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The Sims 4 Celebrity House Update: Rihanna Gets Married
You are cordially invited to the wedding of the century: Rihanna Fenty and Dwayne Johnson are finally tying the knot. Look, I had other plans for this episode. That all went out the window when Rihanna rolled a want for getting engaged to Dwayne Johnson. Despite having the non-committal trait, she had no problem asking…
By Gita Jackson Published February 17, 2017 - Uncategorized
Your Best Stories Of Getting Rescued In Video Games
In video games, we’re used to being heroes, saving hapless innocents from villains, monsters, and their own demons. Sometimes, though, we need a hero to save us. Here are stories of players coming to each other’s rescue, not because they had to, but because they could. Earlier this week, I asked readers to tell me…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 17, 2017 -
EsportsBlaming Girlfriends For Ruining League of Legends Pros Is Bullshit
When a sports star doesn’t perform, fans look for something to blame. Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers, for example, couldn’t hear the end of relationship questions this season. Conversations happening in the League of Legends community right now prove that this phenomenon of blame occurs in esports as well. In a satirical video…
By Eric Van Allen Published February 17, 2017 - Culture
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
I’m in The Witcher 3 for the long haul, readers, and damned if I’m not taking you down with me. I think I’m pretty close to the end of the story, so I’ve started dragging my feet a little, even though Luke Plunkett assures me there’s like 80 more hours of DLC. Every new question…
By Riley MacLeod Published February 17, 2017 - Uncategorized
Transformers’ New Trypticon Is The Biggest Decepticon Ever Made
In late 2015, Hasbro asked Transformers fans to choose from one of three massive classic characters to update for the modern age. Decepticon city Trypticon beat our Omega Supreme and Scorponok, and now we have our first look at the biggest official Decepticon toy ever. It pretty much had to be Trypticon, the only character…
By Mike Fahey Published February 17, 2017 - Uncategorized
A Wild Theory About Final Fantasy XV‘s Secret Dungeon
I have fallen into the rabbit hole of deep dives into Final Fantasy XV lore and I don’t think I’ll ever escape. Please send help. Spoiler warning, etc. As many of you have already discovered, Final Fantasy XV has a secret dungeon called the Pitioss Ruins that’s one of the best things in the game. It’s very…
By Jason Schreier Published February 17, 2017 - Uncategorized
Mods Helped Me Make Myself In The Sims 4
The first thing I do in The Sims is make a sim of myself. But it’s not always easy finding the right hair or skin tone, and often my self sims don’t look like me much at all. At least, they don’t until I start downloading and installing mods. The tools for building out bodies…
By Gita Jackson Published February 17, 2017 - Uncategorized
Blizzard Shuts Down Fanmade Overwatch Playboy Parody
Overwatch and porn (or, in this case, “artful eroticism”) have quite a history. Blizzard’s never seemed entirely comfortable with it, but the burgeoning Overwatch porn scene has raged on without its explicit approval. An Overwatch Playboy parody, however, apparently went too far. Playwatch Magazine began as nothing but a series of Playboy-style covers featuring Overwatch…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 17, 2017 -
EsportsSplatoon 2‘s Esports Prospects Aren’t A Ludicrous Fantasy
A portion of the Nintendo Switch’s reveal trailer showed two esports teams filing into an arena, picking up some Pro controllers and gearing up for a round of Splatoon in front of a roaring crowd. While seemingly fantasy, Splatoon 2 as an esport isn’t entirely out of the realm of possibility. Nintendo of America recently…
By Eric Van Allen Published February 17, 2017 -
UncategorizedNew World Of Darkness Games Are Slick Interactive Fiction
White Wolf Publishing released its first two World of Darkness video games in more than a decade this week. Vampire the Masquerade: We Eat Blood and Mage the Ascension: Refuge won’t scratch that Bloodlines itch, but as interactive fiction goes they’re very cool. Way back in my late teens I used to run a BBS…
By Mike Fahey Published February 17, 2017 - Culture
A Speedrunner Is Trying To Destroy All Of Mario Kart 64‘s Trees
Beck Abney is a Mario Kart 64 speedrunner with world records on many tracks. He’s also a man on a mission. Trees dot the landscape in Mario Kart 64 and if he has anything to say about it, they’ll soon be gone. When Abney isn’t grinding out speedruns of individual tracks or hunting down new…
By Heather Alexandra Published February 17, 2017 - Esports
Crafty Overwatch Players Are Staying Up Late To Get Better Ranks
Overwatch players in low-density regions are allegedly gaming the competitive matchmaking system for unreal rankings and win rates. On RedditandBattle.net forums, Brazilian Overwatch players in particular are concerned about a few Masters-ranked teams whose performance ratings are through the roof. Many are among the region’s top 500 players, lingering in the top 2% of kill/death…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published February 17, 2017 - Culture
Cheer Up Zelda, The Switch Is Out Soon
Raquel Cornejo is an illustrator and concept artist who works at MercurySteam, the Spanish studio responsible for the recent Castlevania reboots. You can see more of Raquel’s work at her 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 February 17, 2017 -
ReviewsClutch Chairz Throttle Review: The Sports Car Of Supersized Gaming Chairs
Just because you are a bigger-than-normal person doesn’t mean you can’t get a gaming chair that looks and feels like you salvaged it from a wrecked race car. Clutch Chairz’ Throttle gaming chair is rolling, butt-gripping proof. Unlike many products that toss the word “gaming” in front of an everyday thing in order to appeal…
By Mike Fahey Published February 17, 2017 - Uncategorized
Pokémon Go Has Turned Blissey Into A Beast, And It’s Taking Over Gyms
Don’t let the round pinkness and the cheerful smile fool you: Blissey is a monster. Since it was added to the roster of second generation Pokémon Go creatures last night, Blissey has started to tear up many gyms. Here’s why Blissey is so good: it has a hell of a lot of health. Really, it’s…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 17, 2017 - Culture
The Pokémon Mega Bloks Are Coming
More accurately the Pokémon Mega Construx are coming, as Nintendo’s pocket monsters become the latest license to join Mattel’s recently re-branded line of construction toy sets. Anything is better than Ionix. Pokémon is one of the most desirable toy licenses out there, and now Mattel has the construction toy segment of that license locked up.…
By Mike Fahey Published February 17, 2017 -
Kotaku EastDragon Ball Is Excellent At Anime Openings
Over the years, we’ve gotten loads of excellent opening credit sequences from the various Dragon Ball anime. The latest from Dragon Ball Super is no exception, but how does it stack up to the others? Let’s find out! In case you missed it, here’s the new Dragon Ball Super opening, which debuted last week. Damn,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2017
