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CultureOdds and EndsI Miss The Crazy Batshittery Of The Original Tomb Raider Trilogy
Since mounting anxiety has robbed me of higher cognitive thought, let’s talk about dinosaurs—specifically, why the hell are there dinosaurs in the first three Tomb Raider games? To be clear, I don’t mind that they’re there—they’re challenging to fight and make for some thrilling jump-scares. I’m also aware of how odd it is to focus…
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CultureOdds and EndsWatch Dogs Legion’s Podcasts Are Great When They Aren’t Constantly Restarting
I love listening to podcasts while I drive because I am sick in the head, so naturally I do the same thing when driving around in Watch Dogs Legion. Unfortunately, I spent my first few hours cruising the game’s London in a stolen hatchback while the same podcast reset over and over every time I…
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CultureOdds and EndsDawn Of The Final Day
While doomscrolling through Twitter the past few days, I noticed a lot of people making the same Majora’s Mask joke. Today does feel like the Final Day, doesn’t it? Either the moon will crash into the Earth, or the clock will reset and Americans will have another chance to maybe get it right this time.…
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CultureOdds and EndsOh No, Watch Dogs: Legion
The biggest selling point of Watch Dogs: Legion is the vast array of randomized characters you can recruit to your underground army of revolutionary activists. But sometimes NPC professions and backgrounds line up in unfortunate ways. A pediatrician. Who recently ended a personal relationship with a patient. Okay, yeah, maybe don’t invite Shannon Dickey to…
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CultureOdds and EndsYakuza 0 and Part Time UFO Are Giving Me My Crane Game Fix
Crane games are sinister, alluring bedevilments with their bright flashing lights and happy jingles that tempt suckers like me into feeding them money. For just a few dollars you too can own this ugly yet endearing horse plushie you have no space for but look how precariously it’s perched and how its long neck is…
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CultureOdds and EndsPart Time UFO Has A Very Good Dog Butt
Part Time UFO, the HAL Laboratory mobile game ported to Switch today, is a charming little project about an alien helping the people of Earth tidy up with its spaceship’s arcade-like claw. It also has a very good dog. I don’t really have much to say about Part Time UFO other than that. It makes…
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CultureOdds and EndsCase Closed: Mankrik’s Wife Found In Shadowlands
The folks at Blizzard: SVU have finally put to rest a 16-year-old cold case—Mankrik’s wife has been found. As reported by Wowhead, Olgra, wife of Mankrik, can be found in World of Warcraft Shadowlands’s Maldraxxus zone, where vengeful and warlike spirits are sent to rest. According to Wowhead, reporting on the Shadowlands beta, Olgra is…
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CultureOdds and EndsAstro’s Playroom On PS5 Makes Some Neat References To PlayStation History
PlayStation 5 pack-in game Astro’s Playroom is pretty darn good. (Well, the level we’re allowed to tell you about is pretty darn good, anyway.) A big reason why this free game works so well is that it’s a love letter to the history of PlayStation, with levels full of references to past games, consoles, and…
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CultureOdds and EndsWhy Did This SNK Allstar Ad Even Exist [Update]
SNK Allstar is a mobile King of Fighters game. And like any good mobile game, it dropped a doozy of an advertisement earlier today. That’s Terry Bogard slapping Kula Diamond, Mai Shiranui, and Blue Mary’s asses. Kula, for those unaware, is 14 years old. Unfortunately, the ad ends before the three women go Death Proof…
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CultureOdds and EndsToo Many Baldur’s Gate 3 Players Choose Basic-Ass Romance
Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian Studios has been steadily releasing updates on the progress of their new game, including information on popular player choices. A couple of weeks ago, they jokingly chided players for choosing boring character creator options. This week’s new peek into the data includes how many times players have pet the dog…
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CultureOdds and EndsDataminer Says Words Like ‘Honkers’ And ‘Robitussin’ Might Get You Banned In Kingdom Hearts Rhythm Game
Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory is an upcoming rhythm game for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Switch that expands the already convoluted Kingdom Hearts storyline. The game got a demo earlier this month, in which well-known speedrunner and dataminer Kaitlyn “Orcastraw” Molinas discovered what she says is a list of words players could get…
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CultureOdds and EndsLet’s Celebrate The Silly Death Screens At The End Of Hades
Hades is a brutal game. That’s not just commentary on the Switch and PC roguelike’s difficulty factor. Zagreus, the main character, dies ad infinitum in some truly gruesome ways. But once you sink some time into Hades, those many, many deaths can start to lose their edge. Late into the endgame, in fact, Zagreus will…
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CultureOdds and EndsThere’s A Strange Monster Hiding In Hot Shots Golf 4
We are only a few days away from Halloween, so it seems like the perfect time for a video collecting some dark and creepy hidden things players have found in video games. From popular YouTuber Oddheader, this video features a wide variety of games, from a golf game to an online mini-game collection to even…
By Zack Zwiezen
