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CultureNewsTonight, The Internet Broke
It’s not just you or the sites you visit. A huge part of the internet went down earlier tonight, and everything from entertainment providers to video services to news sites were impacted. It appears (though this hasn’t been 100% confirmed) that an outage at Fastly, the CDN (Content Delivery Network) provider that powers…well, a huge…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 8, 2021 -
Kotaku EastJapanWith Japan Closed To Tourists, Empty Buildings In Akihabara Are Increasing
With Tokyo still under state of emergency orders due to covid-19, and the country closed to tourists, businesses relying on visitors have been hit especially hard by the pandemic. As John Daub from the Only In Japan YouTube channel points out, “Akihabara is one of the places that has changed the most over the last…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 8, 2021 -
AnimeLet’s Compare Tough Anime Dudes To Their Live-Action Movie Versions
One of the fascinating things about live-action adaptations is comparing how the actors bring the animated characters to life. So, with the upcoming Tokyo Revengers movie, let’s do just that! What can make live-action anime or manga adaptations so difficult is the ensuing film can look like people playing dress-up instead of embodying the characters…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 8, 2021 -
CultureNewsAntoine Griezmann Is Playing Football Manager The Hard Way
Barcelona and France striker Antoine Griezmann is currently getting ready to try to win Euro 2020 with his national side, but on the way to the tournament he’s been showing off his skills in a different game: Football Manager, where he’s been doing very well indeed. Here’s Griezman, laptop out in mid-air, boasting that his…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 8, 2021 -
CultureNewsHuge Fallout 2 Mod Finally Translated From Russian Into English
Olympus 2027, a famous Fallout 2 mod that completely replaces the original game with a new setting and storyline, is now finally available to play for those of us who can’t read a word of Russian. Olympus is centred around…Olympus, an enormous tower in Silicon Valley that becomes a fortified haven for surviving billionaires. It…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 7, 2021 -
CultureNewsHomeworld 3’s Weird Fan Investor Scheme Has Been Cancelled
It was very exciting to hear back in 2019 that Homeworld 3 was in development. The news was tempered a little at the time, though, by a very strange investment-based crowd-funding scheme that was attached to the project, despite the fact the game was being bankrolled by Gearbox, a major publisher. It wasn’t a traditional…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 7, 2021
