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Deadspin These Guys Were Great, They Just Never Got Enough Credit: The 10 Most Underrated NBA Players Since 1990 | The A.V. Club Wigging out: 17 times horrible hairpieces ruined TV shows and movies | Kotaku Let’s Rank The Civilization Games, Worst To Best | The Takeout 8 foods that we, non–Instant Pot obsessives, cook…
By G/O Media Published April 3, 2020 -
UncategorizedKotaku Reacts To Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Two weeks have passed since Animal Crossing: New Horizons came out, and almost everyone on the Kotaku staff has poured themselves into trying to make our new desert islands feel like home. It’s been…a process—full of blood, sweat, and a lot of broken axes—and we have some thoughts about it. Hopefully by now you’ve read…
By Ethan Gach Published April 3, 2020 -
CultureAnimal Crossing: New Horizons Patch Fixes Missing Balloons Bug
The latest Animal Crossing: New Horizons patch addresses a bug that prevented balloons from spawning in the skies above players’ islands under “certain circumstances.” Over the last week, Animal Crossing: New Horizons players have noticed something funky going on with the balloons that occasionally drift over their islands. Once the Nook Miles achievement for popping 300…
By Ian Walker Published April 3, 2020 -
CultureMixer Gifts All Partnered Streamers $100 To Help During Covid-19 Pandemic
Even for streamers who can comfortably do their jobs from inside their homes, seemingly indefinitely, it’s impossible to ignore covid-19. Before it’s all said and done, everybody will be impacted. To help streamers make ends meet, Microsoft-owned Mixer has given all its partners $100. Any Mixer streamer can apply to be a partner, and if…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 3, 2020 -
CultureWhat Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for needing to do laundry, because I’ve hit the “all I have left are sweaters” point of staying home a bit earlier than expected. I’ve read you can do your laundry in the bathtub, so I guess I’m going to try that? That leaves lots of time for games while things soak.…
By Riley MacLeod Published April 3, 2020 -
UncategorizedPSA: Don’t Watch The Latest Final Fantasy VII Remake Trailer
This morning, the publisher Square Enix put out a new trailer for its upcoming video game Final Fantasy VII Remake. We here at Kotaku would like to offer some friendly words of advice: Don’t watch it. See, this new trailer for the game (which launches on April 10 for PS4—although many stores in Europe and…
By Jason Schreier Published April 3, 2020 -
CultureWoman Who Played 4,000 Hours Of Animal Crossing: New Leaf Finally Starts New Horizons
After playing over 4,000 hours of Animal Crossing: New Leaf, 88-year-old Audrey at long last embarks on her deserted island getaway in Animal Crossing: New Horizons The last time we saw her, she was diligently checking in on the villagers of her New Leaf town and tending her huge flower garden. Now she’s returned along…
By Ethan Gach Published April 3, 2020 -
CultureDarkest Dungeon Is Getting Multiplayer
For four years the grueling dungeon-crawler Darkest Dungeon has let players suffer alone. In May, new downloadable content will add a multiplayer arena where they can suffer together. Red Hook Games announced the new content back on April 1, but because it was April Fools’ Day, everyone assumed it was just a joke. Multiplayer? In…
By Ethan Gach Published April 3, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Radiation Vibe | Artist: Fountains of Wayne | Album: Fountains of Wayne
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 3, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanThis Friday, the 96th compiled One Piece volume was released, bringing the total number of copies of the manga in print to a staggering 470 million. As Mantan Web (via ANN) reports, the total consists of 390 million copies in print in Japan and another 80 million in print internationally.
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 3, 2020 -
CultureMagic The Gathering Changing Spacegodzilla Card Because Of Coronavirus Covid-19
Wizards of the Coast and Toho Studios joined forces for the upcoming special kaiju expansion set, Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths. The first printing run features a “Spacegodzilla, Death Corona” card, which couldn’t have a worse name at a worse time. The “Corona Beam” (コロナビーム or korona biimu) is the official name for one of Spacegodzilla’s attacks.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 3, 2020 -
UncategorizedLoads Of Awesome Old PC Games Will Keep Your Damn Kids Busy
ExoDOS, a project we profiled last year to catalogue and preserve every MS-DOS game ever released, is doing something special in these new and trying times: rounding up all their collected educational games and distributing them with notes and tips for parents. This is some essential shit! My wife and I (mostly my wife, since…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2020 -
UncategorizedProfessional Fashion Photographer Now Taking Snaps In Animal Crossing
Under normal circumstances, Jessica Kobeissi is a professional photographer who spends her time shooting agency models in glamorous settings. But these are not normal circumstances, and so for the next little while, Jessica is taking photos in Animal Crossing instead. In this video posted to her YouTube channel, Jessica shows how Animal Crossing’s photo mode,…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2020 -
CultureInstead Of Closing, Video Game Retailer Provides Employees With Bullshit Coronavirus ‘Safety’ Tips
Instead of providing stores with adequate sanitation supplies (or simply closing them outright) in response to the covid-19 pandemic, Game X Change corporate felt it best to send employees what amounted to a chain email full of bogus prevention tactics. Their advice includes gargling vinegar, drinking lots of water (to “neutralize” the virus in the…
By Ian Walker Published April 2, 2020 -
CultureTwitchWith Tours Canceled, Venues Closing, And Futures Uncertain, Musicians Flock To Twitch
Popular musician Marc Rebillet’s March 17 Twitch stream—the first in his “Quarantine Livestream Tour”—began just like his other shows: Wearing a silken robe, he improvised a series of songs based on topic suggestions from his audience. People asked for songs about the apocalypse and toilet paper. About an hour and a half in, he announced…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 2, 2020 -
CultureJohn Wick Hex And Some Other Indie Games Are Headed To PS4
The boogie man himself is finally headed to PS4 along with a small but diverse collection of other indie games over the next several days and months. Earlier today, Sony published a series of surprise posts over on the European PlayStation blog, revealing news about five games headed to the PlayStation 4. It’s an odd…
By Ethan Gach Published April 2, 2020 -
UncategorizedApex Legends‘ Bloodhound Event Adds Permanent Duos Next Week
Starting next week, Apex Legends is getting a permanent Duos mode, alongside a temporary event featuring Bloodhound. Announced today, Apex Legends’ Old Ways Lore Event will run from April 7-21. According to the description, prowlers—alien beasts perhaps most memorable for scaring the crap out of me in Titanfall 2—will be loose and guarding high-tier loot.…
By Riley MacLeod Published April 2, 2020
