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UncategorizedThe Samurai Pizza Cats Official Fanbook Explores The Series’ Japanese Roots
Back in the mid-’90s, a trio of anthropomorphic cybernetic pizza-delivering felines introduced Western audiences to the sillier side of Japanese anime. Samurai Pizza Cats is a wonderful mix of pop culture references, absurd humor, and fourth-wall breaking. Due out later this month from Udon Publishing, The Samurai Pizza Cats Official Fanbook celebrates the Japanese roots…
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For A Brief Period, Anthem‘s Loot System Was Much Better–Then BioWare Fixed A Bug
For a short while over the weekend, Anthem was practically showering players with loot. Players thought this might be the result of changes that came in Saturday’s big 1.0.3 patch, but it turned out it was a bug. Now, despite welcome improvements from the new update, players are back to the same toilsome grind, with…
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The Week In Games: White House Down
Prepare to collect some loot and beat the DC heat, The Division 2 launches this week on PS4, Xbox One and PC. I played a lot of the first game and after playing the beta for the upcoming sequel, I’m excited to jump back into the grind. Oh and I’m excited to close so many…
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UncategorizedFar Cry New Dawn Brings Back A Surprising Element From The Franchise’s Past
Far Cry: New Dawn is the latest game in the series and because it is set after nuclear bombs have destroyed the world, things get a bit strange. Weird creatures roam the world, like deer with bright pink antlers or glow-in-the-dark critters. But another weird element of this nuclear apocalypse actually feels inspired by something…
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UncategorizedMario Games Have Amazing First Levels
Ceave Gaming has done some amazing things in Mario games, like beating New Super Luigi. U without collecting or touching a single gold coin. But in his latest video, Ceave dives into the overall history of Mario. He looks back at the first levels in every 2D Mario game to figure out what makes this…
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It’s Okay To Stop Playing
Recently it was discovered that Anthem was causing some PS4s to crash and possibly even stop working until fixed. Red Dead Online’s latest and biggest update ruined the game for many players and didn’t add enough content. Fallout 76 seems to always be in a constant state of barely working. Many players, even after all…
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‘Shop Contest: Alex Trebek Edition
Sometimes you hear a bit of news that catches you off guard. I recently experienced this when I saw a short video of Alex Trebek, host of Jeopardy!, announcing he had stage 4 pancreatic cancer. I barely watch the show these days, but boy that news hit me hard. It fucking sucks. Cheer me up,…
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Sunday Comics: See You Soon
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published March 4. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published March 4. Read more of Corpse Run Clueless Hero by Luis…
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Horizon Zero Dawn’s Machine Monsters Sure Looked Silly At First
It was recently the two year anniversary for the release of Horizon Zero Dawn. The open world PS4 exclusive is one of the best looking games of the generation and has some incredible looking machine creature, both big and small. But thanks to a fun post detailing some information about the development of Horizon, fans…
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Earn Free Money And Gold In GTA Online and Red Dead Online By Activating Two-Step Verification
Rockstar Games has announced a reward for players who activate two-step verification on their accounts. These players will earn free money in GTA Online and free gold bars in Red Dead Online. First announced on Rockstar’s Newswire blog, this program will reward players with $500k in GTA Online for activating the extra security on their…
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UncategorizedTo Create Smart AI Command & Conquer Devs Made Units Stop Acting Stupid
Developing the popular RTS Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun involved solving a whole host of problems. But the biggest and most interesting problem was figuring out to allow hundreds of troops and vehicles to move around maps without slowing and destroying PCs at the time. The latest video in Ars Technica’s wonderful War Storiesseries is…
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Most PC Stores Have Terrible Controller And TV Support
I prefer to play many PC games on my TV with a controller. Some games, like Far Cry New Dawn, just feel better to me when played using a gamepad on my big TV. Yet, while we now have more stores on PC, with Epic Game Store, Steam, GOG Galaxy, Uplay and others, many of…
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