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CultureFighting Game Glossary Demystifies All That Weird Jargon
Getting into fighting games can be difficult. Not only do you need to learn the ins and outs of various games’ mechanics, but the jargon used by more experienced players can sometimes sound like a totally different language. That said, this huge barrier to entry just got a little easier thanks to a new database…
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CultureOdds and EndsIkumi Nakamura Sentenced To ‘Horny Jail’ For Lady Dimitrescu Tweets
Like many who have gazed upon her visage, Resident Evil Village’s Lady Dimitrescu has captivated former GhostWire: Tokyo creative director Ikumi Nakamura. In sharing that info publicly, however, the energetic developer was sadly condemned to “horny jail”—never mind the fact she didn’t even know what that was before now. Ignorantia juris non excusat, Nakamura-san! After…
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CultureGreat Job, Commissioner: Blaseball Is Going Mobile
The Game Band, makers of quirky browser sports game Blaseball, have raised $3 million in a recent seed round, the studio announced today. This investment, made possible by a venture capital firm known as Makers Fund, will be put towards expanding the development team, building a mobile Blaseball app, and other unannounced projects. “From our…
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CultureOdds and EndsChuck, No, This Is Mario Golf
Nintendo recently updated the official Mario Golf: Super Rush website with short clips of every golfer performing their Special Shot. None of these powerful moves, however, are more special than Chargin’ Chuck’s. Chuck, baby, listen. I know this is your first time in a Mario Golf. Heck, I’m pretty sure it’s your first time being…
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EsportsDan’s Infinite Combo Seals Brilliant Street Fighter V Comeback
Infinites, or fighting game combos that can be looped ad nauseam with no space for the opponent to escape or retaliate, are typically pretty difficult to pull off outside of the Marvel vs. Capcom series. They’re not easy to perform in training mode, let alone bust out for a serious match. But this didn’t stop…
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CultureGuilty Gear Voice Actor Steps Down To Make Room For Black Women
Erin Fitzgerald, the prolific voice actor who played Ramlethal Valentine in the Guilty Gear Xrd games, won’t be returning in the upcoming Guilty Gear Strive after stepping down to “support more work for Black actresses behind the mic.” “I happily stepped away so they could cast more appropriately,” Fitzgerald wrote on Twitter, responding to questions…
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CultureAs Palestine Suffers, A Call For Action
Stop me if you’re heard this one before. The last week has seen an increase in violence by Israel against the people of Gaza, an area that should constitute the state of Palestine but is instead an open-air prison subject to apartheid conditions imposed by the fascist Israeli government. What started as a protest last…
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CultureOdds and EndsResident Evil Village Looks Much Scarier As A PS1 Game
I wasn’t blown away by the scares in Resident Evil Village, and it turns out a PlayStation 1-style demake is all the proof I need to believe the game would have been a much more terrifying experience on older consoles. Created by Hoolopee, whose impressive work we’ve showcased before, this Resident Evil Village demake video is…
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CultureROM Hack Puts Conker In Super Smash Bros.
Smash Remix is a popular ROM hack that takes the original Super Smash Bros. and cranks the mayhem to 11 with new characters, stages, and moves. Ganondorf and Bowser were added to the popular platform fighter in previous updates, and earlier today, the developers revealed none other than Conker as a playable character alongside Star Fox…
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CultureOdds and EndsNintendo’s New Waluigi Art Is Mysterious, Erotic
Over the weekend, Nintendo dropped a new video dedicated to unboxing the upcoming blue-purple Switch colorway. The upload mostly got attention, however, due to its inclusion of a never-before-seen Waluigi render that the internet…well, just look at it. I’m sure you can guess what kind of reaction the above image got without me spelling it…
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CultureKotaku Game DiaryMove Over Tall Lady, Donna Beneviento Is The Real Star Of Resident Evil Village
Resident Evil Village launched last Friday, giving folks plenty of time to play (and probably beat) it over the weekend. Capcom didn’t let me talk about it in my review, but I think it’s time to finally gush about the excellence of the House Beneviento segment. It should go without saying, but everything that follows…
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CultureOdds and EndsShiny Final Fantasy XIV Player Wants To Become Even Brighter
Like most online games, Final Fantasy XIV is what you make of it. You can dedicate yourself to hitting the level cap in every job, focus on completing tough raids on max difficulty, or simply cultivate a second life through role-playing with your friends. But Chungo Humongo, a level 80 Roegadyn Paladin, has a much…
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CultureKotaku Game DiaryApologies To The Pig I Absolutely Obliterated In Resident Evil Village
In my Resident Evil Village review, I said that the scares were a little light for an installment in the popular survival horror franchise. I stand by that critique, but I’d be remiss to ignore one of the game’s best jump scares. That it’s provided by a pig is neither here nor there. I’ll take…
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CultureRandy Pitchford, What The Hell Are You Talking About
I’m generally able to follow along with Gearbox president Randy Pitchford’s manic energy, but two tweets he made this morning have thrown me for a loop. He’s not really announcing Borderlands 4, is he? It all started with a rumor. Two days ago, UK outlet Gamereactor reported that more Borderlands is on the way, specifically…
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CultureOdds and EndsStreet Fighter V Competitor Wins Tournament Accidentally
During last night’s Next Level Battle Circuit, a weekly fighting game tournament for online competitors on the east coast, top Street Fighter V player Brian “Brian_F” Foster got away with murder. Ahead by a score of 2-0 in grand finals, Foster was a hair away from winning the whole tournament. His last Balrog combo had…
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CultureHuh, The New Fable Runs On The Forza Engine
The next installment in the Fable franchise is being built with the ForzaTech engine, which as the name implies, is the foundation beneath Xbox’s popular Forza racing games. This detail was first spotted by IGN in a Microsoft job listing for Turn 10 Studios, the Xbox Game Studios subsidiary that’s developed the core Forza series…
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ReviewsMultiplatformResident Evil Village: The Kotaku Review
I remember vividly the first time I played one of my favorite games of all time, Resident Evil 4 While not what I would call a huge fan of the survival horror series before then, I voraciously devoured every bit of Resident Evil 4 info I could get my hands on leading up to its…
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CultureOdds and EndsRadiohead Lyrics Spotted In The Resident Evil Village Demo
While many players keep occupied with seeing as much of Resident Evil Village as its one-hour demo allows, some folks go the extra mile. Someone on the Resident Evil subreddit discovered that the opening lines of the mega-popular Radiohead song “Creep” are written on a plastic bottle sitting in one of Village’s homes. At this…
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CultureWitcher 3 Director Leaves CD Projekt Following Bullying Allegations
Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, director of The Witcher 3, has resigned from his position at CD Projekt after being accused of workplace bullying, Bloomberg reports. Tomaszkiewicz reportedly told CD Projekt staff that an internal investigation found him not guilty of this alleged behavior, but he is nevertheless stepping away due to what he referred to as “fear,…
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