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Civilization Mod Adds A Super AI That Can Destroy Humanity

Time to give Gandhi a rest Via RPS, The University of Cambridge’s Centre for the Study of Existential Risk has released a mod for Civilization V called Superintelligence, which adds some artificial intelligence options to the late-game. It can be good! But also bad. Artificial intelligence can initially provide some benefits, and eventually can turn…

Nintendo Is Releasing Some Lovely Phone Cases

They’re out in April (in Japan only, at least for now), and there are cases based on Breath of the Wild, Splatoon and Animal Crossing There are four Animal Crossing cases, two soft ones for iPhones and two nicer folding flip ones. The Splatoon and Zelda ones also flip, and these four are for pretty…

When 2018 meets 2005.

Someone Fixed The Genesis Nomad’s Biggest Problem

You might remember the Genesis Nomad as Sega’s mammoth 1995 successor to the Game Gear. It was huge and heavy and ran on six AA batteries. Decades later one owner was fed up with subsidizing the Energizer Bunny and decided to add a rechargeable internal battery pack of their own. As a DIY modder by…

Showtime’s President Swears The Halo TV Show Is Still Happening

TV Guide recently spoke to Showtime’s President and CEO, David Nevins, and asked what was up with that Halo series that got announced forever ago. It’s “still in very active development,” he said. The executive also stressed that he’s seen scripts, something you’d hope might have happened in the four and a half years since…

Hats off to the maker of this Mario Odyssey custom Nintendo Switch dock. Etsy creator Senpai3D has 3D printed a number of Nintendo-themed accessories and mods but this one, spotted by Tiny Cartridge, is especially charming. It even has room for a few Amiibo.

Skyrim Expansion Mod ‘Lordbound’ Shows Off Environments In New Trailer 

Started back in 2015, Lordbound is a mod for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim that adds new locations and quests to the already sprawling game. Scheduled to come out sometime in 2018, the team behind it released a new trailer this weekend showing off some of the new locations players will be able to visit.…

The market for loot boxes in Second Life has taken a hit as hackers use exploits to duplicate their contents and sell them at a discount according to a report by PC Gamer. The in-game makers of “gacha” gambling overlays say the cheating persists despite attempts by publisher Linden Lab to stop it.

There’s no more playing Super Smash Bros. for the New Orleans Saints, at least while NFL play-offs are underway. The Times-Picayune reports that all distractions have been removed from the team’s locker room, including an N64 with Smash Bros., while they prepare for Sunday’s game against the Panthers.

Dragon Age‘s Varric Is Getting His Famous Book Published For Real 

Varric Tethras is Dragon Age’s wry but poetic dwarf. Making his first appearance in Dragon Age 2, he’s not just a resourceful hunter and trap layer but also a famous writer. His novel “Hard in Hightown” is a best seller in the continent of Thedas and, it turns out, soon to be published in the…

GOG’s Mysterious Curation Process Rejected Opus Magnum [UPDATE]

Zachtronics, the developer behind the elegant puzzle game Opus Magnum, recently stated on Twitter that the reason it wasn’t available to buy on Good Old Games (GOG) was because the digital distribution service had rejected it during the review process. [Update – 11:00am, 2/1/2018] GOG has now tweeted that it will accept Opus Magnum after…

Staff Writer Heather Alexandra (that’s me!) is starting up a playthrough of Skyrim live on Twitch. I’m exploring it to take a closer look at what works and what doesn’t. Join me in chat for adventures and glitches.

Creepy point-and-click adventure game Rusty Lake Paradise has a new teaser trailer ahead of its January 11 release. Coming to both Android and iOS, the game looks pretty unnerving. Definitely not something light to be played on the subway or in the checkout line.

In GTA Online, The Rich Are Ruining Games With Expensive Nukes

A group of GTA Online players are all gathered together near an auto shop in downtown Los Santos. They’re here for a car meet meant to show off fancy vehicles within the community. Suddenly, and without any warning, a giant explosion goes off. Everyone is killed, and the hot rods are destroyed. Another orbital cannon…

There’s A Website Dedicated To Stealing Furry Porn From Patreon Artists

A horde of pirates is undermining Patreon’s financial structure, reposting paywalled pornographic images on an illicit website for free. The makers of these images are furious that internet denizens are putting their livelihoods in jeopardy to score free porn. Yiff.Party has been around since July, 2015, but has picked up speed exponentially in recent weeks.…

YouTuber Leaves Smosh Games After Sexual Assault Allegations

Amra “Flitz” Ricketts, a popular YouTube star and member of the massive network Smosh Games, has left the organization after being accused by multiple women of sexual assault. “I wanted to let all of you know that effective immediately, I’m leaving Smosh Games,” Ricketts wrote on Twitter yesterday. “Last week I was accused of some…

Five Reasons I Like Fortnite BR Way Better Than Battlegrounds

Battlegrounds may have sparked the current Battle Royale trend, but these days, I’d much rather log into Fortnite. Over the last few months, developer Epic Games have crafted a game with a unique identity, if not a better one. Here’s why I prefer to play Fortnite over Battlegrounds. It works I’ve been playing Fornite for…

Amazon Kills Unpopular Anime Strike Service

After just a year, Amazon has gutted its hard-to-loveanime service Anime Strike, rolling the dozens of anime shows and movies Anime Strike offered into Amazon Prime’s general offerings. Reached for comment, an Amazon representative told Kotaku, “We have decided to move the curated catalogs of Anime Strike and [Bollywood channel] Heera into Prime Video so…

Like anime Tiger and Bunny? The official Twitter just announced that work is starting on a new Tiger and Bunny animation project. No other details, including a release window, just yet.

A Look Inside Eiichiro Oda’s House

Eiichiro Oda, the creator of One Piece, has an interesting house. Let’s have a peek! Previously, we saw Oda’s studio, which is also located in his house. After checking out that, other parts of his house, which were recently introduced on Japanese TV, shouldn’t come as a total surprise. For example, he has a crane…