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CultureTrack: Bad Decisions | Artist: The Strokes | Album: The New Abnormal
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 24, 2020 -
EsportsSeven-Year-Old Wins A Pokémon Championship, Makes Everyone A Fan
Meet Simone Lim. She’s the new Pokémon Oceania International Juniors Championships champion. She faced off in Melbourne against the older and formidable Justin Miranda-Radbord. He’s defending champ with a long list of achievements, including 21-time Regional Champ. Lim seemed to come out of nowhere to claim her crown. This was her first year competing; she…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 24, 2020 -
UncategorizedThe Ghibli Museum in Tokyo will be closed until March 17 due to coronavirus concerns. The call to close the museum was made in accordance with Tokyo’s decision to cancel events in the next three weeks to help prevent the outbreak from spreading. The Ghibli Museum will refund purchased tickets.
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 24, 2020 -
UncategorizedMod Turns Original Mario Party Into A Platformer
Mario Party 64 is a romhack created by MrComit that takes the eight boards from the original N64 release of the series and turns them into a complete, self-contained platform game, ala Super Mario 64 In addition to the boards themselves becoming stages, with 70 stars to collect throughout, there are still minigames to play…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 23, 2020 -
UncategorizedAlmost Nobody Played A Bad Guy In Mass Effect
One of the key appeals of playing the Mass Effect series at its time of release was the way, like BioWare’s older games, your in-game decisions and actions would propel you towards the ends of a binary good/evil scale, potentially changing the game’s story. Turns out BioWare almost needn’t have bothered, since so few players…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 23, 2020 -
CultureThe Week In Games: Chu, Chu, Chu In VR
In space, everybody can hear you sing and dance. Aliens are invading and it’s time for Ulala the fearless reporter to figure out what’s going on. And also to say chu a lot while dancing with aliens. Space Channel 5 was always one of those games I’d see in magazines and be really confused about.…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 23, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Volcano | Artist: The Presidents Of The United States Of America | Album: II
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 23, 2020 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryUpdating Games On PS4 Is Like Pulling Teeth
Little things can start to add up over time and eventually a part of you snaps and you just can’t help but get mad. This is what happened to me recently while trying to play some games on PS4, all of which needed updates. The update downloaded fast, but then I had to wait for…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 23, 2020 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Tom Nook On Vacation
Tom Nook, the bastard landlord from the Animal Crossing series, is wearing a cool tropical shirt. He is also on an island. So I think it is safe to say he is on vacation or at least taking a nice break from city life. Your challenge this week: Show us Tom Nook getting out there.…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 23, 2020 -
UncategorizedSomeone Almost Beat LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga Without Collecting Any Studs
Whenever I played the LEGO Star Wars games, I would spend way too much time farming studs. I did this because collecting studs lets you unlock new characters, features and also because it is satisfying. But one player decided to try and play through all the LEGO Star Wars games avoiding every single stud. YouTuber,…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 23, 2020 -
CultureSunday Comics: Good Work!
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published Feb. 20. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Originally published Feb. 17. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 23, 2020 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Everything’s Coming Up Robotnik, Winners!
Last week I asked you all to show some love to Sonic’s longtime enemy, Dr. Robotnik. (Or Eggman if you want to use the worse name.) You all did great. Well, most of you. Some of you created terrible things. But some of those things won awards, so I’m as much to blame as you…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 22, 2020 -
CultureWe’re Gonna Need A Bigger Boat
This week on Snapshots, creepy skeeball machines, firing a rocket in Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order, hordes of zombies, a big monster, a destroyed car and a shark from Assassin’s Creed: Odyessy eating someone. And more! I’m very happy to see some great screenshots from the latest Division 2 episode. That place is filled with…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 22, 2020 -
CultureCoca-Cola Energy Is Terrible
Coca-Cola is a classic soda that has been around for over 120 years. But times change and folks in 2020 no longer want a little caffeine. They want a lot of it. As a result energy drinks are super popular right now and so Coca-Cola, wanting to capture some of this new market, has released…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 22, 2020 -
UncategorizedTwitch has reinstated body painting streamer Forkgirl’s account after indefinitely suspending it last week for nudity In an email to Forkgirl, the company explained that, by its standards, she had not adequately covered her chest, but acknowledged that the rules may not have been entirely clear. Read more in my updated story
By Nathan Grayson Published February 22, 2020 -
UncategorizedNobody Knows Why A Random NPC In Red Dead Redemption II Suddenly Became A Murderer
I’ve played a lot of Red Dead Redemption II and its online multiplayer mode. At this point, I’ve put in hundreds and hundreds of hours. And I’ve seen many strange, cool and bad things. But I ain’t seen anything like what one player shared on the RDR2 subreddit a few days ago. The clip was…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 22, 2020 -
CulturePokemonSmoochum Kisses Everything Before Touching It
Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Smoochum! Smoochum Details Type: Ice/Psychic Average Height: 1′ 04″ Average Weight: 13.2 lbs. First Added In Generation II Kissing.…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 22, 2020 -
CultureMattel Is Making Cute Mini NFC-Enabled Toys For Minecraft Earth
Minecraft Earth is a mobile game that released last year and reminded a lot of folks of Pokemon GO. But some mini toys announced at the New York Toy Fair are going to give Minecraft Earth something Pokemon GO doesn’t currently have: Collectible toys that can give you in-game power-ups and rewards. These cute little…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 22, 2020 -
CultureMorning CheckpointToilet Cat, Quit Hogging The Toilet
Hello! This week we cut up some giant ships, complain about the long load times in Destiny 2, find a dead body in Animal Crossing, dream about Skate 4, fall in love with a weird Fortnite skin and meet the wonderful Toilet Cat. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week These old consoles are creaking…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 22, 2020
