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Say Hi To Wanted Dead, 2023’s Jankiest Game (That I Like A Lot)

Supa Hot Wanted: Dead.Screenshot: Soleil / Kotaku Remember Devil’s Third? Former Dead or Alive weirdo Tomonobu Itagaki’s 2015 Wii U exclusive combined elements of Gears of War and Ninja Gaiden to create something pretty janky but unlike anything else I’d played at the time. Devil’s Third ultimately flopped, but the idea of a character-action game

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Omaha Fashion Week

Tuesday Methodist Cancer Survivor Showcase — Omaha Fashion Week

VIP Guests were greeted by valet, posed on the Milan Laser Red Carpet, then found their premium seats along the Omaha Fashion Week Runway. Thanks to Village Pointe Aesthetic Surgery | Dreams MedSpa, every guest was a VIP and received valet parking and complimentary hors d’oeuvres We celebrated the triumph over cancer as 100+ survivors

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Gaming

The Man Behind PlayStation’s Iconic Logo Sound Has Died

Image: The Moonriders / Sony / Kotaku Tohru Okada, the Japanese musician behind the distinctive sound that has accompanied the PlayStation logo in advertisements for a quarter century, has passed away. The news of Okada’s passing was confirmed today by his bandmates on Twitter as well as the Japanese news site, Excite. According to Excite,

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Gaming

The World Of Chess Is Having Its ‘Me Too’ Moment

Image: pio3 / Kotaku (Shutterstock) Disturbing accusations of “grooming” and sexual abuse have recently rocked the world of professional chess. Grandmaster Alejandro Ramírez is reportedly currently under investigation by two major chess organizations, as detailed in reports from fellow chess grandmaster and advocate for women’s participation in the game, Jennifer Shahade. On February 15, Shahade

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Gaming

15 Big Destiny 2 Changes Coming In Lightfall

Image: Bungie Expansions have a way of making Destiny 2 feel like an entirely new game, and Lightfall appears to be no exception. Now less than a week away, the massive update will add lots of new content as well as overhaul the loot shooter in some pretty big ways. Here’s a roundup of everything

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Gaming

Angry Birds Game Pulled From Store In The Worst Way

Image: Rovio Games Rovio Games announced yesterday that it will remove the paid version of the app from the Google Play Store “due to the game’s impact on our wider games portfolio” on Thursday, February 23. The studio’s other games are all free-to-play titles featuring microtransactions while the original Rovio Classics: Angry Birds just features

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The RPG Elements In Hogwarts Legacy Undermine Its Magic

Screenshot: Warner Bros. Games / Kotaku I’m walking the hallowed halls of Hogwarts, accompanied by twinkling classical piano music and random, startling interjections from a raucous moving painting or Peeves the Poltergeist. A student materializes in front of my eyes, shimmering into existence as their Disillusionment Charm fades; the mirrors in the bathroom snidely comment

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Joel’s Anxiety In The Last Of Us Show Now A Good Internet Joke

It ain’t easy traveling across the country with folks who don’t have it all together. With the burden of succumbing to brutal violence himself, witnessing harm against folks who don’t deserve it, and remembering the echoes of normal life, the TV version of Joel is revealing something we all knew about Video Game Joel. Those

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Paper Mario-Like RPG Dev Yanks Own Game Offline In Legal Fight

Image: Conradical Games The Outbound Ghost is a charming turn-based adventure RPG that’s been garnering hype on social media thanks to its cutesy blend of The Legend of Zelda, Paper Mario, and Undertale mechanics. The paper mache game hit Steam in late 2022, but if you look for it there now, you won’t find anything

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Omaha Fashion Week

15 YEARS OF OMAHA FASHION WEEK WITH BUF REYNOLDS AND DAN RICHTERS — Omaha Fashion Week

In honor of the 15th anniversary season of Omaha Fashion Week, we decided to sit down with the two designers who have been involved since day one. From warehouse raves in the 90’s, to underground fashion shows in the early 2000’s, and Omaha Fashion Week’s 15-year evolution. Designers, Buf Reynolds and Dan Richters now sit

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