBN Governor...
The First Shin Ultraman Movie Footage Is a Modern Blast From the Past
28.1.2021
Shin Godzilla was a Japanese movie that brought the idea of the original Godzilla—a mindless giant monster and merciless force of nature—to see how modern Japan would handle him. Shin Ultraman, a similar reimagining of the hero who spawned the entire genre of tokutatsu shows from the same team...
Space invaders: Launching crypto into orbit
23.12.2020
"The idea is that if you can provide a root of trust that is literally in outer space, you have something that has an unprecedented level of security because this is a fully tamper-proof Trusted Execution Environment."
I'll Never Get Tired Of Sending Enemies Flying In Immortals
6.12.2020
Immortal Fenyx Rising, Ubisoft’s cartoonish take on an open-world game, has fine combat. It’s not amazing, being lifted straight from Assassin’s Creed Odyessy, but it works and it feels nice. However, killing enemies in Immortals is amazing because they don’t just collapse and die, but instead...
US Representatives Rip OCC, Brooks for ‘Excessive Focus’ on Crypto
11.11.2020
Congressional Democrats blasted the OCC and Acting Comptroller Brooks for spending time on crypto during a pandemic
Google Reinstates Bitcoin Rewards Game Suspended for ‘Deceptive Practices’
31.1.2020
The “Bitcoin Blast” app is back on the Google Play store, though Google still hasn’t clarified why it was taken down in the first place
Developers Say Google Play Unfairly Booted Their Bitcoin Rewards Game
29.1.2020
"Bitcoin Blast, a puzzle game which rewards players with BTC, was kicked off the Google Play store with little explanation, said the game's developer
2018 Staff Favorites
4.1.2019
Last year, the team here at CSS-Tricks compiled a list of our favorite posts, trends, topics, and resources from around the world of front-end development. We had a blast doing it and found it to be a nice recap of the industry as we saw it over the course of the year. Well, we're doing it again...