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Overwatch Team Says Player Questioned About Identity Was Impostor After All [UPDATE]
Earlier this week, a player going by the handle Ellie—no first or last name provided—departed Overwatch Contenders team Second Wind after facing harassment and doxxing threats surrounding their identity. This evening, rumors circulated that they may have been an impostor after all. Now their former team has confirmed as much. In a TwitLonger post, Second…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 4, 2019 - Culture
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for going to Norway, to live out my bizarre lifelong dream of turning a birthday in the Arctic Circle. My boss dubbed it “a real-life The Long Dark,” which is pretty on-brand for a Riley dream. I will be unable to play very much The Long Dark before I leave, but I…
By Riley MacLeod Published January 4, 2019 - CultureTwitch
Twitch Re-Suspends Alleged Domestic Abuser After Fan Outcry
Last month, Twitch streamer Luke “MrDeadMoth” Munday was arrested by Australian authorities after a Fortnite stream during which he seemed to be hitting his partner. Twitch suspended his account shortly after. At the start of this week, however, Twitch viewers were surprised to find that Munday’s channel was already back. His suspension, which some presumed…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 4, 2019 - Culture
Wolf Is One Of Competitive Smash Ultimate‘s Most Popular Fighters So Far
Some of the winter’s biggest esports tournaments are still a ways off, but Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which ended 2018 on a Donkey Kong smackdown, begins 2019 strong with a handful more events taking place across the globe this weekend. Last weekend, I noted that the still-evolving meta around Smash Ultimate meant the Let’s Make…
By Ethan Gach Published January 4, 2019 - Uncategorized
HQ Trivia Doesn’t Always Pay Players Their Winnings And Won’t Say Why
For months, players in HQ Trivia, a trivia app that offers cash prizes, say they have been having issues getting their money. HQ Trivia is basically Bar Trivia: The App. Twice a day, every day, there’s a live trivia show, hosted on the app, that has a pool of cash that goes out to the…
By Gita Jackson Published January 4, 2019 - Uncategorized
Ever find something made just for you? This is Arcadia Legends, a community-made remix album from OverClocked ReMix. It takes song from my favorite game, Skies of Arcadia, and turns them into absolute fire. The above track, To the Horizon, incorporates themes from all of the games nations and is simply a delight. Be sure…
By Heather Alexandra Published January 4, 2019 - Uncategorized
Hitman: Blood Money and Hitman: Absolution are getting remastered in 4K and ported to PS4 and Xbox One as part of an HD Enhanced Collection. Out digitally on January 11 for $60, the games will run at 60 fps, have improved textures and lighting, and updated controls.
By Ethan Gach Published January 4, 2019 - CultureKotaku Game Diary
How I Killed My Switch Charger
It was 11:54 p.m. on New Year’s Eve when people started screaming at me to put the big ball drop in Time Square on my TV. It’s sort of the “you had one job” of throwing a New Year’s party, and I had completely forgotten about it. Many gin and tonics deep, I made my…
By Ethan Gach Published January 4, 2019 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Officially Shoots Down Bowsette
Here’s the first heartbreak of 2019: Nintendo has officially made Bowsette non-canon. Last year, Nintendo announced that the Switch version of Super Mario Bros. U would feature a new item, the Super Crown, that turns Toadette into a Princess Peach-esque character called Peachette. Fans ran wild with this idea, imagining it on other Mario characters.…
By Gita Jackson Published January 4, 2019 - Uncategorized
Writer Nicholas Lund has penned an in-depth look at all of the birds and the experience of birding in Red Dead Redemption 2 for the National Audubon Society. Give it a read if you want to be an expert on all of the different types of loons in New Hanover.
By Heather Alexandra Published January 4, 2019 -
UncategorizedWelcome To Apocalypseburg Is The Biggest Lego Movie Set Yet
The first Lego Movie introduced us to Bricksburg, an idyllic cityscape where everything was awesome. Arriving on January 16 ahead of next month’s sequel, the $300, 3,178 piece “Welcome to Apocalypseburg” set is awesome in a darker, grittier sort of way. Lady Liberty, or her shattered remains, serves as the centerpiece to the most impressive…
By Mike Fahey Published January 4, 2019 - Culture
The Deadly Japanese Food That Kills At New Year’s
During the New Year holidays, Japanese people traditionally eat mochi, which is typically translated as “rice cakes” and is incredibly dangerous for older folks. In the West, people might know mochi ice cream, which uses thin pieces of mochi, but in Japan during the New Year’s holidays, people might put bigger (and stickier) pieces of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 4, 2019 -
UncategorizedA Live-Action One Piece Movie Might Look Like This
This isn’t a trailer for a One Piece movie trailer, but if a made-in-Japan version ever gets greenlit, it could like this. Earlier week, Oricon posted this Indeed job recruit spot with actor Takumi Saitoh as Luffy, model Rika Izumi as Nami, comedian Daigo Yamamoto as Usopp, actor Hiroyuki Ikeuchi as Zoro and actor Yosuke…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 4, 2019 -
Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: Snail Mail
Younha is back! Snail Mail is only a single, but her fans—myself included—will take whatever we can get. Within her fandom, Younha is (in)famous for spreading out her music to near comedic levels. Among her full album releases, her most recent album came out in 2017, following her Supersonic album, which released in… 2012. Five…
By Seung Park Published January 4, 2019 -
CultureThe Eternal Castle [Remastered] is a new game based on an old game lost to time. As a kid, one of its creators fell in love with a label-less game he found in his dad’s office, but then it broke. Eternal Castle is an homage to “what could be remembered” about that game, as well…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 3, 2019 - Esports
Overwatch Pro Quits After Harassment Over Whether She Was Really Playing [UPDATE]
Update – 10:30 PM, 1/04/19: Since the publication of this story, new signs have emerged that Ellie may not have been who people thought she was. Earlier today, Aspen, an Overwatch streamer for esports organization Cloud 9, claimed that top-500 player Punisher—her friend—was Ellie after all. “Ellie is not Ellie,” she said during a stream.…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 3, 2019