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CultureOdds and EndsGarrus Vakarian, I Am Free For Dinner On Thursday
The Mass Effect Legendary Edition is a month away. Today, BioWare put out a new video and developer blog detailing the process that went into graphically updating the Mass Effect trilogy. Weeding through all the technical information, I have come away with an important conclusion: Somehow, some way, BioWare has made Garrus Vakarian hotter. Through…
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CultureGiving Up On Cyberpunk 2077 Not An Option, Says CD Projekt Red CEO
Speaking with Reuters, CD Projekt Red president and joint CEO Adam Kiciński said that the developer is in it for the long haul when it comes to fixing Cyberpunk 2077 “I don’t see an option to shelve Cyberpunk 2077,” Kiciński told Reuters. “We are convinced that we can bring the game to such a state…
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CultureBattle For The Grid Turns Street Fighters Into Power Rangers (Again)
Don’t call them Chun-Li and Ryu. The two new characters coming to fighting game Power Rangers; Battle for the Grid on May 25 are the Blue Phoenix Ranger and the Crimson Hawk Ranger. Following up on the 2018 addition of Ryu, Chun-Li, Akuma, Cammy, and M. Bison to mobile brawler Power Rangers: Legacy Wars, developer…
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CultureOdds and EndsSega, You Might Want To Choose A Different Font
Sega recently announced a new Ultimate Quest for Phantasy Star Online 2 known as “Anal Battle: Space-time Interstice.” Starting tomorrow, players with an Ark above level 90 will be able to face off against the Primordial Darkness in a solo mission with some great rewar… …o-oh, wow, okay. Hey folks, I’ve just learned the Ultimate…
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CultureRoblox Player Fakes Their Way Into White House Press Briefings
An independent journalist named Kacey Montagu has spent the last few months integrating herself within the White House press corps, lying about her connections to outlets both real and fictional to ask the Biden administration questions during official briefings. But according to Politico, Montagu doesn’t exist outside of a conspiracy organized in Roblox “I love…
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CultureOdds and EndsEven Outriders Has Flat-Earthers
Outriders is set on an exoplanet roughly a dozen light years away from Earth, so it’s no surprise the game features some anomalies, like electromagnetic hurricanes and tank-sized, fire-spitting arachnids. But perhaps the strangest entity in People Can Fly’s loot-shooter is also a familiar one: human beings who believe the planet is flat. Giovanni “Hailstorm”…
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CultureNintendo Unveils New Blue Switch Lite, Which May Also Be Purple
After a year and a half of noncommittal colors like grey, turquoise, bad mayonnaise yellow, and coral, Nintendo gives us a Switch Lite that’s confident enough to call itself blue, even though it’s sort of purplish, depending on your eyes and/or display settings. The new blue Switch Lite, due out May 21, is blue in…
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CultureBlack Is Magic: How Magic: The Gathering Is Transforming One Teacher’s Game Club
On the wall in Mike Lawton’s classroom rests a cardboard cut-out of a Black man. It’s not Martin Luther King Jr. or any other famous Black figure from history—it’s a mage—dark skinned and powerful-looking as a spell shoots from his fingertips. It’s Teferi, one of Magic: The Gathering’s most powerful main characters known as Planeswalkers,…
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CultureFortnite Says Ahoy To Horizon‘s Aloy
Aloy, the protagonist of robot-dinosaur-busting game Horizon Zero Dawn and its upcoming sequel, Horizon Forbidden West, is the latest crossover character to join Fortnite. She’ll be playable starting April 15. Aloy’s addition is part of Fortnite’s “Primal” season, which added crafting, wildlife, and a new biome to the game. It also saw the death of…
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ReviewsBacklogWhy Did No One Tell Me About Maneater?
There are backlogs, and there are theoretical backlogs. Those games you never bought, but heard about, thought about getting, and then never did for whatever reason. I’m finding this fallow period for big game releases an excellent opportunity to reach into that pile of potential purchases, and grab something I missed. Like, say, Maneater When…
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ReviewsKeyboardsKinesis’ TKO Is My New Favorite Compact Keyboard
Kinesis Gaming’s new 60 percent keyboard is a lot more than just small and portable. The TKO Tournament keyboard’s got hot-swappable switches, an optional triple-split spacebar, and the ability to tilt up either side for maximum ergonomic comfort. It’s more than I knew I needed in a tiny keyboard. When I turn to a 60…
By Mike Fahey
