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CultureMorning CheckpointA Sea Of Thieves Player Is Hiding On An Island And Waiting For You
Hello! Today we long to ride a motorcycle, discover the corn man, think about tricking pirates on a deserted island and ruin(?) Smash Bros. with dicks. It’s Morning Checkpoint! Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week Like most weeks, Kotaku was filled with some great stories. Here are a few of my favorites! Humanity once…
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UncategorizedKonami’s New Arcade Collection Could Have Been A Lot Better
Konami’s Arcade Classics Anniversary Edition is out this week, collecting eight of its classic coin-op games like Haunted Castle, Gradius, and Twinbee. While the games and the emulation are solid, Konami has taken a strangely bare-bones, region-locked approach to the collection that makes it a lot less exciting than it could have been. Here are…
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OpinionImpressionsGod’s Trigger Is A Hotline Miami-Style Shooter That’s Better With A Buddy
A demon and an angel need to kill lots of people to stop Armageddon. That’s the premise of God’s Trigger, a gory top-down shooter whose slick combat and interesting levels help make it more than just another Hotline Miami wannabe. Out this week on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, God’s Trigger sees you play…
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UncategorizedThe No Man’s Sky Community That Feels Like A Car Show
Although No Man’s Sky has true multiplayer now, there are still only a few ways to interact with other players. In order to show off your cool stuff or help other players find the tools or ships they want, you have to exchange coordinates with them offline. The Reddit community NMS Coordinate Exchange helps facilitate…
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EsportsArcade Setups Keep The Dream Of Competitive Darkstalkers 3 Alive
The fighting game extravaganza MIXUP returns for its third year this weekend in Lyon, France. While it’ll showcase tournaments in all the current major games like Street Fighter V, Tekken 7, and Dragon Ball FighterZ, it’ll also be home to a number of more niche side events, including one for the beloved Capcom arcade classic,…
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UncategorizedA Pokémon-Inspired Retro Game Is Bringing Monster Collecting To PC
In Disc Creatures, you play as a licensed Disc Ranger canvasing the world for monsters who will fight on your behalf and be content to spend their downtime stored inside CD-ROMS that get uploaded to the DiscRnet. It’s set to release on Steam later this year and everything about it feels retro and looks freaking…
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UncategorizedThe Coolest and Silliest Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Stage Builder Creations So Far
In addition to adding a new playable character, the latest Super Smash Bros. Ultimate update also included a creative mode that gives players the ability to make their own elaborate stages. While many have used this new mode to craft all sorts ofphallic fighting arenas, a few have lifted their minds out of the gutter…
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UncategorizedI Want To Play As The Characters Designed In Project Runway‘s Video Game Episode
In last night’s video game themed episode of Project Runway, the designers were tasked with creating video game characters. Not only did I find it to be a compelling piece of reality TV, I also now want to play games starring all the characters they created. Project Runway is my favorite competition-based reality television show…
By Gita Jackson
