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I Bought A Switch And I'm An Idiot, So I Ruined My Daughter's Birthday
5.8.2021
My daughter turned 11 today, and given the fact she loves the thing but always has to share our existing unit with me and her brother, all she wanted was a Nintendo Switch. So we got her one.Read more
The OG Halo Announcer Is Winning The Internet's Heart Right Now
4.8.2021
Usually Halo multiplayer announcer Jeff Steitzer says things like “Double Kill”, “Triple Kill”, and “Killing Spree.” But this time, at the request of folks on celebrity video request platform Cameo, he’s saying much more—and winning the internet’s heart in the process.Read more
Automatic Daily GitHub Backups, Restored in Seconds
3.8.2021
Any company that uses GitHub for critical applications needs a backup that can be restored quickly when needed. Cyberattacks, human errors, or a forced push are just some of the scenarios that can result in the loss of GitHub data. …
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Get Down, Mr. Freeman
3.8.2021
Denis Mozgovoy is an artist from Russia.Read more
Fortnite's Next Big In-Game Concert Stars Ariana Grande
1.8.2021
Epic announced today that Ariana Grande is the next big musician who will be teleporting into the virtual world of Fortnite in a series of concerts starting next week. Read more
Game Industry Women Need You To Stop Defining Them By Their Trauma
31.7.2021
The games industry is in a moment of reckoning. Over the past few weeks, a series of damning reports have shed details about the culture of harassment experienced by women at the hands of big gaming companies like Ubisoft and Activision Blizzard.Read more
Black Woman Says Goodbye To Kotaku
30.7.2021
Well...shit.Read more
Animal Crossing: New Horizons Adds Eggplant Cows And Cucumber Horses For Dead Spirits
30.7.2021
With July nearly over, one of Japan’s biggest holidays gets underway next month: Obon. Not only will it be celebrated all across the country, but also in Animal Crossing: New Horizons with traditional cucumber horses and eggplant cows. Read more
Dr. Mario World Is Being Pronounced Dead In November
28.7.2021
Dr. Mario World, the mobile game Nintendo launched in 2019 with the help of LINE, will be shut down in November, the company just announced.Read more
I Will Talk About Whatever You Want To Talk About
28.7.2021
CuddlyVeedles is an artist from Thailand.Read more
Activision Blizzard Employees Plan Walkout Wednesday To Protest Working Conditions
27.7.2021
Following days of informal protests and denouncements of their company’s response to the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing lawsuit, Activision Blizzard employees are holding a formal walkout Wednesday, July 28, calling on leadership to improve conditions for women, particularly...
Animal Crossing Fan Makes Infinite Corridor Worthy of M.C. Escher
27.7.2021
Trick art is quite popular in Japan. Heck, it’s popular everywhere! Japanese Twitter user Shiro decided to try his hand at making some in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The game, of course, has been a hotbed of custom creations ever since it was released, from the amazing to the bizarre. For those...
That's One Hell Of A Gun
27.7.2021
Henu Caulfield Joo is an artist based in Korea.Read more
Blizzard Devs Say Some Men Were Sexually Harassed, Too
26.7.2021
Since allegations of widespread harassment and discrimination at Activision Blizzard first surfaced last week, former Blizzard developers and women across the field have spoken up once again about abuse in the games industry. While many of those affected are women, not all are, and some men...
Impossible Steam Achievement Has A Great Story
26.7.2021
An unobtainable achievement in the game Where the Water Tastes Like Wine, which is out on every major console and PC, is confounding achievement hunters and folks who like nice round numbers.Read more
Homeworld Is Being Turned Into A Tabletop RPG
26.7.2021
Homeworld, a series known mostly for its gorgeous big spaceships but also partly for its gorgeous big landships, is being turned into a character-driven tabletop RPG courtesy of Modiphius Entertainment.Read more
Saying Goodbye To Friends, In-Game And Otherwise, Sucks
24.7.2021
No one likes goodbyes, whether it be saying farewell to the characters in your favorite video game as the final credits roll, or saying goodbye to two of the three voices who made this incarnation of the Splitscreen podcast so damn special. Bring some tissues, kids.Read more
Yes, That Was Final Fantasy At The Olympics Ceremony. And There's More!
23.7.2021
For the nerdy among us, Japan is practically synonymous with video games. And if you play video games and happened to watch the opening ceremony for the biggest sporting event of the year, you probably went, “wait a minute, is that...?” Oh, it was. Actually, there was a slew of musical references...
Activision Blizzard Sued By California Over Widespread Harassment Of Women
22.7.2021
Activision Blizzard, the publishing giant behind everything from Call of Duty to Overwatch, is being sued by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing over a “frat boy” workplace culture that it alleges has led to years of harassment and abuse targeting the women in...
WoW’s Wrath Of The Lich King Expansion Is Now A Board Game
21.7.2021
Pandemic is a classic board game from publisher Z-Man in which players work together to stop the spread of rampaging viruses. World of Warcraft’s Wrath of the Lich King expansion is about stopping the Lich King’s Scourge from rampaging across the continent of Northrend. They’re basically the same...