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A Brief Date With Fortnite

Thanks in large part to God of War and the Final Fantasy Tactics iOS port, I’ve been gaming regularly for the first time in about a decade. As I emerged from my dumb hibernation to become a Gamer once again, I realized I could now fill a huge gap in my cultural literacy. I wanted…

Charli XCX’s New Bop Is A Funny Flashback To The 90s

2018 has been a pretty rough year. If you’re missing the good old days of AOL Instant Messenger, The Matrix and the iMac G3, check out this music video. You might know Charli XCX from her smash hit “Boom Clap,” which was featured in the teenage misery porn movie The Fault In Our Stars, or…

Meet SonicFox, The Queer Furry Who’s Destroying Everyone Else At Fighting Games

Dominique “SonicFox” McLean competed in his first Mortal Kombat tournament in 2011 at age 13. Back then, his opponents didn’t know what they were up against. But SonicFox knew his own truth: he was queer, he was a furry, and he rocked at fighting games. Seven years later, the four-time Evo champion has shown the…

Official Hello Kitty Trains For Tokyo

Two Tokyo train lines will have Hello Kitty and friends covered carriages starting next month. According to Spoon & Tamago and Nico Nico News, Keio Corporation’s Keio Line and Toei Shinjuku Line are getting the full Sanrio treatment. As Spoon & Tamago notes, Keio Corporation also operates Tama-Center Station, which serves Sanrio Puroland, the Kitty…

Yokai Watch 4, which Kotaku checked out at the Tokyo Game Show, has been delayed to next spring in Japan. It was supposed to be out winter 2018. Inazuma Eleven: Balance Of Ares, which was slated for this fall, has also be pushed back. It will be out this winter in Japan.

After Idol’s Death, Bullying And Intimidation Allegations Surface

Honoka Omoto was a member of a local idol group called Enoha Girls that promoted Ehime Prefecture’s agricultural industry. This past March, Omoto died by suicide, and now her family is taking their daughter’s former production company to court for damages. According to Asahi News, mother and plaintiff Yukie Omoto is quoted as saying, “On…

Neon Nights. Mong Kok, Hong Kong. By Alex Knight | Instagram JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

Now Bowsette Is In Breath Of The Wild

Having already been added to Mario 64 and New Super Mario Bros. Wii, it’s now time for Bowsette to venture off into the wilds of the latest Zelda This mod by Lynard Killer, which replaces Link with a fully playable Bowsette, is fantastic, even going so far as to add some basic dress physics. It’s…

The latest official expansion for Cities: Skylines is all about your industrial areas, for those who like to fine-tune their factories and foster more farms.

Former Pro Evolution Soccer Commentator Peter Brackley Has Died

Peter Brackley, who during its heyday was the primary commentator for Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer series, has died at the age of 67. His passing was announced on the website of Brighton & Hove Albion, the club he supported and later worked with Brackley was of course well-known among football fans for his work calling…

The Window Dog And Other Tricks From The Resident Evil Series

The newest episode of the YouTube show Boundary Break digs deep into the horror franchise Resident Evil to show off the tricks that the games have used to keep things scary. And also how they frighten us with dogs. The dog that jumps through the window near the beginning of the original Resident Evil is…

The Bloodborne community is planning a Halloween event called The Blood Moon from October 26 to November 1. Like the Return To Yharnam event, it is an attempt to get as many people playing and cooperating as possible. Learn more here. 

A Streamer Is Playing Through Dark Souls 2 While Wearing A Suit Of Armor

Dark Souls 2 is the perhaps the most controversial game in the Dark Souls franchise, but streamer m_d_c_t is braving the danger of the game by playing it in a suit of armor. It’s fun. I imagine that the thrill of beating a video game is probably doubled when you do it in a suit…

PS4 Users Are Claiming That Malicious Messages Are Breaking Their Consoles [Updated]

PlayStation 4 users are claiming that they are receiving messages that are preventing them from using their consoles. In several threads on the r/PS4 Reddit board, users are reporting that they are receiving messages through the console’s messaging application that are hard locking their consoles. The stories all follow a similar pattern: users receive a…

Cities: Skylines Mod Helps You Get Your Blade Runner On

Cities: Skylines is about building cities and unleashing your urban designer, and now there’s a mod for the PC version of the game that will let you make sky roads that look right out of our best dystopian films. In reality, the mod doesn’t seem all that complicated. Created by originalbassbass, the basic idea seems…

What Makes Dead Space‘s Plasma Cutter Such A Great Weapon

Today is the 10th anniversary of the release of Dead Space in North America, so we thought it would be fun to reflect on the original game by re-publishing this piece that emerged from Heather Alexandra’s replay of the game last year Dead Space’s Isaac Clarke isn’t a space marine. He isn’t a special operative…

Black Ops 4 Players Are Using Emotes To Peek Around Corners, But A Fix Is On The Way

The launch for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 has been pretty smooth so far, but some nefarious players have been abusing the game’s emote system to look around and over objects to gain an unfair advantage over other players. As reported by VG 24/7, players of the Black Ops 4‘s Blackout mode are able…

Modder Turns Mario 64 Into Portal

In the bleak, distant future, only one video game will remain: Mario 64, the devourer of all other games. Super Mario 64 mad scientist Kaze Emanuar has already created a procession of once-thought-impossible lab experiments in the 1996 Nintendo 64 game, everything from online modes and nauseating first-person viewpoints to recent internet celebrity Bowsette. He…

Black Ops 4 Is Having The Smoothest Call Of Duty Launch In A While

Black Ops 4 launched worldwide today, and it has been the smoothest Call of Duty release in years, assuming you’re playing on console. Starting at midnight, players have been partying up and jumping right into battle on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. If you’re gearing up to play on PC, you might experience some login…

These $1,350 Game Boy-Themed Jordans Almost Look Worth It

Johnny Barry’s Freaker Sneaks is a company that produces super-small runs of custom sneakers. Its take on the retro Air Jordans IV are especially sleek, including 2017’s extremely limited SNES and NES-themed ones. Now there’s a Game Boy pair, and holy shit do they look hot. They’re $1,350 a pop though, and like most of…