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Cooking Mama Has Gone Vegetarian

There’s a new Cooking Mama game coming to the Nintendo Switch via publishers Planet Digital Partners, pitched as a reboot for the series, and while the announcement was centred around some bizarre blockchain news, the most interesting part is that there’s now a new vegetarian mode to go alongside regular recipes that include meat. “New…

Getting The Highest Score Possible In Mario Maker 2 Is Harder Than You Might Expect

If I asked you what is the highest possible score achievable in Super Mario Maker 2, you would assume 999,999,990. That’s usually how video games work. And technically you would be right. But actually reaching that perfect high score is basically impossible through normal gameplay, due to the limited amount of time players have in…

The GTA San Andreas Mission That’s So Easy, There’s No Way To Fail It

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is filled with some famously annoying and difficult missions. Everyone knows of the infamous mission where the player is tasked with following a train while riding a dirtbike. Or the extremely hard Zero RC missions, which were so bad and challenging that Rockstar actually changed them in later versions of…

I Love The Little Robots In Doom 3

I’m walking down a dark, damp and scary hallway. I can hear strange noises all around me. My shotgun is darting about the hallway and connecting rooms, looking for any movement. Suddenly my eyes find an enemy demon. It charges me and shoots a fireball. But I don’t care about myself. Instead, I’m worried about my…

Mario Maker Contest: International Cat Day

International Cat Day happened this week, not to be confused with National Cat Day, which happens in October. Do cats deserve two different days dedicated to them? I don’t know. But let’s celebrate our fluffy little pets by creating some Mario levels. Your Challenge This Week: Create levels that feature the Cat Mario powerup. Theme:…

Someone Killed The Chainsaw Guy In Resident Evil 4 Using Only A Door

In Resident Evil 4 players have a huge variety of weapons and attacks to choose from. But YouTuber Dante Ravioli decided to use something very different to kill one of the most famous enemies in the game. Instead of a shotgun or pistol, they kicked a door into the chainsaw guy’s face a few dozen…

A Lot Of Terrible Video Game Characters Wear Sunglasses

For today’s video, I tried to think of as many sunglasses-wearing video game characters as I could. Immediately Cool Spot, Rash from Battletoads, and Duke Nukem sprang to mind. It did not exactly go well from there: it turns out a lot of video game characters who wear sunglasses suck. If you were born before…

Jumping Puzzles In MMORPGs Are Good, Actually

Games are full of deadly enemies from zombies to dragons, but most share one enemy in common: gravity. Pits, ledges, canyons, moving platforms. No matter what setting players are in, there’s always some reason to jump. Some games even offer tricky obstacle courses. These jump puzzles are both joyous and frustrating. They are unsung juggernauts…

Hitman Documentary Explores The Developers’ Struggles, Triumphs, And Design Tricks

YouTube channel NoClip’s multi-part documentary series on Hitman wrapped up this week. Over the course of four videos, series creator Danny O’Dwyer looked into how Hitman returned to its gameplay roots after 2012’s Absolution, how the breakup with Square Enix affected series developer Io Interactive, and the ins and outs of how a Hitman level…

I’m Back To Watching Video Game YouTube For Fun: Here’s What I Liked

Life has been a little stressful lately. At first, that pushed me to turn to video games for escapism⁠—something I’d not really done before. This week, I’ve found myself too tired to binge through Fire Emblem. But it still felt weird to be more disconnected to gaming, so I returned to something I haven’t done…

Excellent Cosplay Heats Up Summertime In Japan

It’s August! That means two things: First, the weather is hot; second, it’s time for some great Comic Market cosplay. The bi-annual event is underway, with cosplayers showing off their creative creations. This year’s stuff is particularly great! The photos are terrific, too. Comiket 96 runs from August 9 to August 12 and is being…

This Is Some Serious Metal Slug Training

At select arcades in Japan, you can rent a cabinet for a flat fee for a specific period of time. This is a good way to improve your skills. But those hoping to take their play to the next level might need to make things more difficult for themselves. That’s exactly what Twitter user Kaizou_001…

Kinect may be dead as a video gaming peripheral, but its technological uses live on. The latest example is in Sydney, where it’s being used to help control the speed and frequency of train boardings

One Of The Best WW2 Board Games Is Now Even Better

Memoir 44 was already one of the great tactical board games, stripping the rules of war down to their barest bones and emphasising speed and fun over rulers and fine print. Now, with the release of an expansion that adds aircraft miniatures to the game, it’s even more fun. If you’ve never played it (and…

Cross saves are coming to Destiny 2 this month, if all goes according to plan. A blog post today announced that a cross save website and tool will launch of August 21st. Which is good news for anyone looking to hop to PC and enjoy those delicious 60 frames per second.

The next chapter in the ARK: Survival Evolved saga is ARK: Genesis. It’s a story-driven expansion being delivered in two parts, one in December and the second in winter 2020. The trailer shows off new areas and new critters, including little shapeshifting cuties. Players canpre-purchase an ARK: Genesis season pass to receive an in-game holographic companion…

Wolfenstein‘s Best Hidden Feature Is All The Fascist-Friendly Pop Songs

It’s kind of funny that video games still have collectibles. As their worlds become more detailed and awe-inspiring, it can seem tedious to still be reminded to turn around so you can gather more digital widgets. But the Wolfenstein series does collectibles well, using them to flesh out the game’s worlds in deft ways. If…

Action role-playing game Indivisible, crowdfunded in 2015 by the makers of Skullgirls, launches on PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 on October 8 in North America, with a Switch release later in 2019. I playedthe prototype back in 2015 and can’t wait to get my hands on the whole shebang.

Berserk is back! The manga will get another serialized chapter later this month in Young Animal magazine. The manga’s last chapter appeared in April after it had been on an eight-month break. Berserk has been no stranger to extended hiatuses.

Beware Of Fake Retro Games

While fake retro games are certainly not new, now is a good a time as any for a reminder to watch out when shopping. In the past few years, more and more retro games have been sold in Japan via e-commerce sites Mercari and Yahoo! Auctions. Twitter user Jabberlooper cautioned that many phony versions of…