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CultureOdds and EndsCrunchy Dreamcast Loading Noises Make For A Charmingly Retro Twitch Stream
Twitch streamers go to great lengths to make their channels unique and interesting, but sometimes separating yourself from the pack is as simple as miking up your console to capture the sounds it makes while loading data from its disc drive. Hungry Goriya is a retro video game collector who regularly showcases her collection on…
By Ian Walker Published March 8, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsAssassin’s Creed Syndicate Has The Best Ending Of The Series
When I think of Assassin’s Creed games, I often remember big cities, cool assassinations, climbing tall towers, and maybe some sea shanties. Rarely do I remember how these games end because they often have forgettable or boring endings, sometimes with bad boss fights. So Assassin’s Creed Syndicate stands out as an exception with its fantastic…
By Zack Zwiezen Published March 7, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsMorrowind Mod Lets You Buy Argonian McNuggets
McDonald’s is a massive fast-food empire with 38,695 locations spanning 122 countries. It’s become so ubiquitous in the real world that I’m sure the corporation would investigate franchising opportunities in fictional worlds if it could, even the famously chaotic realm of Tamriel. A recent The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind mod imagines such a scenario, placing…
By Ian Walker Published March 5, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsA Reminder That A Lot Of Big Games Exploit Overseas Labor
While most big games released have a main studio that’s often based somewhere like the United States or Canada or the UK, they also frequently make use of outsourcing studios in other countries to get their games made. Studios where, surprise, the working conditions can be not great. This is explored in the latest episode…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsSakurai Hides Figures Of Unreleased Smash Bros. Fighters In His Desk At Work
In his latest episode of “Mr. Sakurai Presents”, Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai revealed that he often keeps figures of upcoming fighters locked away in a drawer at work while developing them. Not just Amiibo either, but the good stuff. After giving a detailed look at Xenoblade Chronicles 2‘s Pyra and Mythra, who are…
By Ethan Gach Published March 4, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsSony Imagines A Future Where A Banana Is A Video Game Controller
Gamers love making weird shit into controllers, including but not limited to pomegranates, light sabers, bananas, and bread. Apparently, Sony wants to get in on that action, according to a patent recently surfaced by GamesIndustry.biz that details a method for turning household objects into controllers. Sony filed a patent for a means of detecting “a…
By Riley MacLeod Published March 3, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsDamn You, Fortnite Butter Barn Song
This season of Fortnite has been a whirlwind of crossover skins and deranged players hoping that Epic puts Family Guy’s Peter Griffin in the game. But the latest in-demand item is a possible music track—the song “Butter Barn Hoedown.” The supposedly leaked track somehow, impossibly, rules? Fortnite’s battle pass and item shop often feature music…
By Riley MacLeod Published March 3, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsAn Ode To My Favorite Flavor Texts
More than the set piece battle or the final showdown between hero and villain, it’s the quieter, smaller moments in video games that get me. In some games, those tiny moments can be a sudden expression on a character’s face or a short piece of dialogue from an inconsequential scene. But more often than not,…
By Ash Parrish Published March 2, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsPokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl‘s Graphics Compared To The Original Games’
Late last week, Nintendo announced remakes of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. The original games were released in 2007 on the Nintendo DS, while the remakes will be out on the Switch this year. Plus, the new versions will not be developed by Game Freak, but rather, ILCA (the games’ original director, Junichi Masuda, will be…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 1, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsI Love The Roku Screensaver
The past six months (or more) have been a whirlwind of shit news, terrible events, and moments of pure absurdity and horror. It’s been bad, is what I’m saying. Because of this, I often get lost doomscrolling on Twitter or reading another horrible news story about something dreadful. Meanwhile, my patient Roku TV quietly clicks…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 28, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsSomeone Recreated The Entire First Act Of Hamilton In Animal Crossing
Hamilton is one of the most popular musicals in the world. Animal Crossing is one of the most popular games around right now. I guess it only makes sense that someone would combine them, but I didn’t expect it to be so damn good. Somehow, all of us at Kotaku missed this when creator Guitar_Knight14…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 28, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsHappy 25th Birthday, Pokémon
Dear Pokémon, Ah, my beloved game series. Happy birthday! Man, 25, huh. That’s a big one. It seems like yesterday you were just a little Red and Green version, entertaining gamers of all ages with your signature mix of 151 adorable monsters and your compelling take on rock-paper-scissors. But look at you now—from 151 to…
By Ari Notis Published February 27, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsFight Sans Undertale Right In Your Browser
Sans is unique in that he’s the most popular character in Undertale while also providing one of the most frustrating boss fights the game has to offer. If you’d like to relive the experience of wrapping up a Genocide run without playing through the whole game again, this “Bad Time Simulator” lets you face the…
By Ian Walker Published February 26, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsDeathloop’s Sultry ‘Déjà Vu’ Will Be My Summer Anthem
Outside of Square Enix announcing a new story DLC for Final Fantasy VII Remake, yesterday’s PlayStation State of Play event was kinda a dud. But there was a notable exception: Deathloop’s new original song “Déjà Vu.” Deathloop, an upcoming game from Prey developers Arkane Studios, is Hitman meets Groundhog’s Day in which you play Colt,…
By Ash Parrish Published February 26, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsHmm, That New Pokémon Game Sure Looks A Lot Like Breath Of The Wild
Today during a Nintendo livestream we got our first look at Pokémon Legends: Arceus, a new open-world Pokémon game. Almost instantly after it was revealed folks on the internet began comparing it to Breath of the Wild. In fact, one particular shot in the new trailer caught the eyes of many fans for how similar…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 26, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsGiant Motor Gives PC Enough Rumble To Shake The Very Heavens
Jatin Patel is an iOS developer who works on big, silly projects for his YouTube channel. His latest million-dollar idea was to connect a giant, 2,880 rpm induction motor to his DualShock, magnifying the controller’s comparatively pitiful rumble to extraordinary proportions. I mean, it only makes sense. As you can see in the video, all…
By Ian Walker Published February 24, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsFrom This Day Forth, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk Shall Be Known As Jet Set Radio 2
Fans have been asking Sega for decades now to make a Jet Set Radio sequel, and since the company seemingly isn’t interested, some fans are stepping in to do it themselves. I’ve already written about Bomb Rush Cyberfunk on the site, but that was when the developers only had a teaser trailer, which merely hinted…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsFinal Fantasy Got It Right With Two Black Fathers
Lately, dads have become the video game industry’s pet trope. There are a ton of games that have won a lot of awards about trying, failing, and in very few cases, succeeding at being a dad. But that trend largely excludes Black fathers (with one extremely notable exception), since the video game industry generally ignores…
By Ash Parrish Published February 23, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsInternet Unites For Amazing Mii Channel Song Jam Session
Composer, musician, and YouTuber Alex Moukala let loose a funky, bass-tastic remix of the Nintendo Wii’s Mii Channel theme music on Twitter yesterday and then invited other artists to do the same. The result is an impromptu jam session full of super-talented people showing their love for one of gaming’s quirkiest songs. Moukala, whose music…
By Ethan Gach Published February 23, 2021
