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UncategorizedNewly Discovered Fallout 76 Secret Hints At Connections To Other Fallout Games
New holotapes have led players on a hunt for clues about one of Fallout 76’s most recently-added vaults, and what connection the gamemight have to the rest of the series. Fallout 76’s May 7 update added a number of new features, including player-owned vending machines and a new vendor for legendary items at train stations.…
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UncategorizedMy Seven-Year-Old’s First MMO
After playing massively multiplayer online games for over two decades, it’s time to pass the legacy on to my offspring. My seven-year-old son Seamus is playing Adventure Academy, a new educational MMO that teaches him important skills like quest log management, maximizing experience point gain and buying cosmetic items. And probably some math, science, and…
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UncategorizedSub-Zero Can Turn Invisible In Mortal Kombat 11 With A Very Specific Glitch
Several characters in the Mortal Kombat universe can turn invisible, but none to the extent of Sub-Zero in Mortal Kombat 11. Since the game’s release last month, players have discovered a bug that allows the cryogenic combatant to completely disappear, and the issue lingers within Mortal Kombat 11 to this day. The glitch in question…
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UncategorizedSocialist Twitch Streamer Says He’s Changing Minds
Leftist Twitch streamer Hasan Piker guested on the popular leftist podcast Chapo Trap House, and told the Chapo hosts that he’s breaking through to the insular, potentially reactionary teens on Twitch. Hasan Piker, who works for the left-wing news YouTube news show The Young Turks, is a pretty popular Twitch streamer with over 90,000 followers. He’s…
By Gita Jackson - Uncategorized
A new Sony division called PlayStation Productions aims to be the Marvel Studios of PlayStation, developing and producing movies based on Sony’s game franchises, the Hollywood Reporter said today. Rather than license out the rights, Sony has decided to produce the films itself and retain creative control.
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UncategorizedThe head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, says the platform is committed to fighting the “growing toxic stew of hate speech, bigotry and misogyny” people experience in their digital lives in a blog post today. It goes on to lay out the principles and actions Xbox will pursue to be inclusive environment.
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UncategorizedTwo Mordhau Players Wreck Opponents Without Using Weapons Or Wearing Shirts
Mordhau is a game in which players slaughter one another online with medieval weaponry. Within those parameters, there’s still a lot more that players have discovered they can do, from role-playing as fencing referees to taking a break from the fight to shred their brains out on a mandolin. Two players are now making names…
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UncategorizedIndie Band Shows Their Pokémon Love In New Release
Indie band Origami Angel’s upcoming EP, Gen 3, is packed with references to Pokémon. The limited edition cassette tapes, which have already sold out, feature art inspired by the franchise. Although the band’s guitarist and singer, Ryland Heagy, said that the songs aren’t necessarily Pokémon-themed, the series has affected him and his art in unusual…
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OpinionImpressionsDruidstone Is A Worthwhile Tactics-Based Follow-Up To Legend Of Grimrock 2
Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest is pretty to look at, interesting to solve, and absolutely ruthless whenever you get things wrong. Drenched in classic fantasy and tabletop role-playing game mechanics, it’s part of a new breed of tactical role-playing games that leans more on puzzles than numbers. The game has you explore the…
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UncategorizedThree Of The Most Obscure Transformers Have Been Modernized For 2019
The Firecons are far from the best-known Transformers ever made. Released in 1988, the little robots that turned into spark-spitting monsters were nobody’s Optimus Prime, Megatron or Omega Supreme. And now, suddenly, 31 years later, they’re making a comeback. Flamefeather, Cindersaur and Sparkstalker are returning in remade form in the upcoming Siege expansion to the…
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CultureThe Week In Games: Race Together, Die Alone
Get ready to go fast! Team Sonic Racing is speeding into stores this week for all major platforms. Our own Mike Fahey enjoyed the game, calling it “…a very good kart racer with a game-changing co-op twist.” So we are getting a new kart racer featuring Sonic and then in June another kart racer starring…
By Zack Zwiezen
