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CultureTotal RecallMickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny, Ghostbusters And A Tale Of Licensing Hell
We all know about games that have had individual licensing issues, and games that have been changed for different markets (hi, Super Mario Bros. 2), but the story of this old Kemco Roger Rabbit title, released on the NES in Japan, is something else. Stumbled upon and shared by the magical kitsune, this excellent video…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsTrials Of Mana‘s Healer Talks Like A Baby And Pwease, No
There are six playable characters in the Trials of Mana HD remake that comes out this week. The only dedicated healer among them is Charlotte, the diminutive granddaughter of the Priest of Light. I’d rather my party die a thousand deaths than be subjected to her insipidly cutesy baby-talk. It’s a widdle too uwu. When…
By Mike Fahey Published April 22, 2020 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryWhen Final Fantasy VII Remake Broke My Heart, Chasing A Pig Proved Strangely Therapeutic
I recently hit an emotional low point with Final Fantasy VII Remake. It was hard to watch my favorite side characters suffer and Avalanche members Tifa and Barret grapple with their culpability in Shinra’s latest attack. I even took a day off to decompress. When I returned, however, I was greeted by a ridiculous mission…
By Ian Walker Published April 22, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsMario Maker 2‘s Final Update Would Be Better If It Weren’t The Last One
Super Mario Maker 2 received its big version 3.0 update today, adding a bunch of new items, characters, and a whole new mode for building entire worlds. There’s a ton of great stuff to play around with in it. But as a final update, it leaves a lot on the table. First the big stuff:…
By Ethan Gach Published April 22, 2020 -
Tips & GuidesHow To Crush Jules In Final Fantasy VII Remake’s Absurd Squat Contest
At Moscow’s Vystavochnaya station, in 2013, you could board the train for free—if you could bust out 30 bodyweight squats inside of two minutes. The first hints of a glorious new fitness revolution? Nope. Just a pilot program to promote good health (and the ‘14 Sochi Olympics). But what’s important here is this: Cloud Strife…
By Ari Notis Published April 22, 2020 -
CultureBugged Fallout 76 NPCs Are Looting Some Players’ Corpses
Sharing is caring, right? At least it is when the person you lend your stuff to eventually gives it back. Some of Fallout 76’s newly added NPCs aren’t doing that, though. Thanks to a bug, they can occasionally nab your prized loot when you die and keep it for themselves. “I was playing the riding…
By Ethan Gach Published April 22, 2020 - Uncategorized
The A.V. Club All our yesterdays: 15 times Star Trek altered the timeline | Gizmodo All the Killer Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Superhero Stuff We Can’t Wait to Watch on HBO Max | The Root ‘Open the Economy’ Is the New ‘White Lives Matter’ | Jalopnik At $25,000, Would You Enlist With This 2008 AM General…
By G/O Media Published April 22, 2020 -
CultureHow’s It Going?: Plans Edition
It’s Wednesday; we’re halfway there! Welcome back to our daily open thread. None of us really know what the future holds—I guess that’s always true, but it feels especially true now. I’m a big planner, so I’m finding this a bit difficult. For instance, I’m supposed to run my first marathon in the fall—I have…
By Riley MacLeod Published April 22, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Under the Table | Artist: Fiona Apple | Album: Fetch The Bolt Cutters
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 22, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanIn Japan, Bubble Tea Shops Turn Into Face Mask Vendors
Last year, the bubble tea business was booming in Japan. This year, with the novel coronavirus, a state of emergency has been declared in Japan. There are fewer people going out, and when they do, it’s just to buy essentials like food and face masks. As noted on bulletin board 2ch and sites like Hachima,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 22, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanThe Sound Of A Japanese Arcade Is A Beautiful Thing
2020 is a terrible year, but it’s also a time to appreciate the things we might’ve taken for granted—like the ambient noise at a Japanese arcade. Game center Techno World in Japan’s Iwate prefecture streamed over four hours of sound from inside its arcade as cabinets played demo scenes, waiting for coins and players who…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 22, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Coming Home | Artist: The Four Owls | Album: Nocturnal Instinct
By Luke Plunkett Published April 21, 2020 -
CultureA Video Game Halloween Costume Is Not Appropriate Covid-19 Protection
Halloween costumes always seem like such a rip-off. They’re really only appropriate for one day out of the year and kids usually grow too fast to use them again before the next Halloween rolls around. I don’t blame anyone for trying to find a way to repurpose a costume that would otherwise be gathering dust…
By Ian Walker Published April 21, 2020 -
UncategorizedEpic Caves And Releases Fortnite On Google’s Store, Has Weird Opinions About Android Apps
Fortnite was released on Android devices around 18 months ago, but only as a standalone download, not as part of Google’s Play Store. That puts apps at a big disadvantage because people only tend to download apps through an official store, so Epic has finally relented and made Fortnite available there In a statement sent…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 21, 2020 -
CultureGameStop Will Reopen Some Stores In The Middle Of A Pandemic
GameStop’s CEO is taking a 50% salary reduction as part of pay cuts across the company as it prepares to re-open stores in some states, the company announced today. “The Company has begun the process of re-opening stores in Italy, Germany, Austria and the states of South Carolina and Georgia and is preparing for the…
By Ethan Gach Published April 21, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsDestiny 2’s Guardian Games Is Another Boring Bounty Fest So Far
Destiny 2’s latest event is a generous but all-too-familiar bounty grind, and I’m not sure I have it in me to stick with it. Revealed last week, Guardian Games is Destiny 2’s spin on the Olympics. Instead of individual players competing to see who’s the best, players of a particular class—Warlock, Titan, or Hunter—pool their…
By Ethan Gach Published April 21, 2020
