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Mermaids In The Sims 4 Are Jerks

The Sims 4‘s latest expansion, Island Living, introduced a new kind of “occult” Sim: mermaids. Mermaids replenish their hydration stat by swimming or taking showers. When they venture out into the ocean they grow a pretty tail, and you can put them in a coconut bra. They also give you the potential to be a…

Tifa Lockhart Is Coming To Dissidia Final Fantasy NT

Another character is joining the Dissidia Final Fantasy NT fray: Tifa Lockhart. The news was just announced during a special Square Enix livestream Tifa will join a packed roster that already includes two other Final Fantasy VII characters, Cloud Strife and Sephiroth. In the game, she’ll be a speed-type fighter. Below is footage of her…

Like Evangelion? This November, Bandai Spirits is releasing a metal build figurine version of the Eva-02, featuring diecast metal parts. It’s priced at 24,200 yen ($226) 

Overwatch vs Team Fortress 2, A Battle To The Death

Overwatch’s rivalry with Team Fortress 2 is about to be settled once and for all, not the on the battlefield, but on a battlefield in Source Filmmaker. This was made by animator The Winglet, and is truly something. I’m years past getting any of the TF2 jokes, for example, and still found the whole thing…

Look At These Star Wars Game Boxes

Limited Run Games, a company that reprints classic/cult games in new boxes so collectors can enjoy them, is bringing out two old Star Wars games this week, and their packaging is pretty much perfect. Both the original NES Star Wars game and the Game Boy adaptation will be sold, in new cartridges, but it’s those…

The Women’s World Cup Video Game Experience Is Sadly Half-Assed

The Women’s World Cup has brought together the best teams and players from across the planet, all in the name of some fantastic football (and nightmarish VAR). You might think that, with the eyes of the world upon France and the women’s game, that it would be a good time for EA to replicate what…

Free Fan-Made Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Game Is A Fun Throw-Back

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Rescue-Palooza! has it all: Foot Soldiers, the Party Wagon, lesser known mutant antagonists Groundchuck and Dirtbag. And best of all, the fan-made PC game is free to download Spotted by DSO Gaming (via PC Gamer), Rescue-Palooza!, created by modder Merso_X, started out as a remake of the 1992 NES game Teenage…

Well that didn’t take long. As Kotaku’s Heather Alexandra predicted, Mario Royale, the battle royale game based-on the original Super Mario Bros., has already changed its name and replaced its titular character. The new version is called DMCA Royale

Overpowered ‘Frog Legs’ Are Dominating Fallout 76‘s Battle Royale Mode

Nuclear Winter, Fallout 76’s battle royale mode, allows players to go into matches with customized perk loadouts that grant them various advantages in battle. Players enjoying the game’s early “pre-beta” version are finding that some of those perks are extremely overpowered, especially one called Frog Legs. Frog Legs lets players jump 300 percent higher than…

Razer And Ducky Made A Beautiful Keyboard Together

Taiwanese company Ducky Channel is one of the most respected mechanical keyboard companies in the world. Razer’s been making black and green gaming keyboards for ages. Together, they’ve created the Ducky One 2 Razer Edition, combining both companies’ aesthetics into one quirky fun package. It’s got Ducky’s unique two-piece plastic case in Razer’s signature colors.…

It’s OK To Not Like Evangelion

A couple of months ago, I found myself in a drunken argument about Neon Genesis Evangelion. We were standing on an otherwise empty street outside an apartment complex in Brooklyn at around 10 p.m. last May. I had only seen half of Evangelion’s 26-episode run, at which point I had decided that Gainax’s classic coming-of-age…

Apparent Division 2 Bug Gives You Ammo For Killing Animals [UPDATE]

So much for deer in The Division 2 not dropping meat or any other rewards when you shoot them. The animals scurrying through the game’s post-disaster Washington, DC recently started dropping special ammunition. The developers said last week that the issue would be fixed possibly during a maintenance period last Friday, but we’ve still been…

Banned From The Chinese Internet, LGBT Fanfiction Writers Find New Home On U.S. Website

In China, writing fanfiction can be dangerous. In the United States, although some authors used to be pretty litigious towards derivative works, fanfiction writers here don’t usually have to worry about anything more serious than a cease and desist. In China, creating fanworks can sometimes come with significant legal consequences, especially if what you’re writing…

The Creator Of Yakuza And Judgment Brutally Owned My Haircut

At E3, I had an opportunity to sit down with Toshihiro Nagoshi, chief creative officer of Sega and the director of both the Yakuza games and the upcoming not-exactly-a-spinoff game Judgment for a half an hour. Basking in the chance to ask my personal favorite industry luminary anything I wanted, I of course inquired about…

To infinity and then the infinity beyond the infinity. I am streaming Outer Wilds with my astro-pal Paul Tamayo. Come join chat to talk about our existential dread, cute aliens, and Space

Remember Deadly Games, UPN’s short-lived 1995 television series starring Christopher Lloyd as a video game villain in the real world? No? That’s okay, I remember it for you as a guest on the latest episode of the Post-Atomic Horror Podcast. It’s so bad it’s good, and then back to bad again, with a little more…

I spoke at GDC 2019 and gave a short talk at the Animation Microtalks alongside talented animators from studios like Blizzard and BioWare. Our talks, including my own on the beauty of idle animations, are now live and free to see on YouTube. Give it a watch!

This YouTuber Heard You Like Minecraft, So He Put Some More Minecraft Inside Your Minecraft

Streamer, programmer, and speedrunner SethBling is always cooking up fascinating new gaming feats: a machine learning Mario Kart AI, an SNES cartridge that runs mods, an Atari emulator that runs inside Minecraft. His latest creation is a 2D version of Minecraft that runs inside a Minecraft chest. SethBling showed how it works in a video…

The Intro To Judgment, The Yakuza Team’s Latest Game, Is Perfect For Its Detective Soap Opera Vibe

Judgment, out tomorrow for Playstation 4, is the latest game from the makers of Yakuza, and it thrusts players into the shoes of a stylish private detective trying to solve a violent murder. One of Judgment’s greatest strengths is how much it leans into its television influences in order to craft a mood worthy of…

Samurai Shodown Is Slow And Deliberate In The Best Way Possible

Samurai Shodown, which arrives for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One tomorrow, is the series’ first original outing in eleven years. Although it’s unnumbered, this release represents the seventh mainline installment of the storied fighting franchise, bringing its unique brand of methodical swordplay to a generation already overrun with sequels, reboots, and resurrections. My biggest question…