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CultureSaves Don’t Matter When You Can Beat Returnal In Less Than 5 Minutes
Returnal speedrunner MentalToast set a new world record yesterday, becoming the first person to beat the game in under five minutes. I’m at a bit of a roadblock in my own Returnal adventure, so it’s incredible to watch MentalToast jump and dash through the more difficult Act 2 levels with such grace and ease. Starting…
By Ian Walker Published May 19, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsIt’s Just Lovely Playing Days Gone On PC
Having never played the game on PS4, I settled in with Days Gone on my PC this week and found myself pleasantly surprised. Not necessarily with the game itself; it does some fun survival stuff and the zombie horde system is very cool, but I also hate everyone in it and am mystified how a…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 19, 2021 -
CultureBethesda Is Moving Its Forums To Discord, And That Sucks
In a blog post made earlier today, Bethesda—home of everything from Elder Scrolls to Wolfenstein—announced plans to “sunset the forums on Bethesda.net.” Or, in more precise terms, shut them down. “When the forums first started on Bethsoft.com, they were a great place for everyone to discuss amazing games, share stories, and come together with similar…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 19, 2021 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryResident Evil Village‘s Dollhouse Almost Made Me Quit
I almost quit Resident Evil Village yesterday. It wasn’t because the game’s limited field of vision finally made me blow chunks across my living room, but because fear—true, gripping terror the likes of which I had never felt before—seized me while in Donna Beneviento’s Dollhouse. I knew going into the Dollhouse was going to be…
By Ash Parrish Published May 19, 2021 -
CultureLies Of P Is A (Checks Notes) Pinocchio Souls-Like
Round8 Studio and Neowiz today announced Lies of P, an upcoming Souls-like based on the classic story of Pinocchio, for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. Just typing that out makes me feel a little like I’m losing my mind. “Play as Pinocchio, a puppet mechanoid, and fight through everything in your path to…
By Ian Walker Published May 19, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsA Big Lady Needs A Big Hat
Apart from her height, Resident Evil Village villain Lady Dimitrescu’s most striking feature has got to be the fashionable hat she wears while chasing you down. But what if it was (pardon me while I attempt my best Jeff Gerstmann impression) bigger? In the video below, content creator Kallialee showcases a mod that provides the…
By Ian Walker Published May 19, 2021 -
CultureStreet Fighter V Devs Fix Dan’s Infinite Combo By Making Him More Random
As you may already know from our previous story, Dan Hibiki has an infinite combo in Street Fighter V. The fact that a perennial joke character would have such a powerful ability is delightful, which might be why it survived for so long. But now, months after his arrival, Capcom has finally seen fit to…
By Ian Walker Published May 19, 2021 -
CultureEven The Mormon Church Made Money On GameStop
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (known to everyday people as the Mormons) made bank off the boom in GameStop stock earlier this year, new SEC filings reveal. The Church saw a gain of over 900% on stock owned through its secretive investment arm, Ensign Peak Advisors. AsBusiness Insider reports, Ensign Peak Advisors…
By Riley MacLeod Published May 19, 2021 -
Tips & GuidesXbox’s Quick Resume Might Mess Up Your Games’ Playtime Count
Last fall, while playing through Mass Effect 2 for the first time ever, I noticed that my endgame hour count tallied more than 87 hours. Weird, but whatever. Moving on. Turns out, Xbox’s ballyhooed next-gen Quick Resume feature appears to keep running the clock on some games. Of all the features introduced with the Xbox…
By Ari Notis Published May 19, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsValheim Sculptures Prove That The Game Is Mostly Viking Minecraft Now
Valheim was originally a survival game where you, a dead Viking, must prove yourself to Odin by conquering the eponymous realm of Valheim. But after you summon and slay all the bosses, there’s not much to do. Nowadays, the game has pretty much become Viking Minecraft, where players show all their elaborate, frame-chugging creations on…
By Jonathan Lee Published May 19, 2021 -
CultureThe Last Of Us 2 Gets 60 FPS Patch On PlayStation 5
The Last of Us 2 players now have the ability to experience the game at a smooth 60 frames-per-second on PlayStation 5, Naughty Dog’s director of communications Arne Meyer announced today. “The team has been digging into the PS5 hardware and the possibilities it unlocks since launch last year and we’re excited about what the…
By Ian Walker Published May 19, 2021 -
OpinionI Have Nothing But Shame: I’m Trying To Trick Pokémon Go [UPDATE]
I have reached my lowest ebb. As I write these words, out the corner of my left eye I can see the eternal rocking motion of my cell phone as it sways within its cradle. I have become all things terrible. I have fallen. I’m trying to trick Pokémon Go into thinking I’m far less…
By John Walker Published May 19, 2021 -
CultureNintendo Switch Online Will Soon Have More Than 100 Games You Might Want To Play
Nintendo’s $20-a-year online subscription service gets slightly better on May 26 with the addition of Caveman Ninja, Magical Drop 2, Super Baseball Simulator 1.000, Spanky’s Quest, and Ninja JaJaMaru-Kun, bringing its grand total of playable old games to 104. Which are you most excited for, and why? I’m probably looking most forward to Magical Drop…
By Mike Fahey Published May 19, 2021 -
ReviewsToysThe Newest Care Bear Just Wants Everyone To Get Along
Most Care Bears, as good as they are with the caring, have a singular focus. Bedtime Bear is for bedtime. Birthday Bear is for giving aunts and uncles easy present choices. Grumpy Bear is about cosplaying my spouse. But the newly-introduced Togetherness Bear? She’s here to ensure everybody loves everybody. So do that. Please. Unlike…
By Mike Fahey Published May 19, 2021 -
Kotaku EastJapan“Nintendo Marriage” Trends In Japan After Celebrities Tie The Knot
Earlier today, soon after singer Gen Hoshino and actor Yui Aragaki announced they had gotten hitched, the phrase “Nintendo-kon” (任天堂婚) or “Nintendo marriage” began trending on Twitter in Japan. No, the couple probably did not have a Mario-themed wedding (well, not as far as I know!), but rather the term refers to how both Hoshino…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 19, 2021 -
CultureEven Video Game Sneakers Are Getting Delayed
We’re so used to video game delays that we now come to expect them, doubly so during a global pandemic, but in 2021 even video game sneakers are throwing their release dates out the window. Nike’s new PlayStation 5 sneakers, a PG5 collab, were supposed to drop on May 27 (or May 17 if you…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 18, 2021 -
CultureNew Zelda Amiibo Has A Bullshit Special Power
Amiibo granting special powers in a Nintendo game is nothing new, it’s half the point of the things existing, but normally those powers are fairly tame, or simply shower the player in gifts. This new Skyward Sword HD one, though, is very disappointing, because it bestows an ability that all players should have, all the…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 18, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsPlayer Completes Grand Theft Auto V In Nine Hours Without Taking A Single Hit
Here we have GTAV player UnNameD not only finishing the entire single-player storyline in a blistering nine hours, but somehow doing the entire thing without taking a single punch, stab or stray bullet in the process. Using a mod that would kill him in the event of taking even a sliver of damage—just to make…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 18, 2021 -
CultureNvidia Is Trying To Stop Crypto Miners Buying RTX 3000 Series Cards
Earlier this year, Nvidia announced that their GeForce RTX 3060 graphics cards would ship with a “reduced Ethereum hash rate,” making them a lot less useful for crypto miners. They’re now extending that move to the RTX 3080, RTX 3070 and RTX 3060 Ti as well. From late May, all the above models will start…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 18, 2021
