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CultureOdds and EndsWe Are Now Entering The “Animal Crossing Buttplug” Stage Of 2020
A lot of people around the world, especially in the US, are still stuck at home, away from friends and loved ones. Out of this isolation new ways of keeping in touch have emerged, including…buttplugs and vibrators that can sync with Animal Crossing and vibrate whenever the player swings a shovel. As Vice report, Kyle…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 1, 2020 -
CultureCards Against Humanity’s Workers Are Unionizing
Following the latest round of complaintsover poor ownership and a “toxic” office culture, the workers at the company behind Cards Against Humanity have decided to unionise. In a statement released earlier today, Cards Against Humanity Workers United announced that they had signed up with Chicago and Midwest Regional Joint Board, and are “optimistic” that the…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 30, 2020 -
OpinionThe Last Of Us Part II Has A Very Good Baby
There comes a point in The Last Of Us II where you encounter a baby, and for a short moment, everything is good in the world. I wrote a couple of years ago about Yakuza 6’s Haruto, and how at the time it was easily the Best Baby In Games because the Yakuza team took…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 30, 2020 -
CultureThe Art Of The Last of Us Part II
The end of the world has never looked so good. While The Last Of Us Part II is very much a game about people, and how incredibly shitty we can be, it’s also a game about beauty. In those same people, sure, if that’s the glass-half-full take you want to bring to this discussion, but…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 29, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsPS2 Hack Runs Games On Burned DVD Discs, No Mod Chip Required
Building on an idea he’s had since he was a kid, security software engineer CTurt has developed a way for people to play unofficial games on a PS2 console by burning them onto a DVD alongside an exploit. If you are down for a very technical explanation of how it all works, please check out…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 28, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsJapanese Football Team Has A Thomas The Tank Engine Shirt
Japanese football side Kawasaki Frontale have released images of their new training kit for the upcoming season, and it has a British theme. In case the plaid didn’t spell that out clearly enough, a sleeve badge reveals the whole thing is actually a homage to Thomas The Tank Engine The idea behind the team’s training…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 28, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsFamous Game Logos In Arabic
A few years ago we featured the work of Egyptian graphic designer Ibrahim Hamdi, who took a bunch of big game logos and translated them into Arabic. He’s now back with more, and these are even better. Volume 2 of Hamdi’s GLAM (Games Logo’s Arabic Matchmaking)features games like Fallout 76, Doom, Grand Theft Auto V,…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 25, 2020 -
CultureTotal RecallLet’s Celebrate Vince Carter, The Last Active NBA Player To Appear On The Nintendo 64
The NBA’s decision to resume inside a “bubble” in Orlandomeans that the season is now officially over for some of the league’s worst teams, who weren’t invited to take part. That includes the Atlanta Hawks, bringing a bizarre end to the career of veteran star Vince Carter, who was the last active player to have…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 25, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsGrandpa Is Playing Pokémon Go In The Year 2173
We first wrote about Taiwanese grandpa Chen San-yuan back in 2018, when he was spotted with 11 phones strapped to his bike so he could play Pokémon Go. In the two years since, he has upped his game considerably. As The Verge report, Chen’s bike+ phone assemblage has slowly got more precarious, from 45 phones…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 24, 2020 -
CultureThe Entire First Rayman Game Has Been Remade (And Then Some)
The first Rayman was released back in 1995. That’s old as hell, and without a modern way to enjoy the original, fan Ryemanni decided to not just recreate the classic, but add loads of new stuff to it as well. The result is Rayman Redemption, available now (for free) over on Gamejolt, which is “is…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 24, 2020 -
Witcher 3 Mod Gives Geralt Guns
He’s got two swords, beautiful hair and some magic powers, but if there’s one thing Geralt of Rivia has been missing all this time, it’s a set of antique pistols. Via PC Gamer, this mod by Roenaxxswaps out Geralt’s crossbows for pistols, which at first glance might sound like a bad idea, but they actually…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 24, 2020 -
CultureWizards Of The Coast Cut Ties With Sexual Predator
Noah Bradley, an artist known for his contributions on over 100 Magic: The Gathering Cards, has been cut off from all work with Wizards of the Coast after a number of serious sexual assault allegations were made against him over the past week. Bradley, who has also worked with companies like Disney and Valve, issued…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 23, 2020 -
CultureCards Against Humanity Co-Founder Quits After Complaints Over Sexist, Racist Office Culture
Max Temkin, one of the original eight co-creators of Cards Against Humanity (and perhaps the most public of them) has resigned his position after numerous former employees came forward with allegations that he was the “harbinger” of a toxic work environment at the company’s Chicago offices. As reported by Polygon Temkin, who had already had…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 23, 2020 -
CultureThe $1,000,000 Lord Of The Rings Game Pitch That Went Nowhere
Jon Burton, founder of LEGO series stalwarts Traveller’s Tales, has today shared not just news but loads of footage from an ambitious—but ultimately doomed—attempt he and the studio made to try and get a big, serious (ie, not LEGO) Lord of the Rings/Hobbit game made. Burton, who now runs the popular Gamehut channel on YouTube,…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 22, 2020
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