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Smash Bros. Community Raises Over $23,000 For Sick Player’s Hospital Bills
On February 19th, 2017, Nicholas “Ministry” McGuire went into cardiac arrest at the Swedish Super Smash Bros. tournament Beast7. Now, the Smash community at large has banded together to raise over $23,000 for his estimated $200,000 hospital bill. During a match, McGuire collapsed onto the floor when an artificial valve in his heart, which he…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published March 14, 2017 - Uncategorized
Despite Nintendo’s Stumbles, Breath of the Wild‘s Fans Have Embraced Crossdressing Link
Breath of the Wild is light on plot, which makes any missteps stand out. One brief costume change illustrates how designers can fail and how fandom is left picking up the pieces. Here’s the moment: looking for help in the desert, Link seeks to enter Gerudo Town to speak with their ruler. Gerudo Town is…
By Heather Alexandra Published March 14, 2017 - Uncategorized
A Short List Of Things That Have Killed Me In Horizon Zero Dawn
I don’t know why I’m surprised, really. They’re huge metal dinosaurs. They’re dangerous. All the same, I wasn’t expecting to die quite this much in Horizon Zero Dawn I’m around a dozen hours into Guerrilla Games’ post-apocalyptic dino hunting game and I keep on getting my ass kicked. I had been expecting the initial difficulty…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 14, 2017 -
UncategorizedFive Hours In, Mass Effect: Andromeda Is Overwhelming
I’m about five hours into Mass Effect: Andromeda, and so far, it seems like Bioware has created a behemoth of a sci-fi action RPG. Our review will drop later in the month, but for now, here’s 20 minutes of the very first mission, played on PS4. Note that the footage has been lightly edited to…
By Patricia Hernandez Published March 14, 2017 - Uncategorized
Rockstar Fans Are Finding Red Dead Redemption 2 Clues In The Strangest Places
Evidence is mounting that Red Dead Redemption 2 is in fact a prequel to the first game, and by evidence, I mean IMDB listings, casting calls, and Facebook friend lists. Welcome to the wild world of Rockstar fan sleuthing. Last October, Rockstar announced Red Dead Redemption 2 with a couple of teaser images and a…
By Jason Schreier Published March 14, 2017 -
UncategorizedThe remastered version of Full Throttle, LucasArts’ classic biker adventure, is coming out next month It’s releasing on April 18, which is one day after my birthday. I see what you’re trying to do, Tim Schafer. You want to one-up me. Well, joke’s on you because nobody cared about my birthday to begin with. Take…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 14, 2017 -
UncategorizedOverwatch‘s Director Both Loves And Hates The Mash-Up Videos People Make Of Him
In recent times, a YouTuber named Dinoflask has dedicated their life to mashing-up videos of Overwatch’s Jeff Kaplan, turning them into everything from enraged rants to stories of Kaplan drunkenly pretending to be Junkrat’s ult at a party. It’s masterful work. Even Kaplan himself thinks so… begrudgingly. As part of a recent Reddit AMA, somebody…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 14, 2017 -
UncategorizedEuclidean Lands Puts A Clever Twist On Strategy
While the hero of Euclidean Lands seems to be wielding a spear, his greatest weapon is his axes. His X, Y and Z axes to be precise, the ones that make up the three-dimensional space of Euclidean geometry. Euclidean Lands is a game that combines turn-based strategic movement with puzzles that rotate on those axes…
By Mike Fahey Published March 14, 2017 - Uncategorized
Even Nintendo Seems To Be Abandoning Game Instruction Manuals
One of the last reliable supporters for the concept that video games should have instruction manuals appears to be backing off. Nintendo has released its first games on its new console without instruction manuals: nothing on paper and not even a digital manual. Nintendo’s 1 2 Switch party game has no paper manual inside it,…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 14, 2017 - Culture
Sweet Dreams, Carthage
Mariusz Kozik is an artist who has worked on games like Total War: Rome 2 and Civilization V You can see more of Kozik’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 14, 2017 -
UncategorizedAt First, Nintendo Couldn’t Agree On How To Depict Zelda In Breath of the Wild
The Legend of Zelda has legacy, and every entry in the series is a chance to embrace or refute that tradition. Nintendo’s considerations on how to do away with conventions even trickled down to established characters, such as Zelda. Today, Nintendo released a 3-part series on the making of Breath of the Wild in which…
By Patricia Hernandez Published March 14, 2017 -
UncategorizedDestiny Player Glitches Through Entire Vault of Glass
Destiny, a video game in which you can see mountains and then go there, has always been full of mysteries. Mysteries such as: Can you glitch through the entire Vault of Glass? It took intrepid raider djxyz0 more than two years, but thanks to ingenuity and a whole lot of trial and error, he’s made…
By Jason Schreier Published March 14, 2017 -
ReviewsNvidia Geforce GTX 1080 Ti Review: Comfortably 4K
Last year Nvidia launched its Pascal gaming line with the GTX 1080, bringing capable 4K PC gaming to the masses. The new Geforce GTX 1080 Ti upgrades that “capable” to “comfortable.” The original GTX 1080 is an excellent graphics card that hits at least 30 frames per second on most contemporary PC games, especially when…
By Mike Fahey Published March 14, 2017 - Kotaku East
A Tokyo Parking Garage For Geeked-Out Cars
“Itasha” are decal-covered nerdmobiles. One Tokyo garage might be the best place in Japan to spot them. That, or you know, just walking around the streets of Akihabara. Whichever! Akihabara UDX is a 15-story building in Tokyo’s anime and gaming epicenter of Akihabara. UDX is filled with shops, restaurants, offices, and event spaces. Underneath are…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 14, 2017 - CultureCosplay
Cosplay Gear Made For Super Cheap
Throughout Japan, there are one hundred yen shops, which are the equivalent of dollar stores in the US. On Twitter, Japanese cosplayers are showing props and gear they’ve made with cheap items they’ve at these discount shops. On Twitter (via Togetter), under the tag #百均のグッズ間違った使い方選手権 (or “The Championship of Incorrectly Used 100 Shop Goods), people…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 14, 2017
