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The Internet Reacts To Orisa, Overwatch‘s Latest Hero
Overwatch’s latest hero is Orisa, a bad ass robot tank. We’ve spent some time playing with her and like her a bunch. The Internet is also excited for this cute centaur-mom. How’s the fanart you ask? Extremely on point. Orisa is a robot created by Efi Oladele, an eleven year old inventor from Numbani. A…
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Final Fantasy X-2‘s Songstress Outfit Is A Time Capsule Of 2003
Final Fantasy X-2 introduced “dresspheres,” which were a callback to the Jobs system of Final Fantasy’s past. As a 13 year old in 2003, I thought Yuna looked amazing in her Songstress outfit, but as an adult I can’t help but think it’s a little bit over the top. Despite that, the Songstress dressphere’s 2003-ness…
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Fan-Made Mother 4 Is No Longer ‘Mother 4‘
Mother 4, the long-awaited fan-made sequel to Mother 3, will be rebranding after several high profile DMCA takedowns of other fan games. The Mother 4 team said in an announcement made yesterday on Reddit that while they have not been hit with a takedown request, they do see rebranding as a preventative measure after seeing…
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Modders Have Already Made Breath Of The Wild’s Link For Smash Bros
Breath of the Wild isn’t out until tomorrow, but someone’s already modded the new Link into Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Hackers and modders are still keeping the Wii U alive, and well, here’s proof. The download link won’t go live until tomorrow, but you can check out Breath of the Wild’s Link in…
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YouTuber Wishes Peers Would ‘Look At The Damn Lens’
If you hadn’t watched many YouTubers before last week’s news, then you might come away from their videos with one question: why do they all look slightly to the left? Jarrod Alonge has an answer. Jarrod Alonge has long been one of my favorite YouTubers since his video poking fun at pop punk bands from…
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One Pokémon Fan’s Two Year Quest To Collect Every Ribbon
Starting with Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, you can adorn your monsters with “Ribbons” for completing certain quests and contests. One person endeavored to put all of the available Ribbons from every game on the worst Pokémon possible, recording his months-long journey in a hilarious Ribbon collecting guide. Ribbons are purely cosmetic markers that show whether…
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Fans Are Covering The Songs From Night In The Woods‘ Rhythm Game
Mae, the main character from Night In The Woods, is in a band with her friends, which is represented by a rhythm game. These songs are catchy, but playing them well is pretty hard. Not content to master a rhythm game, however, some players are recording covers of the songs on actual instruments. The crown…
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Night In The Woods, As Told By Steam Reviews
With a successful Kickstarter campaign and charming art, Night In The Woods was always gonna have a built in fanbase. But the Steam reviews show it’s resonating with players outside of that. Also, that Steam users love to tell good jokes. Night In The Woods is a charming narrative heavy platformer set in a former…
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Ark: Survival Evolved Devs Offering $4,000 A Month To Some Modders
Next week, Studio Wildcard will officially launch a new program for modders. Every month, 15 modders will receive a $4,000 stipend for their work. Jeremy Stieglitz, Studio Wildcard’s lead designer, lead programmer and co-creative director on Ark: Survival Evolved, told PC Gamer that the program will select 15 modders and pay them a monthly stipend…
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Game-Filled Korean Reality Show Is A Must-Watch
In 2013, South Korean television network tvN aired a competition-style reality television show called The Genius. On the surface it sounds like most other shows in the genre: a group of celebrities are tasked with playing games together in order to win a cash prize. But The Genius is something special. It’s a twisty, often…
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The Sims 4 Celebrity House Update: Introducing, Blac Chyna and Prompto
Last week I moved out Rihanna and Dwayne Johnson after their wedding, to frolic in San Muyshuno and hopefully have some children I can micromanage sometime soon. I asked readers to help me figure out who to add for the two remaining slots in the house. Blac Chyna and Prompto were too tempting to pass…
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Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective Is My Favorite Way To Experience A Sherlock Holmes Story
My mom loves mystery stories, but I’ve never really seen the appeal. While we both love reading, she likes to puzzle out the mystery as she reads along. I can’t help myself from flipping to the back of the book. Now that I’ve played Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective, however, I finally understand the thrill of…
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YouTube’s Edgy Jokes Are Part Of A Bigger Debate In The Comedy World
The conversation surrounding what is or isn’t “over the line” in comedy isn’t new. More recently, the conversation has shifted from young comedians fighting for freedom of speech to older comedians decrying political correctness. The latest controversial jokes from Felix “Pewdiepie” Kjellberg sit at the crossroads of that ongoing debate: is there a line you…
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Overwatch Fans Believe The Next Hero Is A Robot Spider
Some Overwatch fans are pretty sure they’ve figured out what the next hero will be based on an short lore post that dropped yesterday, as well as some promotional images floating through the internet. Yesterday, Blizzard dropped a new bit of lore relating to a new character, Efi Oladele, an eleven year-old inventor from Numbani.…
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The Best Looks From Season One of Hitman
Agent 47 is many things, but mainly a murderer. However, the eponymous hitman is also living a sartorial dream: everything looks amazing on him, all the time. Here’s a breakdown of some of his best disguises from the first season of 2016’s Hitman Abel de Silva This is about as good an approximation of what…
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Fire Emblem Heroes Update Makes It Harder To Keep Leaning On Takumi
Fire Emblem Heroes added weapon mastery quests recently, which are challenges for characters that wield axes, swords and lances. I quickly found out that these quests highlight weak spots on your team. For me, that’s everyone but Takumi and Ryoma. Dammit. There are three new quest options with the most recent Fire Emblem Heroes update,…
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The Sims 4 Celebrity House Update: Rihanna Gets Married
You are cordially invited to the wedding of the century: Rihanna Fenty and Dwayne Johnson are finally tying the knot. Look, I had other plans for this episode. That all went out the window when Rihanna rolled a want for getting engaged to Dwayne Johnson. Despite having the non-committal trait, she had no problem asking…
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Mods Helped Me Make Myself In The Sims 4
The first thing I do in The Sims is make a sim of myself. But it’s not always easy finding the right hair or skin tone, and often my self sims don’t look like me much at all. At least, they don’t until I start downloading and installing mods. The tools for building out bodies…
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Video Game Tries To Tackle Gang Violence In Chicago, Fails
We Are Chicago is a game about how gang violence in Chicago’s South and West Side neighborhoods affects people’s lives. In particular, the game follows Aaron, a young man trying to make it to his high school graduation. But where the game tries to be inspiring and heartwarming, it is treacly and patronizing. My biggest…
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The Most Fabulous Styles From Fire Emblem Heroes
Fire Emblem Heroes is a lot of things—a horny casino, a frustrating free to play racket, and a surprisingly complex addition to the lineage of the Fire Emblem’s tactical RPG series. It’s also a bona-fide gallery of looks I wanna cop. Here are some of the best ones. Fire Emblem has long had a love…
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