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CultureAs Palestine Suffers, A Call For Action
Stop me if you’re heard this one before. The last week has seen an increase in violence by Israel against the people of Gaza, an area that should constitute the state of Palestine but is instead an open-air prison subject to apartheid conditions imposed by the fascist Israeli government. What started as a protest last…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Baby Fallen, Winners!
Last week I asked you all to create some images featuring the adorable Fallen babies which were introduced during this latest season of Destiny 2. You all did great, but the cute Fallen baby helped a lot. Our winning image this week comes from KaputNoob who has recently become a powerhouse in the comments below…
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CultureBabies Love High Kicks
This week on Snapshots get ready for some action! Get ready for some speed! Get ready for some… dead birds? Sure. That too. This week has some great screenshots from games like Resident Evil Village, New Pokemon Snap, and Far Cry 4. “KICK MORE! MORE KICKS!” Kid, I’m tired. Give me a moment to drink…
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CultureOdds and EndsDIY Device Zaps Your Balance Nerves To Simulate Real Motion
Large, arcade-style motion simulators (like Sega’s R360) can physically toss you around in response to onscreen action, which can increase the immersion and also just feel cool. But these simulators are big and expensive. YouTuber Mean Gene Hacks decided to use electrodes and a driving game to create his own hacked-together motion simulator for under…
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CultureOdds and EndsFans Have Translated All Of The Native American Dialogue In Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
Fans working with experts have translated all of the Kanien’kehá:ka dialogue that appears in the Vinland section of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. Around the halfway point or so of the massive Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Evior takes a trip to Vinland, an area of coastal North America. During her time in Vinland she meets the Kanien’kehá:ka, or…
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CultureWatch Dogs: Legion’s Next Update Will Add 60 FPS Performance Mode On PS5 And Xbox Series X
In its upcoming 4.5 title update, Watch Dogs Legion will finally get a 6o FPS performance mode on next-gen consoles. The news was teased by Ubisoft in a blog post covering the last update for the open-world action game. When Watch Dogs Legion launched back in October of last year, it was one of the…
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CulturePokemonImpidimp Gets More Powerful By Annoying People
Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Impidimp! Impidimp Details Type: Dark / Fairy Average Height: 1′ 04″ Average Weight: 12.1 lbs. First Added In Generation…
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CultureFFXIV Endwalker‘s Second New Job Is The Scythe-Wielding Reaper [Update]
Revealed this evening during the Final Fantasy XIV Digital Fan Festival keynote, the melee damage-dealing Reaper will join the previously announced healing Sage as the second new job introduced in this fall’s Endwalker expansion. Update: The release date is November 23 and playable bunny boys are included. It’s not a Necromancer, it’s not a Temple…
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CultureOdds and EndsQuick, Take A Dip In Animal Crossing Before Nintendo Fixes The Glitch
Animal Crossing New Horizons players just discovered a new glitch that lets them climb inside different objects, including pools and bathtubs. The glitch quickly grew popular and many players are asking Nintendo to leave it in the game. The most common use of the new glitch is to relax in the many inviting-looking pools that…
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OpinionImpressionsMass Effect Legendary Edition Makes The First Game Required Playing
Mass Effect Legendary Edition is out today, remastering BioWare’s space trilogy with 4K HD graphics and other kinds of tweaks and twinges to bring the games into the current generation. Of the trilogy, the original Mass Effect stands out as the game benefiting the most from graphical updates and quality of life enhancements. From what…
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CultureThat Time I Accidentally Started A Pandemic In Cities: Skylines
To all of the people who live in Ariberg, my Cities: Skylines metropolis, I am truly sorry. My intentions were pure, I swear. Like many other wide-eyed millennials, I set out to enact meaningful change, to prove that American cities needn’t rely so heavily on a car-centric framework. But in the process of trying to…
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OpinionImpressionsThese Famicom Detective Club Games Have Aged Surprisingly Well
There’s nothing about the art, animation, voice work, or music of Nintendo’s new Famicom Detective Club games that betray their origin as a pair of Japan-exclusive Family Computer Disk System adventures from the late 1980s. The dated gameplay, however, is a dead giveaway. Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir and its prequel, Famicom Detective Club:…
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CultureOdds and EndsMass Effect Legendary Edition Has A Calibration Menu
Mass Effect Legendary Edition released today, and if you’re a long-time fan of the series, you’ll find a nice Easter egg before you even start your first campaign. If you pop into the Options menu in Mass Effect, there’s a new section called Calibration. This is a cheeky reference to everyone’s favorite space lizard bird…
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CultureGoogle Says Everything At Stadia Is Fine, As The Water Reaches Their Noses
The last 12 months or so have been rough times for Google Stadia. Lawsuits, its main first-party development studio shutting down with little warning, issues with indie devs and key folks leaving the company. But according to Google, a company famous for shutting down services, everything is fine. They added a search bar and Resident…
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CultureWhat Are You Playing This Weekend?
This weekend is for playing Mass Effect Legendary Edition. That’s it. Nothing else may be done or played this weekend. There will be no celebratory vaccine brunches or prolonged afternoon naps. Just an endless parade of dead-eyed Shepards approving messages. I know there are many people out there who don’t care about Mass Effect, along…
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CultureKaty Perry And Pikachu Traveling Through Time Singing Songs, As They Do
Remember way back in January, when I wrote “Katy Perry Teams With Pokémon For Some Sort Of 25th Anniversary Music Thing?” We now have that thing. Check out the video for Perry’s new single “Electric,” in which the singer and her Pikachu travel back in time to interfere with their unevolved forms. In the video…
By Mike Fahey
