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CultureNew Online Harassment Hotline Offers Emotional Support To Game Industry
Several prominent members of the gaming community have come together to organize a new text-based hotline aimed at providing emotional support to the industry, especially those that feel isolated by abuse and harassment. The Games and Online Harassment Hotline, which was announced earlier today during a Games for Change panel and launches on August 3,…
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CultureGoogle Announces Stadia Is Getting More Games, But Not Much Else
Stadia is still here, still getting additional games, and might one day be really cool, but nothing in today’s Stadia Connect event made it look like the platform has turned a corner as it struggles to establish a new ecosystem for gaming. The most exciting game (at least to me) announced during today’s event was…
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UncategorizedThe Next Stage Of EVE Online‘s Alien Invasion Is Here
For the last six weeks, EVE Online has been under siege by an extradimensional enemy known as the Triglavians. Recently, players were asked to join alongside the Triglavians and help them gain a foothold in the EVE universe. Many players accepted this challenge and fought alongside the alien invaders against the NPC empires and against…
By Lee Yancy - Uncategorized
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ReviewsPS4Ghost Of Tsushima: The Kotaku Review
Ghost of Tsushima is a game of compulsion. Like most open-world adventures, everything is designed to get you to explore what’s over the next hill or across that nearby river. The map is peppered with question marks, many of which surround towns and temples in which you meet allies and upgrade equipment. Helpful diversions like…
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CultureCreaks, the latest game by Amanita Design, maker of Chunchel and Machinarium, is coming out July 22 on PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC. It’s a spooky-looking puzzle game reminiscent of a series of Edward Gorey illustrations brought to life, and it’s apparently been in development for eight years
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CultureOdds and EndsYouTuber Uses Kinect Mod To Play Mario 64 With A Trampoline
It turns out using motion controls to make Mario jump is hard work. YouTuber Super Louis 64, who you might remember from beating Halo 3 with a guitar or taking on Dark Souls 3 with a Ring Fit, is back again, this time with a bizarre new control scheme for Super Mario 64. Using a…
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CultureOdds and EndsEverything Is Cake Now, Including Dragon Ball Z Characters
He’s cake! He’s really cake! Memes hit a whole new level of galaxy brain over the weekend after a viral July 8 tweet showing all manner of objects being cut in half to reveal layer-cake inside changed how we think of reality: I think, therefore I am…cake? Maybe it’s the months of lockdown as a…
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CultureOdds and EndsDestiny 2 Players Speedrun The Game’s Mind-Bending Prophecy Dungeon In Minutes
Prophecy is a three-person mini-raid full of gorgeous skyboxes and fun puzzles, both of which are on full display in a recent speedrun in which players cleared the Destiny 2 dungeon in just over eight minutes. Added when Season of Arrivals launched in early June, Prophecy lets players dig a little deeper into some of…
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OpinionUbisoft Reworked A Famous Holocaust Quote To Promote Watch Dogs: Legion, And Nooope
You know the quote. It has various edits and permutations, but here’s one you’ve probably heard: First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out, because I was not a communist. Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out, because I was not a socialist. Then they came…
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UncategorizedStrong Songs, a music podcast hosted by former Kotaku editor Kirk Hamilton, recently tackled the “World 1-1″ theme from Super Mario Bros It’s a neat look at the various pieces that make up the iconic track as well as some of its influences, like the mambo stylings of Tito Puente. Check it out!
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OpinionImpressionsDeath Stranding Plays Very Well On My PCs
Death Stranding, a very, very good PlayStation 4 game from Hideo Kojima and his game-making friends, launches on PC tomorrow. I cannot say the game runs well on every gaming PC, for there are too many gaming PCs and my home is small. I have tested it on two of the gaming PCs I have…
By Mike Fahey
