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UncategorizedSuper Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz Is A Lot More Fun Now That It’s Not On The Wii
Released for the Wii in 2006, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz got flack for its unwieldy motion controls. Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD, due out October 29 for the PC, PlayStation 4, Switch, and Xbox One, has no motion controls, and it’s much better for it. Who doesn’t love steering monkeys encased in transparent…
By Mike Fahey Published October 29, 2019 -
CultureIt’s A Good Day For Persona Art Lovers
The work of Shigenori Soejima, the Japanese video game artist responsible for most of the characters in the Persona series, makes me happy. His characters are so bursting with personality and life I can’t help wanting to get to know them. Every page of Udon Publishing’s newly released English version of Shigenori Soejima & P-Studio…
By Mike Fahey Published October 29, 2019 -
CultureTrack: Orphans | Artist: Coldplay | Album: Everyday Life
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 29, 2019 -
CultureCosplayAnd Now, Some Excellent Gundam Model Cosplay
This isn’t just a Gundam cosplay. Oh no, this isn’t just a Gundam cosplay, but it actually looks like it’s a plastic Gundam model. Here is a close-up of the Zgokzogok’s Sinanju costume: According to IT Media, Zgokzogok started the costume this January and finished it in September. As the site points out, the cosplay…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 29, 2019 -
UncategorizedIn South Korea, Netmarble announced it’s developing a Ni no Kuni smartphone game. Players will build up their own kingdoms and will compete with and face off against other players. The game has been announced for South Korea, and it has yet to be announced whether or not it will be released internationally.
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 29, 2019 -
Kotaku EastJapanJapanese Government Honors Shigeru Miyamoto As Person of Cultural Merit
Each year, the Japanese government honors people for their important cultural contributions. Included in this year’s Person of Cultural Merit honorees is Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto. Congrats! Those awarded the merit come from a variety of fields including the arts, music, science, and academia. Twenty individuals were named as Person of Cultural Merit recipients, including Miyamoto.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 29, 2019 -
UncategorizedResident Evil 5 And 6 Run Just Fine On Switch
Resident Evil 5 and 6 are not as fondly remembered as other games in the series, but I’ve always been a bit of an apologist for them. I was intrigued when Capcom announced they were coming to the Switch. Would the console be a good place to play these less loved Resident Evil games? The…
By Zack Zwiezen Published October 29, 2019 -
CultureDeath Trash is a post-apocalyptic action-RPG set in an intriguing world. And by intriguing, I mean kinda gross. There are fleshworms, fleshkraken, and locations with names like the Puke Bar. But the game seems intent on marrying gross-out pulp appeal with smart design and player freedom; you can exit dialogue whenever you want, and you…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 28, 2019 -
UncategorizedH̷̗̠̻̖̥̦͇͕̳̠͎͎̄̈́̓̈́̈̆́̈́̈́̕ͅͅo̵̳̥͎̥̜̣̞̒̋̈́̔ṅ̸̳̦̜̗̜̦̐̈́̾̏͜k̸̼̪͙̱̺̜̬̤̳̼̳͙̆̃̊͛͊̈͋̕!̷̡̢̨͚̠̪̣̰̖͍̘̺͇͙̙͐͆͂̈̂̍͘͝ ̴̨̜̭̤͉̮̯̱͕̰̩̉͆͗B̴̨̨̛͉̰̫̻̼̞̊̓̓̀̈̀̊̓e̷̛̝̯̰͔͉̕ͅh̵̛͈̩̠͊̍́͌̑̈́̒͑̏̑́͘ö̶̜̫̺̣̻͖̜͈̤͈̟̭̩̰́̾͛͌l̶̰̱͓̹̿̈͠͝d̷̩̼̱͇̝̒̈́̅̉̉͌̚ ̸̡̦̝̭̦̣̘̀̈́͜T̴̼̩̞̮͇̼̟͚̓̕̕͜ḩ̴͎͓̪̟̫̭̤̪̣̪͖͌͗̀̇̕͝͝ͅe̸̡̫͕̙͙͓̳̣̥͚̗̜̖̺͓͑̇͆̑͊̕͘̚ ̵͕̘̲̫̱̫̱͎̳͉͆̿̓̈̿̓̄̓̓̑̎̀̆͠͝ͅͅN̷̼̥̠̤̯͔̙̦͓͔̆̃͆̌͑͋͂̃̽̚i̵̞̳̼̱͓̼̻̺͙̣͈͙͗͛̓̀̍̔́́̄̕̚̕͝ģ̶͇̼͗́͛̆̓̕͝ͅḥ̶̡̨̞̬͚̺̱̹̤̦̒̿͜͝ͅt̶̥̹͔̱̘̭̐̅̐̅̕m̶̮̥͚̻͉͖̬̪͎̅͐̄̿̽͛̍́̈́̆͑͒̌à̶̢̨̢̫͓̙̖̼̩̺̩͑̿ř̵̙̺͇̣̠̠̦̩̜̘̬̤͊̀̀̔̇͜͝͠ͅë̸͈̪͚̯̜͈̞͙͔̰͔̤̤̺́̍͐͛̉͗̀̋̂͒͂̃́̄̚ ̴̢̨̨͈̭̞̯̱̻̘͍͇̥̒͒̓̎͌̈́͗G̸̨̢͔͍͇̮̫̻͉͙̎̔̍͒̿̀͆̊͜õ̵͉̩̜̥̞̳̦̻͍͉̼̀̅̄͐̀̆̽͛͊̃̌͊ơ̷͈̠͍̥͙̗̣̺͚̱̥͓̙̟͗͋̏̂̿̈́̒̈́͝s̸̩̜̪͊̐̈́̇̚͠ȩ̶͉̹̥̻͈̟̈́̊͊̐̌͂̎̀͜͜͜
“It’s a lovely day in the village, and you are a horrible…”.
By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2019 -
ReviewsBoard GamesArkham Horror: Final Hour Is A Terrible Introduction To Lovecraftian Board Gaming
I wrote about Mansions of Madness last week, because it’s a great game and I loved every second of it. This week, I’m writing about a different, newer Arkham game from Fantasy Flight, and yikes, this one I don’t like anywhere near as much. Final Hour is a new game that massively strips back the…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2019 -
CultureTeenage Fortnite Pro Swatted Live On Stream
Fortnite pro Cody “Clix” Conrod—who is only 14 years old—was in the middle of a Fortnite Championship Series game on the weekend when his home was swatted. As Dexerto report, Conrod announced to viewers watching mid-stream that he would have to be leaving the match. “Police are here…yo, I just got swatted…one second, I gotta…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2019 -
UncategorizedAfter A Terrible 2019, Blizzard Is Going All-In At BlizzCon
The plan was always to wait for BlizzCon. In November of 2018, after a PR blow-up surrounding the ill-advised announcement of the mobile game Diablo Immortal, Blizzard’s staff knew that they just needed to make it through the next year without incident. If they could, they’d be able to win fans back with a suite…
By Jason Schreier Published October 28, 2019 -
UncategorizedFallout 1st Is Creating A Class Divide Among Fallout 76 Players
Last week, Bethesda revealed a premium subscription service for Fallout 76. Things started rough with glitches erasing player supplies and private servers that weren’t all that private after all. Now there’s another problem: growing tensions between regular and premium players splitting the community on economic lines, and creating a burgeoning class war in digital Appalachia.…
By Heather Alexandra Published October 28, 2019 -
CultureTwitchTwitch Streamer Explains Why Painting Her Body On Camera Isn’t Sexual
The equation underlying Sophia “Djarii” White’s Twitch stream is really pretty simple. She loves video games, art, and makeup, so she combines those things to express herself, resulting in intricate paintings where her body is the canvas. White’s talent is immediately clear, and yet, she has courted no small amount of controversy for simply doing…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 28, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryI Can’t Bring Myself To Play Public Betas Anymore
Beta testing periods and public test realms give players the opportunity to test out new online multiplayer games and content before it goes live. Right now, on the World of Warcraft public test realm, players are poking and prodding at the Vulpera, the new Horde allied race coming in the game’s next major update. I…
By Mike Fahey Published October 28, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsDownloading Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare Was An Absolute Nightmare
It’s easy to feel nostalgic for the time when playing a new release meant cracking open a plastic box and slotting a cartridge into your console. It’s even easier when you’ve been watching the “download” bar crawl upwards for three hours. By hour four, you’re pulling your hair out. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published October 28, 2019 -
CultureThe Week In Games: Busting Makes Luigi Feel Good
Luigi we all love you and your funny antics. But we also love sending you into scary and haunted places and making you catch ghosts. I’m so sorry, but you have to do it all again in Luigi’s Mansion 3, releasing this week for Nintendo Switch. Spooky ghost stories! Do you folks have any? Personally,…
By Zack Zwiezen Published October 28, 2019
