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UncategorizedSuddenly An All-In-One Gaming PC Doesn’t Seem Like Such A Bad Idea
I’ve never been keen on the idea of abandoning my tower case for a system with all the gaming guts piggy-backing a monitor, but when the monitor in question is a 34 inch curved ultra HD affair and the guts are full-sized and water-cooled I start feeling a bit swayed. That’s Maingear’s newly-announced Alpha 34,…
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UncategorizedLet’s Murder Mario Over And Over Again
It’s not technically Nintendo’s iconic hero that I’m endlessly ending in the newly-released anti-platformer Kill the Plumber, but it totally is. It’s just the day in the life of a Super Mario Bros. enemy, really. You’re waddling about your screen, minding your own business, and then along comes this mustachioed maniac stomping on your friends,…
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Hearthstone Legendaries, Compared To Their World of Warcraft Counterparts
Hearthstone player Jeppz completed a heroic task by running around Azeroth and locating all the characters featured on the rarest Hearthstone cards. It’s a pretty neat gallery for those who aren’t familiar with both games. While low level raid bosses have a fix location, some legendaries are rare mobs in WoW with crazy respawn timers,…
By Gergo Vas - Uncategorized
Found Baldur’s Gate. Sort Of.
The real Baldur’s Gate is not a wealthy port city on the Sword Coast from the classic RPG, but—as Redditor Robotswana drew our attention to it—a cozy street with a slightly different name in Reykjavik, Iceland Would be a fun place to check in (and absolutely not remove the sign). To contact the author of…
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The Week In Games: The Best Games Of 2016 (So Far)
At a time when everyone is debating which games were the best released during the year previous, it’s good to have some certainty. For a brief, shining moment, the games released this week are the best games of 2016. And that’s great, because we generally completely forget about these by the time late December rolls…
By Mike Fahey - Esports
Activision Buys Out Major League Gaming [UPDATE]
UPDATE (1/4/16, 5:15pm): It’s official: Activision has purchased MLG, they announced in a press release today. Despite this weekend’s report, CEO Sundance DiGiovanni will actually stay with the company. Original article follows: According to a report from eSports Observer, Activision has entered into an agreement to purchase a majority of North American eSports organization Major…
By Mike Fahey - CultureShop Contest
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The 2015 Year-End All-Star Extravaganza: Winners!
The winner ofthe final Kotaku ‘Shop Contest of 2015 took everything we loved about the original ‘Shop Contests and combined them into one highly derivative yet incredibly entertaining image. Congratulations, J.J. Abrams! Oh wait, sorry. Got mixed up. Congratulations Ginger Snap, who could be J.J. Abrams for all we know, though it’s highly unlikely. Not…
By Mike Fahey