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CultureOdds and EndsSome Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater Mysteries, Solved
The older Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater games had some weird hidden stuff tucked away, which over the years have inspired countless urban myths and tall tales. Now Ralph D’Amato has tried to set the record straight on some of them D’Amato, who worked on the series from its inception, all the way through to 2007,…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsHalo 5 Forge Experts Are Remaking Halo Infinite Demo
Halo Infinite may have been delayed until next year, but Halo fans are busy trying to recreate the world shown in its first gameplay trailer inside of the last Halo game. Halo 5: Guardians is five years old at this point and hasn’t gotten a major update in quite some time. But its map making…
By Ethan Gach Published August 17, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsHow Microsoft Flight Simulator Makes The Ground Look So Good
While in-air screenshots and footage from the latest installment of Microsoft Flight Simulator are gorgeous, it’s not too shabby at ground level either, depending on which of the three different cityscape rendering types the game uses. YouTuber ObsidianAnt shows us the difference between handcrafted, auto-generated, and photogrammetry-built cities. In their video, ObsidianAnt uses the game’s…
By Mike Fahey Published August 17, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsStreamer Dances Sephiroth To Death In Kingdom Hearts
One of the hardest boss battles in the original Kingdom Hearts is the secret platinum match featuring Sephiroth. He has hard-to-dodge attacks that deal massive amounts of damage. Many players struggle to beat him. But streamer and YouTuber SarahKey not only beat the optional boss fight, she did it using a dance pad. A tweeted…
By Zack Zwiezen Published August 17, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsHelp! Fall Guys Is Ruining My Relationship
My partner hates playing online games, but this weekend I made him try Fall Guys and now our relationship is in peril. Online games just aren’t for him. He doesn’t think interaction with or dependence on strangers should be a requirement to finish a game. Plus, he’s social enough in his offline life to not…
By Ash Parrish Published August 17, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsRed Dead Online Player Saves Friend In Coolest Way Possible
Out in the wild west of Red Dead Online, you still need to look both ways before messing around railroad tracks. One player almost learned the hard way what happens when you ignore this rule. But then their friend stepped in a saved the day with an expertly timed and perfectly thrown lasso. The clip…
By Zack Zwiezen Published August 15, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsRapper Sounds Like An Animal Crossing Character
645AR is a Bronx rapper who burst onto the scene a few months ago thanks to his… unique vocal delivery. “I do the squeaky voice but nothin’s sweet,” 645AR, whose real name is Austin Alan Rochez, told lyrics database Genius in February I guess this technically requires a NSFW warning but come on.
By Ian Walker Published August 14, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsNintendo, It Seems, Has Removed Mario’s Nipples
Back in 2017, the world experienced the glory that is Mario’s nipples. But now in 2020, they appear to have vanished. See? Well, no. You can’t! As website Automaton points out, Mario’s nipples should be here—or so. Nintendo has made official art of the character striking a similar pose, nipples and all. The new art…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 14, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsVR Boxing Is More Fun When Punching Rocky In The Nuts
When doing the training session in PlayStation VR game Creed: Rise To Glory, take a few potshots at Rocky Balboa in the face and in the nards. The sound effects are excellent as is Rocky’s look of disappointment.
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 13, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsMario Kart Mod Adds A Racetrack To Breath Of The Wild
You’re playing Breath of the Wild, enjoying the vast expanse and the sun-drenched solitude, when suddenly, on the horizon appears…Luigi Circuit from Mario Kart Wii? This new mod from Waikuteru is one of the most impressive Breath of the Wild-related things I’ve ever seen. They’ve added an entire Mario Kart track to the game, and…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 12, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsThe Second Fan-Made Animal Crossing Quality-Of-Life Update Video Makes My Heart Ache
Back in May, YouTuber Nick Ha and friends put together a faux quality-of-life update video for Animal Crossing: New Horizons featuring dream changes that would make the game so much nicer to play. Now they’ve released part two, with even more outstanding changes. Buying multiple Nook Miles Tickets at once? Calling NPCs in chat? Setting…
By Mike Fahey Published August 12, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsTiny Sega Consoles Are For Action Figures, Not Action People
What are these, Sega consoles for ants? figmaPLUS, a line specialising in accessories and settings for figma action figures, is releasing this line of Sega consoles that includes the Master System, Mega Drive, Game Gear, Saturn and Dreamcast, all in a scale so tiny that any figmas you might own can hold them in their…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 11, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsSniper Elite’s Board Game Has A “Hitler Shot In The Balls” Miniature
Like every other video game ever made that has sold more than four copies, Sniper Elite is being turned into a board game and sold on Kickstarter. And If you pay a little extra for the “Deluxe Upgrade Kit”, you get a plastic miniature of Adolf Hitler getting a bullet in the ol’ meat and…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 11, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsMax Payne Killed Over 2000 People In 11 Years
We’ve all got a lot more time on our hands as we wait for new consoles to come out and the planet to stop burning around us, so why not spend that time constructively? Like working out just how many people Max Payne manages to kill over three video games. SEX-POSITIVE GAMER have crunched the…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 10, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsWhat Is The Forbidden Book, And Other Blaseball Questions Answered
As the baseball season hobbles on like a drunken three-legged cat with rickets, fans in search of an organized sports fix have found a new sensation on which to hyperfocus: Blaseball. Blaseball (and I’m going to kill my autocorrect function before this piece is over, I swear) is what would happen if the delightfully twisted…
By Ash Parrish Published August 10, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsGrand Theft Auto V Kinect Mod Makes Plane-Flying Physical
Flying in video games with a controller is fine. It works well enough and it’s how many folks play. But what if you were the controller? What if you had to hold your arms out to fly and steer? Well wonder no more, for a YouTuber has made a mod for Grand Theft Auto V…
By Zack Zwiezen Published August 10, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsPlaying Video Games While Pooping Is Terrible
My new apartment is nice for a lot of reasons. But one stranger reason is that it includes a bathroom connected directly to my office via one of two doors. And in front of that door to my office and the TV is a toilet. It’s an odd layout, but I had an idea. Do…
By Zack Zwiezen Published August 8, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsMod Brings 2003’s NBA Street Vol. 2 Into 2020 With Modern Players, Uniforms
Oh hell yes. NBA Street Vol. 2, released back in 2003 for the PS2, Xbox and GameCube, has recently been updated to feature some of the players and jerseys we’d expect to be seeing in a game released in 2020. Building off a major 2016 update by johnz1 and Mazzochi, agent_michael_scarn has released NBA Street…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 6, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsThe Last Of Us 2’s Zombie Sounds Were Made By Squishy Fruit And Porridge(?)
There’s a great video up on SoundWorks Collection today featuring Beau Anthony Jimenez, sound designer at Naughty Dog, who shows off some of the ways the sounds for The Last Of Us 2 were recorded since there were no actual fungus zombies to stick in the recording booth. While the video deals with all kinds…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 6, 2020
