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CultureThe PlayStation Forums Are Closing Down
For the longest time, Sony has run its own official message board, a place where PlayStation owners could get together, hang out, ague pointlessly and, most importantly, troubleshoot. But on February 27, that board will be shutting down. Sony announced the move late last week with a very short, very blunt message: Hello, Beginning 27th…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2020 -
CulturePersona 5 Royal Is Editing Two Homophobic Scenes
Persona is a series that has sometimes struggled with homosexuality, like Persona 4’s well-meaning-but-ultimately-busted approachto Kanji’s romance. Persona 5, meanwhile, had a couple of scenes involving a “Scruffy Romantic” and “Beefy Trendsetter” on release that were…yeah. Here’s the first of those scenes: Just so you can get a clearer idea of the tone, here’s the…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Rodeo | Artist: Lil Nas X (ft. Nas) | Album: 7
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 17, 2020 -
CultureThis Is A Controller For A Sega Saturn Game
Weird controllers! I love ‘em! And so does the YouTube channel Stop Skeletons From Fighting. They recently released a video going over some of the dumbest, weirdest and most expensive controllers ever made. A few months back, SSFF uploaded a great video about weird Dreamcast accessories, including a fishing controller you can use for a…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 17, 2020 -
UncategorizedSome Of The Weirdest Times Real-Life Presidents Appeared In Video Games
Past presidents of the United States have appeared in video games more frequently than you might expect. And often, these appearances are strange or feel out of place. Let’s look back at some of the weirder presidential video game cameos and appearances. Why? Because today is a national holiday in the United States. Happy President’s…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 17, 2020 -
UncategorizedReal World Fortnite Teasers Hint At Gold And Cats For Season 2 [Updated]
Fortnite’s Season 2 is a few days away. While there haven’t been hints of a big in-game event this time around, players are finding clues about what the next season might contain both in-game and in teasers around the real world. The teases seem to have started over the weekend, with people reporting seeing glitchy…
By Riley MacLeod Published February 17, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsZombie Army 4 Is Just Another Zombie Game, But It’s A Really Good One
Zombie Army 4 doesn’t reinvent the wheel. If you have played a shooter or a game featuring zombies in the last 5 years, you will have seen almost everything Zombie Army 4 does throughout its story campaign. Big armored zombies, last stand moments against waves of enemies, some RPG mechanics, co-op, special abilities, Nazi zombies,…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 17, 2020 -
CultureThe Week In Games: Slide To The Left, Slide To The Right
It’s time to power slide and shoot some robots. Vanquish is being released on PS4 and Xbox One this week, alongside Bayonetta. It is a good day for fans of action games. I’ve been putting off playing Vanquish for too long. I need to just buy it and play it. I’ve gone too long in…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 17, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Jolene | Artist: Dolly Parton | Album: Jolene
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2020 -
UncategorizedThe upcoming seventh episode of A Certain Scientific Railgun T will be delayed due to the effect coronavirus (COVID-19) has on production. In its place, the show’s sixth episode will be re-aired. The new broadcast date will be announced on the show’s official site at a later date.
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanRice Balls Like You’ve Never Seen Before
YouTuber Onigiri Gekijou (Rice Ball Theater) specializes in making rice balls that are unlike anything I’ve ever seen. And I’ve seen lots of rice balls! Onigiri Gekijou calls this “onigiri art,” and is uploading how-tos on YouTube. That’s very nice! Many of the techniques, such as mixing ketchup and mayo to make a pinkish color…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapan’s Ageless Manga Artist Meme Continues Into 2020
This is Hirohiko Araki. He does two things: churns out JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure and refuses to age. The manga artist is famous for not appearing to grow old as the rest of us do. The fact that his appearance has stayed the same for years is a meme in Japan. Every time Araki makes a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2020 -
UncategorizedJapanese FIFA Fan’s Favorite Team Is Not Very Good, Travels 6000 Miles To See Them Anyway
Japanese FIFA player Akito Aoki flew all the way from Japan to the UK last week to watch his favourite team play. And while you’d expect that to be a club from the Premier League, or maybe the Championship (ie, the second division), he was actually there to watch Stockport County, a side currently toiling…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 16, 2020 -
CultureTotal RecallWhen Konami Employees Got Complaints For Being Too Dirty
I’ve been readingthrough the new book Japansoft: An Oral History recently, and while it’s full of very cool and interesting stories about the earliest days of Japanese game development, there’s one story in particular that’s my favourite. The book is a prettier and more concise repackaging of John Szczepaniak’s excellent The Untold History of Japanese…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 16, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Dead Of Night | Artist: Orville Peck | Album: Pony
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 16, 2020 -
CultureIt Seems A Playable Xbox Build Of StarCraft Ghost Has Leaked (Update)
Here’s something I didn’t expect to see today: New gameplay footage of StarCraft Ghost. The third-person shooter had a rocky and well-known development history before being officially canceled by Blizzard, something confirmed back in 2014.Now an early Xbox build seems to have leaked out and popped up online. Andrew Borman posted some screenshots on Twitter…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 16, 2020