This week we meet a cool old guy, listen to a bunch of “Hurt” covers, check out a creepy Jar-Jar Binks toy, see more Keanu in Cyberpunk and watch a pretty pancake die.
Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week
https://kotaku.com/the-man-who-invented-karaoke-is-95-and-his-machine-stil-1844154550
Dude has a super old prototype Karakoke machine that still works and meanwhile, my PS4 and Xbox controllers need to be replaced every two years or so.
https://kotaku.com/last-of-us-part-ii-players-seem-unable-to-stop-covering-1844166228
If you live long enough in the apocalypse, you can just start telling people you wrote any song you remember. “Yeah, I call this one ‘Wonderwall.’”
https://kotaku.com/grandpa-is-playing-pokemon-go-in-the-year-2173-1844156863
I can’t wait for a few years from now when we get another update about this guy and he now has a whole bus covered in phones that he drives while running around catching Pikachu and Rattatas.
https://kotaku.com/cyberpunk-2077-is-complex-and-overwhelming-but-it-work-1844163262
I’m excited to play this, even if I’m worried I’m going to lose interest halfway through.
Tweets!
i was thinking 2020 could not possibly manage to get any worse but then they nerfed pyramid head's ass in the Dead by Daylight dlc. when will it end pic.twitter.com/JiZa91U6pN
— wheelable.bsky.social (@wheel_able) June 21, 2020
#GivePyramidHeadHisAssBack
FYI this is how you look to the rest of us when you go outside without a mask pic.twitter.com/g1B73asGFz
— Michal Shafrir (@Miexriir) June 24, 2020
This seems unfair. Jar-Jar is a bit dumb and silly, but even he knows to wear a mask during a pandemic.
https://twitter.com/embed/status/1275511185325113345
The first picture is me in January of this year. The second picture is me today. So I can’t imagine what the pancake and I will look like come December 2020.
News
Microsoft Is Shutting Down Mixer, Moving Streaming To Facebook
Twitch Finally Starts Banning Streamers Accused Of Sexual Abuse
Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ Summer Update Will Let You Go Swimming
A Wave Of Sexual Abuse Stories Is Causing A Reckoning In The Twitch Streaming World
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Creative Director Going On Leave Of Absence Amid Infidelity Scandal
Esports Org Drops Former Evo Champion Over Prior Racist Comments
Wizards Of The Coast Cut Ties With Sexual Predator
Wizards Of The Coast Will Finally Address Racist Stereotypes In Dungeons And Dragons
Here’s July 2020’s Xbox Live Games With Gold
Cards Against Humanity Co-Founder Quits After Complaints Over Sexist, Racist Office Culture
Multiple Women Accuse Games Writer Chris Avellone Of Sexual Misconduct
Bloodstained: Curse Of The Moon Is Getting A Sequel
Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time Comes Out October 2
Trailers & Videos From The Past Week
Depending on how much Keanu is in this game, it might already be a contender for my Game of The Year.
I saw someone suggest Minecraft is “dead” and I just giggled. The game is still raking in millions. It has more players than you can imagine. Just because you and your friends get bored doesn’t mean a game is dead. It just means you moved on.
I know I’m in the minority on this one, but I’m excited about this game. I like Crystal Dynamics, I like Marvel and I’m excited for a comic book game that grows over time.
