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UncategorizedWizards Of The Coast Will Finally Address Racist Stereotypes In Dungeons And Dragons
Dungeons and Dragons developers Wizards of the Coast will change how they describe and characterize fantasy races in future story modules. In a blog post last week, the publishers of the largest tabletop roleplaying game explained how some of their past characterizations have been racially insensitive and set forth a list of actions they’re taking…
By Ash Parrish Published June 23, 2020 - Uncategorized
Lifehacker 8 of the Best Stand-Up Comedians to Watch as a Family | The A.V. Club 16 late sequels that are actually quite good | Gizmodo Everything Apple Tried to Kill at WWDC 2020 | Deadspin NASCAR Stands with Bubba Wallace | Jalopnik The Second-Gen Lexus GS’s Front/Rear Symmetry Is Just Part Of Its Beauty:…
By G/O Media Published June 23, 2020 -
CultureWith Gals’ Fighters out and Samurai Shodown! 2 coming soon, the next NeoGeo Pocket Color game coming to Nintendo Switch this summer will be King of Fighters R-2, AKA one of the best games on the system. Bookmark the NeoGeo Pocket Color Selection website for news on more portable SNK games coming to the Switch.
By Mike Fahey Published June 23, 2020 -
CultureBloodstained: Curse Of The Moon Is Getting A Sequel
Coming soon from Inti Creates, Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 is the sequel to the retro-style spin-off of Koji Igarashi’s Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. As lovely as the more modern take on the Castlevania formula Ritual of the Night turned out to be, fans fell in love with the 8-bit stylings of Curse…
By Mike Fahey Published June 23, 2020 -
CultureHow’s It Going?: Errands Edition
What do you know, it’s Tuesday. Welcome back to our daily open thread. Yesterday I went to the pharmacy and had a socially-distanced adventure with a stranger as we searched for bar soap. It was the most social interaction either of us had had in months, and it was fun, if not a little depressing.…
By Riley MacLeod Published June 23, 2020 -
CultureWorld Brothers Is A Brighter, Blockier Earth Defense Force Game
Alongside the boring, brownish Earth Defense Force 6, D3 Publisher today announced Earth Defense Force: World Brothers, a cute and colorful voxel-based shooter coming to PlayStation 4 and Switch later this year. Developed by Yuke’s, World Brothers task players with building their own squad of Earth Defense Force heroes to defend the blocky world from…
By Mike Fahey Published June 23, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanEarth Defense Force 6 Announced, Scheduled For 2021 In Japan
Earth Defense Force 6 has been announced on a teaser site. It’s slated for 2021 in Japan, and it has giant bugs. Of course! Platforms are TBA, but the first screenshots certainly look current-gen. So far, the game has been announced for Japan. No word yet on an international release date. If you’ve never played…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 23, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanHere Are Some Official Pokémon Purses And Bags
Japanese fashion brand Samantha Vega is teaming up with Pokémon for a line of purses and bags. As seen on At Press, there are different themes in the collection, and while a couple of the bags just look like purses with Pokémon face slapped on it, that Poké Ball one is especially excellent. Ditto for…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 23, 2020 -
UncategorizedLet’s Check Out Masahiro Sakurai’s Living Room!
With more people working from home due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, we have gotten a window into all sorts of folks’ homes. This time, it’s Masahiro Sakurai! Yesterday, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai revealed that Min Min from ARMS was joining the fray. This time, though, Sakurai filmed the announcement himself from…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 23, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Maybe I’m Amazed | Artist: Paul McCartney | Album: McCartney
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 23, 2020 -
CultureIn Taiwan, Pizza Hut Created Ramen Pizza
Ramen burgers exist, so why shouldn’t ramen pizza? Thanks to Pizza Hut Taiwan, it does. (Previously, Kotaku introduced ramen crust pizza, but this time, it’s ramen pizza!) According to Elle, this is a collaboration between Japanese ramen restaurant Menya Musashi and Pizza Hut. The result is ramen, slices of pork, spring onions, and half an…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 23, 2020 -
CultureFormer Mixer Employee Calls Out Racism In Management
Over the weekend, former Mixer employee Milan Lee shared a blog describing his experiences with racism while working at Microsoft’s streaming platform, which was shut down today as part of a deal between Microsoft and Facebook. Lee’s post included allegations that he was singled out for being one of the few Black employees at the…
By Ian Walker Published June 22, 2020 -
CultureThe $1,000,000 Lord Of The Rings Game Pitch That Went Nowhere
Jon Burton, founder of LEGO series stalwarts Traveller’s Tales, has today shared not just news but loads of footage from an ambitious—but ultimately doomed—attempt he and the studio made to try and get a big, serious (ie, not LEGO) Lord of the Rings/Hobbit game made. Burton, who now runs the popular Gamehut channel on YouTube,…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 22, 2020 -
CultureThe Last Of Us 2 Easter Egg Might Be Making A Crunch Joke
Scavenging for vital crafting items is a huge part of The Last of Us Part 2, but Ellie also spends her time in the post-apocalyptic ruins searching for character trading cards from an in-universe comic-book series. One such card is an obvious nod to game director Neil Druckmann, and it also includes what may be…
By Ian Walker Published June 22, 2020 -
Tips & GuidesWhy You Should Find (Most Of) The Diglett In Pokémon Sword And Shield’s New Expansion
What do you get if you take the original 151 Pokémon and replace them with carbon copies of an eighth generation reimagining of one the more forgettable ones? The Isle of Armor expansion for Pokémon Sword and Shield, out last week for Nintendo Switch, answers that head-scratcher. Kinda. Early on in the DLC, as you…
By Ari Notis Published June 22, 2020 -
CultureFacebook Buys Creators Of The Order: 1886
Ready At Dawn, the makers of The Order: 1886 and more recently Lone Echo, is now part of Facebook, where the studio will work on virtual reality games for the Oculus VR platform, the social media company announced today. “As part of the Oculus Studios team, Ready At Dawn will continue creating memorable, immersive, and…
By Ethan Gach Published June 22, 2020 -
CultureMicrosoft Is Shutting Down Mixer, Moving Streaming To Facebook
Microsoft announced today that the company will be shutting down its streaming site Mixer on July 22 and will partner with Facebook Gaming moving forward. The shutdown starts today, with a transition plan laid out by Microsoft for Mixer streamers. Mixer Partners will be granted partner status with Facebook Gaming, and the platform will honor…
By Zack Zwiezen Published June 22, 2020
