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CultureDestiny 2’s New Exotic Mission Is Worth Doing Just To Hear Shaxx Sing
Destiny 2’s weekly update today brings with it a new exotic quest that’s short, easy to complete, and ends with one of the best character moments the game has ever had. Devil’s Run is a sidearm that shoots lasers and has one of the shortest questlines I’ve ever come across in the game. All you…
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CultureAlienware Is Definitely Not Ripping Off The Nintendo Switch
This week at CES in Las Vegas, Alienware showed off its ConceptUFO, a portable PC gaming system with detachable controllers that can be played handheld, in tabletop mode, or connected to a television. It is not a Nintendo Switch. For one, the Switch is a real product you can buy, and ConceptUFO is just a…
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UncategorizedHold onto your guns: Exit the Gungeon is coming to PC and consoles sometime in early 2020. The Enter the Gungeon spin-off, a side-scrolling twist on the main game’s roguelike bullet hell, was originally released on Apple Arcade last fall. It’s fun on mobile but is better with a controller.
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CulturePlayer Breaks Out Prop While Speedrunning Fallout 4 To Explain Glitch
Last night speedrunner Tomatoangus flew through all of the main Fallout games in just over 2 hours and 16 minutes, and he pulled out all the stops to do so, including an actual prop to explain how to glitch through an elevator in Fallout 4 While all of the Fallout games have a fascinating litany…
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ReviewsToysNew Model Kits Let You Build Your Own Damn Pokémon
What sounds more fun: picking up a pre-assembled Pikachu from the Pokémon aisle at Target, or building your own Pikachu out of a pile of colored plastic pieces? We’ll find out this spring when Bluefin brings Bandai Spirits Hobby’s PokePla model kits to North America. Building models rocks, especially when those models become fully-articulated action…
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CultureThe Sims Is Officially Getting Tiny Houses
In a move capitalizing on a longtime Sims 4 trend, the next expansion, or Stuff Pack for the game will be focused on tiny homes. I cannot, cannot wait. The Sims 4 has three tiers of expansions, and Stuff Packs are the most minimal. At best, they come with some new furniture and clothes and,…
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CultureEscape From Tarkov Developers Say Adding Playable Women Would Be A ‘Huge Amount Of Work’
Battlestate Games, the studio behind the newly popular online shooter Escape From Tarkov, says they won’t implement playable female protagonists for “game lore” reasons and because it would be too much work. Right now, you can only play Escape From Tarkov as a man. “[T]here will be no playable female characters because of game lore…
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UncategorizedKentucky Route Zero Will Finally End (And Come To Switch) Later This Month
Kentucky Route Zero, the beloved point-and-click adventure game that has been releasing in episodic increments since 2013, will put out its fifth and final act on January 28, 2020. The final act will appear as part of a complete edition of the game titled Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition, which will include all five acts…
By Maddy Myers
