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CultureOdds and EndsNow This Is Some Nintendo LEGO
Anyone left as disappointed by Nintendo’s first LEGO offerings as I was—I wanted huge Mushroom Kingdom/Hyrule playsets!—can find solace in the fact that, since this is LEGO we’re talking about, you can just make and remake whatever the hell you want. So @crownavy took the weird blocky Mario figure that’s shipping with the first official…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 23, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsPaper Mario: The Origami King Bug Prevents You From Beating The Game [Update]
Players recently discovered what appears to be a game-breaking glitch toward the end of Paper Mario: The Origami King that can make it impossible to finish the game on an existing save file. The bug is located in the Shangri-Spa area, arrived at after defeating the first four streamers in the game. Players get a…
By Ethan Gach Published July 23, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsPlayStation’s New Kids Sneakers Are Gross
Sony has a long and storied record when it comes to sneaker collabs, from the classic PlayStation Air Force 1 to the more recent Paul George releases. This latest pair, though, is not going to reach those heights. Rather than releasing with long-term partners Nike (despite looking like bootleg Air Max 270 Reacts), these shoes…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 22, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsRidiculous Ghost Of Tsushima Triple Kill Requires One Horse, Two Explosives
There are a million ways to kill people in Ghost of Tsushima, the new open-world, samurai-themed action game for PlayStation 4. Some methods are honorable (duels, standoffs, shooting people in the head with flaming arrows). Some are dishonorable (kunai, poison darts, shooting people in the back of the head with flaming arrows). Some, like the…
By Ari Notis Published July 22, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsDad Who Doesn’t Even Like Pokémon Selling His Card Collection For $30,000
A 34-year-old father from England, who does not nor has ever liked Pokémon, still managed to get his hands on a complete set of original cards when he was a kid, and so is now selling them to someone who can maybe appreciate them a little more. Nigel Brookes was given the set as a…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 21, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsNintendo Fans Trolled By NSFW “F-Zero” Twitter Account
Nintendo fans, being Nintendo fans, have been a bit nervy lately, some of them a little too eager to find out the latest news about the future of their favourite franchises. Last week, a pair of fresh Twitter accounts were spotted, one called @supermario35th (it’s Mario’s 35th birthday this year) and the other @FZeroJP, named…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 21, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsWaluigi Debuted 20 Years Ago Today, And I Respect Him A Lot
Today marks the 20th anniversary of Waluigi’s debut in Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64. In the decades since, the lanky loser has become something of a meme among gamers. But I’m here to say that, no, my love for Waluigi is pure, and I’m sick of hiding it behind a veil of irony. There…
By Ian Walker Published July 21, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsNBA Players Are Living The 2K Life
One of the weirdest (and worst!) things about the NBA 2K series is how the whole experience is built around the idea of a “neighbourhood” of stores, most of them heavily branded in-game advertisements. It’s not how the real world looks or works! But then, the NBA in 2020 isn’t living in the real world.…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 20, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsWear A Damn Mask
I don’t care if you’re in Michigan, Manchester or Melbourne, if you have to leave your home and can’t stay away from other people, wear a mask. It’s not hard! And to help illustrate this, here’s every single Smash Bros. Ultimate character wearing one. And these guys are doing sweaty work. This is courtesy of aliigleed,…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 19, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsMinecraft Players Think They’ve Found The Game’s Title Screen World
Nine years after it first popped up in the background of the game’s main menu screen, some Minecraft players think they’ve finally found the exact same world in the game itself. Some members of the Minecraft@Home team made the discovery over the weekend, using volunteers’ idle computers to help crunch numbers in the name of…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 19, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsIt Can Take Nearly 12 Years To Spawn A Demon In Doom II Thanks To A Small Programming Quirk
At the end of Doom II players face off against The Icon of Sin, which is really just a large and creepy texture that spits out demons. But this boss fight has some odd mechanics and quirks, including a small programming oversight that could lead to players having to wait over a decade for a…
By Zack Zwiezen Published July 19, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsNintendo Veteran Explains Some Of The Restrictions Around Creating New Paper Mario Characters
Last month, Nintendo revealed that some of Paper Mario: The Origami King’s boss fights would be against office supplies instead of traditional Mario villains, and a new interview sheds some light on why. “Since Paper Mario: Sticker Star, it’s no longer possible to modify Mario characters or to create original characters that touch on the…
By Ethan Gach Published July 17, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsHey Let’s Watch Henry Cavill Building A Gaming PC
The Witcher isn’t back filming yet, so noted heartthrob/PC gaming nerd Henry Cavill has some time on his hands. Enough to get to work building a new gaming PC, filming it, setting it to sexy music then letting us all watch. Note from the blurred logos that this isn’t a sponsored video. It’s just a…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsYoshi’s Tax Fraud Story: A Hardboiled Detective Tale
He came into my office, shadows trailing in behind him like he was being followed by the specter of Death. He was a short, squat man; Italian, by the look of him. Honest guy, works with his hands for a living. My guess: plumber. I don’t see too many plumbers on my beat. It’s mostly…
By Ash Parrish Published July 16, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsYouTuber Uses Kinect Mod To Play Mario 64 With A Trampoline
It turns out using motion controls to make Mario jump is hard work. YouTuber Super Louis 64, who you might remember from beating Halo 3 with a guitar or taking on Dark Souls 3 with a Ring Fit, is back again, this time with a bizarre new control scheme for Super Mario 64. Using a…
By Ethan Gach Published July 14, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsEverything Is Cake Now, Including Dragon Ball Z Characters
He’s cake! He’s really cake! Memes hit a whole new level of galaxy brain over the weekend after a viral July 8 tweet showing all manner of objects being cut in half to reveal layer-cake inside changed how we think of reality: I think, therefore I am…cake? Maybe it’s the months of lockdown as a…
By Ethan Gach Published July 13, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsDestiny 2 Players Speedrun The Game’s Mind-Bending Prophecy Dungeon In Minutes
Prophecy is a three-person mini-raid full of gorgeous skyboxes and fun puzzles, both of which are on full display in a recent speedrun in which players cleared the Destiny 2 dungeon in just over eight minutes. Added when Season of Arrivals launched in early June, Prophecy lets players dig a little deeper into some of…
By Ethan Gach Published July 13, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsSomeone Created A Roller Coaster That Syncs Perfectly With Bohemian Rhapsody
Move over Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster, there’s a new music-themed roller coaster and it’s much cooler. Digitally created in Roller Coaster Tycoon 2, this large coaster takes over six minutes to ride and is synced perfectly to the popular Queen song “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Creating a roller coaster ride that moves around in sync to a…
By Zack Zwiezen Published July 11, 2020
