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CultureTotal RecallLet’s Celebrate Vince Carter, The Last Active NBA Player To Appear On The Nintendo 64
The NBA’s decision to resume inside a “bubble” in Orlandomeans that the season is now officially over for some of the league’s worst teams, who weren’t invited to take part. That includes the Atlanta Hawks, bringing a bizarre end to the career of veteran star Vince Carter, who was the last active player to have…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 25, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsNinjala‘s Cute Shinobi (Literally) Kick Ass And Chew Bubble Gum
In my first match of Ninjala, Gung-Ho Online Entertainment’s free-to-play brawler for the Switch, my baby Hatsune Miku-looking character smacked around my kid-sized competition with a giant bat made of bubble gum, beat up random robots, was transformed into a pile of poop, and then exploded. I am not exactly sure what happened. I got…
By Mike Fahey Published June 25, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsAn Excerpt From Glengarry Glen Nook
“Let me have your attention for a moment. I wanna talk about something important. Put that lily-of-the-valley down. Lilies-of-the-valley are for checkers only. Do you think I’m Flip-ping with you? I am not Flip-ping with you. I’m here from Nook Inc. I’m here from Timmy and Tommy. And I’m here on a mission of mercy.…
By Ash Parrish Published June 25, 2020 -
CultureLast Of Us Part 2 Players Seem Unable To Stop Covering Johnny Cash’s ‘Hurt’
For a long time now, people have joked about dudes who bring their guitars to parties and play “Wonderwall” over and over. It now seems the virtual equivalent of this meme is folks playing Hurt in The Last Of Us Part II The Last Of Us Part II is filled with violence, darkness, and a…
By Zack Zwiezen Published June 25, 2020 -
CultureAsk Dr. NerdLove: Help, Awful Sex Is Ruining My Relationship
Hello, all you electric love swarms, and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only advice column that helps eliminate the need for crunch time to help your love life go gold. This week, we’re taking a dive into love in the time of COVID-19 — both how to find it and how to help it…
Harris O'Malley Published June 25, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsCyberpunk 2077 Is Complex And Overwhelming, But It Works
Cyberpunk 2077 didn’t quite click with me until I met Certo. In a recent demo with the Cyberpunk 2077 devs, I was guiding my character, an urban mercenary and hacker, through her neighborhood when I was stopped by a local boxing coach near his outdoor gym. He had history with my character, apparently, and needed…
By Ian Walker Published June 25, 2020 -
CultureHere’s July 2020’s Xbox Live Games With Gold
July’s Xbox Live Games with Gold has cars, basketball, and a Saints Row game that existed before Saints Row IV, the best one. As always, these games are only “free” if you have an active Xbox Live Gold subscription. July’s Games with Gold are: Xbox One WRC 8 FIA World Rally Championship (July 1-31) Dunk…
By Riley MacLeod Published June 25, 2020 - Uncategorized
Gizmodo See 14 Mind-Blowing Places in Our Solar System | Lifehacker Get Apple’s iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur Wallpapers Right Now | The A.V. Club How to make a good action film: 11 lessons from modern movies | The Root Georgia (Finally) Passes a Hate Crime Bill | Deadspin 30 Reasons Why Baseball Isn’t…
By G/O Media Published June 25, 2020 -
CultureHow’s It Going?: Guitar Edition
What do you know, it’s Thursday. Welcome back to our daily open thread. Sorry my topics are getting so specific these days. Life has gotten very small in a lot of ways, despite my city continuing to open up. (Also, re yesterday’s topic: lettuce soup=disgusting, please avoid, I am full of regrets.) A few weekends…
By Riley MacLeod Published June 25, 2020 -
CultureAnimal Crossing: New Horizons’ Summer Update Will Let You Go Swimming
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is getting a free summer update on July 3 that will add swimming, diving, and a bunch of new furniture to transform your house into a mermaid grotto. Nintendo revealed the update in a trailer this morning that shows the player diving for treasure and chatting with another villager they find…
By Ethan Gach Published June 25, 2020 -
CultureSony Paying Up To $50,000 To Anyone Who Reports PS4 Security Flaws
Sony rolled out a new bug bounty program yesterday that will pay up to $50,000 to any hackers who help expose a major vulnerability in the PS4. Announced over on the PlayStation Blog yesterday, the program is being run in partnership with HackerOne, which works with amateur hackers and security researchers to help make companies…
By Ethan Gach Published June 25, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Carousels | Artist: Doves | Album: Carousels (single)
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 25, 2020 -
UncategorizedGucci Has A $1,620 Esports Watch For You To Buy
Italian fashion brand Gucci is teaming up pro esports organization Fnatic for a limited edition watches that are inspired by its League of Legends team. The quartz watches are Gucci’s stainless steel Dive watches on a rubber strap. Limited to 100 pieces, the watch takes its cue from the organization’s LoL team with “FNATIC” engraved…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 25, 2020 -
UncategorizedHere’s a first look at The War of Genesis: Remnants of Gray, a remake for the first War of Genesis games, for the Nintendo Switch. Developed by ReG Studio, it will be released in South Korea in 2022. No word yet on an international release! (Thanks Sang, for the tip!)
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 25, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanBecause Of Covid-19, Meeting Pop Idols In Japan Has Changed
In the pre-novel coronavirus world, Japanese pop idols held meet-and-greets with fans in which they’d shake hands and pose for pictures. Now, they’re doing it, too, but things have changed. As reported by News Gamme, a series of precautions are being taken for an idol group Momoiro Revolution’s recent live event. For example, fans were…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 25, 2020 -
UncategorizedLast month, Kotaku reported that the in-person 2020 Tokyo Game Show was canceled and would be an online event. Today, organizers announced that Tokyo Game Show 2020 Online will be held for five days from September 23-27 through an official TGS channel with streams, videos, and an esports tournament.
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 25, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsGrandpa Is Playing Pokémon Go In The Year 2173
We first wrote about Taiwanese grandpa Chen San-yuan back in 2018, when he was spotted with 11 phones strapped to his bike so he could play Pokémon Go. In the two years since, he has upped his game considerably. As The Verge report, Chen’s bike+ phone assemblage has slowly got more precarious, from 45 phones…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 24, 2020