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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…
By Ash Parrish Published October 30, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsWatch This Great Documentary On Shinji Mikami
If you’re a fan of Capcom, Clover, horror, or just good video games in general, please set aside part of your week to enjoy this hour-long documentary by Archipel on Shinji Mikami, the legendary director of everything from Resident Evil to God Hand to Vanquish
By Luke Plunkett Published October 29, 2020 -
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…
By Ian Walker Published October 29, 2020 -
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…
By Ash Parrish Published October 29, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsTitanfall 2 Has A Half-Life Easter Egg Just Sitting Around
Titanfall 2 turns four today! Happy birthday, Titanfall 2, you are a very good video game. To mark the occasion one of the game’s animators, Ranon Sarono, has shared a lil’ Half-Life surprise that none of us had ever seen before. In one of the game’s pieces of time-travel shenanigans, you’re briskly transported to a…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsThe House On Blue Lick Road’s 3D Tour Has Been Preserved In VR
For most of this week, one of the strangest delights on the internet has been a 3D tour of a house that’s for sale in Kentucky. The home, on Louisville’s Blue Lick Road, was for want of a better term, weird. From the boxes of energy drinks stacked in the kitchen to the Halo action figure…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2020 -
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…
By Ian Walker Published October 28, 2020 -
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…
By Ian Walker Published October 27, 2020 -
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…
By Ash Parrish Published October 27, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsDisco Elysium Has A…Game Boy Port, Kinda
Disco Elysium, one of the games of 2019, is available on most modern platforms, like the PC, Switch, PS4 and Xbox One. It’s also now partly playable, and very stripped back, on the Game Boy, provided you play it in a browser. Using the excellent GB Studio, which lets basically anyone make their own Game…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 27, 2020 -
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…
By Ian Walker Published October 27, 2020 -
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…
By Ari Notis Published October 26, 2020 -
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 Published October 24, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsThe Weird Tales From The Crypt Game Show Was Filled With Bad 90s CGI
In the summer of 1996, a Saturday morning children’s game show premiered on CBS. It was hosted by someone who went on to… well he was good here at least. The show was filled with early CGI and had players “interacting” with floating skulls and talking skeletons. The weirdest thing about this show was that…
By Zack Zwiezen Published October 24, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsMario Goes Hatless In Leaked Super Mario World Sprites
Apart from his prodigious jumping abilities, Mario’s key defining feature is his hat. He’s been wearing that thing since the days of Donkey Kong. Another little slice of the ongoing Nintendo leaks, however, reveals that the iconic red cap wasn’t always glued to the plumber’s head in Super Mario World Nintendo Metro, a fantastic resource…
By Ian Walker Published October 23, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsLook At These Metal Gear Solid Air Jordans
Last year, film director Jordan Vogt-Roberts (Kong: Skull Island) showed off some epic Pikachu Air Jordans. Now in 2020, he’s back with a pair of excellent Metal Gear Solid themed ones. Vogt-Roberts posted the custom AJ1s this week on Twitter to mark the anniversary of Metal Gear Solid’s PlayStation release in North America. Bud Sanfilippo…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 22, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsNintendo Nerfs Steve’s Meat
Steve Minecraft, the latest addition to the ever-growing Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster, has been nerfed. He’s lost his mojo, so to speak. When Steve joined Super Smash Bros. Ultimate last week, players were surprised to see him holding a piece of grilled meat in a very…let’s say provocative position. So provocative that we here…
By Ian Walker Published October 21, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsDoom Eternal Patch Adds Hidden Reference To Popular VTuber
Inugami Korone is a lot of things. She’s a cute anime girl. She’s a dog. She’s one of the most popular VTubers—a subset of YouTube personalities who stream with virtual avatars—on the internet. And now, she’s an Easter egg in Doom Eternal After applying the most recent Doom Eternal patch, players can find a peculiar…
By Ian Walker Published October 21, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsGenshin Impact‘s Sidekick Is Annoying As Hell, But Also Good
When I first met Genshin Impact’s mascot character, Paimon, I had serious second thoughts about playing any more of the game. This was an issue, because she first shows up approximately two minutes after the game begins. Many things about Genshin Impact, the free-to-play Breath of the Wild-inspired JRPG that’s blown the absolute heck up…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 20, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsDear Double Fine, What The Fuck Dude?
Nope! Nope. Noooope. NOPE! NOOOOPE. NOPE. What the fuck? No really, Double Fine. What. The. Fuck.? Psychonauts 2 comes to Xbox in 2021 and I really hope they leave this part out. (Seriously. Leave it out.) Note: Former Kotaku staffer Heather Alexandra now works at Double Fine in comms and community.
By Ash Parrish Published October 19, 2020