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  The Bests

  All The Big Pokémon Games, Ranked From Worst To Best

  Pokémon has come a long way since the days of Red , Blue , and Yellow

  By Ari Notis Published January 31, 2022
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  CultureTotal Recall

  The Best NES Game Turns 30 Years Old Today

  Gimmick pushed the Nintendo console to its limits and endures as a cult classic

  By Ian Walker Published January 31, 2022
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  CultureNews

  Destiny 2 Won’t Become A PlayStation Exclusive Post-Acquisition, Sony Says

  PlayStation boss Jim Ryan says the deal is about making better live-service games

  By Ethan Gach Published January 31, 2022
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  CultureNews

  Make Shopping Online Better With The Wii Shop Channel Song

  This extension makes shopping online so much better with the help of great Nintendo tunes

  By Zack Zwiezen Published January 31, 2022
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  CultureNews

  The Chess World Is Losing Its Mind Over One Grandmaster Potentially Trolling Another

  At 'chess Wimbledon,' Sergey Karjakin played Magnus Carlsen to a draw, upsetting fans

  By Ari Notis Published January 31, 2022
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  CultureNews

  Sony Buys Bungie, Makers of Destiny 2 For $3.6B

  The PS5 manufacturer says games will remain multiplatform

  By Ethan Gach Published January 31, 2022
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  OpinionCommentary

  Pokemon Legends: Arceus Fans Keep Getting Stuck On Its BS Random Monster Quests

  Big Buizel and Silcoon are testing some Nintendo Switch players’ patience

  By Ethan Gach Published January 31, 2022
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  CultureNews

  Worms Developer The Latest To Sell Out Over NFTs [Update: It’s Sorry]

  Publisher Team17 is throwing away its recently-built indie reputation

  By John Walker Published January 31, 2022
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  OpinionCommentary

  Pokémon Legends: Arceus’ Inventory Expansion Is A Rip-off

  Galaxy Hall's Bagin offers you the worst deal in Hisui

  By Sisi Jiang Published January 31, 2022
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  Kotaku East

  Man Makes Power Bank Able To Charge 5,000 Smartphones

  Why charge only one phone when you can charge thousands?

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 31, 2022
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  Kotaku EastJapan

  Pachinko Is Not Doing Well In Japan

  Covid-19 has impacted the industry and led to closures

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 31, 2022
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  CultureNews

  Let’s Check Out Ocarina Of Time’s PC ‘Port’

  Fans reverse-engineered the game's source code in 2021

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 30, 2022
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  Culture

  The Week In Games: The Zombies Are Coming

  Dying Light 2 hits consoles and PC later this week and remastered versions of Life is Strange , too

  By Zack Zwiezen Published January 30, 2022
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  CultureOdds and Ends

  NES Zelda Map Recreated By One Person Using 25,000 Lego Bricks

  It took the creator nearly four months to design and build this Nintendo-inspired Lego art piece

  By Zack Zwiezen Published January 30, 2022
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  CultureNews

  First Proper Trailer For Halo’s TV Series Drops

  The series will be out on Paramount Plus on March 24

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 30, 2022
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  CultureNews

  Nintendo Hits YouTube Soundtrack Channel With Over 1300 Copyright Blocks

  The Japanese publisher continues its crackdown on people sharing Nintendo music via YouTube

  By Zack Zwiezen Published January 30, 2022
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  Culture

  Sunday Comics: Wow!

  Another Sunday means more video game-related webcomics

  By Zack Zwiezen Published January 30, 2022
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  CultureNews

  NFT Minecraft Project Sells $1.2 Million In Tokens, Deletes Everything A Few Days Later

  Blockverse devs deny the project is a scam, instead claiming they vanished because of harassment

  By Zack Zwiezen Published January 29, 2022
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  CultureNews

  Science Has Figured Out The Worst Starting Word In Wordle

  A TikTok user created a custom computer script to figure out the best and worst starting words in the popular game

  By Zack Zwiezen Published January 29, 2022
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  CultureOdds and Ends

  Steamed Hams Is Now A Playable Point-And-Click Adventure Game

  The classic Simpsons meme has been converted into a free to download game via a dedicated fan

  By Zack Zwiezen Published January 29, 2022