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  Culture

  Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s First Samurai Epic Offers Alternative Philosophy To Odyssey‘s Doomed Voyage

  They may not be breaking Zeus’ law, but in The Samurai and the Prisoner, tensions rise as a well meaning lord betrays tradition, invoking curses from the gods

  By Zack Kotzer Published August 8, 2026
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  Culture

  Just About Everything Other Than The Music Sells Out In NIN’s 30th Anniversary Quake Collection

  Commemorating three decades of the transformative 3D shooter, id Software releases a surprise new expansion and limited merch collection with composer Trent Reznor

  By Zack Kotzer Published August 8, 2026
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  Culture

  Trump’s New E-Waste Policy Has Vintage Tech Collectors Anxious They’ll Be Caught In The Crossfire

  Aimed at reining in China's control of critical minerals, the White House is restricting e-waste exiting the country, whether it's a bin of abandoned cables or a sought after CRT

  By Zack Kotzer Published August 8, 2026
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  Culture

  YouTube Mistakenly Penalizes Popular Science Channel Kurzgesagt For AI-Generated Slop

  The science and technology explainers warned audiences in the past about the entropy AI will unleash upon the web and, after being forced to remove a video on microscopic superpredators, they're living through it

  By Zack Kotzer Published August 8, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Project Zomboid Fans Create Petition After Devs Revoke Access To Community Map

  The much-beloved PZmap project suddenly disappeared on August 7, prompting Project Zomboid's team to officially apologize

  By Lewis Parker Published August 8, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Unearthed Demon’s Souls Prototype Footage Reveals FromSoftware’s Original First-Person Take On The Souls Formula

  As fascinating as this prototype footage is, I'm sure we can all agree that it's good FromSoft ultimately went in a different direction

  By Lewis Parker Published August 7, 2026
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  Entertainment

  Robert Pattinson’s Impression of Chris Hansen In Primetime Is The Creepiest Thing In A Movie Full Of Creeps

  Pattinson is doing what he does best: playing guys on the verge of Losing It

  By Ash Parrish Published August 7, 2026
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  CultureNews

  The RAM Is All Gone, Folks

  Also: Black Ops quietly won the summer

  By Ethan Gach Published August 7, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Id Software Dev Says Xbox Doesn’t ‘Understand Art’ And That After Layoffs It Is ‘Impossible’ To Make Big Games Like Doom: The Dark Ages

  id Software vet Chris Hays says entire departments have been 'gutted'

  By Zack Zwiezen Published August 7, 2026
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  Tips & Guides

  Everything We Know About Haunted Chocolatier, The Stardew Valley Creator’s Next Game

  Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?

  By Amelia Zollner Published August 7, 2026
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  CultureNews

  10 Things We Still Don’t Know About GTA 6 That Could Be Revealed In Netflix’s Extended Look

  How will guns work in GTA 6? Will the game run at 60FPS? Will these questions be answered in the upcoming reveal?

  By Zack Zwiezen Published August 7, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Google AI Somehow Leaked A Game Dev’s Content Plans Hidden Inside Their ‘Own Google Docs’

  The indie dev behind a small Steam game was baffled to learn that Google AI somehow knew private info about their game they hadn't shared online

  By Lewis Parker Published August 7, 2026
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  Anime

  Texas Man Who Can’t Access His ‘Motherf*cking Anime’ Now Facing Prison After Allegedly Threatening Local Officials

  The unhinged rant to the governor's office threatened to stab 'every goddam one of you bitches'

  By John Walker Published August 7, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Overwatch’s New Hero’s Ult Is Called Limit Break, But She’s Not A Final Fantasy Fan

  Like D.Va, D.Mon is a pro gamer turned mech pilot

  By Kenneth Shepard Published August 7, 2026
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  CultureFeatureInterview

  Blizzard Swears Overwatch’s New Mech Hero Isn’t ‘D.Va 2.0’

  D.Mon is meant to be the ‘icy, cool, and very confident’ leader to D.Va’s more aggressive, dive-based playstyle

  By Kenneth Shepard Published August 7, 2026
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  Games

  Square Enix Deploys An Emergency Update To Fix Final Fantasy 14 Loading Times On The Switch 2

  Now you can die in your duty without worry

  By Ash Parrish Published August 7, 2026
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  Games

  Pokémon TCG Pocket Loses Nearly Half Its Players, And It’s Pretty Obvious Why

  The game's shortcomings have put a real hole in creator DeNA's financial results

  By John Walker Published August 7, 2026
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  CultureTwitch

  Asmongold Faces Temporary Twitch Suspension Days After Rationalizing The Shooting Of Kids

  The Amazon-owned platform has mostly looked the other way

  By Ethan Gach Published August 7, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Overwatch‘s Mech Designers Must Really Want D.Mon To Die, Huh?

  I mean why else would they have her whole ass exposed like that?

  By Ash Parrish Published August 7, 2026
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  Games

  Take-Two CEO Predicts That We’ll All Be Streaming Our Games In Three Years

  'I think we'll be in commercial streaming mode in three years, and by commercial I mean low latency'

  By Rebekah Valentine Published August 7, 2026