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CulturePokémon Masters EX Hashtag Looks Real Bad In Lowercase
Last month, the mobile game Pokémon Masters underwent some changes. In addition to new story events and trainer pairings, it also received a new name: Pokémon Masters EX. But we’re not here to talk about any of that. We’re here to talk about how the game is getting promoted on Twitter, chiefly through a hashtag…
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CultureBiden Campaign Brings Centrist Yard Signage To Animal Crossing
It’s September 1, the 2020 election is barely two months away, and the Biden campaign has hit the ground running with some very official Animal Crossing: New Horizons designs for players to show support for the Democratic ticket throughout their islands. As The Verge reports, there are four separate designs. The first features the official…
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CultureHow’s It Going? Hooray September Edition
It’s still hot outside, the sun is still shining bright, but there is an end in sight. Welcome back to our daily open thread. It’s going to be another month before the leaves start changing in my area, and who knows when the temperatures will drop from “it burns” to “this is nice,” but it…
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CultureSay Goodbye To Summer In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
It’s September in Animal Crossing: New Horizons unless you’re a dirty time traveler, and the onset of Autumn brings new bugs, new sea critters, new crafting components and recipes, and no more Sundays wasted on August firework shows, thank goodness. Last month’s fireworks were nice, but giving up a rotating visitor every Sunday so Red…
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Culture8BitDo’s New Arcade Stick Is Quite Charming
The fine folks at 8BitDo sure know how to put together attractive controllers. This is their new arcade stick for the PC and Nintendo Switch. It’s super-moddable, supports wired and Bluetooth connections, has easy button mapping, and even has a turbo function. All that tech, yet it still looks like a time traveller from the…
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CultureKotaku Game DiaryMoon Taught Me To Appreciate Its Weird World The Hard Way
Moon: Remix RPG Adventure is a niche “anti-RPG” from 1997 that last week made its way westward, for the first time ever, via Switch. While the digital manual provides some much-appreciated assistance, I recently found myself stuck in a game-ending situation that would have been entirely avoidable had I respected the game’s world. The main…
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CultureKotaku Game DiaryWasteland 3, From The Perspective Of A Wasteland Newcomer
Early on in Wasteland 3, you’re forced to make a choice. The family of one of your party members, a young woman named Lucia Wesson, was recently killed. An early quest has you stumble upon a camp of downtrodden apocalypse survivors, where you meet Lucia’s ex-boyfriend. Even if he didn’t technically pull the trigger, he’s…
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CultureHorizon Zero Dawn PC Patch Fixes Bug That Kept Aloy Stuck As A Child
Growing up is a normal part of life. Except for certain Horizon Zero Dawn players on PC who remained stuck as young Aloy after their games crashed in the middle of a cutscene. Out today, the game’s 1.03 patch on PC fixes a number of bugs, of which the PC version has had many, including…
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CultureKotaku Game DiaryThe Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Of Returning To Dragon Age: Origins
I knew this would happen. The second I saw that Dragon Age 4 video at Gamescom, I knew I’d be back on my particular brand of Dragon Age bullshit. I want you to know I tried. I fought against the siren’s call as best as I could. But like many an ancient sailor, I too…
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CultureEVE Online Gets Game-Changing Storms
Between pirates, scammers, alien invaders, and other players, one is never truly safe in EVE Online. Recently, a brand new threat has emerged, one with the ability to force players to change how they play the game: the weather. Gigantic storms have begun to appear all across the game’s galaxy following a recent update. These…
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CultureKotaku Game DiaryYes, I Have Bagged Red Dead Online’s Most Elusive Bovine
Gather round folks, and let me share with you the absurd tale of my week-long hunt to find a stupid bull in Red Dead Online. A few weeks ago a new role involving animals, the naturalist, was added to Red Dead Online. The role’s main focus is collecting samples from most of the game’s animals,…
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CultureDragon Ball FighterZ Gets Harsher Penalties For Rage Quitters
The latest Dragon Ball FighterZ update includes a new system that will impose harsh penalties on those who rage quit, in an effort to stem the tide of players disconnecting from online matches. According to an in-game news bulletin, players who “deliberately disconnect” from an online match will be restricted from entering online lobbies for…
By Ian Walker
