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Listen To Banjo Read Magic: The Gathering Cards
Banjo, the titular bear from N64’s Banjo-Kazooie, can speak, but not in words. When he moves his mouth only gibberish comes out. It’s a cursed virtual life he leads, especially when he’s forced to read the words on Magic: The Gathering cards. Reddit user haochies created a program called Banjo MTG. It’s pretty straightforward: type…
By Ethan Gach Published February 7, 2019 - Uncategorized
OK, We Can Shut Down Overwatch Toys Now
Wrap it up. Nearly three years after it was first released, and long after I stopped playing the actual game, my one and only Overwatch request has come true, and so there is no need for any further merchandise. There’s a Figma based on Mercy coming next year. Selling for $90 (!) from Blizzard’s online…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 7, 2019 -
UncategorizedBeautiful Battlefield “Trailer” Was Shot Entirely Using Unsuspecting Real Players
By day, Gage Allen makes video game trailers. But for this Battlefield clip, he wanted to do something different. Instead of carefully staging every shot and lining everything up just right, he tried to just play Battlefield, capture a ton of footage of random strangers running around and see what he could do with it.…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 7, 2019 - Uncategorized
Epic Games Store Release Crashes Without Files Called “Steam”
Axiom Verge has been free on Epic’s new game store this week, only with a surprise catch: the game crashed early on because the developer removed a bunch of files called “steam” when bringing the game over from Valve’s shopfront. As PC Gamer report, the issue arose when entering the game’s third area, which contains…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 7, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe Division 2‘s President Has A Different Concern About The U.S.-Mexico Border
The creators of The Division 2 have been clear that their “goal isn’t to make a political statement,” but the game’s new private beta is surely making at least a political joke, or maybe it’s a political wink? When your character walks into the empty, insurgency-wracked Oval Office, they find on the president’s desk an…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 7, 2019 - Uncategorized
World Of Warcraft Guild Beats Newest Raid Boss Before Anyone Else, Twice
Earlier this week, top World of Warcraft guild Method defeated the Mythic difficulty version of the game’s newest raid boss, Jaina Proudmoore, who became available to fight on January 29. Yes, the Jaina Proudmoore, an Alliance leader you’re probably familiar with even if you haven’t touched Warcraft since it became an MMO. It took Method…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 7, 2019 - Uncategorized
Team Fortress 2 YouTuber Returns Three Years After Faking Terminal Illness
The popular Team Fortress 2 YouTuber known as Sketchek has returned to the platform after a three-year hiatus with a new video in which he admits to having lied about being terminally ill. In a now-deleted video originally uploaded to YouTube in November 2015, Sketchek told his fans in the Team Fortress 2 community that…
By Ethan Gach Published February 7, 2019 - Uncategorized
Apex Legends Players Keep Finding Tiny Hidden Animals
Apex Legends just came out earlier this week, and players are already finding some mysterious easter eggs: small model dogs and dinosaurs. Awww. The new battle royale game from Respawn Entertainment is so new I feel like I’ve just barely scratched the surface of what I can do in it. Some players who’ve spent their…
By Gita Jackson Published February 7, 2019 -
CultureBreath Of The Wild Speedrunning Has Changed A Lot In Two Years
Yesterday, speedrunner sketodara01417 completed a speedrun for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in slightly over half an hour. As someone who used to casually speedrun the game, I was awestruck at how much things have changed. New glitches and massively different movement techniques have radically altered the game into something breathtaking to…
By Heather Alexandra Published February 7, 2019 -
UncategorizedClub Penguin Speedrunner Sets New Record In Fan Remake
In May 2016 a player who goes by supermanover00 decided to speedrun the children’s online browser game Club Penguin by seeing how fast they could complete all 11 missions in the game, which they did at 45:43. Club Penguin is no more, but nearly three years later, supermanover00 has returned and beat their previous record…
By Ethan Gach Published February 7, 2019 - Uncategorized
Black Cosplayer Gives All Her Favorite Characters ‘Poofy, Curly Hair’
Most of the time when you see a cosplayer, they’re wearing a wig. One thing you might not have noticed is how often those carefully styled wigs are straight hair, even on anime characters whose hair grows up and out like kinky or coily hair does. Cosplayer Shellanin is challenging that assumption with her own…
By Gita Jackson Published February 7, 2019 - CultureKotaku Game Diary
I Keep Trying To Play Multiplayer Games Solo
I’ve mostly been a single-player gamer. I grew up with Nintendo consoles and went more Metroid than Mario Kart, more Super Mario Bros. than Smash Bros. When I’m playing Destiny, I’ll enjoy some of its spontaneous co-op combat, but I don’t indulge in PvP. So why do I keep buying or trying multiplayer games? My…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 7, 2019 - Uncategorized
The classic role-playing games Baldur’s Gate, Baldur’s Gate II, Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear, Icewind Dale, Planescape Torment, and Neverwinter Nights are coming to consoles for the first time later this year. That’ll be the enhanced edition of each game courtesy developer Beamdog, although they won’t tell me which consoles. Yep, I’m also hoping for…
By Jason Schreier Published February 7, 2019 - Uncategorized
Account merging is now available in Fornite. You choose a primary account to play on and a secondary one to disable, and it will take two weeks for items to merge. There are other restrictions regarding the dates the accounts were last used and platforms that can be merged, which are detailed on the site
By Riley MacLeod Published February 7, 2019 - Kotaku EastJapan
Why Kit Kats Are Good Luck For Japanese Students
Like teenagers across Japan, my eldest son is taking high school entrance exams. Earlier today, my wife returned from our local supermarket in Osaka with a bag of Kit Kats. The snacks are for more than eating. They’re for good luck. In Japanese, Kit Kat is Kitto Katto (キットカット). The Japanese word kitto can mean…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 7, 2019
