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The Best And Worst Video Games To Play High

Image: Bungie / Wallpapers.com / Kotaku There’s a lot to do in MMO FPS Destiny 2 at any given moment: visit merchants and collect bounties from them, dismantle unwanted items, check your mail with Kadi 55-30 (checking, checking) make number bigger, futz with your shaders until you feel satisfyingly slick, bank those motes, sister, compare

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Bodycam Game’s Incredible Visuals Spark Doubt And Controversy

When developer Alexandre Spindler revealed footage of a “body cam style game” he was working on last fall, it exploded across the internet as people marveled at its eerie ambiance and photorealistic look. “This is awesome,” wrote District 9 director Neill Blomkamp. Now the game has been announced for real, and it’s stirring controversy over

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Guitar Hero Modders Are Keeping The Stoner Game Alive

A few months ago, a video came across my Twitter timeline, starring one of the most nightmare blunt rotations I’d ever seen: Mr. Incredible, Marlin from Finding Nemo, and Spy and Pyro from Team Fortress 2 performing “Carry On Wayward Son.” Of course, this motley crew of cartoon characters couldn’t convene in the flesh; this

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Nintendo Renamed Super Mario Bros. Character To Avoid Racism

Image: Illumination The official Nintendo account just tweeted that, in Japan, the foreman character in the NES game Wrecking Crew will be renamed from “Blackie” to “Spike” in games and The Super Mario Bros. movie. This change was already made in the U.S. and EU versions of the original game, likely because Spike’s original Japanese

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Top 5 Anime To Watch While You Have The Munchies

If you’re a foodie like me, your algorithm on apps like social media TikTok is filled with over-stylized cooking videos from influencer chefs endeavoring to broaden your cooking horizons. While these overly-produced videos make for helpful slap-dash references whenever I put on my big boy pants and fuck shit up in my kitchen, their lightning-fast-paced

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This Open-World Adventure Is Best Way To Wait For The New Zelda

Lil’ Gator Game is about the power of childhood imagination, and the fight we must put in to be able to cling to it as we enter adulthood. It’s also a game about running around an adorable island, whacking cardboard monsters with sticks and lightsabers, and seeing how many friends you can make as you

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Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree DLC Leak Fools Some, Is Fake

There’s an Elden Ring trailer going around purporting to be a leaked cinematic for FromSoftware’s highly anticipated expansion, Shadow of the Erdtree. Alongside the short video clip are details pertaining to the DLC’s contents, including how big it’ll be, the number of new weapons and quests that’ll be added, and the additional enemies you’ll battle

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Horizon Forbidden West Lets Aloy Kiss Someone, And It’s A Lady

Horizon Forbidden West’s Burning Shores DLC is out this week, and with it comes the revelation that protagonist Aloy is queer. And not only that, it finally gives the hero, who famously has a tendency to try to take on too much alone, the option to enter a romantic relationship for the first time in

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Government Apologizes For Super Mario Bros. Gay Luigi Tweet

Screenshot: Illumination Earlier this week, Colombia’s Ministry of the Interior tweeted, “I hope Luigi is gay” in response to a tweet that appeared to claim Mario was heterosexual. The tweet was deleted, but screenshots resurfaced some time after—with many criticizing the use of a gay slur. Whoever runs the government department’s social media account issued

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Which Video Game Merchants Would Sell Good Weed?

Image: Richard T / Unsplash / Sony / Kotaku The bickering dwarven brothers Brok and Sindri are a one stop shop for gear, upgrades and more in God of War and God of War: Ragnarok. Brok is blue, crass, hilarious, and perfectly balanced by his brother Sindri, a skittish germaphobe and a really, really, really

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