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The Week In Games: Return To Raccoon City, Again

It’s time to return to Raccoon City, again. (Again.) Resident Evil 3, the remake, is out this week and I’m ready to run away in fear from the big boy himself, Nemesis. It feels like it was only a few years ago when Resident Evil as a franchise felt like it was dying. There were…

Track: Re: Stacks | Artist: Bon Iver | Album: For Emma, Forever Ago

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HQ Trivia Is Back

HQ Trivia, the once-massive online quiz game that last year kinda stopped paying winners their cash then shut down in February, is back thanks to an “anonymous investor”. As the Wall Street Journal report, a push notification went out earlier tonight alerting users HQ Trivia would be resuming at 9pm. There are no details on…

Now Some NFL Players Are Playing Madden On TV

If real sports are going to be successful in the online (and televised) space over the next few months, the one thing they need above all others is participation from actual athletes. That’s why the La Liga and NASCARtournaments have been so fun, and is why it’s a bit worrying that Fox and the NFL’s…

GameStop Will Close Over 300 Stores This Year

Last year, GameStop closed 320 stores across America as part of an effort “to de-densify [their] store base”. This year, the company will close at least that many, and potentially more. As Gamasutra report, the closures were announced during an earnings call held last week, when executive vice president and chief financial officer Jim Bell…

Terrible Witcher Cosplay, Incredible Witcher Fight Scenes

Just goes to show, sometimes it’s not the outfit that makes the cosplay. It’s the…choreography and fight scenes? The same team behind that Mandalorian video from a few weeks back have decided to get together again and do the same thing, but for The Witcher. The terrible costumes are the point: these guys are here…

Track: Golden Years | Artist: Davie Bowie | Album: Station To Station 

Half-life: Alyx Is Still Good, Even While Sitting In A Chair

Standing in VR is cool. You feel like you are really standing in a virtual world. And for small experiences and mini-games, this is fine. But for something like the new Half-Life: Alyx, standing for hours and hours, plus crouching a lot, can start to make you feel sore and tired. So I just sat…

‘Shop Contest: Nemesis Is Here

Did you hear that? The deadly and dangerous Nemesis said something. Not his usual “STARS” groan. Something else. He said… “SHOP CONTEST.” Weird. Your challenge this week: Add Nemesis from Resident Evil 3 to other games. You thought you were safe from this dude because you jumped over to Fortnite or GTA Online? Nope. He…

How’s It Going?: Pancakes Vs Waffles Edition

Welcome back to our daily open thread. The world seems to be a giant mess of pain, suffering and bad news. So let’s chat about something silly. Pancakes vs. waffles is a debate that has.. well not really “raged on”, but existed in diners and on forums for a long time. I’m firmly on #teamwaffle.…

Sunday Comics: First Day?

Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published March 26. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Originally published March 23. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero…

Nier Replicant Is Being “Upgraded” For PS4, Xbox One And PC

Square Enix announced earlier today that an upgraded version of Nier Replicant is heading to Xbox One, PS4, and PC. This year marks the 10 year anniversary of the action RPG and during a live stream celebrating this milestone,it was announced that developer Toylogic will help bring the game to modern systems and PC. Platinum…

‘Shop Contest: Respect Your Cat Day, Winners

Happy Respect Your Cat Day! If you have a cat, let it do whatever it wants today. If you don’t have a cat, then just salute some pictures of cats online or get one in The Sims and be nice to it. In honor of this great day, I asked you folks to create images…

Social Distancing With Style

This week on Snapshots, trippy orbs, a creepy computer, a cool looking arrow, a sign left forgotten in the wasteland, a fast car, and social distancing in Animal Crossing. You might be alone right now, but you can still look cool. Also, if you can, step outside folks. Get some fresh air. Even sitting outside…

The Punch-Out Speedrunning Community Spent Five Years Trying To Beat One Player And All His Records

Back in the early 90s and early 2000s, Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out for the NES was a popular early speedrunning game. But eventually, players moved on. However, one player went back to some old Punch-Out fansites in 2010 and discovered that every world record at the time had been set by one player, Matt Turk. Nobody had…

Claydol Is Over 20,000 Years Old And Was Brought To Life By Aliens

Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Claydol! Claydol Details Type: Ground/Psychic Average Height: 4′ 11″ Average Weight: 238.0 lbs First Added In Generation III There…

Netflix Is Making A Live-Action Dragon’s Lair Movie

Netflix is planning to create a live-action movie based on the 80s arcade game Dragon’s Lair and Ryan Reynolds is set to produce and star in the film. When it first was released back in the 1980s, Dragon’s Lairwas one of the best looking games ever made. Thanks to its amazing animation, colorful art, and…

How’s It Going?: Movie Theater Edition

It’s another weekend at home for many. Welcome back to our daily open thread. I miss going to the theater and seeing a movie.  I know some folks hate going to the theater to see a movie, but I love it. With phones in our pockets, a million movies and shows on our TVs and…