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Kentucky Governor Blames Violent Video Games For Shootings
During an interview yesterday on a talk radio program, Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin said violent video games are partly responsible for mass shootings like this week’s in Parkland, Florida which killed 17 people and wounded 14 more “Guns are not the problem; we have a cultural problem in America,” Bevin said on the Leland Conway…
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Meet Rough And Tumble, Two Brand-New Sonic Comic Villains
A new era of Sonic comics begins in April, when IDW releases the first four issues of its Sonic the Hedgehog series. The skunk brothers above are Rough and Tumble, a pair of new villains who’ll be causing a stink for Sonic and Knuckles in issue three. Last year Sega surprised fans when it announced…
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UncategorizedVR Experience Relives The Assassination of MLK
A new virtual reality game lets you witness the civil rights movement up close and even witness Martin Luther King Jr.’s final moments. I Am A Man is a VR experience created by Derek Ham, an assistant professor at North Carolina State University. It transports you to Memphis, Tennessee in 1968 at the height of…
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The New Lego Harry Potter Line Starts With Hogwarts’ Great Hall
Lego returns to JK Rowling’s Wizarding World later this year, with new sets based on the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts series. Like the Lego Harry Potter Hogwarts Great Hall, a $99 set featuring ten minifigures, two buildable creatures and a ridiculous amount of detail. From the original Lego Harry Potter line that launched in…
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Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: Bom Bom Bom
Spring is in the air! Or, at least, it doesn’t seem as cold as it used to be, and I’ll take all the hopeful signs I can get. Here’s a slightly premature celebratory song. (Bom means spring in Korean, by the way.) Roy Kim rose to fame in 2012 through the music competition show Superstar…
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UncategorizedThe Way You Learn Abilities In Fe (Pronounced ‘Fee-Ya’) Is My New Favorite Thing
Of all the different ways I’ve gained new abilities in video games, singing softly to animals as a baby fox is definitely my favorite. In Zoink’s Fe, players control a small fox-like creature named Fe as it runs, climbs and glides its way through an otherworldly forest. To defend the wilderness from the mysterious “Silent…
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UncategorizedI Answered 18 Of Your Questions About Bayonetta 1 & 2 On Switch
This is not a review of Bayonetta. Oh no, my friend. This is something else entirely. Bayonetta—and its sequel Bayonetta 2—are action video game masterpieces that are out on Friday for the Nintendo Switch. I’ve been playing them for a couple of days. I asked you (on Twitter!) to ask me anything about the games.…
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance‘s Xbox Patches Are A Mess [UPDATE]
Due to a confusing and opaque updating process, Xbox One players are still trying to figure out how their version of Kingdom Come: Deliverance compares to the one on PS4 and PC. Mixed messages from developer Warhorse Studios don’t seem to be helping. The newly released game made waves earlier this week due to an…
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