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  Culture

  Delightful Virtual Pet Sim/RPG Dog Online Is Bringing Back 2000s Internet Culture

  The mysterious browser game, which is like Neopets mixed with an in-depth retro RPG, is one of 2026's hidden gems

  By Amelia Zollner Published October 7, 2026
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  Culture

  The Smallest Tamagotchi Yet Lives Inside A One Inch Screen On Your Finger

  Tamagotchi Ring shrinks the virtual pet to the size of your finger

  By Alicia Haddick Published August 28, 2026
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  Culture

  Surprise Tamagotchi Paradise Death Bug Is Messing Up Pets That Are Over 256 Years Old

  Seems you can take the virtual pets out of Y2K but you can’t get the Y2K bug out of your virtual pets

  By Zack Kotzer Published May 25, 2026
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  CulturePokemon

  Let’s Rank The Pokémon Spin-Off Games From Worst To Best (Now With Pokopia)

  From Pokopia to Detective Pikachu, here’s our ranking of the games where you don’t catch ‘em all

  By Kenneth Shepard Published March 12, 2026
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  CultureFeature

  20 Extraordinary Indie Games To Slam On Your Wishlist This Black Friday

  Another incredible selection of unknown games, both out now and coming soon

  By John Walker Published November 28, 2025
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  CultureNews

  Scrapped Pokémon Projects And Game Freak Drama: 8 Things We Learned From The Colossal Teraleak

  Yeah, we got a glimpse into Pokémon’s future, but there were a few other interesting nuggets to be found

  By Kenneth Shepard Published October 14, 2025
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  CulturePokemon

  Pokémon Is Launching A Tamagotchi-Style Virtual Pet, But Will It Poop?

  The Takara Tomy device has a color touchscreen and 157 Pokémon

  By John Walker Published September 5, 2025
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  Tips & GuidesTry This Out

  Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 6 Great Games We’re Saying Goodbye To May With

  This weekend were off to dystopian city streets, mirror realms of fantasy worlds, a virtual card table and much more

  Claire Jackson & Carolyn Petit & Ethan Gach & Zack Zwiezen Published May 30, 2025
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  Tips & Guides

  You’re Not Going To Want To Leave ‘Cat Island’ In Assassin’s Creed Shadows

  The real loot is the cats you get to pet along the way

  Brandon Morgan Published April 22, 2025
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  Tips & Guides

  FFXIV‘s Hippo Pet Is Now 900% More Expensive Due To Moo Deng

  On certain servers, the MMO's hippo minion has gone from 17,000 Gil to nearly 300,000 Gil

  By Zack Zwiezen Published September 30, 2024