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CultureTrack: Real Wild Child | Artist: Iggy Pop | Album: Blah-Blah-Blah
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 30, 2019 -
CultureSony Has Shipped 102 Million PS4s
The PlayStation 5 might be on the horizon, but the PS4 continues its impressive run. As of September 30, Sony has shipped 102.8 million PlayStation 4 consoles, surpassing even the Nintendo Wii. Sony announced the news in its most recent financial statements, revealing that 2.8 PlayStation 4s were moved in the last quarter. Twitter user…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 30, 2019 -
CultureOnce Again, EA Cancels Its NBA Game
EA Sports’ NBA Live 20, which had the honour of being officially delayed before it was even officially announced, has now been cancelled. It’s the fourth time in ten years that EA has not released an annual entry in its flagship basketball game on a home console. As Polygon reports, the break will allow EA…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 29, 2019 -
CultureBlizzard Loses Sponsor Over Hong Kong Actions
When Blizzard decided to take action against a pro Hearthstone player for speaking out over the ongoing protests in Hong Kong, they ate a lot of shit from fans. They also, it turns out, lost a commercial sponsor in the form of Mitsubishi Motors. The Taiwanese branch of the Japanese auto giant had been a…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 29, 2019 -
CultureEA Returns To Steam With Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
For the first time since 2013, PC gamers won’t have to open up Origin to purchase a big new EA release. The publisher returns to Steam on November 15 with the release of Respawn’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. This is the first step in EA’s return to Steam, with more games and the EA…
By Mike Fahey Published October 29, 2019 -
CultureIt’s A Good Day For Persona Art Lovers
The work of Shigenori Soejima, the Japanese video game artist responsible for most of the characters in the Persona series, makes me happy. His characters are so bursting with personality and life I can’t help wanting to get to know them. Every page of Udon Publishing’s newly released English version of Shigenori Soejima & P-Studio…
By Mike Fahey Published October 29, 2019 -
CultureTrack: Orphans | Artist: Coldplay | Album: Everyday Life
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 29, 2019 -
CultureCosplayAnd Now, Some Excellent Gundam Model Cosplay
This isn’t just a Gundam cosplay. Oh no, this isn’t just a Gundam cosplay, but it actually looks like it’s a plastic Gundam model. Here is a close-up of the Zgokzogok’s Sinanju costume: According to IT Media, Zgokzogok started the costume this January and finished it in September. As the site points out, the cosplay…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 29, 2019 -
CultureDeath Trash is a post-apocalyptic action-RPG set in an intriguing world. And by intriguing, I mean kinda gross. There are fleshworms, fleshkraken, and locations with names like the Puke Bar. But the game seems intent on marrying gross-out pulp appeal with smart design and player freedom; you can exit dialogue whenever you want, and you…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 28, 2019 -
CultureTeenage Fortnite Pro Swatted Live On Stream
Fortnite pro Cody “Clix” Conrod—who is only 14 years old—was in the middle of a Fortnite Championship Series game on the weekend when his home was swatted. As Dexerto report, Conrod announced to viewers watching mid-stream that he would have to be leaving the match. “Police are here…yo, I just got swatted…one second, I gotta…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2019 -
CultureTwitchTwitch Streamer Explains Why Painting Her Body On Camera Isn’t Sexual
The equation underlying Sophia “Djarii” White’s Twitch stream is really pretty simple. She loves video games, art, and makeup, so she combines those things to express herself, resulting in intricate paintings where her body is the canvas. White’s talent is immediately clear, and yet, she has courted no small amount of controversy for simply doing…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 28, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryI Can’t Bring Myself To Play Public Betas Anymore
Beta testing periods and public test realms give players the opportunity to test out new online multiplayer games and content before it goes live. Right now, on the World of Warcraft public test realm, players are poking and prodding at the Vulpera, the new Horde allied race coming in the game’s next major update. I…
By Mike Fahey Published October 28, 2019 -
CultureThe Week In Games: Busting Makes Luigi Feel Good
Luigi we all love you and your funny antics. But we also love sending you into scary and haunted places and making you catch ghosts. I’m so sorry, but you have to do it all again in Luigi’s Mansion 3, releasing this week for Nintendo Switch. Spooky ghost stories! Do you folks have any? Personally,…
By Zack Zwiezen Published October 28, 2019 -
CultureDeath Stranding Is Coming To PC
Death Stranding is coming to PC early summer 2020, Kojima Productions announced on Twitter today. Right now, the game is arriving on PS4 November 8. Here’s the tweet: Sony is publishing Death Stranding, and it was announced as an exclusive for their PS4 console. Traditionally, Sony’s big games have stayed on the PS4, but lately,…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published October 28, 2019 -
CultureTrack: Evolution | Artist: Ayumi Hamasaki | Album: I Am…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 28, 2019