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The Sims’ Insane Trait Sucks
Starting with The Sims 3, sims have traits to help shape their personalities. Sims can be Romantics, more prone to flirting, or they can be Evil and want to have mean interactions with other sims. In both The Sims 3 and The Sims 4, you can also have sims that are Insane. I hate this…
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Every Game Could Use More Geralt Of Rivia
Marcin Momot, CD Projekt Red’s community manager, teased on Twitter today that Geralt of Rivia from the Witcher franchise would make an appearance in another game for the first time this year. We don’t know what game it is yet, but here are some suggestions. Tokimeki Memorial Girl’s Side 3 Geralt can date in the…
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No Man’s Sky Fans Rejoice After Finally Finding Rare Beetle
In the universe of No Man’s Sky there’s an animal that’s only been spotted a few times. Called the Greater Mushroom Beetle, these are creatures that No Man’s Sky players tried to locate for months on end. Yesterday, another specimen was finally discovered in the player-created Galactic Hub, and the community is hyped. I first…
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Drag Race Contestant’s Music Video Is Like A Rad New Fighting Game
Although she’s no longer on RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, this contestant’s new fighting game-themed single really shows her charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent. Aja was a contestant on RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9 and the All Stars Season 3. She was recently eliminated from All Stars, which made me super sad. I loved every…
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Kotaku Reacts To Into The Breach
Since we’ve gotten our hands on Into The Breach over at Kotaku, we haven’t been able to stop playing and talking about it. Here’s a selection of our best tweets, stories, and screenshots. On February 8th, apropros of nothing, news editor Jason Schreier said this in Slack: He had gotten an advance copy of the…
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I Flirted With Bartenders, Found An Ancient Temple And Got Cursed In The New Sims Vacation World
Jungle Adventure is the latest game pack for The Sims 4. It’s a vacation world, meaning your sim can go for a few days when they need a break from regular life. They’ll travel to Selvadorada, a South American-flavored country, where they can take in the local culture and also explore a jungle and its…
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I Tried The Hentai Game With The ‘Ultimate Character Creator’ And Now I Need Jesus
A porn game releasing this month touts that it has the “Ultimate Character Creator” that will let players create a perfect partner. I tried it out, and was surprised to find a dizzying array of options, many of which you can’t find in a conventional game. (This post is not safe for work!) Honey Select…
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CultureThe Internet Reacts To Brigitte, Overwatch’s New Hero
Overwatch fans have totally fallen for Brigitte Lindholme, the game’s latest hero. Fans have known about the character for a while. She was last seen in the November 2017 Overwatch short, “Honor and Glory,” and were hoping she’d end up as the next hero. They’re already making fanart, jokes, and realizing they’ve been pronouncing her…
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What We Loved About Annihilation, An Ecological Horror Story
Annihilation is the latest movie from Alex Garland, director of Ex Machina and screenwriter of Never Let Me Go, 28 Days Later, Sunshine and Dredd. It’s surreal, terrifying, and definitely worth a watch. I sat down with Cameron Kunzelman to try to make sense of it all. Gita Jackson: Hi Cameron! Last weekend we both…
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Adding Dick Sizes To Historical Strategy Game Introduces Some Complications
Crusader Kings 2 is a complicated game about conquering Europe through diplomacy and war. It’s a game where characters not liking you can make it hard to expand, or at worst, start a murder plot. One modder added another wrinkle to this already overstuffed simulation: dick sizes. Sex is already a component of Crusader Kings…
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The Best Quest in Dragon Age: Inquisition Barely Has Any Combat
‘Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts’ is the best quest in Dragon Age: Inquisition, and it makes me feel like shit. If there’s one thing you’ll learn about Orlais before ‘Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts,’ it’s what they call The Grand Game. Orlais is a wealthy country that prides itself on its complex codes of honor…
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Ten Games For Your Friends Who Don’t Play Games
It’s only natural to want to share your hobbies with people you love, but video games can sometimes have a barrier of entry based on skill. If you have friends who you’d like to play games with, but haven’t played any before, here’s a few good places to start. Quiplash Almost all the games in…
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Adolescence: The Kotaku Review
The best thing about Adolescence is that it eventually ends. The real life journey that runs from age 13 to 19 starts with a bang. Seemingly overnight, your body is no longer fully under your control. Extra hair, pockets of fat, and pimples have appeared as if by magic. Everything is different. Everything is harder.…
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After Finding A Tumor, He’s Learning How To Play Video Games Again
A man who credited the Switch with detecting a tumor in his hand had the tumor removed Monday. Now he’s come up with a clever way to play games during recovery. Last week we wrote about Chris, an Australian programmer, who discovered a tumor in his hand after experiencing pain while playing Mario Kart using…
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A Game Where You Romance Your Companions In Battle
According to the 1983 hit single from Pat Benatar, love is a battlefield. In Roguemance, where every battle is a date, that’s not just a metaphor. In this game, you visit a tavern to pick up a companion, and then journey with them through some lightly randomized stages to fight monsters and get closer to…
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Dragon Age: Inquisition’s War Table Brought The Wider World To Life
In Dragon Age: Inquisition, the world is very literally marked by your actions. While you go out and close rifts in Ferelden and Orlais, the game keeps track of your actions at the War Table. There are some missions that you’ll only know through the table’s worn maps, and these are the ones that make…
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CultureWhat We Loved About Black Panther
Black Panther came out last Thursday and it completely blew my mind. I’m joined by Patricia Hernandez and Mike Fahey to talk about the wonder of Wakanda, colonialism, and especially Erik Killmonger. Gita Jackson: Over the weekend, the long awaited Black Panther movie dropped. I was trying not to let the hype take me over,…
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Modder Makes $6,000 A Month Adding Drugs To The Sims 4
In The Sims 4, you can become an astronaut, make friends with ghosts or turn into a vampire. One thing you can’t do is smoke weed, which is why one player has spent months working on a mod to bring that and other drugs to the game. He’s earning thousands of dollars in donations for…
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Man Says Switch Helped Him Find A Tumor In His Hand
Thanks to the Nintendo Switch, a man was able to detect a tumor in his hand. Chris is a 28-year old programmer living in Sydney, Australia. He was planning on getting a Switch as soon as it was announced: He’s owned every Nintendo console since the Wii, and seeing footage of Breath of the Wild…
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