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CultureOdds and EndsRapper Sounds Like An Animal Crossing Character
645AR is a Bronx rapper who burst onto the scene a few months ago thanks to his… unique vocal delivery. āI do the squeaky voice but nothinās sweet,ā 645AR, whose real name is Austin Alan Rochez, told lyrics database Genius in February I guess this technically requires a NSFW warning but come on.
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CultureKotaku Game DiaryMy Fall Guys Bean Is Very Stylish
I donāt deal with stagnancy well. If I have a bad run in Fall Guys, for instance, Iāll often tinker with my bean dudeās costume for a sort of fresh start. Keeping in mind that Iām constantly messing with color palettes and patterns, here are a few of the major evolutions my beanās fits have…
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CultureFree Costume Ensures Fall Guys Remains Full Of Pricks
After a launch week full of server issues, the Fall Guys devs are offering players a few compensatory gifts to make up for it, including a new cactus outfit and some extra currency. Prickles is a legendary Fall Guys outfit that turns your character into a potted cactus, perfect for when youāre shoving someone off…
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CultureKotaku Game DiaryI’m Better At Fall Guys When Blasting Death Grips
I prefer games that donāt require much auditory attention so that I can listen to music while I play. Fall Guys is perfect for this since I can grind out match after match and not really miss out on anything. And while I generally prefer softer fare like The Mountain Goats or Phoebe Bridgers, Iāve…
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CultureTony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 Renames Trick To Properly Honor Its Deaf Creator
While the upcoming Tony Hawkās Pro Skater remasters are pretty similar to the original games apart from a fresh coat of paint, a longstanding trick has had its name changed to better honor the man who invented it. In skateboardingāboth real and virtualāa āMute Airā is when you grab the front of your board with…
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CultureDelisted Scott Pilgrim Game Still MIA, Frustrating Creators And Fans
Although beloved independent comic book Scott Pilgrim concluded in July 2010, it received film and video game adaptations shortly afterward that firmly lodged the series in mainstream pop culture. The movie is fine, but the game is considered a lost gem due to its delisting from digital storefronts only a few years post-release. Now, on…
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CultureFall Guysā Worst Mini-Game Will Appear Less Frequently After Update
Chaotic battle royale Fall Guys is getting its first big update tomorrow, which will reintroduce a stage from the beta, fix a few bugs, and most importantly change the frequency of Royal Fumbleās appearance as the final round. Jump Showdown is a mini-game returning from the Fall Guys beta. Itās like a more aggressive version…
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CultureHalo Infinite Delayed To 2021
343 Industries has announced that Halo Infinite will launch in 2021, missing its original āholiday 2020″ release window. āThe decision to shift our release is the result of multiple factors that have contributed to development challenges, including the ongoing COVID-related impacts affecting us all this year,ā studio head Chris Lee explained via Twitter. āI want…
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CultureInscryption Is The Next Game From Pony Island Creator Daniel Mullins
This morning, Pony Island and The Hex creator Daniel Mullins unveiled his next trippy video game, Inscryption Mullins described the game as an āinky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie.ā Watching the reveal trailer, I find it hard to disagree with any of…
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CultureKotaku Game DiaryStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Has The Best āSqueezing Through Narrow Passageā Moments
I, uh, have to make a confession: I like those moments, now ubiquitous in modern gaming, where you squeeze through narrow passageways that obviously exist just to hide asset loading. Not sure why, to be honest. Maybe itās Freudian? In any case, what I do know is that Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order has the…
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CultureNew The Last Of Us Part II Trophies Tease Grounded Mode, Permadeath [Update: Naughty Dog Explains]
The Last of Us Part II has a couple new trophies that indicate the impending arrival of both Grounded mode and a permadeath option, both of which should make the game exponentially harder. Grounded mode first appeared in 2013ās The Last of Us as a heightened difficulty level made available post-release. Although Naughty Dog hasnāt…
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CultureJames Might Actually Be Looking At You In The Silent Hill 2 Intro
Silent Hill 2 is pretty damn creepy, but nothing prepared me for a possible new discovery in the gameās opening cinematic. A little over a week ago, an interesting image was posted to the Silent Hill subreddit. By brightening a screenshot of the iconic mirror scene in Silent Hill 2ās intro, the original poster said,…
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CultureKotaku Game DiaryPlayStation 4’s Firewatch Theme Is My Window To A Better World
The world is cold and unfeeling, so itās a small comfort to know Iāll always have the Firewatch theme on my PlayStation 4. Iām a pretty basic dude. I like my user interfaces clean and as free of clutter as possible. But when Campo Santoās first-person adventure Firewatch arrived on PlayStation 4 a few years…
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CultureGuilty Gear Creator Thought He Was Done With Fighting Games In 1998
Guilty Gear creator Daisuke Ishiwatari has held multiple major roles on every game in the series since its 1998 debut on the original PlayStation. But in a newly surfaced interview, Ishiwatari seemed hesitant to commit to any future fighting games, let alone the multiple Guilty Gear sequels heās developed since. Shmuplations recently translated a pair…
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CulturePlayStation Showcase Game Was ‘Stolen,’ Say Former Developers [Update]
A group of developers went public today with serious accusations of overwork and theft against their former employer, the Estonian studio Limestone Games. The claims surfaced shortly after a trailer for Aeon Must Die, the game they say was stolen from them, was shown during todayās State of Play broadcast In total, eight members of…
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CultureEverything PlayStation Announced During Today’s State Of Play
Hereās everything noteworthy that was announced, revealed, or otherwise discussed during todayās State of Play broadcast. Crash Bandicoot 4: Itās About Time is a direct sequel to Crash Bandicoot: Warped Itās the first new game in the series in over a decade, and will give you the ability to play through the entire adventure as…
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CultureOdds and EndsPaper Mario Player’s Coins Hit A Very Nice Number
Twitch streamer and speedrunner Boyks accomplished a monumental feat of gaming prowess earlier this week when he briefly hit 42,069 coins in Paper Mario: The Origami King Thatās it, thatās the story. Iām 12 years old.
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CultureEA Removes āToxicā Celebrations In FIFA 21
A pair of celebrations that contributed to ātoxic behaviorsā online will not return in FIFA 21 when the game launches on October 9, according to series publisher EA. This news comes courtesy of Eurogamer, which reported earlier today that FIFA 21 will not include the post-goal āShushā and āA-OKā celebrations from previous games. The former…
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CultureKotaku Game DiaryI Hate This Rope In Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
I donāt think Iāve ever been as frustrated with an inanimate object in a video game as I have with this goddamn rope in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Iāve been messing around with Fallen Order in brief spurts since it launched last November, but only recently set my mind to a serious playthrough. Itās…
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