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CultureHow’s It Going?: More Cake Edition
It’s Tuesday, so we’re getting there. Welcome back to our daily open thread. Last weekend I baked a very fancy layer cake that took all day and was freaking delicious, but was tragically far too much cake for one person. I told myself not to bake another entire cake, then last night, I baked this…
By Riley MacLeod Published July 28, 2020 -
CultureAnimal Crossing‘s Second Summer Update Adds Fireworks, Dreaming, And Cloud Backups
The second free summer update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons launches on July 30. Along with regular fireworks celebrations and the bizarre ability to visit other islands via dreaming, the update also brings one of the game’s most eagerly anticipated features—the ability to backup and restore player islands in case of lost or damaged Switch…
By Mike Fahey Published July 28, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanDragon Ball Themed Sweets Coming To Family Mart In Japan
Wagashi (和菓子) are traditional Japanese sweets made with mochi and sweet fillings to be enjoyed with tea. This week, Dragon Ball themed confections are going on sale at Family Marts across Japan. As evident in the ad copy above, which claims “Japanese sweets for men,” this appears to be aimed at dudes. (M’kay!) Priced at…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 28, 2020 -
CulturePSP Owners, Check Your Batteries
This weekend on Japanese Twitter, “PSP バッテリー” (PSP battery) started trending. Owners of the Sony handheld began noticing that the batteries were swelling up, and in some cases bursting open. The original PSP 1000 and later slim models are reportedly experiencing battery swelling. The PSP first launched in 2004 in Japan, and as IT Media…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 28, 2020 -
EsportsYes, Daigo Umehara Is Still Winning Street Fighter Tournaments
I’m not going to mince words: Daigo Umehara is the greatest fighting game player of all time. His legacy added a new footnote over the weekend when he dominated a stacked Street Fighter V tournament. And it’s strange that folks still managed to be shocked by the results. Umehara faced down several incredible Street Fighter…
By Ian Walker Published July 27, 2020 -
Culture5D Chess Has Completely Broken Me
The other day, my partner and I were discussing time travel, and I brought up recent science surrounding the multiverse theory—that it’s mathematically possible for multiple (though not necessarily infinite) branching universes to exist, and time travel would merely cause us to move between them, sans paradoxes. I felt smart, having said that. Now, after…
By Nathan Grayson Published July 27, 2020 -
CulturePreviously Unknown Super Mario 64 Enemy Found, Added To The Game
These big Nintendo leaksaren’t just for curiosity’s sake; there’s a real practical element to them as well, like the fact modders have been able to find lost and unused enemies in titles like Super Mario 64 and get them back in the game. Like Motos here. Motos is an enemy that was designed, created and…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 27, 2020 -
CultureMassive Star Fox Leaks Include Crystal-Clear ‘Do A Barrel Roll’ And Slippy’s Angelic Voice
The internet was recently set ablaze by a dump of Nintendo assets known as the “Gigaleak.” This batch includes incredible finds, like early Yoshi prototypes and even Luigi files in Super Mario 64. But my favorite part has been hearing the Star Fox 64 cast speak with crystal-clear clarity via new digital audio files. The…
By Ian Walker Published July 27, 2020 - Uncategorized
The A.V. Club The best horror movies on Amazon Prime | Gizmodo Could Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S7+ Be the First Real iPad Pro Rival? | The Root John Lewis Honored With Final March Across Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala.; Tributes Continue in the Nation’s Capital and Georgia | Jalopnik Driver Walks Away From Crash…
By G/O Media Published July 27, 2020 -
CultureIt’s True: Luigi Really Is In Super Mario 64, And Fans Are Thrilled
For nearly two and a half decades, Nintendo fans have been trying to verify that Mario’s brother Luigi was somehow hidden away in the files of Nintendo 64 classic Super Mario 64. Thanks to this weekend’s so-called “Gigaleaks”, Luigi’s Mario 64 files have been verified, finally proving one of the longest-running gaming myths to be…
By Mike Fahey Published July 27, 2020 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryHalo: The Master Chief Collection Is So Fun Right Now
I’ve played Halo: The Master Chief Collection off and on—more off than on—since it released in 2014. The serious connectivity issues that persisted well past launch were one thing, but the game also hit that fun wall all first-person shooters hit. Sometimes it takes months or years, but the run-of-the-mill players always abandon ship for…
By Ari Notis Published July 27, 2020 -
CultureTwitchAn Unreleased Indie Game Took Over Twitch, But It Didn’t Come Out Of Nowhere
You might have had a good weekend—maybe played a video game and then moved to a different part of your home and played another game, because that’s quarantine, baby—but you probably didn’t have as good of a weekend as the developers of Fall Guys. The battle royale party game, which isn’t even out yet, shot…
By Nathan Grayson Published July 27, 2020 -
CultureCall of Duty’s Warzone Teasers Hint At Map Changes
Cryptic teasers from Infinity Ward reveal that an upcoming live event could drastically change the landscape of Warzone, including the demolition of the map’s worst landmark. Since launch in early March, Call of Duty: Warzone’s map has seen minimal visual changes, but a series of teases about the game’s upcoming season has fans speculating about…
By S.E. Doster Published July 27, 2020 -
CultureStar Fox 2 Almost Had A Black Female Pilot With Incredible Hair, And I. Am. Smitten.
One drip of information in the deluge coming from Nintendo’s latest “Gigaleak” was source code and unused assets for Star Fox 2, including a never-before-seen human character. Completed in 1995, Nintendo shelved the game out of fear it’d look inferior to the next-gen graphics of the PlayStation. (The game was subsequently released as an unlockable…
By Ash Parrish Published July 27, 2020 -
EsportsFastest-Ever Overwatch League Match Is 19 Minutes and 23 Seconds of Misery
The fastest match in Overwatch League history took place over the weekend, with last year’s champions, the San Francisco Shock, beating the brakes off the Vancouver Titans in a blisteringly fast match that ran just 19 minutes and 23 seconds. The extremely brief match surpassed a record set just the week before when the Los…
By Ash Parrish Published July 27, 2020 -
OpinionAsk KotakuDo You Play Games On The Hardest Difficulty?
Welcome to Ask Kotaku, the new weekly feature in which Kotaku’s rank and file weigh in on the burning questions of our time. Each query is a crucible on which nerds and giants clash, monumental contests of wit, that…well, OK. It’s just another excuse to talk vidya games. You down? This week on Ask Kotaku:…
By Alexandra Hall Published July 27, 2020 -
UncategorizedKoei Tecmo is finally talking about a western release for Persona 5 Scramble The company’s most recent fiscal report mentions that a localized version of the “musou” game is being planned for the United States and Europe. No further details were provided.
By Ian Walker Published July 27, 2020
