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CultureJapan’s Getting A Disney-Themed Nintendo Switch
On October 10, Nintendo will be releasing this very Japan-only Nintendo Switch model, which is covered in images and logos from Disney’s Tsum Tsum line. There’s a game (Tsum Tsum Festival) that this whole thing is centred around, and the bundle includes this software, along with some DLC for the game But more interesting is…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 25, 2019 -
I Wish Nintendo And Sony Made Elite Controllers
Out of every single video game purchase I’ve ever made in my life, across games, consoles and accessories, I don’t think I’ve made a more sensible purchase than Microsoft’s Xbox Elite controller. First released in 2015, it was—and remains, even with a successor on the way!—expensive as hell. As Phil Spencer said at the time,…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 24, 2019 -
GTA 3’s Liberty City Now In Crazy Driving Game
BeamNG, a very fun driving game that’s mostly about destroying cars in the best way possible, now lets you smash stuff up on the streets of Grand Theft Auto 3’s Liberty City, without any hassles like health meters or police intervention. Put together by Swift502, it’s a literal port of GTA 3‘s map, which means…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 23, 2019 -
CultureCosplayGalleryThe Best Of Blerdcon 2019, A Celebration Of Black Cosplay
Once again, Blerdcon went down earlier this month in DC, and once again, the cosplay was absolutely incredible. Wondering what “Blerd” means, or why there’d be a “Blerdcon”? Here’s the show’s official description: Blerdcon is an event that highlights and celebrates Blerd culture and creates a marketplace of ideas where sharing that culture can take…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 23, 2019 -
CultureReport: Nintendo Will Fix Broken Joy-Cons For Free, Refund Prior Repairs
Following continued reports that the Nintendo Switch’s Joy-Con controllers are “drifting”, a Vice story today claims that Nintendo is instructing its customer service representatives to repair the controllers for free, no questions asked. And anyone who has previously paid to get one repaired will now be refunded. Speaking with “a source familiar with Nintendo’s updated…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 23, 2019 -
A PC, Xbox One, PS4 And Nintendo Switch, All In The One System
The quickest, easiest and most horrifically expensive way to end the console wars forever would be to simply put every major platform on the market in 2019—including a powerful gaming PC—in the one box. And that’s exactly what this one box does. Made by Origin, they call it Big O, and inside its case is…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 23, 2019 -
CultureLet Us All Celebrate NBA 2K’s Terrible Voice Acting
Things have mostly improved in recent years, but there was a while there 3-5 years back where the developers of NBA2K were more interested in getting NBA players into the recording studio than in checking whether they were actually any good at voice acting first. As an example, here’s how excited everyone was at getting…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 22, 2019 -
The guys at Vinesaucehave since 2014 been running an annual charity drive called Vinesauce is Hope, where the team and their friends stream games, take donations and raise money for the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation. This year they truly outdid themselves, bringing in $218,449.
By Luke Plunkett Published July 22, 2019 -
CultureFormer StarCraft 2 Pro, Commentator Geoff ‘iNcontroL’ Robinson Dies At 33
Former StarCraft 2 pro Geoff Robinson, aka iNcontroL, died on Saturday “due to sudden illness.” A statement released via Robinson’s official social media accounts announced his passing earlier today: Robinson was a former StarCraft 2 pro with clan Evil Geniuses before later moving into a broader esports career as a commentator, host, and streamer. He…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 21, 2019 -
Fallout 4’s Kojima Easter Egg Was Hidden Inside A System Shock Easter Egg
Joel Burgess, currently at Ubisoft, previously worked on Fallout 4 at Bethesda, and this week shared a very elaborate Easter egg (or, to be more accurate, series of Easter eggs hidden within each other) that he snuck into the game based on System Shock, Gone Home’s Steve Gaynor and Hideo Kojima’s Snatcher That’s pretty cool,…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 21, 2019 -
Guy Completes GoldenEye’s First Level Using A Piano
“Person plays video game with weird controller” is not a new thing, I know, but I love this clip of Jackson Parodi playing GoldenEye on piano because in addition to looking impressive, it sounds lovely as well. The start of the video shows which keys have been mapped to which buttons, and then after that,…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 21, 2019 -
CultureNike Is Making Official Spongebob Squarepants Sneakers [Update]
While some of Nike’s recent pop-culture tie-ins have merely been inspired by something, this upcoming line of Kyries is a full and officially licensed collaboration between the athletics company and…Spongebob Squarepants. [Update: now with official product images] If that seems like an odd partnership, it’s actually a fairly predictable fit for Walking Galaxy Brain Meme…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 18, 2019 -
CultureIgnored By Nintendo, Brazilian Fans Film Their Own Nintendo Direct
If you want something done, you gotta do it yourself. As USGamer reports, a group of Brazilian Nintendo fans, fed up with the way the company has withdrawn from the market (which has left them paying big import prices for games and hardware), decided to team up and record their own Nintendo Direct. Led by…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 18, 2019
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