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CultureTrack: Sister Buddha | Artist: Belle and Sebastian | Album: Days of the Bagnold Summer
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 31, 2019 -
UncategorizedGlitch Reveals Popular Young Streamer Is A Middle-Aged Woman
Qiaobiluo Dianxia, also known as “Your Highness Qiaobiluo,” was racking up followers and donations on DouYu, a Chinese live-streaming platform. The photos she uploaded and the short clips she posted showed a young woman, leading her growing number of fans to think this was her. It was not. Here are some of the photos Qiaobiluo…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 31, 2019 -
Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: Summer Night
As we close the book on July and move into August, it’s important to remember that autumn—and its welcome respite from the oppressive summer heat—is still almost two months away. The only thing to do, therefore, is keep on playing those summer songs, and hope they can ease our sweaty suffering a little bit. Gray…
By Seung Park Published July 31, 2019 -
CultureCosplayGalleryOur Favorite Cosplay From Anime Matsuri 2019
Anime Matsuri is a huge show that takes place every year in Houston, drawing more than 40,000 fans through the doors. Despite serious allegations levelled against the show’s organiser in recent years, ranging from sexual harassment to financial impropriety, it was still held on the weekend of 13-16 June. The photos and video below were…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 31, 2019 -
CultureI Wish To Inform You That Another Garfield Kart Has Been Made
Garfield Kart came out in 2013, was ignored, then reborn in 2018 as a thing, because the internet has taken the lazy cat and reshaped it in its image. The game is now getting a sequel on Xbox One, PS4, PC and Switch. It is once again a cart racing game, only starring Garfield, and…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 30, 2019 -
EsportsRick Fox Accuses Fellow Esports Organization Investor Of Trying To ‘Engineer A Firesale’
In a new interview with The Richard Lewis Show, Rick Fox accused fellow Team Echo Fox investor Amit Raizada of being a “bully,” “self-dealing,” and holding the company “hostage.” “For me, unfortunately, two years in I discover the nature of who he is, and shame on me for not going to Google,” Fox said during the…
By Ethan Gach Published July 30, 2019 -
UncategorizedLooks Like EA’s NBA Live Is Being Weird Again
It’s easy to forget that there are two AAA basketball games on the market, so complete is 2K’s dominance of the scene, but EA Sports just keep plugging away with their NBA games. Some get released to little fanfare, others get cancelled at the last minute and some, like this year’s game, get delayed before…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 30, 2019 -
CultureHow Over 25 People Got Scammed Into Working At A Nonexistent Game Company
Brooke Holden had all but given up on breaking into the video game business. She had gone to university in the United Kingdom to study game development, but realized partway through her degree that she hated coding. Holden had also come across horror stories about labor conditions in the game industry, where employees regularly work…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published July 30, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsDestiny 2‘s Solstice Event Is Back And Better Than Last Year’s Grind
The Solstice of Heroes has just begun in Destiny 2. It’s the return of last year’s in-game event where you think back on how swell your time playing Destiny 2 has been as you play more Destiny 2. Much like the first Solstice of Heroes, which was held around this time last year, this one…
By Joshua Rivera Published July 30, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsFire Emblem Is Slowly Improving Its Same-Sex Romance Options
The newer Fire Emblem games have placed an emphasis on romance and dating, though the series has been slow to make same-sex romance a viable option. Fire Emblem: Three Houses does allow you to experience same-sex romance—and it is explicitly romantic, and accessible for both male and female main characters. However, the female main character…
By Gita Jackson Published July 30, 2019 -
CultureNintendo 64 Super Smash Bros. Challenge Record Broken After 14 Years
The original Nintendo 64 Super Smash Bros. has a few challenge modes for players to test their skills. These include a mini-game to break small targets and a movement challenge to touch special platforms in a stage. The world record time for completing Pikachu’s platform challenge has stood since 2005—but after over a decade, it’s…
By Heather Alexandra Published July 30, 2019 -
CultureThe Internet Reacts To Hero In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Earlier this morning, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai took some time to show off the game’s latest character, the Hero from the popular Dragon Quest roleplaying series. The presentation detailed what Hero will bring to the table once he is added to the game, and so far, several top competitive Smash players seem…
By Ian Walker Published July 30, 2019 -
CultureGears Of War 4 Headlines August’s Xbox Live Games With Gold
August’s Xbox Live Games with Gold are a nice mix of action and racing. As always, these games are only “free” if you have an active Xbox Live Gold subscription. August’s Games With Gold are: Xbox One Gears of War 4 (August 1-31) Forza Motorsport 6 (August 16-September 15) Xbox 360 (compatible with Xbox One)…
By Riley MacLeod Published July 30, 2019 -
UncategorizedIt’s patch day for Final Fantasy XIV! The latest update adds a new difficult tier to the Eden series of raids and applies some welcome buffs to Monks and Astrologians. Also: hey, Scholars get Energy Drain so they can do something other than spam Broil!
By Heather Alexandra Published July 30, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsTactical Strategy Game Mutant Year Zero Looks Like A PS2 Game On Switch [Update]
What the duck am I looking at? Mutant Year Zero: Road To Eden was one of last year’s surprise delights. Now it’s out on Switch, which should be a great thing. There’s just one problem: It looks really bad. [Update – 10:23, July 31]: The Switch version of Mutant Year Zero got a patch yesterday…
By Ethan Gach Published July 30, 2019 -
UncategorizedAre you ready for some football?! I’m not! Which means that, were I confronted by some football, my reactions of surprise and delight would be genuine. This is precisely why I’m about to stream Madden NFL 20 over on our Twitch channel. Roar from the bleachers in our chat, bruddy. (That’s a portmanteau of “bro”…
By Tim Rogers Published July 30, 2019
