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CultureSunday Comics: Take Our Money!
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 April 30. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published April 27. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Astroneer Costume, Winners!
Last week, we all learned not to wear a Halloween costume as a form of virus protection. But also, I tasked you with taking ashockingly silly and dumb ideaand having some fun with it. Our winning image this week was created by Rembrantt who shows us what shopping during a pandemic looks like in 2020.…
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CultureOne Image Taken Before Disaster
This week on Snapshots a skateboarding president, a big dog, a sad hug, gruff cowboy closeups, Spider-Man kicking in the air and a photo taken right before tragedy. “Hey, clones! What’s this about an order…66? Or maybe 65?” Kotaku Snapshots is a weekly look at some of the best, funniest and coolest screenshots players have…
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UncategorizedYou Have To Use Cheats To See The Only Hidden Watermelon In Half-Life: Alyx
Watermelons could be found hidden in a few spots throughout Half-Life 2. But for whatever reason only one melon is hidden in Half-Life: Alyx and it can’t even be seen unless players use console commands. As documented in a recent video by Half-Life superfan MarphitimusBlackimus, there is a single melon in Half-Life: Alyx. It is…
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UncategorizedWhat Your Predator Mask Says About You
The new Predator game is out and it’s fine. But it does offer a nice selection of masks for fans to unlock and wear. But a mask is more than just a mask. It is a window into a person’s soul. Or in this case a Predator’s soul. So let’s figure out what each mask…
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CulturePokemonHoundoom Will Make You Feel Pain For The Rest Of Your Life
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 Houndoom! Houndoom Details Type: Dark/Fire Average Height: 4′ 07″ Average Weight: 77.2 lbs First Added In Generation II I…
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CultureHow’s It Going?: Old Games Edition
Another weekend, another open thread. Come chat with other folks about how things are going. Clearing your backlog of games is always a nice idea, but the allure of older games I’ve played is hard to ignore. So instead of playing something I’ve never played before, I decided to start playing the original Gears Of…
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CultureMemorial Statues Honoring Soldier Voice Actor Rick May Appear In Team Fortress 2
Valve has updated Team Fortress 2 and added memorial statues featuring the Soldier as a tribute to Rick May, who died last month. May, who voiced the Soldier in Team Fortress 2, passed away on Apri 13 due to complications involving COVID-19 after recovering from a stroke. He was 79 years old. He had voiced…
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CultureMorning CheckpointCount Dooku Has Evolved
Hello! This week we dunk on Elon Musk, check out a cool LEGO Mario game, watch an android do some flips, ask rich companies to help more, check out the new Apex Legends character and meet the new Dooku. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week I will never understand why so many people think…
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Lifehacker What to Watch This Weekend | The A.V. Club The best movies on Amazon Prime | Jalopnik How I Built A $100 Drive-In Movie Theater To Hang Out With Friends While Social Distancing | Gizmodo The Leeroy Jenkins of Tech Sends Tweet, Wipes $14 Billion Off Tesla’s Market Value | Jezebel Inside New York’s…
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Tips & GuidesSome Tips For Animal Crossing: New Horizons‘ May Day Maze
Historically, May Day is a holiday with deep-seated spiritual roots, but you may know it more from its modern reinvention as International Workers’ Day. Animal Crossing: New Horizons is lorded over by the most insidiously craven capitalist in animalkind, but Tom Nook is still using the occasion to let players earn some Bells by navigating…
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CultureClassic Streets Of Rage Soundtracks Getting Reissued On Cassette
Sure, one can get Wayô Records’ reissues of Yuzo Koshiro’s legendary Mega Drive soundtracks to Streets of Rage and Streets of Rage II digitally or on compact disc, but why not pick a format capable of melting on the dashboard of your car or being eaten by hamsters? While the merits of the music from…
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ReviewsFallout 76 Wastelanders: The Kotaku Review
Fallout 76 is an incredibly frustrating game. Its combat feels like trying to unseize an overheated engine by hand. Bugs and occasional game crashes, though much rarer than at launch, remain ever present. Fallout 76 demands a lot of you if you just want to survive, and a ton more if you want to flourish…
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CultureUpcoming Guild Wars 2 Episode Won’t Release With Voice Acting Due To Covid-19
The upcoming third episode of Guild Wars 2’s fifth season will release without voice acting, developer ArenaNet said in a recent announcement. The studio plans to record voiceover and add it to the game at a later date. Since the Guild Wars 2 team is working remotely due to covid-19, The Icebrood Saga’s next chapter,…
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CultureLast Of Us II Leakers Are ‘Not Affiliated’ With Naughty Dog, Sony Says
Earlier this week what appeared to be major spoilers from The Last of Us Part II leaked on YouTube and Reddit. Sony now says it knows who the leakers were, and contrary to widespread online speculation, can confirm they were not a disgruntled Naughty Dog employee. “SIE has identified the primary individuals responsible for the…
By Ethan Gach
