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Comedian Speedrunner Will Tell you Everything You Wanted To Know About Paper Boy
Usually speedruns are about breaking the game to reveal hidden secrets that help players finish it as quickly as possible. Speedrunning Paper Boy, on the other hand, means delivering every single bundle of newsprint with precision and grace. If you’ve ever played Paper Boy, one of the first ever management sims to appear on a…
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Wolfenstein 2 Collectible Mocks Progressive Magazine Over Its Coverage Of White Nationalists
There are a ton of things to pick up in Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus, ranging from postcards and vinyl albums to newspaper clippings. Most of them are simply there to build out the game’s Nazi-ruled America, but one in particular makes fun of the magazine Mother Jones for a profile of Richard Spencer it…
By Ethan Gach - Culture
Sunday Comics: Video Game Themed
Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics that usually occurs on Sunday except when it doesn’t. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published October 27. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published October 23. Read more…
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Super Mario Land 2‘s Wonderful Halloween Levels
Out twenty five years ago next month, the second entry in the handheld Mario spin-off series was significant for a number of reasons, but perhaps none as timely as its Halloween world. The Pumpkin Zone is one of Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins’s more festive levels. While some of the game’s worlds are…
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UncategorizedThe Papers, Please film adaptation now has a trailer. If you were wondering what a game about reading through documents would look like as a movie, the question has now be answered. Created by Nikita Ordynskiy with the full support of developer Lucas Pope, the short film is due out in 2018.
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The former Director of Xbox Live Policy, Stephen Toulouse, passed away at the age of 45. Toulouse, also known as Stepto, was instrumental to shaping the platform’s approach to online community building and policing. He left Microsoft in 2012 after 17 years with the company.
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CultureWolfenstein: The New Colossus Has Already Been Beaten In Under Eighty Minutes
The newest game in the Nazi-slaying series is pretty short, at least if you’re a speedrunner. Released only a day ago, The New Colossus digs deep into American politics and the country’s legacy of racism and bigotry. The game doesn’t pull many punches, right from the very beginning. Of course, you could also blaze through…
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- Esports
The Weekend In Esports: ESL One Hamburg, Canada Cup, And More
It’s a packed weekend with the last of the Worlds 2017 semifinals and a Dota 2 Major in Germany leading the way. Those events are followed up closely by the Canada Cup fighting game event, the Heroes of the Storm HGC Finals, and Epicenter 2017. Below you’ll find where and when you can catch all…
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CultureNine Terrible Reasons To Hate Super Mario Odyssey, If You’re A Monster
Can you imagine what it would be like to hate Super Mario Odyssey? I’m especially qualified to say “No,” given how many thousands of hours of my life I’ve devoted to the enjoyment of digital jump gauntlets starring Mario. In the name of fresh video content, I thought-experimented my way into the mind of my…
By Tim Rogers
