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CultureCosplayA Cosplay Coloring Book!
Put together by Milynn Sarley and featuring art by Emily Claus, Starlight Guild is a new colouring book that turns some excellent fantasy cosplay into some excellent, crafty art. Cosplayers and costume designers featured include aliciamariebody, fireflypath, hendoart and _fairytas. “I took my real life friends who have made strides in the world as professional…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 6, 2020 -
UncategorizedBoom! It’s Super Mario Bros. With John Madden’s Commentary
There’s a generation of kids who will only know John Madden as the guy whose name is on the football game’s box, and not as one of the best commentators to have ever worked in professional sports. For them (and all of us, really): a guy impersonating Madden talking Mario through level 1-1 of Super Mario…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 6, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsDark Souls Is Presumably Easier With Assault Rifles
A crossbow is an elegant weapon for a more civilized age, but it also lacks the stopping power of, say, an M16. Via PC Gamer, this mod called Modern Firearm by Forsakensilver does what it says on the box: it replaces a bunch of Dark Souls’ ranged weapons with “modern” (though some examples are stretching…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 6, 2020 - Uncategorized
Gizmodo The Very Best Smart Home Gadgets | The A.V. Club The best podcasts of 2020 so far | Jezebel Amy Cooper Is Now Facing Charges After Calling Cops On Black Bird Watcher | Deadspin Here are the MLB Players Opting Out of the 2020 Season | The Takeout General Mills finally releases Baby Yoda…
By G/O Media Published July 6, 2020 -
CultureLast Of Us 2 Developer Condemns Online Harassment Of People Who Worked On The Game
The Last of Us Part 2 developer Naughty Dog put out a statement over the weekend condemning harassment and threats made against those who worked on the game as director Neil Druckman and others shared some of the vile messages they’ve received following the game’s release. “You can love or hate the game and share…
By Ethan Gach Published July 6, 2020 -
CultureA Controller Built For Xbox Game Streaming
Planning on using Xbox Game Streaming to play games on your Android phone or tablet? Third-party controller makers 8BitDo have a gamepad for that. The SN30 Pro is a pocket-sized Bluetooth Xbox One controller built with Xbox cloud gaming in mind. As cool as it is to carry around a full-size Xbox One controller to…
By Mike Fahey Published July 6, 2020 - Uncategorized
The A.V. Club The best TV dramas on Hulu | Deadspin Who Are the Best Athletes to Come From an HBCU? We Found a Few | The Root Kanye West Says He’s Running For President This Year | Jalopnik Berlin Wants People To Stop Wearing Deodorant On Public Transport In Order To Fight Coronavirus |…
By G/O Media Published July 6, 2020 -
CultureFans of over-the-top shooting and stabbing rejoice, Shadow Warrior 3 is coming in 2021. While we’ll get our first look at gameplay for Flying Wild Hog’s latest game during this weekend’s Devolver Direct stream, a cute bunny gets bloodied in today’s teaser trailer, which should hold us over until then.
By Mike Fahey Published July 6, 2020 -
CultureUbisoft Employees Have ‘Grave Concerns’ Over Toronto Studio’s Misconduct Allegations
There’s a story some people tell at Ubisoft Toronto, the studio currently finishing one of this fall’s bigger planned releases, Watch Dogs: Legion. It goes something like this: Maxime Béland, one of its co-founders and, until last week, a 20-year veteran of Ubisoft, allegedly choked a female employee at a work party. Some heard it…
By Ethan Gach Published July 6, 2020 -
CultureMicrosoft is holding another next-gen showcase on July 23, the company announced on Twitter this morning. Unlike the first event in May which focused on third-party games, this event is set to highlight first-party games like Halo: Infinite. It’s scheduled to begin streaming at 12:00 p.m. ET.
By Ethan Gach Published July 6, 2020 -
CultureHow’s It Going: Bedside Edition
A new week has begun, and Fahey’s subbing for Riley. Welcome back to our daily open thread … in bed. These past couple of months have been pretty weird for me. Due to my paralysisand complications from having to stay in bed all the time, I have to stay in bed all the time. I…
By Mike Fahey Published July 6, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsThat’s One Way To Make A Custom Switch Pinball Controller
Joy-Con shoulder buttons don’t make very comfortable pinball flipper controls. That’s why Nerds&Makers’ Tommy Williamson harnessed the power of creativity and 3D printing to create the SwitchPin, a TV-spanning Joy-Con dock the sole purpose of which is to turn two buttons into two other buttons. I am not disparaging Williamson’s pinball pursuits. Sometimes two buttons…
By Mike Fahey Published July 6, 2020 -
CultureThe Week In Games: Special Agent York Returns In Deadly Premonition 2
Releasing on Switch this week, the sequel to the cult classic survival-horror game Deadly Premonition. Get ready to…ride a skateboard…? I do worry that the sequel will end up trying too hard to be INTERNET GOOFY. It’s possible, now that the devs and folks involved have absorbed a decade of fan jokes, memes, and videos…
By Zack Zwiezen Published July 6, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanDragonball Figures Look Even Cooler With New Paint Jobs
Know how to make already badass Dragonball figurines and statues look even better? Have some incredibly talented artists add a new coat of paint. Previously, we’ve seen anime-style paint on Gundam models, and today, let’s look at them on Dragonball—namely, let’s see how repainting the statues and figurines can make them even cooler. Below are some…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 6, 2020 -
Kotaku EastChinaMovie Infringed On SNK’s Mai Shiranui Design, Says Chinese Court
In 2018, the movie Warrior Angels was released in China. It’s a fantasy comedy with characters, like above, that certainly resemble iconic those from The King of Fighters. Now, a court in Beijing ruled that the movie violated SNK’s copyright. Via IMDB, here is the movie’s summary: Qiao Fan can’t control her power. After she…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 6, 2020
