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CultureMorning CheckpointBecoming An Oil Tycoon In Animal Crossing
Hello! This week we grow weed on Twitch, learn about some new Marvel characters coming to Fornite, hear what it’s like to be a doctor in NYC during the pandemic, tell some dumb jokes and stock up on oil in Animal Crossing. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week I didn’t even know watching weed…
By Zack Zwiezen Published April 25, 2020 -
CultureTwitchValorant Twitch Streamers Are Gaming The System With 24/7 Streams That Rack Up Viewers Desperate For Beta Keys
If you take a look at many of Twitch’s top Valorant streams right now, you’ll note that they claim to be running “24/7.” This might strike you as odd, given that human beings generally need to eat, sleep, and all that fancy, life-sustaining jazz. Most of these streams, however, are not actually live. At least,…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 24, 2020 -
CultureThe Little Things Helping Kotaku‘s Staff Keep It Together During Isolation
Covid-19 has turned things upside down. The first-order problems of the pandemic have left millions infected and nearly 200,000 dead. The others have led to school being cancelled, the closure of non-essential businesses, and social distancing measures becoming second nature. Below are some of the sources of pleasure and distraction members of the Kotaku staff…
By Ethan Gach Published April 24, 2020 -
CultureI Finally Found A Bug Blathers Doesn’t Hate In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Animal Crossing museum curator Blathers hates bugs. The owl has no problem detailing his disgust whenever you donate a new insect. Blathers’ disdain for bugs has become something of a meme over the last month, but he seems to have a soft spot when it comes to the dazzling Madagascan sunset moth. Like in previous…
By Ian Walker Published April 24, 2020 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryFinal Fantasy VII Remake Made Me Climb 59 Flights Of Stairs And I Loved It
I recently arrived at Shinra headquarters in my playthrough of Final Fantasy VII Remake. After Cloud and his squad fight their way through the parking garage, they enter the spacious reception area to find the place deserted. Our heroes have two ways to reach Aerith: take the elevator or climb 59 flights of stairs. I…
By Ian Walker Published April 24, 2020 -
CultureThe Doctor, The Disease, And The Division
Soon after the coronavirus struck my busy Brooklyn hospital, I found myself caring for an older gentleman with kidney issues. Let’s call him Mr. Johnson. I’m a specialist in kidney medicine, and I knew it should have been a fairly routine visit. Mr. Johnson’s diabetic kidneys had failed five years ago. To stay alive, he…
Siddhartha Bajracharya Published April 24, 2020 -
CultureWhat Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for having gotten a trial Showtime subscription, so binging all those tv shows everyone was talking about years ago. It’s also for playing video games. I’m excited to play Cloudpunk, a cyberpunk driving game that came out yesterday. Also, my internet bugged out while watching last night’s Fortnite event, but the couple…
By Riley MacLeod Published April 24, 2020 -
CultureFallout 76 Devs Want To Add Pets To The Game
The dream of having a pet Deathclaw to cuddle with on cold Appalachia nights could soon be a reality Fallout 76‘s developers did an AMA on Reddit yesterday addressing all sorts of questions about the game and its future. While some things, like expanded camp building budgets and additional NPCs, could be a ways off,…
By Ethan Gach Published April 24, 2020 -
CultureBungie’s Working To Get Rid Of Destiny 2 Cheaters And Make Trials Of Osiris More Rewarding
It’s been great finally having Destiny’s top-tier competitive activity Trials of Osiris back in the game, but the mode’s return has been marred by stingy prizes and thousands of cheaters. Bungie now says it’s working on addressing both of these shortcomings. “Cheating in Destiny 2 is up roughly 50 percent since January, and significantly more…
By Ethan Gach Published April 24, 2020 -
CultureOver 12 Million People Just Watched A Wild Travis Scott Show In Fortnite
Rapper Travis Scott just made an appearance for the first of five shows he’ll be starring in for Fortnite, and if you’re a fan of either of those things—like the millions of people who tuned in to watch—it was one hell of an event. While only running for around ten minutes, and focused on the…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 23, 2020 -
CultureWWE 2K Is Skipping 2020 [Update: 2K Says More Details Coming Next Week]
If you’re still holding your breath for WWE 2K21 this year, exhale. WWE has announced that 2K Games will not be releasing a new installment of their annual wrestling series in 2020. During a call with investors, WWE interim chief financial officer Frank Riddick responded to a question about the release of WWE 2K21 by…
By Ian Walker Published April 23, 2020 -
CultureYou Can Finally Apologize For Being Trash In Overwatch
Who doesn’t love voice lines in Overwatch? They let you say hello. They can help your teammates stay abreast of your ultimate percentage. If you play DPS, you can use them to spam messages about how you need healing until everybody else’s ears seal closed like ancient pharaoh tombs. But soon, Blizzard is going to…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 23, 2020 -
CultureBinding Of Isaac Mod Helps Woman Propose To Her Significant Other
I’ve never proposed to anybody, but I can imagine it would be pretty anxiety-provoking. I totally understand why some folks prefer to let their favorite video games do the talking. Last week, an Australian woman sat her significant other down to play a modded version of The Binding of Isaac that included a special marriage…
By Ian Walker Published April 23, 2020 -
CultureRed Dead Redemption 2 Comes To Game Pass
Red Dead Redemption 2 goes free to download as part of Xbox Game Pass starting May 7. The blockbuster western, which former Kotaku editor Kirk Hamilton called “exhaustively detailed and exhaustingly beautiful” in his review, is the latest in a series of big games that have recently come to Microsoft’s subscription-based download library. The Witcher…
By Ethan Gach Published April 23, 2020 -
CultureHow’s It Going?: Mistakes Edition
Happy Thursday! Welcome back to our daily open thread. I made some apple muffins yesterday with the over-abundance of apples I got in a temporary CSA share. (I’m really excited about this: I’ve always wanted to do a CSA but thought it was too much food for one person, but now I’m home all the…
By Riley MacLeod Published April 23, 2020 -
CultureStop Killing This Poor Fallout 76 Radstag
There’s a new mutant in town, and it’ll lead you to treasure if you’re not a sociopath. If you’ve been playing Fallout 76 since last week’s Wastelanders update went live you may have run into a new type of irradiated deer called an Observant Radstag. It’s friendly and won’t attack you. That hasn’t stopped many…
By Ethan Gach Published April 23, 2020 -
CultureNintendo Slashes Interest Rates In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Animal Crossing’s latest update cuts the amount of money players can earn just by letting all of their bells sit in the bank, a lesson to all you hoarders out there to get out and spend. The news came by way of a letter from Tom Nook. It was waiting in players’ mailboxes following last…
By Ethan Gach Published April 23, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Nostalgia | Artist: Joe Hisaishi | Album: Dream Songs
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 23, 2020
