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  ReviewsYear in Review

  The Year In Video Game Companies Buying Other Video Game Companies

  Well, well, well, Microsoft isn’t the only gaming giant with tons of cash to throw around

  By Ari Notis Published December 30, 2021
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  CultureNews

  Wordle Is That Square Grid Game You’ve Been Seeing All Over Social Media

  Wordle , like Blaseball and Threes before it, is a phenomenon

  By Renata Price Published December 30, 2021
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  ReviewsYear in Review

  Levi Winslow’s Top Ten Games Of 2021

  I devoted hella time to Dodgeball Academia and Pokémon Unite this year

  By Levi Winslow Published December 30, 2021
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  CultureNews

  The John Madden Video Game Concussion Drama, Explained

  Madden’s passing has kicked off talk of the football game series abstracting head trauma

  By Mike Fahey Published December 30, 2021
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  CultureNews

  Trans Jeopardy! Champ Breaks Records, Becomes Highest-Earning Woman In Show History

  Amy Schneider has won $768,600 over 21 consecutive victories on the popular quiz show

  By Sisi Jiang Published December 30, 2021
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  CultureNews

  The Tomb Raider Reboot Trilogy Is Currently Free On PC

  Epic is offering Tomb Raider , Rise of The Tomb Raider, and Shadow of The Tomb Raider for free until Jan 6

  By Zack Zwiezen Published December 30, 2021
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  CultureOdds and Ends

  Halo Infinite Player Wins 100 Free-For-All Matches In A Row

  If Master Chief were ever to jump into the multiplayer fray, this would be the result

  By Ari Notis Published December 30, 2021
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  Kotaku EastJapan

  Behold, A Japanese Hand Massaging Device For Gamers

  The desktop hand massager also has a heating function to help with warming up

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 30, 2021
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  Report

  Halo Infinite Dev Dishes About The Game’s Most Shocking Moment

  If you’ve played the campaign of 343's new shooter, you know the one we’re talking about

  By Ari Notis Published December 29, 2021
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  CultureNews

  The Best-Selling Indie Games On Switch In 2021, According To Nintendo

  Axiom Verge 2 and Eastward make appearances, but so do other surprising indies

  By Patricia Hernandez Published December 29, 2021
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  ReviewsYear in Review

  Sisi Jiang’s Top Ten Games Of 2021

  Surprise! I liked 2021 games other than Genshin Impact

  By Sisi Jiang Published December 29, 2021
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  CultureNews

  Roblox CEO Outed For Using Completely Legal, Completely Ridiculous Tax Dodge

  A tax break aimed at small businesses somehow helps Roblox, a company valued at $60 Billion

  By Mike Fahey Published December 29, 2021
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  CultureNews

  Halo Infinite‘s Bots Are Currently Creating Unfair Teams

  Some bots are overstaying their welcome, resulting in teams with too many players

  By Ari Notis Published December 29, 2021
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  CultureNews

  John Madden Dies At Age 85

  Madden was a football icon in both the real and virtual worlds

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 29, 2021
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  CultureOdds and Ends

  Logan Paul Encased 15 Game Boy Colors In Resin To Make A Pokémon Tabletop And People Are Mad

  Some are upset seeing the classic Nintendo portables imprisoned in Paul’s arts-and-crafts project

  By Levi Winslow Published December 28, 2021
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  ReviewsYear in Review

  Ari’s Top Ten Games Of 2021

  Bookended by Hitman 3 and Halo Infinite , 2021 was a hell of year for games

  By Ari Notis Published December 28, 2021
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  Report

  How Halo Infinite Used A Semi-Open World To Deliver On The Promise Of Halo

  The blockbuster Xbox shooter is too big to be linear, too small to be open-world

  By Ari Notis Published December 28, 2021
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  CultureOdds and Ends

  Doom Mod Replaces Blasting Demons With Taking Pics Of NFTs

  Instead of shotgunning grotesque hellspawn, you snap screenshots of ugly monkeys

  By Sisi Jiang Published December 28, 2021
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  CultureNews

  Halo Infinite’s Oddball ‘Quidditch’ Glitch Makes Ball Appear To Fly Around On Its Own

  Halo Infinite may have removed Halo 5 's ball passing mechanic, but it has replaced it with a ton of new physics interactions

  By Renata Price Published December 28, 2021
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  CultureNews

  Longtime Blizzard Employee Spouted Hateful Garbage On Discord Server

  Geoff Fraizer expressed his disdain for LGBTQ+ folks, disabled people, and others on The Right Wing of Gaming Discord server

  By Levi Winslow Published December 28, 2021