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Activision Did Nothing Wrong, Will Pay $35 Million Settlement

Image: Activision Blizzard / Kotaku Activision Blizzard will pay the Securities Exchange Commission $35 million to settle charges that it violated workplace misconduct reporting rules and whistleblower protections. The Call of Duty publisher admits no wrongdoing in the case, which comes less than two years after a bombshell lawsuit by California regulators alleged years of

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Overwatch 2 Will Start Banning People Who Team Up With Cheaters

Image: Blizzard Blizzard announced in a February 1 update blog that it’s taking a new, more aggressive approach to Overwatch 2 cheating. The developer will no longer ban just cheaters themselves—though it boasts already wiping out “over 50,000 accounts that we found to be cheating since the launch of Overwatch 2”—but also anyone that plays

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10 Eccentric Museums In North America

Check out these weird and wonderful museums dedicated to the macabre to everyday things like bugs and pencil sharpeners. 2. Museum of Shadows, Omaha, Nebraska The Museum of Shadows proves that Halloween isn’t the only time for ghosts and paranormal activity. It was voted the most haunted museum in the world, and people have reported

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Gaming

Marvel Snap Players Think An Objectively Nice Emote Is Toxic

Screenshot: Marvel Studios Fans of Marvel Snap, the hugely popular, free-to-play card game, have come to a conclusion: the Ms. Marvel emote, the one where she’s grinning cheerfully, winking a bit and throwing up a thumbs up, is actually toxic as hell. Ms. Marvel might as well be giving you the finger and stomping on

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Season: A Letter To The Future

Screenshot: Scavengers Studio / Kotaku Season: A Letter to the Future is the disappointing evidence that beauty is only skin and texture deep. This slow-paced explore ‘em up, in which you must chronicle and journal the end of an era, is rigid-jawed with sincerity, though lacking in anything meaningful to say. To set the scene,

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The Ballad Of Bill And Frank

Screenshot: HBO “Paying attention to things—it’s how we show love!” —Frank First of all, if you’re reading these recaps in real time, you may note that this one is a few days late. Sorry, I got pinned down by clickers in the surprisingly mountainous terrain 10 miles west of Boston. Ah well, it only gave

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Movie Reviews

The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic movie review (2023)

It’s a charming premise that then turns into a suspense movie as Jaakko decides not to wait for help but go off on his own to see Sirpa. Unfortunately, he meets strangers both helpful and unkind, some of whom take advantage of his blindness to rob and kidnap him. However serious things get, overall, his

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Movie Reviews

True Spirit movie review & film summary (2023)

Her story would seem like a can’t-miss subject for a crowd-pleasing film, and “True Spirit”—starring Teagan Croft of DC’s “Titans,” directed by Sarah Spillane and co-written by her and Cathy Randall—does not miss. The screenplay’s structure tends to impede dramatic momentum by regularly cutting back to key moments in Watson’s childhood just when the present-tense action is building

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She Is Love movie review & film summary (2023)

The contrived way they reconnect a decade after their divorce starts things off on a wobbly note. Bennett’s Patricia is an American in England for some vague work trip. When her meeting never materializes, she heads to a boutique hotel inside a converted countryside estate. Complaining about how ugly her room is and comforting herself

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