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CultureElite: Dangerous Players Discover Ancient Ship Full Of Living People
Despite being largely empty, outer space is just full of distress. Distress signals here, distress signals there—it all gets to be old hat after a little while. Today, though, the developers of Elite: Dangerous buried an extremely cool storyline about a ship from the distant past in what appeared to be just an ever-so-slightly anomalous…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 5, 2019 -
CultureNew Apex Legends Bug Lets Players Attack Each Other Before Matches
The latest Apex Legends update dropped today, bringing with it balance adjustments, limited-time duos matches, and the long-awaited Firing Range practice mode. But sometimes we have to take the good with the bad, which in this instance means dealing with the arrival of a bug that gives players the ability to attack and even knock…
By Ian Walker Published November 5, 2019 -
Culture26 Years Later, Here’s Another Deleted Scene From The Super Mario Bros. Movie
It didn’t make the cut back in 1993, but if for some reason you felt like seeing even more footage from the disastrous Super Mario Bros. live action movie, here’s your chance. The team at SMBmovie.com, who have spent years cataloguing and uploading everything you’d ever want to know—and a lot of stuff you wouldn’t—about…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 5, 2019 -
CultureDark Souls Modders Can Now Create And Import Custom Maps
It’s taken eight years, but a group of modders have worked out a way to create custom levels for Dark Souls, and to prove it they’ve imported…a classic Half-Life map. As explained in this Reddit thread, the hold-up has long been down to not just Dark Souls’ use of Havok physics, but the fact that…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 5, 2019 -
CultureOverwatch Director Says There Are Story Reasons For Saving The First Black Woman Hero For The Sequel
Overwatch currently has 31 playable heroes. One of them is a gorilla from the moon. Another is a hamster in a mecha ball. None of them are black women. This has led to a series of increasingly exasperated pleas from fans over the years, to little avail. Now, finally, Blizzard has confirmed the existence of…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 5, 2019 -
CultureNow’s the Best Time to Get Loot in Last Year’s Call of Duty
A major overhaul is coming to Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s Black Market. While loot boxes aren’t going away, players will finally have a better way of earning cosmetics. Yesterday, Treyarch announced changes that are coming on November 12 to Black Ops 4’s highly-criticized Black Market—you know, that cosmetic marketplace that wanted to sell…
By S.E. Doster Published November 5, 2019 -
ReviewsPCPlanet Zoo Has Cute Animals, But The Management Sucks
Ever wonder what would happen if someone made a traditional theme park management game, but with animals? Planet Zoo is here to help us find out. I’d love to tell you that pitch is more nuanced, and that I was just being sassy for a lede, but really, it’s not. If you’ve played Rollercoaster Tycoon,…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 5, 2019 -
CultureWhat We Like (And Don’t Like) About HBO’s New His Dark Materials Show
Last night, the television adaption of His Dark Materials premiered on HBO. Cecilia D’Anastasio and Gita Jackson sat down to talk about their long abiding love of the original book series, the first episode’s successes as well as its problems, and fighting polar bears. Cecilia D’Anastasio: Gita! His Dark Materials! My favorite fantasy novels! Some…
Gita Jackson & Cecilia D'Anastasio Published November 5, 2019 -
CultureIndivisible Creative Director On Making A Party-Based RPG That Feels Like A Fighting Game
After four years in development, Indivisible arrived last month, bringing the combo-heavy combat of certain old-school RPGs into the modern age. It garnered praise across the gaming world, but it soon became clear that there were a few issues holding it back from true greatness, some of which are still waiting to be addressed. Kotaku…
By Ian Walker Published November 5, 2019 -
CultureRed Dead Redemption 2 Is Having A Rough Launch On PC [Updated]
Red Dead Redemption 2 is out on PC today. A lot of players, myself included, are already having some issues. Here are some of the problems you might be running into and some possible fixes that have been discovered so far. First things first, you should get the latest graphics drivers for your card, which…
By Riley MacLeod Published November 5, 2019 -
CultureGive Vicar Max A Chance In The Outer Worlds, Guys
When you first meet Maximillion DeSoto in The Outer Worlds, he has a snide comment about everything. When I recruited Felix, a nice kid who is trying his best, Max sneered about adopting street urchins. I disliked Vicar Max almost the moment he settled in with my party. He’s a dickhead, but after spending some…
By Gita Jackson Published November 5, 2019 -
UncategorizedSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate Pros Weigh In On Which Characters Are Strongest
Five Super Smash Bros. Ultimate pros recently shared their thoughts on which character they think is the strongest, and some of their answers are surprising. “I think the best character is clearly Joker now,” said Smash streamer and top Smash 4 player Gonzalo “Zero” Barrios, citing the domination of fellow pro and Joker player Leonardo…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published November 5, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsMario And Sonic At The Tokyo Olympics Has Lots Of Fun Events, Few Ways To Play Them
The latest installment of Sega and Nintendo’s Olympics crossover series takes Sonic, Mario, and friends to Tokyo to compete in more than 30 summer sports mini-games. There’s a single-player story mode, online and offline play of single events, and that’s about it. No online or offline tournaments, no creating custom event playlists. Just pick and…
By Mike Fahey Published November 5, 2019 -
CultureTrack: You Only Live Once | Artist: The Strokes | Album: First Impressions of Earth
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 5, 2019 -
Kotaku EastJapanStreet Fighter Pro And Model Found True Love At An Arcade
Pro-gamer Fuudo is a world-class Street Fighter player. Yuka Kuramochi is a very popular pin-up model. The couple just announced their marriage. The two became friends in an arcade and thanks to a Street Fighter IV tournament. Though there is this humorous image floating around with Kuramochi and her future husband sitting despondently in a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 5, 2019