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CultureOdds and EndsModder Forms Amazing Custom PC Out Of ’80s Voltron Toy Castle
When ‘80s kid Robdp82 found a relatively rare 1984 Voltron “Castle of Lions” playset in his mother’s attic, he did what any nostalgia-loving computer builder would do—he transformed it into a lovely Voltron-themed custom PC, complete with five color-coded lion SSDs. Instead of cashing out on eBay, where the 1984 Castle of Lions playset can…
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ReviewsToysUnearthed Video Captures The Experience Of Shopping At Toys ‘R’ Us In The Early ’90s
Remember going to Toys ‘R’ Us as a kid? Perhaps this 20-minute collection of raw footage from a November 1991 store visit will refresh your memory. Journey with me back to the days when we bought video games with slips of paper and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles had their own dedicated aisle. Uploaded earlier…
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CultureWhat Are You Playing This Weekend?
This weekend is for relaxing just a little bit more than we relaxed last weekend. I’m not saying we should just collapse on our couches and let out long, relieved sighs, but perhaps we can breathe a little easier. Maybe play some video games. Perhaps even space video games. Ever play a space video game?…
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OpinionImpressionsThe End Of My Covenant’s Campaign Is A Good Stopping Point For World Of Warcraft: Shadowlands
After a month and a half of conquering quests, leveling alt characters, and exploring every inch of World of Warcraft’s afterlife, my whirlwind romance with the Shadowlands expansion is starting to fizzle out. Now that my main dwarf Stu has completed his covenant story campaign I’m not finding much motivation to keep playing. To understand…
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Culture505 Games Announces Puzzle Quest 3, Coming Out This Year
Earlier this month, publisher 505 Games acquired Infinity Plus Two, the Australian studio that created the hybrid match-three/RPG series Puzzle Quest. This morning 505 Games announced Puzzle Quest 3, a free-to-play sequel that takes place 500 years after the original. A direct follow-up to 2007 surprise hit Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords, Puzzle Quest…
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CultureRare Sketches Of Donkey Kong Country Show Off DK’s Early Evolution
In the latest video from YouTube’s DK Creations (via NintendoLife), long-time video game artist Kev Bayliss shows off original sketches from Rare’s Donkey Kong Country, and talks about how he transformed Nintendo’s original cartoon ape from 2D villain to 3D-rendered platform hero. Using character design sketches he created while working on the 1994 Super Nintendo classic…
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OpinionImpressionsSpace Invaders Extreme Is My Favorite Way To Shoot Invaders From Space
While there will always be a place in my heart for the original Space Invaders, Taito’s 1978 arcade classic is not the most engaging way to spend a quarter. Space Invaders Extreme, recently released for the Nintendo Switch and PS4 as part of the Space Invaders Forever bundle, is my preferred chaotic and colorful method…
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OpinionImpressionsPersona 5 Strikers Feels More Like Persona 5 Than I Expected
When I heard Koei Tecmo studio Omega Force was making Persona 5 Strikers, I imagined a Dynasty Warriors game with Persona 5 characters. Turns out it’s not quite that at all. After playing through the first few hours of the full game, Strikers feels more like an extension of Persona 5 with a different combat…
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CultureWhat Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for processing what happened last week and steeling ourselves for what’s going to happen next week. Video games are the perfect accompaniment to both of these activities. What is this adorable 16-bit dungeon crawler, you ask? Why it’s the third game in Cornfox & Brothers’ Zelda-inspired Oceanhorn series, Oceanhorn: Chronos Dungeon. Set…
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ReviewsToysCyberpunk Anime Keanu Figure Is Just Happy To Be Here
Cyberpunk 2077 has had some problems, sure, but that doesn’t mean people don’t want adorable toys. Good Smile Company’s Nendoroid Johnny Silverhand figure’s got that big, soulful, Keanu Reeves energy in a tiny, big-headed package. I tell you, I’m glad one of the accessories this $50 Mr. Silverhand figure comes with is a pair of…
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OpinionImpressionsASUS’ CES Showcase Is A Free Steam Game
Due to the ongoing global pandemic, this year’s Consumer Electronics Show is a completely online affair. Gaming hardware maker ASUS takes the show’s digital format to the extreme with ROG Citadel XV, a free download on Steam that’s one (small) part first-person shooter, one part fancy virtual hardware showroom. ROG stands for Republic of Gamers,…
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CultureKaty Perry Teams With Pokémon For Some Sort Of 25th Anniversary Music Thing
Announced this morning by The Pokémon Company, popstar, American Idol judge, and new mom Katy Perry is headlining P25, a yearlong collaboration with Universal Music Group artists to produce … music of some sort? It’s vague. It’s not clear exactly what the P25 Music program entails. In the official announcement, The Pokémon Company calls it…
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CultureOdds and EndsLuigi’s New Ride Is Just A Penis
Today marks the start of mobile Mario Kart’s 35th tour, transporting players to Berlin, Germany, where Luigi dons knee-length leather shorts and rides about town in a wheeled phallus brandishing a fork-skewered sausage. As the son of a German orphan, I don’t know whether to be offended by Mario Kart Tour’s sausage fest or whether…
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CultureRazer’s Project Hazel Is A Translucent Face Mask With RGB Lighting
If you’ve got to wear a mask (and you do), it might as well be a super-cool, high-tech mask with a translucent plastic front, voice-amplification tech, and RGB lighting effects. Every year at the annual Consumer Electronics Show, gaming hardware maker Razer demos conceptual projects that may or may not wind up becoming real. This…
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CultureIt’s Giant Cat Mario Versus Kaiju Bowser In Bowser’s Fury
With a month remaining until its February 12 release, Nintendo gives us a peek at what the new Bowser’s Fury portion of Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury looks like. They had me at Giant Cat Mario. In Bowser’s Fury, Bowser’s gotten big. Too big. So big that Bowser Jr. and Mario team up…
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CultureOtterbox Is Making Mobile Gaming Gear Now
Otterbox, one of the biggest names in phone and tablet cases, has teamed up with Microsoft to create a new line of clips, cases, and grips aimed at making the most of mobile gaming services like Xbox Game Streaming and Apple Arcade. Otterbox has been making rugged cases for mobile devices since there have been…
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CultureOdds and EndsNow We’re Playing Pokémon In A Twitter Profile Pic
Gameloft Montreal programmer Constantin Liétard has created a script that allows Twitter users to control a game of Pokémon Red playing out in his profile picture. It’s like ‘Twitch Plays Pokémon’ without having to deal with Twitch chat. Launched on January 8 and then relaunched on January 9 to make sure frames get saved, Liétard’s ‘Twitter…
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CultureWhat Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for decompressing after an incredibly trying week. Riding a dog and hunting some monsters sounds like it might do the trick. I am not a Monster Hunter player, but after everything that’s happened this past week, I crave human interaction and the Switch demo for Monster Hunter Rise looks like it’ll do…
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OpinionImpressionsThe PS5’s DualSense Is The Perfect Canvas
One of my first thoughts upon seeing the futuristic armored look of the PlayStation 5’s Dualsense controller was, “Man, I bet that’s going to look awesome with a custom paint job.” Indulging my pink and black obsession, the painting pros at Colorware have confirmed my hypothesis. Thanks to the touchpad and the solid grips that…
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CultureNeverwinter: Sharandar Revisits The Game’s Very First Adventure Module
The first adventure module added to Perfect World Entertainment’s Neverwinter, 2013’s Fury of the Feywild, introduced players to the ancient elven stronghold of Sharandar. The game’s latest three-part module, launching on PC February 9 and consoles a month later, heads back to those wild woods to see what’s happened over the past seven years and…
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