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Pogostuck Is The Latest Game To Make Twitch Streamers Rage
On the internet, everybody is angry all the time. The 2017 release of Getting Over It With Bennett Foddy, then, marked a special occasion: a time when everybody on the internet was mad at the same thing. Pogostuck is trying to replicate that feat. Pogostuck, a game whose store page unabashedly says it’s inspired by…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 5, 2019 - Uncategorized
Destiny 2 Now Lets You Level Up Super Fast
If you, like me, haven’t had the time or patience to keep up with the Destiny 2 grind, here’s some good news on this day full of new Gambit modes: You can now get all the way to 640 power in just an hour or two, as long as you have the game’s year two…
By Jason Schreier Published March 5, 2019 -
CultureThe Internet, And Sonic’s Creator, React To Sonic’s Movie Design
We now live in a post-Sonic the Hedgehog-movie-render world. Sonic the Hedgehog does not resemble a hedgehog in the slightest, and I’d argue he is more recognizable because of it. He’s a blue ball with spikes on his head, skinny legs, conjoined eyeballs, and sneakers. In the upcoming Sonic movie, he (probably) looks like this…
By Gita Jackson Published March 5, 2019 - Uncategorized
The Latest Steam Game To Test Valve’s Laissez-Faire Policy Is Called ‘Rape Day’
An independent developer called Desk Lamp says it has spent over two years working on a game called Rape Day. Now it’s waiting for approval from Valve to sell it on Steam. “Rape Day is a game where you can rape and murder during a zombie apocalypse,” reads its description on Steam. I’m not exaggerating…
By Ethan Gach Published March 5, 2019 - Uncategorized
Chiquita Evans Could Be The First Woman In NBA 2K‘s Pro League
Chiquita Evans, a 30 year-old professional NBA 2K player who splits her time between Chicago and Mobile, Kentucky, loves winning and really loves basketball. Today, she may become the first woman to be drafted in the NBA 2K league, and she’s more than ready to grab the W. Evans is one of two female NBA…
By Gita Jackson Published March 5, 2019 - Uncategorized
Mars arrives in Dota 2 today adding another ancient god to the game’s existing pool of over 100 heroes. The melee carry has a giant shield that decreases damage he receives from the front and sides and has a bunch of crowd-control abilities that should make him fun to play.
By Ethan Gach Published March 5, 2019 - Uncategorized
Red Dead Online Players Are Cloning Hundreds Of Cougars
If you stop by a local butcher in Red Dead Online right now, you might find stacks of dead cougars. This isn’t because of a cougar population explosion. Instead, this is because some players have discovered an easy way to make a lot of money in Red Dead Online that involves spawning hundreds of dead…
By Zack Zwiezen Published March 5, 2019 -
UncategorizedMan Beats Mario 64’s First Bowser Fight Without Using The Control Stick
Super Mario 64 expert Pannenkoek2012 has devised a way to defeat Bowser in the game’s Dark World without ever using the N64 controller’s joystick, and the result is incredible to watch. Pannenkoek2012, whom we’ve covered before and who has spent years researching the depths of every little detail and nuance in Mario 64, has most…
By Ethan Gach Published March 5, 2019 -
UncategorizedWe’re streaming a prehistoric sim called Dawn of Man on Twitch. Join us in the chat!
By Paul Tamayo Published March 5, 2019 -
UncategorizedConan Unconquered is a real-time strategy game being made by Petroglyph, a studio formed by some of the original developers on the Command & Conquer series. It’s also a wave-survival game like They Are Billions, which all sounds great on paper. It’s slated to arrive on PC in the first half of 2019.
By Ethan Gach Published March 5, 2019 - CultureKotaku Game Diary
I Wish This Charming Anime Game Wasn’t A Roguelike
RemiLore: Lost Girl in the Lands of Lore is a game filled with things I love. An unlikely anime hero finds herself in a magical world, where she must defeat mechanical creatures using ridiculous weapons. Oh, and the robots drop snacks when they die. It would be a perfect game if only it didn’t have…
By Mike Fahey Published March 5, 2019 - Uncategorized
While Anthem does occasionally shutdown players’ PS4s, it doesn’t appear to be bricking them after all Instead, players whose consoles become unresponsive have reported being able to get them running again by starting the console in safe mode and rebuilding the data base.
By Ethan Gach Published March 5, 2019 -
CultureYouTubeThe New Queer Tropes In Video Games Series Is Tired, But Sadly, Still Relevant
For the sake of making their games more realistic, video game developers have done extensive research on all sorts of random or mundane things: parasitic fungi, game theory, gun sounds, paleobotany, and breast physics are just a few. Some of these subjects no doubt required expert commentary, academic research, and a genuine dedication of time…
By Natalie Degraffinried Published March 5, 2019 - Uncategorized
Smash Bros. Creator Masahiro Sakurai Works Too Damn Hard
This is Masahiro Sakurai. He makes Smash Bros. games. At this point in his career, he could probably take things pretty easy. He does not. “My office hours are up to me. So long as I complete the new Smash Bros., I could show up only once a week, or only at night, or even…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 5, 2019 - Uncategorized
Turn Your Cat’s Face Into A Wearable Mask
In Japan, a service called “My Family” is offering to sculpt realistic order-made masks depicting people’s family pets. For example, this is Rui, a Bengal cat that lives in Kyoto. Looking at reference photos, an artist sculpts the feline’s face, adding fur, which it then color to match the original markings. Prices start at 300,000…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 5, 2019 -
Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: I’m Not Laughing
Leessang was one of the greats of mid-to-late-2000s Korean hip-hop, and one listen to any of their title tracks is enough to make you fall into the well of their rhythmic and strangely powerful music. While many of Leessang’s later releases would abandon a lot of traditional hip-hop for a more mainstream, conventional sound (compare…
By Seung Park Published March 5, 2019