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CultureAnother Super Smash Bros. Melee Major Bans Infamous Ice Climbers Technique
Super Smash Bros. competitors have very specific ideas as to how they believe their games should be played. You’ve probably heard some of them before: no items, specific time limits and stages, and so on. Then there’s “wobbling,” which is a high-level Super Smash Bros. Melee technique used by Ice Climbers players; it’s been controversial…
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CultureRockstar Finally Promises To Stop Red Dead Online’s Animals From Randomly Disappearing
The fields and forests of Red Dead Online are supposed to be filled with various different animals. But for months now players have been loading up the game and finding the world devoid of critters. Developer Rockstar has finally noticed the problem and is promising a fix. It’s hard to pinpoint when exactly this problem…
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OpinionImpressionsDark Crystal Tactics Game Is A Pale Imitation Of The Classics
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics doesn’t live up to the promise of its source material, and is a weak imitation of the PlayStation 1-era tactical role-playing games to which it attempts to harken back. It’s not terrible, but it is disappointing. Revealed at last year’s E3, Age of Resistance Tactics looked like an…
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CultureFallout 76 Finally Coming To Steam In April Alongside New Wastelanders Expansion
Fallout 76 lands on Steam on April 7, the same day as the game’s Wastelanders expansion, Bethesda announced in a press release today. The game’s arrival on Steam and the new update have both been in the works for a while. Bethesda announced the apocalyptic MMO would eventually come to Steam last March after initially…
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UncategorizedThe Fable Card Game That Survived The Death Of Lionhead Shuts Down In March
Remember Fable Fortune, the card game that famously survived the closure of Fable creators Lionhead Studios? After two and a half years of operation, it’s shutting down for good on March 4. It was heartening to see a Fable game continue on after Microsoft shuttered Lionhead back in 2016. Mediatonic and Flaming Fowl Studios’ card-based…
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CulturePretzel Pop-Tarts Aren’t Nearly As Bad As They Sound
Here at Snacktaku, we’re big fans of Kellogg’s popular line of filled cardboard breakfast rectangles. We have tried and tested many varieties—basic, peanut butter, soda-flavored, Jolly Rancher—and we’ve come through only slightly scathed. Now Kellogg’s is making the tops of Pop-Tarts caramel-colored and sprinkling them with salt. Fine. We’ll bite. Pretzel Pop-Tarts is Kellogg’s taking…
By Mike Fahey
