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CultureArt Of Rally, A Minimal Driving Game, Looks Fantastic
I covered Art of Rally back in early 2019when it was supposed to be out in late 2019. That obviously didn’t happen, but a delayed game can always be a better game, and Art of Rally sure is looking nicer than the last time we saw it. It’s now due…sometime later this year on PC
By Luke Plunkett Published August 20, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsA DSLR Lens On A Game Boy Continues To Rule
I knowI’ve written about this before, but I just love it so much, and this video is so good that I’m going to do it again. Reader Sam was messing around with the same 3D-printed DSLR mod that I wrote about in 2018, but instead of using it to massively zoom in on stuff like…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 20, 2020 -
CultureFall Guys Was Almost Called Stumble Chums
Game development, like any creative endeavor, is an iterative exercise in brainstorming and fine-tuning. A recent Twitter thread by Mediatonic creative director Jeff Tanton gave everyone a brief glimpse into that process as it pertained to Fall Guys, which apparently had several possible titles before the studio settled on its final name. Fall Guys got…
By Ian Walker Published August 20, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsFlight Simulator Pilots Make 16-Hour Flight From LA To Dubai In Real Time
One of the big draws with Microsoft’s new Flight Simulator is that it recreates the entire planet to scale. What that means is, if you want, you can fly from one airport to another in real-time. And few airports are further away in a single trip than LAX and Dubai International Airport. It takes around…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 20, 2020 - Uncategorized
The Root Taraji P. Henson Talks Mental Health, While Cory Booker Takes on the Health of Our Finances at The Root Institute | The A.V. Club The best movies on Disney+ | Gizmodo This Voice-Controlled Faucet Gives Me Perfect Temperature Water Every Time I Ask | Jalopnik Here’s How The Cheapest Electric Car In The…
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CultureTwitchStreamers Furious After Ad Company Uses Twitch Donations To Advertise Burger King
One of the most enjoyable aspects of Twitch is that you can never entirely predict what sort of alchemical chain reaction a streamer and their audience will create together. Recently, an ad agency representing Burger King decided to cash in on this inherent unpredictability, seemingly without asking anybody. Streamers are, to put it lightly, not…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 20, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsChill Out, Battletoads
I’m not exactly sure what I’m supposed to call Battletoads 2020. A long-awaited sequel? A spiritual reboot? A love letter to an old classic whose most memorable quality was that hardly anybody could beat it? In any event, it feels good to play in short bursts, but its humor and chaos overshadow it. I wanted…
By Ethan Gach Published August 20, 2020 -
CultureHow Deathloop, Gran Turismo 7, Spider-Man: Miles Morales Will Use PS5 Controller’s Fancy Features
At first glance, the PlayStation 5 DualSense controller doesn’t look like a huge level-up over its predecessor, the DualShock 4. The shape is similar, the layout is near-identical, and the iconic button quadfecta (Square, Triangle, Circle, X) sure hasn’t gone anywhere. But there are a few subtle improvements. One Sony has trumpeted in recent months…
By Ari Notis Published August 20, 2020 -
CultureCapcom Hands Down Odd Punishment For Street Fighter V Player’s Outburst
A poor experience with Street Fighter V’s online multiplayer during a recent Capcom Cup qualifier sent one top player on a childish tirade against both the organizers and the player who beat him. Capcom announced today that he will have to start the next tournament in the losers bracket. Victor “Punk” Woodley is one of…
By Ian Walker Published August 20, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsStephen King Baffled By Tekken Jargon
I love horror novelist Stephen King. I love fighting games. But it seems those two flavors don’t go together all that well. It all started last night when a random Tekken player, as they are wont to do, hopped on Twitter to demand changes from the developers. I won’t bore you with the competitive implications…
By Ian Walker Published August 20, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsSpiritfarer Pokes Fun At Animal Crossing’s Jerk Raccoon, Tom Nook
Spiritfarer and Animal Crossing: New Horizons have a lot of shared DNA. Both feature anthropomorphic animals with distinct personalities. Both give you a space of your own that you can shape to your whims. Both demand a meticulous level of resource management. And both, more surprisingly, star a morally defunct raccoon salesman who worships at…
By Ari Notis Published August 20, 2020 -
CultureLatest Fall Guys Update Prevents Consecutive Team Games
Fall Guys is great, but if there’s one thing on which most players can agree, it’s that the team-based mini-games don’t quite live up to the fun of the solo competitions. The game’s latest patch relieves that a bit by making back-to-back group activities a thing of the past. Thanks to an update released this…
By Ian Walker Published August 20, 2020 -
CultureHow’s It Going? RIP Summer Edition
It’s cold where I am, at least too cold to take a swim. Which is good because our pool’s been empty since a tropical storm flooded the yard (and our basement) earlier this month. Do we clean it out and fill it back up? Take it down and admit this summer blew? I should probably…
By Ethan Gach Published August 20, 2020 -
CultureHitman 3 Will Be An Epic Games Store Timed Exclusive On PC
Snuck onto the end of a Hitman 3 location reveal, developer IO Interactive announced that Hitman 3 on PC will be exclusive to the Epic Games Store for the first year. “In January 2021, you’ll be able to play Hitman 3 on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, Google Stadia and PC,…
By Riley MacLeod Published August 20, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsCreepypasta Spins The Strange And Unsettling Circumstances Around Cancelled Tomb Raider Game
As I was doomscrolling (heh) Twitter early this morning (a deeply unhealthy part of my morning ritual) I came across a thread written by Xalavier Nelson Jr., former PC Magazine writer and Narrative Designer on ‘90s internet simulation Hypnospace Outlaw. Nelson’s thread hooked me from the very beginning, promising a never-before-heard story about a video…
By Ash Parrish Published August 20, 2020 -
CultureSony Says PS5 Is Definitely Still Launching This Year
We still don’t know how much the PS5 will cost nor its exact release date, but in a new interview Sony executive Eric Lempel said the ongoing global pandemic hasn’t changed the company’s plans to launch the console later this year. “We will launch this year—that will happen—and from my end we will absolutely make…
By Ethan Gach Published August 20, 2020 -
CultureNew Souls-Like Looks Cool Even If It Might Never Come Out
Overnight, Chinese developer Game Science Studio released a 13-minute gameplay video for a project it’s working on called Black Myth: Wukong and it looks amazing, even if it’s nowhere near coming out. An action adventure game that appears to be inspired by the Chinese novel Journey to the West, the trailer features a monkey warrior fighting…
By Ethan Gach Published August 20, 2020 -
CultureControl Publisher Posts ‘Explanation’ About Next-Gen Upgrades That Doesn’t Explain Much
505 Games tried to explain why owners of the existing version of Control won’t be able to upgrade to the PS5 and Xbox Series X versions in a blog post today and didn’t succeed. Last week, the publisher of Control announced a new version of the game called Control Ultimate Edition that would include the…
By Ethan Gach Published August 20, 2020 -
CultureMorning MusicSpelunky’s Sublime Music Keeps Me Addicted To Dying
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s new, daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Ever play Spelunky? No no no. We are hipsters here, so obviously I meant the original freeware game from 2008. Ugh, whatever. Just come in already. I don’t recall how I first found Spelunky, but…
By Alexandra Hall Published August 20, 2020
