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CultureAnimal Crossing Speedrun Shows K.K. Slider Isn’t That Picky After All
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is about luxuriating by a fishing hole or meticulously planning out your town’s layout. That is, unless you’re a speedrunner. While some runners race to pay off their loans to Tom Nook, others are plotting the most efficient way to get K.K. Slider to come to their island and thereby kick…
By Heather Alexandra Published April 10, 2020 -
UncategorizedLet’s Talk About Final Fantasy VII Remake‘s Mind-Boggling Ending
Now that Final Fantasy VII Remake is out—and given that many of you have been playing it for days thanks to coronavirus-triggered early releases—it’s time we talk about how it ends. Here is your warning: even if you have played the original Final Fantasy VII, you should not read further until you’ve finished Final Fantasy…
By Jason Schreier Published April 10, 2020 -
CultureAnimal Crossing: New Horizons Pulled From Some Chinese Stores After In-Game Hong Kong Protests
Listings for Nintendo’s adorable life sim Animal Crossing: New Horizons have been taken down from online Chinese stores Pinduoduo and Taobao. This comes on the heels of some players using the game to share pro-Hong Kong protest messages. Reuters reported earlier today that searching for the Switch game on Pinduoduo and Taobao no longer returns…
By Ethan Gach Published April 10, 2020 - Uncategorized
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By G/O Media Published April 10, 2020 -
CultureWhat Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for trying to figure out how to watch a movie at the same time as some of my friends. After a long back and forth about technology, we realized we could just call each other on the phone, the way nature intended. The weekend is also for playing video games. I woke…
By Riley MacLeod Published April 10, 2020 -
CultureCovid-19 Concerns Delay Final Fantasy XIV‘s Next Big Update
Originally scheduled for release in mid-June, Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers’ update 5.3 is being pushed back several weeks due to issues stemming from the covid-19 crisis. In a letter to the community, game director Naoki Yoshida detailed the difficulties involved with managing MMO development during a global pandemic. Update 5.25, which introduced new relic hunts…
By Mike Fahey Published April 10, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsThe Difference Between Final Fantasy VII’s Easy And Normal Modes Is Too Drastic
Combat in Final Fantasy VII Remake, especially when facing powerful boss battles, involves juggling normal and special attacks, destructive and healing magics, and strategically exploiting enemy weaknesses. Unless you’re playing in easy mode. Then it’s just button-mashing bullshit. I spent 40 hours playing through Final Fantasy VII Remake, mostly on normal mode, the highest difficulty…
By Mike Fahey Published April 10, 2020 -
AnimeYour Spring 2020 Anime Guide
It’s spring 2020. Now more than ever is a good time to stay inside and watch anime. Below are shows debuting this spring. Are there any you are interested in watching? Let us know in the comments. Enjoy the spring anime. Be well. Stay safe. Ascendance of a Bookworm Part II Studio: Ajia-do Animation Works…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 10, 2020 -
OpinionAccomplishing Things In Animal Crossing Leaves Me Feeling Kinda Bummed
Earlier this week, my partner quit playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons. I have continued to incrementally improve my island with new establishments, nicer houses, and a preponderance of glassy-eyed, unblinking gnome statues. But mostly, I just fish and catch bugs. “It’s something to do with my hands,” I say to her in an attempt to…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 9, 2020 - Uncategorized
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By G/O Media Published April 9, 2020 -
CultureThe Pokémon Company Is Investigating Sword And Shield Cheaters
Pokémon Sword and Shield players recently discovered an exploit they can use to inflate their competitive rankings, and the Pokémon Company is now threatening to ban anyone who doesn’t stop doing it. The exploit revolves around quitting an online match right before you lose by holding down the power button on the Switch. It was…
By Ethan Gach Published April 9, 2020 -
CultureIf You’re Scared Of Spiders, Obsidian’s Upcoming Game Will Have A Mode Just For You
Let’s face it: spiders are scary. Even more so if they get blown up to monstrous proportions. Grounded, the upcoming survival adventure from Obsidian Entertainment, will apparently feature a special “arachnophobia mode” to help players avoid coming face-to-face with the game’s giant eight-legged monstrosities. What exactly this mode will entail is still a mystery Grounded…
By Ian Walker Published April 9, 2020 -
CultureCat Calmly Ruins Twitch Stream
Most cat content on Twitch runs the gamut between harmless use of the animals as cute props and outright abuse. Very rarely does the mischief that these creatures house within their small frames get put on display as it did during a recent broadcast by fighting game streamer David “UltraDavid” Graham. While playing some Killer…
By Ian Walker Published April 9, 2020 -
UncategorizedIn The Age Of Pandemic, Church Is Online
A few Sundays ago, as the coronavirus pandemic swelled in my town of New York City and I remained stuck home alone, I let an overnight focaccia do its second rise while I went, virtually, to church. Going out wasn’t really an option. In an effort to slow the spread of covid-19, most places where…
By Riley MacLeod Published April 9, 2020 -
UncategorizedSix years later Dungeon of the Endless is still getting ported. The excellent tower defense roguelike will finally come to PS4 and Switch on May 15, only five years after it came to iPad and Xbox One. Better late than never though, especially for a strategy game as good as this one.
By Ethan Gach Published April 9, 2020 -
UncategorizedOverwatch’s newest hero, Echo, is bringing her brand of glowy blue justice to the live game on April 14 She’s been on the PC public test server since shortly after her announcement a few weeks ago. Her ult lets her transform into another hero of her choosing, so things are about to get wacky.
By Nathan Grayson Published April 9, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsMinecraft Dungeons Is Like Family-Friendly Diablo
Minecraft’s transformation from an open-world crafting game into a linear dungeon crawler is an odd one, but Minecraft Dungeons is still shaping up to be a serenely welcoming loot-based hack n’ slash. Mojang demoed the game for me remotely last week due to the new work-from-home constraints imposed by the ongoing covid-19 crisis. These constraints…
By Ethan Gach Published April 9, 2020 - Uncategorized
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By G/O Media Published April 9, 2020
