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CultureSunday Comics: Giving Thanks
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published Nov. 23. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Nov. 23. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…
By Riley MacLeod Published November 29, 2020 -
CultureUri Geller Says Nintendo Can Print Kadabra On Pokémon Cards Again
Spoon-bending magician Uri Geller gave Nintendo permission to use the character Kadabra on Pokémon cards today, after a 2o year legal dispute in which Geller claimed the Pokémon’s Japanese name and image were too close to his own. “I am truly sorry for what I did 20 years ago,” Geller tweeted today. “Kids and grownups…
By Riley MacLeod Published November 28, 2020 -
OpinionI Won’t Miss Fortnite‘s Marvel Season
Fortnite’s Marvel-themed season comes to an end next week, with super villain Galactus finally arriving on the island on Tuesday afternoon. Dataminers are finding lots of references to past season events, Epic has put out some streaming rules suggesting there’ll be copyrighted music, and we really have no idea what we’re going to get from…
By Riley MacLeod Published November 28, 2020 -
CultureRIP, Disney Infinity, And Thank You
Disney Infinity was, in 2013 at least, trying to be the biggest thing in both games and toys. Yet only three years after launching, in 2016 it was gone, its servers closed down, its playsets discounted then removed from stores entirely. Where once half the point of the game was building new levels and worlds…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 28, 2020 -
CultureSaGa Frontier Is Getting A Remaster
Square Enix announced a remaster of 1998 PlayStation game SaGa Frontier today, coming summer 2021. SaGa Frontier Remastered will be available on Switch, PS4, Steam, iOS, and Android. In a tweet, the developer says the remaster will feature “updated graphics, events, cutscenes, enhancements, (and a new protagonist!).” Here are the full details from the YouTube…
By Riley MacLeod Published November 28, 2020 -
CulturePS5 Owners Say They’re Receiving Bans After Selling PS4 Users Access To The PS Plus Collection
If you’re one of the lucky ones to have been able to buy a PS5 already, you’ll know that with a PlayStation Plus subscription you also get access to the PS Plus Collection, 20 well-loved, properly good PS4 games. But if you’re still on PS4, that bundle isn’t available to you. Well, it didn’t take…
By John Walker Published November 27, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsThat Night, Steeped By Blood River Looks Like Nothing Else You’ve Played
That Night, Steeped By Blood River is one of the most interesting-looking games I can remember This surrealist exploration game has an aesthetic so unique that I’m convinced I’ll dream like it tonight, and as such am somewhat put off going to sleep. Created by Taylor Swietanski, TNSBBR is on one level a fairly standard first-person…
By John Walker Published November 27, 2020 -
CultureSplitscreenVideo Games Sure Do Have A Lot Of Bad Dads
It’s the day after Thanksgiving. Your gut is heavy with leftovers, your vision blurs from the accumulated eye crust of countless naps. You find yourself wishing to engage in the greatest of all American holiday traditions: watching a sport you don’t usually care about while drifting in and out of sleep. Sports, though, are old…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 27, 2020 -
CultureAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez Vs. Jagmeet Singh At Among Us, Streamed Tonight
Last night Jagmeet Singh, leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party, challenged US Democrat Ocasio-Cortez to a streamed game of Among Us. AOC agreed, and it’s on, tonight at 4 pm PT/7 pm ET. USA vs. Canada. Pick a side. This really does seem like the ideal way forward for international politics Although what if it…
By John Walker Published November 27, 2020 -
CultureThere’s A Bridge In Red Dead Online That Can Fling You To Mexico
The excellent trampolinists at Eurogamer report there’s a bridge in Red Dead Online players are using to fling themselves out of the map. Bear with me a moment, I’m workshopping Facebook taglines: A Bridge Too Far The Bridge Over Troubled Slaughter An Occurrence At Shit Creek Bridge Nailed it. The denizens of Reddit have been…
By John Walker Published November 27, 2020 -
AnimeFans In Japan Don’t Want These Anime Turned Into Live-Action Movies
In the past few years, there have been a handful of popular anime turned into live-action films. A few have been good, but many have not. Recently, Joshi Spa, a popular site aimed at Japanese women, polled 200 of its women readers ranging in ages from 30 to 49, asking them which anime they did…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 27, 2020 -
CultureMarvel’s Avengers Didn’t Sell As Expected, Says Square Enix
Earlier this month in Japan, Square Enix held a briefing for investors. This week, the Tokyo-based game company finally released an official transcript of the meeting. During the presentation, Square Enix President Yosuke Matsuda said, “The HD Games subsegment posted an operating loss as initial sales of Marvel’s Avengers were lower than we had expected…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 27, 2020 -
CultureTrack: All You’re Dreaming Of | Artist: Liam Gallagher | Album: All You’re Dreaming Of (single)
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 27, 2020 -
CultureCrusader Kings III’s New Ruler Designer Is, Ahem, Very Nice
Crusader Kings III got a free update this week, introducing a new “ruler designer” that lets you completely customise the leader you begin the game with. From their beards to their sexuality to their statistics. It’s all very personal and cool, but let’s just focus on those statistics for a second, which can be pushed…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 26, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsSuper Cable Boy Is A Precision Platform Game For Normal People
Imagine for a moment a precision platformer that is not only amazing-looking and smartly designed, but also accessible to regular human beings. Dizzy? It’s possible! I found it! It’s Super Cable Boy I understand the purpose of precision platform games. They’re for a select group of people whose gaming skills far exceed my own. They…
By John Walker Published November 26, 2020 -
CultureIn The Console Wars, Astro’s Playroom Is Extraordinarily Effective PlayStation Propaganda
As I finished the short delight of Astro’s Playroom, sitting back in satisfaction at having defeated those daft dinosaurs, I found myself bathing in the warm glow of affection for a quarter-century of Sony technology, reminiscing about the days of… wait, hang on? I’ve never given a toss about PlayStations before. What is happening to…
By John Walker Published November 26, 2020 -
CultureCyberpunk 2077 Is Very Definitely Coming Out December 10, Probably
You would be forgiven for being dubious. Cyberpunk 2077 was originally due to come out in April 2020, and while some certified geniuses entirely correctly stated this would never happen, many were convinced. Come January the release date was enormously extended until September, then by June it was bumped to November. So in October, a…
By John Walker Published November 26, 2020