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CultureOdds and EndsFans Have Translated All Of The Native American Dialogue In Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
Fans working with experts have translated all of the Kanien’kehá:ka dialogue that appears in the Vinland section of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. Around the halfway point or so of the massive Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Evior takes a trip to Vinland, an area of coastal North America. During her time in Vinland she meets the Kanien’kehá:ka, or…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 15, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsQuick, Take A Dip In Animal Crossing Before Nintendo Fixes The Glitch
Animal Crossing New Horizons players just discovered a new glitch that lets them climb inside different objects, including pools and bathtubs. The glitch quickly grew popular and many players are asking Nintendo to leave it in the game. The most common use of the new glitch is to relax in the many inviting-looking pools that…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 14, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsMass Effect Legendary Edition Has A Calibration Menu
Mass Effect Legendary Edition released today, and if you’re a long-time fan of the series, you’ll find a nice Easter egg before you even start your first campaign. If you pop into the Options menu in Mass Effect, there’s a new section called Calibration. This is a cheeky reference to everyone’s favorite space lizard bird…
By Jonathan Lee Published May 14, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsSkyrim Player Tries To Kill Every Single Living Thing In The Game, Will Die Alone And Remorseful
No doubt looking for fresh challenges in a game that’s been out for nearly ten years, jaeinskyrim recently decided to embark on a quest to…kill every single person and creature in the entire game world of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim It’s technically an impossible quest, of course; while many people in the game are…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 13, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsNot Even Mass Effect Legendary Edition Will Compel Me To Make Different Choices
Vanguard class. Colonist. Sole Survivor. Paragon. Mass Effect Legendary Edition is out tomorrow, and I’m positively giddy with excitement that I will reunite with some of my best friends in the galaxy in baby-bottom smooth HD. The primary appeal of Mass Effect (outside of its outstanding cast of characters) is that it’s a game meant…
By Ash Parrish Published May 13, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsNo, I Won’t Ride The Giant Cat In The New Assassin’s Creed DLC
Last year, when Assassin’s Creed Valhalla launched, Ubisoft tried to get me to swap my trusty horse for a massive wolf. I firmly declined. Now Ubisoft is back to its old tricks, trying to once again tempt me into riding another ahistorically large version of an otherwise undomesticated animal. This time it’s a lynx. And…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 13, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsWhy The Rain In Returnal Feels So Damn Good
Returnal, a PS5 game based entirely on Vaas’ iconic refrain from Far Cry 3, is an impressive game. But few things are more impressive than its rain, which feels unnervingly real in your hands, a result of the PS5 controller’s advanced haptic feedback. Today, in a post on the PlayStation Blog, Housemarque’s Gregory Louden and…
By Ari Notis Published May 13, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsGrand Theft Auto V Looks Almost Photorealistic Thanks To Machine Learning
While we’ve seenloads of examples of AI making games look better over the last couple of years, I’ve never seen anything like this approach, that’s able to take Grand Theft Auto V and through the power of magic make it look so damn real This is a project by Stephan R. Richter, Hassan Abu AlHaija…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 12, 2021 -
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…
By Ian Walker Published May 12, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsEthan’s Severed Hand Is More Than A Gory Resident Evil Gag
We’ve established by now that Resident Evil Village puts protagonist Ethan Winters through a great deal of unpleasantness. But the already-iconic visual of Ethan’s hand being slashed and sliding off isn’t just a good running gag or Capcom at its most masochistic. It’s also a clue to an end-game twist. Spoilers for the end of…
By Lisa Marie Segarra Published May 12, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsThe Wait Is Over: Calculator Debuts For Nintendo Switch
Today, after weathering a presumably blistering fan campaign (Project Nerdfall?), Nintendo added a Calculator app to the Nintendo eShop. For 10 whole-ass American dollars you can purchase what comes in every other phone, tablet, and computer for free. I’m trying to imagine who this Calculator is for. In the app’s description it says, “Calculator has…
By Ash Parrish Published May 12, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsPretty Much Everyone In Resident Evil Village Needs Therapy
I’m a big believer in therapy and finding healthy coping mechanisms, so throughout my playthrough of Resident Evil Village, I kept thinking about how much better off everyone would’ve been had they just worked their shit out. Seriously. I think everyone in this fucked-up game could benefit from talking things out and exploring their deep-rooted…
By Lisa Marie Segarra Published May 12, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsLady Dimitrescu vs The Humble Coffee Table
She’s as big as a truck and can kick your ass if she gets anywhere near you, but Resident Evil Village’s Lady Dimitrescu’s relentless pursuit can be rendered powerless by a single artefact: a…coffee table. As you can see in this video below, because of her walking speed and the way she pathfinds her way…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 11, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsWhaddaya Buyin? (Ethan Winters’ House, Please)
My partner and I have been looking for our dream home, and I think we found it. It’s somewhere in Eastern Europe—possibly Romania—it’s probably owned by a shady government agency, and I have it on good authority that its previous occupants won’t be coming back any time soon. I’m talking about Ethan Winters’ house in…
By Ash Parrish Published May 11, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsA Baby’s Head On Chris Redfield Is Somehow Even More Cursed Than Chris Redfield’s Head On A Baby
Yesterday, we introduced you to Baby Chris Redfield, who will decidedly not be rivaling Baby Yoda or any other baby, real or fictional, in popularity polls anytime soon. Perhaps, though, you will find Chris Redfield’s tall, rippling body with the goo-spewing head of an infant more to your liking. Or maybe you won’t. Maybe you…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 11, 2021 -
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…
By Ian Walker Published May 10, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsSkate 3’s Sickest Trick Is A Rube Goldberg Machine
“Do a kickflip!” Yeah, yeah, yeah. How about this: “Create an elaborate Rube Golberg machine and then use it to do the sickest trick maybe ever!” Reddit user Skate3Tommy would probably be, like, “Okay.” In a video posted to the Xbox One subreddit today, Skate3Tommy showcased “the culmination of 13 years of play and dedication”…
By Ari Notis Published May 10, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsEven Apple Knows Fortnite‘s Peely Is A Monster
The Epic versus Apple trial kicked off its second week today, finishing up cross examination with Epic head of marketing Matthew Weissinger. In continued discussion of Epic’s unspeakable inappropriateness, Apple’s lawyer had some questions about Fortnite’s cursed banana, Peely Apple’s lawyer was going over the Fortnite mode select screen with Weissinger, establishing that Fortnite is…
By Riley MacLeod Published May 10, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsI Wish This Lady Dimitrescu Action Figure Was Real
Capcom, if you want to make a lot of money, watch this fake ‘90s action figure ad about Resident Evil Village’s Lady Dimitrecsu. Then make this thing a reality. This fake ad was created by Kevin Cappiello, a senior video editor at IGN, and shared on their Twitter account where it wasretweeted over 3k times.…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 9, 2021
