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Tips & GuidesHow To Have The Best Time Playing Super Mario Party
Mario Party games go poorly when tempers run hot. One minute, you’re about to finally (finally!) grab a star. The next, one of your so-called “friends” uses a Golden Pipe and snatches it from your grasp. Or maybe you’re stuck in a rut of poor mini-game performance. Coming dead last in a dozen mini-games in…
By Ari Notis Published May 21, 2020 -
CultureBorderlands 3‘s Next Big Expansion Will Be A Western
Gearbox announced the third big expansion for Borderlands 3 today. It’s called Bounty of Blood: A Fistful of Redemption. It’s a western (sling those 87 bazillion guns, Vault Hunters) and it’s out on June 25. Announced during today’s episode of “The Borderlands Show,” Bounty of Blood will be all about “revenge and redemption” (like a…
By Ari Notis Published May 21, 2020 -
UncategorizedEvery Big Game Coming Out In Spring 2020
Spring is here, the flowers are in bloom, and the urge to go outside and frolic is strong. Cracking open a window and letting in some fresh air while you game is almost the same thing. With games like Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the Final Fantasy VII Remake, and The Last of Us Part II…
By Mike Fahey Published May 21, 2020 -
CultureValorant Will Be Available To Everyone On June 2
Since early April, Valorant, Riot’s new mashup of Counter-Strike and super powers that not even tactical peeking can stand up to, has been in closed beta, available only to those who luck out while watching streamers play on Twitch. In a couple weeks, however, that’s going to change. Per a press release from Riot, Valorant…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 21, 2020 -
CultureHow’s It Going?: Positive Thinking Edition
It’s Thursday, which makes it almost Friday. Welcome back to our daily open thread. I was reading an article on CNN this morning about Trump’s roots in Norman Vincent Peale’s brand of positive thinking, a connection I didn’t know much about. The CNN article reads, “But in a way, [Trump spiritual advisor Paula] White perfectly…
By Riley MacLeod Published May 21, 2020 - Uncategorized
Gizmodo The ‘Snyder Cut’ of Justice League Is Being Released | The A.V. Club Nightmare fuel: 21 horrifying moments from children’s entertainment | Lifehacker How to Successfully Fly Standby | The Takeout So your strawberries probably have bugs inside them | The Root Over 600 New Coronavirus Cases Hit One Michigan Prison
By G/O Media Published May 21, 2020 -
CultureThis Is The Raymond Amiibo Animal Crossing Fans Deserve
Animal Crossing: New Horizons has blown up since it launched in March, and Raymond, the most sought after villager in the game, has blown up alongside it. Now there’s a fan-made Amiibo honoring his ascendance. Created by Twitter user 5_pandasan, the Amiibo perfectly captures the cat’s refined charm and lowkey asshole-ness (thanks NintendoLife). Pandasan even…
By Ethan Gach Published May 21, 2020 -
UncategorizedSting Entertainment’s role-playing roguelike Baroque is coming to the eShop in Japan later this year Originally released on the Sega Saturn only in Japan in 1998, the game was remade and ported to PS2 and Wii a decade later. It’s an incredibly interesting but obtuse game with a lovely soundtrack.
By Ethan Gach Published May 21, 2020 -
CultureDoom Eternal Losing Controversial Anti-Cheat Software In Next Update
Doom Eternal has only had Denuvo anti-cheat software for a week, and already Id Software has agreed to take it out following the backlash from some PC players. “Despite our best intentions, feedback from players has made it clear that we must re-evaluate our approach to anti-cheat integration,” Marty Stratton, the game’s executive producer, wrote…
By Ethan Gach Published May 21, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanYouTuber Drinks Really Old Final Fantasy Potion Drink
Back in 2005, Square Enix launched a Final Fantasy Potion energy drink in Japan to promote Final Fantasy XII. The beverage was made by Suntory, and I remember having it and thinking it tasted like a Japanese energy drink. But that was then and not 2020. What exactly did it taste like? If you’ve had…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 21, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJunji Ito Manga Continues To Inspire Freaky Cosplay
Junji Ito has created some of the most striking horror manga ever made. His style is instantly recognizable and keeps inspiring cosplayers who aim to bring his nightmares to life. As Kotaku previously posted (here and here), cosplayer Ikura is a master of Ito horror cosplay. But she’s not alone. Twitter user Suksuk_z is the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 21, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Bubblegum | Artist: Cookii
By Luke Plunkett Published May 20, 2020 -
CultureWind Waker Speedrunners Conquer Its Terrible Battleship Minigame
Randomness can be a problem in even the best-planned speedruns. No matter how good a runner gets at memorizing patterns and performing intricate maneuvers, an unlucky bit of RNG can ruin a run in no time flat. This was frequently the case with the “Sinking Ships” minigame in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker,…
By Ian Walker Published May 20, 2020 -
CultureCustoms Seizes 86,000 Fake Pokémon Toys For Very Weird Reasons
US Customs has seized 86,000 bootleg Pokémon figures, worth an estimated $600,000, hidden inside a shipment arriving from Hong Kong earlier this week. Which is fine, that happens all the time, and fake Chinese stuff is violating trademarks, so this is literally Customs’ job. But instead of just saying that the figures are fake and…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 20, 2020 -
CultureEA Is Releasing Command & Conquer And Red Alert’s Source Code
We’re all very used to seeing modern games ignore or even remove mod support, so it’s nice to see that EA of all publishers is going the extra mile for the modding community with the upcoming re-releases of the original Command & Conquer and Red Alert In a post on the project’s Reddit page, producer…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 20, 2020