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Hello! This week we learn how much data game developers have on players, honk at Principal Skinner, play 2500 classic PC games, dye our underwear and watch a grandpa get it.

Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week

https://kotaku.com/at-last-you-can-dye-underwear-in-sea-of-thieves-1839139804

Our long national nightmare is finally over…

https://kotaku.com/the-creators-of-pokemon-go-mapped-the-world-now-theyre-1838974714

A wonderful look into just how much data companies like Niantic have on their players. (Spoiler: It’s a lot.)

https://kotaku.com/saints-row-2s-source-code-has-been-rediscovered-so-the-1839044085

I always love stories like this. I imagine some Nathan Drake-like explorer digging through old boxes and finding a CD with “Saint’s Row 2 SOURCE CODE” printed on it.

https://kotaku.com/the-internet-reacts-to-fortnites-blackout-1839012258

Where were you when the black hole destroyed Fortnite?

Tweets!

https://twitter.com/embed/status/1183776022287634433

I love everything about this. (Original videohere and more info about the dude can be found here.)

https://twitter.com/embed/status/1183880354634952704

HONK

Solitude experiment. $10,000 to stay here for a month. No neighbors, internet, electricity and cell phone. Enough food and supplies for 30 days. Can bring books and shotgun. You accept? pic.twitter.com/SbpRA7wONu

— Mark Diaz | POSTHUMAN (@Tenacious_Diaz) October 15, 2019