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CultureWe Debate The Best And Worst Super Smash Bros. Games
Among the greatest video game debates—should hard games lower their difficulties? What’s the best controller?—is one that can make even the most docile Nintendo fan into a belligerent shit: Which Super Smash Bros. games are the very best and the very worst? In the Nintendo series’ 20-year run, Smash has had some major bumps in…
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Tips & GuidesHow To Use Mario Maker 2‘s Tricky ‘Scroll-Stop’ Feature
How’s your Super Mario Maker 2 going? Making some Marios? Trying out some of the cool new features? One of the most subtle but powerful new tricks you can do with the Switch version of Nintendo’s brilliant creation game can really change how you build your Mario levels, but it can be tricky to use.…
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EsportsRiot Delays Taking Action Against Echo Fox Over Investor’s Racist Remarks
Back in May, League of Legends Championship Series commissioner Chris Greeley gave esports organization Team Echo Fox an ultimatum: oust investor Amit Raizada over racist remarks he made in the past, or face consequences that could jeopardize Echo Fox’s future in the world of competitive League of Legends. The commissioner gave Echo Fox 60 days…
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UncategorizedUbisoft has released the full list of games that will be on its gaming subscription service Uplay+ when it launches on September 3. There’s just over 100 and only 18 of them are Assassin’s Creed games. The service will cost $15 a month and will also include new games like Watch Dogs: Legion
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UncategorizedMario Maker 2 Level Is Like If Satan Got His Hands On 1-1
The opening level of the original Super Mario Bros. is iconic. Anyone who’s played it likely remembers exactly where to get the first mushroom, which pipe to enter for the secret coin stash, and how to find the hidden 1-Up. A new Mario Maker 2 level takes that knowledge and dips it in lava, turning…
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CultureJoy-Con Drift Is Becoming A Real Problem On The Switch
For months, Nintendo Switch users have been plagued by what’s become known as “Joy-Con drift.” Although they’re not touching the joystick on their Nintendo Switch controller, the console still thinks it’s moving. With no permanent fix being offered by Nintendo, they’re just sick of it. Recently I’ve been doing nothing but playing the upcoming Switch…
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OpinionImpressionsFinal Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers Log Four: Everything And Everyone Else
There are many ways to play through Final Fantasy XIV’s Shadowbringers expansion. I am playing as a goggle-wearing Viera Dancer, dancing and damaging my way toward the finish line. I can’t cover all of the job class changes, role-based questlines, and side content before my review drops. But other FFXIV players can certainly tell me…
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CultureDéjà Poo: Nintendo Deletes Another Mario Maker Level By Popular Speedrunner
A popular Mario speedrunner and Mario Maker level creator said Tuesday morning that Nintendo is once again deleting his Mario Maker levels, this time targeting his popular Super Expert course in Super Mario Maker 2 for the Switch, called “Pile of Poo: Kai-Zero G.” “I am at a loss for words and extremely sad about…
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CultureKotaku Game DiaryI Love Games About Bluffing (Or Do I?)
I love games that involve bluffing, even though I can never tell when any of my friends are lying. This past weekend, my poker night buddies and I played a tabletop game called Skull, which involves bluffing. I didn’t win, perhaps because I have too much faith in my friends. The apocryphal origin story of…
By Maddy Myers
