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CultureOdds and EndsCyberpunk 2077 On Ultra Low Settings Looks Like Pixel Hell
Continuing the fine work he’s done on previous games like The Witcher 3, the LowSpecGamer has picked up Cyberpunk, dropped all the settings to low and then gone further, poking around in the game’s code to turn one of the year’s most visually demanding titles into a blurry shitstain. His stated goal is to see…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 16, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsModified Cartridge Gets Ray Tracing Working On A Super Nintendo
Ray tracing, currently the big thing in video game visuals, is a perk for those running bleeding edge hardware on PC or next-gen consoles. Or, conversely, anyone who owns a SNES. This demo for SuperRT shows real-time ray tracing running on a Super Nintendo—a console first released in 1991—thanks to the use of a modified…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 15, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsDestiny 2’s Latest Quest References A Moment Cut From The First Game
Destiny 2’s new exotic quest for an old Destiny 1 gun makes reference to an alternate version of one of that game’s main characters only seen in an E3 2013 trailer, breathing a little life back into a story that never made it into the finished game. Hawkmoon is a small, agile exotic hand cannon…
By Ethan Gach Published December 15, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsFour Generations Of Xbox Consoles Can Play The Same Game Together
When we think of backwards compatibility we tend to only think of a game from an older system running on its replacement. But as this video shows, in the right circumstances, a console released in 2001 can play the same game at the same time as one released in 2020, as well as the two…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 14, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsWoW Pacifist Picks “Millions” Of Flowers To Hit New Level Cap
Doubleagent, the world’s most famous pacifist (in World of Warcraft), has just hit the game’s new maximum level cap by, uh, doing some intensive gardening on the Wandering Isle. Famous for having never picked a side in Warcraft’s eternal struggle, and as a result remaining forever in the game’s starting area, Doubleagent spends his days…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 13, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsLet’s See What’s Inside A PlayStation 5
We know the outside of the PS5 is just two big-ass white fins, but the inside is still a mystery. So the good people at iFixit have got hold of one and torn it to pieces, ostensibly to judge its repair value, but really just so we could all gawk at the carnage of it…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 13, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsEven The Head Of PlayStation Studios Has His PS5 Upside Down
The PS5 is a strange-looking console. Lots of curves and swoops. It’s easy to accidentally set it up the wrong way, which is exactly what Hermen Hulst, the head of PlayStation Studios, seems to have done in a now-deleted tweet. Whoops! Earlier this morning, Hermen Hulst uploaded a cute little video of his cat attacking…
By Zack Zwiezen Published December 13, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsRunning Around During Loading Screens Is An Important Part Of Assassin’s Creed
Loading screens often suck. But they can occasionally become more than just periods of time where you are forced to sit around and wait. In Assassin’s Creed, a tradition has formed of letting players run around in an endless void and it has (mostly) stuck around. (This post was originally published on July 26. It’s…
By Zack Zwiezen Published December 13, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsLow Poly Animals Are The Best
There you are, playing a game, and without thinking about it you run by a bird off in the distance. However, the odds are very high that the bird you ran by was nothing more than a few simply textured polygons pretending to be a bird. And yet it worked. Back in October a new…
By Zack Zwiezen Published December 12, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsCyberpunk 2077 Characters Won’t Stop Following Some Players Around
Cyberpunk 2077 is having a buggy launch, from the hilarious to the disappointing. Some players are reporting a bug that’s either funny or creepy, depending how you look at it: story NPCs who won’t stop following them around. (Some mild story spoilers for Cyberpunk 2077 ahead.) You meet Maelstrom gang member Dum Dum in an…
By Riley MacLeod Published December 11, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsThe Persona And Mario Musical Performances From The Game Awards Kicked Ass
Buried amidst the ads and announcements from The Game Awards earlier this evening were two very cool musical moments. First up, near the beginning of the show was Lyn & the Persona Music Band playing the version of Last Surprise found in the spinoff Persona 5 Scramble: And later on, the London Philharmonic Orchestra set…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 11, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsJesus Christ, Nintendo, Sephiroth Is Going To Get Someone Killed
Sephiroth has been in Smash for like 34 seconds, and already, he has nearly got both Mario and Princess Zelda killed. This is wildly irresponsible! Considering we’re only a year removed from Smash killing Luigi (Rest In Peace), you would think Nintendo would have been more selective with their roster selections going forwards. But nope,…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 10, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsShitty Dragon Age Voice Actor Has Me Considering Deleting My Fanfiction Library
Last week, two prominent BioWare employees, Casey Hudson and Mark Darrah, announced their departure from the studio. Following this, Mark Darrah, now the former executive producer of the Dragon Age series, was attacked on Twitter by Greg Ellis, the voice actor for Cullen Rutherford in Dragon Age: Inquisition. Ellis took to his personal YouTube channel…
By Ash Parrish Published December 10, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsCyberpunk 2077 Doesn’t Let You Change Your Appearance Once You’ve Started
This is hilarious to me. Cyberpunk 2077 is a game set in a cyberpunk future that begins with an incredibly robust character creation suite, letting you modify everything from your cybernetic implant appearance to facial scars to the size of your dick. Almost every single person in the game is a mechanically modified human being.…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 10, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsFour New Short Stories Let Us Speculate About Dragon Age 4’s Plot
This year’s Dragon Age Day was a mess. Two of BioWare’s beloved executives quit, a voice actor for one of Dragon Age’s beloved characters personally attacked one of those executives on Twitter, and then went on an exceedingly unhinged rant on YouTube while performing as that character. The mess unfortunately overshadowed the only good news…
By Ash Parrish Published December 10, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsYou Can Turn Down Alcohol In Cyberpunk 2077
Cyberpunk 2077 gives players a lot of choices, from how you approach missions to how you deal with interpersonal situations. This freedom extends to character-creator options you’ll never even think about again, like choosing your character’s teeth or genitals. But one bit of choice I wasn’t expecting, and which I can’t remember seeing in a…
By Riley MacLeod Published December 10, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsPeople’s Dicks Are Clipping Through Their Pants
Cyberpunk 2077 is out and it has some bugs, one of which includes players’ characters’ dicks popping out of their pants. Cyberpunk has two penis types, with a size slider for each. Apparently some of the dicks players have selected don’t play nice with their character’s clothing choices on the equipment screen, clipping out past…
By Ethan Gach Published December 10, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsMaking Battle For Middle Earth Sounded Terrible
If you think the conditions developers are working under now are bad, imagine what they were like 16 years ago. Actually, don’t imagine it, you could just read this account of what it was like making the classic Battle For Middle Earth instead. EA’s RTS is one of the best licensed games of the last…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 8, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsIt’s Super Easy To Make Kanye West In Demon’s Souls
Unlike the original Demon’s Souls, the PlayStation 5 remake includes a fairly robust character creation system. While I was mostly content to make a generic, purple-skinned lady for my first playthrough, folks have been able to craft some interesting characters. Someone also figured out how to make a decent Kanye West, if you want to…
By Ian Walker Published December 8, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsNBA Team Releases Incredible Video Game Tribute For Basically No Good Reason
The schedule for the upcoming NBA season was released the other day, and feeling like they had to do something to mark the occasion, the Utah Jazz went and made this video game montage highlighting some of the better matchups. Street Fighter, Outrun, Mario, Pokemon, there’s loads to get through. The Joe Ingles likeness in…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 6, 2020