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CultureDoom Eternal World Record Speedrun Uses Secret Teleporter Room
You never know what you’re going to see in a speedrun. The players working on beating Doom Eternal as quickly as possible, for instance, have found a way to enter a secret developer room that allows them to grab a BFG and complete the Mars Core mission much faster. Doom Eternal is a big, wonderful…
By Ian Walker Published April 21, 2020 -
CultureAnimal Crossing Fans Improve Classic Album Covers With K.K. Slider
Crafting a memorable album cover is a nearly unfathomable art. An artist must catch the zeitgeist with their bare hands and run it through a prism that spits out something equal parts strange, broadly appealing, and impossible to look away from. Weirdly, though, very few of these so-called “geniuses” add cartoon dogs to their masterpieces.…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 21, 2020 -
UncategorizedFan-Run Marketplaces Rise To Meet Animal Crossing: New Horizons Players’ Needs
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is nominally a chill game about seeing what each day holds and adjusting as you go. But if you’re an intense interior designer or an entrepreneurial turnip seller, you’ll want to pick up the pace. Thankfully, there’s an entire ecosystem of tools and websites to help you make tons of bells…
By Heather Alexandra Published April 21, 2020 -
Tips & GuidesHow To Play Both Questlines In Final Fantasy VII Remake‘s Sprawling Chapter 9
Word on the street is a lot of you are playing Final Fantasy VII Remake, Square Enix’s dramatization of An Inconvenient Truth. And if you are, you know it’s mostly linear. Sure, some sections let you direct Cloud and friends off the main plot for a sojourn into side-quest suburbia. But Final Fantasy VII Remake…
By Ari Notis Published April 21, 2020 -
CultureBroken Valorant Skin Gives Players Better Vision While Scoped
“Pay-to-win” is one of the ugliest phrases in gaming, especially when it comes to a competitive game like Valorant. Players recently discovered that a paid skin in Riot Games’ shooter allows for a wider field of vision while scoped than should be possible with a sniper rifle, leading to player outcry and a promise of…
By Ian Walker Published April 21, 2020 -
CultureNvidia’s Streaming Service Keeps Losing More And More Games
Games like Oxygen Not Included, Middle-Earth: Shadow of War, and the entire Arkham series are set to be pulled from GeForce Now on April 24. Nvidia announced the latest round of departures in a blog post last night about the future of its fledgling video game streaming platform. “We’re transitioning as many games to GeForce…
By Ethan Gach Published April 21, 2020 -
UncategorizedDragon Ball Z: Kakarot’s first DLC is out April 28 and adds Beerus to the game. The god of destruction will be level 250 but Vegeta and Goku will have their Super Saiyan God forms available. Still, the game’s producer said he’s only beaten the fight one out of every 10 tries.
By Ethan Gach Published April 21, 2020 - Uncategorized
The Root Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan Doesn’t Wait on Trump, Orders 500,000 Coronavirus Test Kits From South Korea | Jalopnik Let’s Chat About How Weird This Research Boat Is | Gizmodo Apple May Release a Whole Bunch of New (and Some Unusual) Products This Year | Jezebel Trump Announces He’s Temporarily Closing the U.S. to…
By G/O Media Published April 21, 2020 -
CultureHow’s It Going?: Old Favorites Edition
The week continues. Welcome back to our daily open thread. I have a lot of new games to play, but last night I decided to tinker around in stealth game Mark of the Ninja, which I haven’t played in a while. It was fun to remember what I’d loved about the game, as well as…
By Riley MacLeod Published April 21, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsI Need Much More Of Final Fantasy VII Remake‘s Dancing Mini-Game
Don’t leave a rhythm game fan hanging here, Square Enix. The Final Fantasy VII Remake dancing mini-game is too good to be limited to a practice round and one spectacular sequence. Cloud needs to move his body right. As I played through Final Fantasy VII Remake, former (sniff) co-worker Jason Schreier kept asking me where…
By Mike Fahey Published April 21, 2020 -
CultureAnimal Crossing: New Horizons Is Getting Leif, Jolly Redd, And More Seasonal Events
Nintendo announced Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ next set of free updates this morning, and they include upcoming visits from the the shrub merchant Leif and art dealer Jolly Redd. The updates include both visits from new villagers and a series of limited-time events pegged to upcoming holidays. They start rolling out on April 23. Here’s…
By Ethan Gach Published April 21, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Tender | Artist: Blur | Artist: 13
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 21, 2020 -
CultureDeath Stranding’s PC release has been delayed due to the novel coronavirus covid-19 pandemic. The new release date is July 14. According to Kojima Productions, the delay is “to allow more development time amidst the current work-from-home orders in place.”
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 21, 2020 -
CultureThe My Nintendo App Has Gone Live In Japan
Nintendo has launched its My Nintendo App in Japan on Android and iOS. The free app lets users check the latest Nintendo news, watch Nintendo Directs, shop on the Nintendo Store and more. Users can also create their own pages, Wish Lists, track their Switch’s Activity Log, and access QR codes at the Nintendo Tokyo…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 21, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanBehold, Gundam Models…In A Bottle
You’ve seen a ship in a bottle before, right? Expert model ship makers build ships in glass bottles to show off their serious skills. One Gundam model maker, it seems, is doing something similar. Twitter user Risshii has been building Gundam models in Jack Daniel’s bottles for the past few years. The shape of Jack…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 21, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Self-Immolate | Artist: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | Album: Infest The Rat’s Nest
By Luke Plunkett Published April 21, 2020 -
UncategorizedSuper Mario Maker 2 Now Lets You Create Worlds
While previously Super Mario Maker 2 has been about creating Mario levels, the game’s final update adds something a bit bigger: a “World Maker.” As you can see in this introductory video below, you’ll now be able to create your own overworld maps, filling them with stops that lead to your own levels. There are…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 20, 2020