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CultureTwitchTwitch’s Budding Weed Stars Are Doing Their Best To Educate People, Whether Twitch Likes It Or Not
Twitch’s gardening section contains multitudes. Some people broadcast apple orchards. Others build birdhouses. Others play Stardew Valley. But at most times of the day, those streams are crowded out by one of the most instantly recognizable plants on earth: the seven-armed starfish, Beelzebub’s kale salad, other names I didn’t just make up. I speak, of…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 20, 2020 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryFinal Fantasy VII Remake Gave Me A Chance To Examine My Own Anger
Although I’ve been made aware of the major story beats in Final Fantasy VII over the years through osmosis, Remake is the first time I’ve experienced them personally. I wasn’t prepared for the impact Shinra’s attack on Sector 7 would have on me as I played over the weekend, and now more than ever am…
By Ian Walker Published April 20, 2020 -
CultureSuper Mario Odyssey Gets Remade In Mario 64
Pack your bags—we’re going to New Donk 64. Mario modder extraordinaire Kaze Emanuar is back with their latest project: a Mario 64 mod called Super Mario Odyssey 64. As the name suggests, it recreates much of the Switch game inside its Nintendo 64 predecessor, resulting in a nifty demake that looks like it would be…
By Ethan Gach Published April 20, 2020 -
UncategorizedCall of Duty: Warzone Could Be Getting Events On The Scale Of Fortnite’s
Fortnite-style events could be coming to Call of Duty: Warzone, as recently suggested by Infinity Ward’s narrative director. When Call of Duty’s free-to-play battle royale Warzone launched on March 10, it was uncertain how often the mode’s battlefield would change. Would Warzone take the safe approach of Black Ops 4’s Blackout mode through minor visual…
By S.E. Doster Published April 20, 2020 -
CultureAnother World Creator Shares Toy Car Footage He Used To Make Video Game Art
Over the weekend, game designer Éric Chahi shared footage of him playing with a toy car that was used to make one of the cutscenes in 90s scifi adventure game Another World come to life. It’s a cool look at what goes on behind the scenes of classic game animation. 1991’s Another World holds up…
By Ethan Gach Published April 20, 2020 -
UncategorizedSince actual matches are still suspended the Premier League is going to hold a FIFA tournament this week instead The 20 team single-elimination bracket gets underway April 21 at 7:00p.m. ET with the early matches streaming on YouTube and the semifinals and beyond airing live on NBC Sports.
By Ethan Gach Published April 20, 2020 -
Tips & GuidesI Learned These Final Fantasy VII Remake Tricks The Hard Way So You Don’t Have To
Final Fantasy VII Remake, Square Enix’s much-anticipated role-playing game about herding cats and having amazing hair, has taken the video game world by storm. Whether you’re a huge fan of the 1997 original or don’t even know what a Sephiroth is, one thing’s for sure: This game is very, very good For the most part,…
By Ari Notis Published April 20, 2020 - Uncategorized
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UncategorizedLike a ray of sunlight piercing the cloudy sky she comes, spreading joy to rhythm game loving Switch owners everwhere. Hatsune Miku Project Diva: Mega Mix for the Nintendo Switch launches on May 15 with 101 songs and more on the way. In case you could not tell, this news makes me incredibly happy. Soon…
By Mike Fahey Published April 20, 2020 -
CultureHow’s It Going?: First Drafts Edition
It’s Monday. Welcome back to another week of living in this particular version of the world, and also welcome back to our daily open thread. I had a pretty good weekend, all things considered. I spent most of Sunday working on a novel I’ve been kicking around. After spending my working hours in non-fiction, it’s…
By Riley MacLeod Published April 20, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsThe New Animated Mortal Kombat Movie Is Just As Brutal As The Games
Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge, the new film from Warner Bros. Animation, begins with dozens of ninja being torn limb from limb. Hanzo “Scorpion” Hasashi’s young son is viciously slayed while the titular ninja helplessly watches. Fans of the fighting game’s over-the-top violence will be… pleased? This might get a little gross, folks. The first…
By Mike Fahey Published April 20, 2020 -
CultureThe Week In Games: Aliens Vs. Predator
Prepare for an alien invasion as two different games featuring aliens both release this week. The launch of the surprise XCOM spin-off Chimera Squad and the asymmetrical multiplayer game Predator: Hunting Grounds. I dig taking popular franchises and building out weird and smaller spin-offs. This new XCOM game might be a total flop and that’s…
By Zack Zwiezen Published April 20, 2020 -
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By Brian Ashcraft Published April 20, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanNew Anime Episodes For Pokémon, One Piece And More Delayed Due To Coronavirus Covid-19
The novel coronavirus is impacting the production of anime in Japan. With a state of emergency declared, voice actors aren’t going into the studio, which makes recording new episodes difficult, if not impossible. Because of this, a number of shows will be delaying future new episodes and in their place reruns will be aired. As…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 20, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanMan Recreates Cloud Strife’s Buster Sword In Cardboard
Previously, we saw the iconic Final Fantasy VII blade carved in pencil graphite. Now, let’s see it recreated in cardboard. YouTuber Crafty Transformer uploaded the clip below showing how he brought the Buster Sword to life in cardboard. In the walkthrough, Crafty Transformer shows each step along the way (unfortunately the closed-caption subtitles are only…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 20, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanDomino’s Japan Releases Pizza Covered In Boba From Bubble Tea
Last year, bubble tea’s popularity exploded in Japan. Now, Domino’s decided to release a pizza covered with those tapioca starch pearls. With a state of emergency declared in Japan, perhaps Domino’s decided it was a good idea to bring bubble tea’s bubbles to people. On pizza. As Kotaku previously reported, a bubble tea boom caused…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 20, 2020 -
CultureCosplayGalleryPlease Enjoy Probably The Last Cosplay Show Gallery For 2020
In any other year this would be the time where we’d only just be ramping up our cosplay event coverage as we approached shows like Anime Expo and Comic Con, but in 2020, where everything is terrible, we are not. Instead, somehow, March’s PAX East is probably going to end up being the last show…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 19, 2020
