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It’s Fun Watching Streamers Rage-Quit The Same Game
Getting Over It’s Steam description is brief. “A game I made for a certain kind of person,” it reads. “To hurt them.” Having watched multiple streamers howl in despair and rage-quit right at the end of it, I think it’s safe to declare the game an unmitigated success. Warning: very serious spoilers for a game…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 10, 2017 -
CultureSteph Curry Is Amazing At Basketball, Needs Help With Voiceover
Steph and Ayesha Curry are starring in their own cooking game for mobile. It’s not much fun to play, but oh boy do I love listening to Steph Curry’s not-very-good voice work. Chef Curry is not all that engaging or entertaining to play. It’s a rote restaurant management sim, where you tap things on the…
By Gita Jackson Published November 10, 2017 - Uncategorized
For Just $300 You Can Own A Tiny Bat-Signal (Batman Not Included)
A modified spotlight used by the police as a call-to-arms for the Caped Crusader, the Bat-Signal has been shining hope into the skies of Gotham City since 1942. DC Gallery’s $300 replica Bat-Signal propis a a faithful foot-tall replica of the iconic device with one major difference—it works. As cool as the idea of shining…
By Mike Fahey Published November 10, 2017 - Culture
Decksplash, the game whose future was riding on its ability to get 100,000 players during a free week, has been canceled. In the end, it managed to kickflip (and also paint, I guess?) its way past the halfway point, but still fell short. Despite disappointment, the Decksplash team is happy they tried. “Should we have…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 10, 2017 - Uncategorized
MMO Disables Chat After Players Discover It Could Be Used To Send Malware
I think we can all agree that general chat in MMOs is usually not super great. Now imagine if those spam-slinging all-caps jerkholes could also force everyone to download computer viruses via that chat window. Yesterday, a member of the subreddit for the long-running action-MMO Tera posted about a potentially ruinous vulnerability in the game’s…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 10, 2017 -
UncategorizedThere’s A Big Secret In Call of Duty: WWII‘s Zombies Tutorial
Secrets lurk everywhere in the Zombies mode of any given Call of Duty, and the recently-released WWII is no exception. If you’ve been screaming and struggling to survive The Final Reich, you may not have realized the prologue contains a secret room, or that there are six more playable characters to unlock. A secret ‘mystery…
By S.E. Doster Published November 10, 2017 -
UncategorizedOne Man’s Attempt To Make It Easier To Learn How To Make Video Games
Three years ago, Dan Butchko was working for a Nonprofit when he realized that video games were what he most cared about. Soon, he came upon an idea that turned into a career: help people learn to make games, and then have those people teach the next generation, and so on. That idea is the…
By Paul Tamayo Published November 10, 2017 -
UncategorizedThe Joy Of Twitter Nonsense
On today’s episode of Fave This, I’m joined by special guest Danika Harrod from Waypoint. In between talking about how to be good at Twitter, we discussed the greatest Vine of all time. (Get the MP3 here.) Harrod is Waypoint’s social editor, which means that, among other things, she runs the site’s irreverent Twitter account.…
By Gita Jackson Published November 10, 2017 - Uncategorized
The Final Fantasy XIV Emote That’s Pretty Much For Cybersex
There was a lot of winking and nudging when the MMO Final Fantasy XIV introduced three new poses for dozing a year ago. And behind the closed doors of virtual houses and apartments, much more went on after that. If you’re a connoisseur of online role-playing games, you know that icky feeling when you stumble…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published November 10, 2017 - Uncategorized
We Streamed Star Wars Battlefront II‘s Single Player Campaign
Star Wars Battlefront II’s multiplayer has some loot box problems but the story campaign, which follows an Imperial special forces squad, is pretty cool. You can watch below as Heather Alexandra and Chris Person play through the early levels. The story campaign focuses on Iden Versio and the members of Inferno Squad before and following…
By Heather Alexandra Published November 10, 2017 - Uncategorized
A Celebrity Sims Fan Had A Request For Me
Jessica Williams was asking me about Sims mods. Earlier this week, I was chatting with her on the phone about The Sims. The game’s publisher had set up the call to help hype The Sims 4, and the latest expansion, Cats & Dogs. I would be talking to the former Daily Show correspondent and star…
By Gita Jackson Published November 10, 2017 -
UncategorizedIt’s Amazing That Doom Can Even Run On The Switch
Doom does not perform nearly as well on the Switch as it does on PS4, Xbox One, or PC. On Nintendo’s latest console, Doom runs at a lower framerate, with big sacrifices in resolution and graphical fidelity. But really, isn’t it a miracle that Doom is on the Switch at all? This new port, out…
By Jason Schreier Published November 10, 2017 - Culture
School Cafeteria Thanksgiving: The Kotaku Review
Every year around this time, the schools near Atlanta where I live invite parents to join their children and germ-covered classmates in the cafeteria to enjoy a wondrous Thanksgiving repast. It might not look like much, but boy does it not look like much. I am one of those weird people that really enjoys institutional…
By Mike Fahey Published November 10, 2017 -
UncategorizedThe South Park Mobile Game Warns You About Its Own Microtransactions
In the spirit of the disclaimer that runs before every episode of the long-running TV show, South Park: Phone Destroyer opens with a special message about microtransactions. Phone Destroyer, now out on iOS and Android, is a card-based combat game in which players summon South Park characters. Ubisoft’s free-to-play, microtransaction-based game launches with a warning…
By Mike Fahey Published November 10, 2017 - Uncategorized
Star Wars Battlefront II Lets You Pay Real Money For Multiplayer Advantages
Star Wars Battlefront II has everything you love from the movies: lightsabers, starfighters, and loot crates. These crates are crucial to the game’s multiplayer structure but even after being tweaked in response to widespread criticisms during the beta, they’re a mess that affects balance in negative ways. Battlefront II’s progression system is tied to equippable…
By Heather Alexandra Published November 10, 2017 -
EsportsLow Attendance Forces Smash Bros Organizer To Sell His House For Tournament Funds
After skipping 2016, long-running Super Smash Bros. tournament series Tipped Off is set to return to the state of Georgia this weekend for its twelfth installment. But while the weeks leading up an event of this caliber are typically a time to promote the upcoming competition, the festivities have taken on a dour tone after…
By Ian Walker Published November 10, 2017 -
UncategorizedWe’re Gonna Need A Bigger Keyboard
A standard mechanical keyboard switch is about .75 inches tall and .6 inches wide and deep. NovelKeys’ “Big Series” switches are four times that size. Why? If I had to guess, I’d say it was for the clicks. Currently available for preorder at $25 apiece and expected to ship out in time for Christmas, the…
By Mike Fahey Published November 10, 2017
