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ArtStation Responds To AI Controversy, Makes Things Worse

The site had a chance to listen to its community and screwed it up

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The Best RPGs Of 2022

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Harry Potter Game Shows Off Some Straight-Up Wizard Murder

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The Worst Games Of 2022 According To Metacritic

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When Things Go Wrong With Players Solving Escape Rooms

Kenneth Seward jr.

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The Top Ten Anime Songs Of 2022, Ranked

From Demon Slayer to One Piece, here's a ranking of this year's certified weeb classics

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You Only Have A Few Days To Catch Pokémon Scarlet & Violet's Only Charizard: Here's How

Kenneth Shepard

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Tesla Drivers Can Now Play Steam Games Inside Their Cars

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Overwatch 2 Holiday Mode Brings Back Enemy Freezing For Sickos Who Miss It

Kenneth Shepard

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The Week In Games: High On Witchcraft

Sonic Prime's Lead Voice Actor On Bringing Swagger To The Iconic Role

Does Gotham Knights’ Nightwing Have A Booty? An Investigation

Chainsaw Man's English-Language Cast Weighs In: Subs Vs. Dubs

This Mini Sega Arcade Cabinet Packed With Retro Games Would Make A Great Gift

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Hair health starts with scalp health at the root of it.

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The Inventory Staff

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Overwatch 2 Holiday Mode Brings Back Enemy Freezing For Sickos Who Miss It

Kenneth Shepard

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10 Movies That Tricked People Into Watching Them

Stephen Johnson

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How To Carry Over Your Witcher 3 Save Data

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Repair Your Hair With 20% Off Geologie’s Co-wash

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Year In Review

Game Tips & Guides

Game Labor

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Activision Nickel-And-Dimes New Union As Call Of Duty Enjoys $800 Million Weekend

Activision refused to pay on-the-clock employees for any time spent in negotiations

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Former Nintendo Worker Wants Company President To Apologize After Alleged Firing [Update]

Activision's Newest Exec Has Decided To Post Through It

After being accused of union busting in the Call of Duty company’s Slack, Lulu Cheng Meservey doubles down

Demolition Sim Hardspace: Shipbreaker Devs Join A Labor Union

Anemone Hug recently voted to join the The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees

Activision Blizzard Workers Walk Out Over Lack Of Roe v. Wade Support

Employees are demanding protections from the Call of Duty publisher after the fall of Roe v. Wade

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Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Firing 11,000 After Company Spends $15B On Metaverse

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Blizzard's Diablo IV Testers Defeat Activision, Can Now Vote To Form Union [Update: Activision Still Trying To Stop The Vote]

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Fired Smash Bros. Ultimate Tester Will Get $25,000 In Nintendo Union-Busting Settlement

Culture

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Overwatch 2 Holiday Mode Brings Back Enemy Freezing For Sickos Who Miss It

The Winter Wonderland event finds a new way to freeze players in place

Kenneth Shepard

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When Things Go Wrong With Players Solving Escape Rooms

Kenneth Seward jr.

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The Worst Games Of 2022 According To Metacritic

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ArtStation Responds To AI Controversy, Makes Things Worse

Reviews

12 Best Games for Every Platform

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The 18 Best Games For The Nintendo Switch

From Pokémon Arceus to Animal Crossing, here are our favorite Switch games

October 5, 2022

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The 18 Best PC Games To Download In 2022 For Steam And Beyond

October 20, 2022

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The Best Games For The Game Boy Advance

May 12, 2020

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The 12 Best Games on PlayStation Now

October 9, 2020

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The 24 Best Games On Xbox Game Pass

April 13, 2022

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The Best Dreamcast Games

April 10, 2022

Year in Review

Speedrunning

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Sekiro God's No-Damage Run Was Three Years In Making

YouTuber TheUrbanOrb studied for over 4,000 hours to destroy FromSoftware’s ninja game

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Only A Computer Could Do This Super Mario Bros. Trick—Until Now

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Elden Ring Speedrunner Decides Eyes Are OP, Beats Bosses While Blindfolded

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Elden Ring Beaten In 20 Minutes With Ridiculous Teleporting Glitch

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Twitch

Kotaku East

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Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin Is Getting Its Own Sake

This is one of the best Japanese booze collabs to date

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Razer's Headquarters Looks Like One Of Its Gaming Peripherals

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Manga Publisher Shueisha Establishes Game Company

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Making Your Own Kaneda Bike From Akira Seems Hard

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Fine Art

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Lunch Break

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The Human Body Is A Wonderful Thing

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Grand (Fantasy) Designs

Board Games

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My Favorite WW2 Board Game Just Keeps Getting Better

V-Sabotage, formerly V-Commandos, is swapping out cardboard tokens for plastic soldiers

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This Tabletop Horror RPG Will Have You Putting Away D&D

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Space Race: The Kotaku Review

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Company Of Heroes: The Kotaku Review

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Anime

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The Top Ten Anime Songs Of 2022, Ranked

From Demon Slayer to One Piece, here's a ranking of this year's certified weeb classics

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Netflix Is Working On A Live-Action My Hero Academia Movie

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Netflix Removed A Fan-Favorite JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Scene To Avoid Disney’s Lawyers

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Anime Fans Still Love Attack On Titan Creator Despite The Series' Ending

Cosplay