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Gaming YouTube In Turmoil Over New Violence And Profanity Rules

RTGame has been a centerpiece for conversations around YouTube’s new profanity and violence policies.Screenshot: RTGame / Kotaku Members of YouTube’s gaming community are calling out the video hosting site for adding new regulations regarding profanity usage and violent content, disproportionately affecting gaming creators who produce unscripted videos such as let’s plays of M-rated games. Worse,

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Wavebird 2.0 For The Nintendo Switch Promises To Be Drift-Free

Image: Nyxi Like many others, the GameCube Wavebird was the first game controller I ever seriously loved. Everything that came before it was fine; at best a novelty, at worst an oversized pain, but mostly just a means to an end. Now there’s a new controller for the Nintendo Switch that looks exactly like a

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Madden Will Pull CPR TD Celebration After Damar Hamlin Incident

Screenshot: EA / NFL Last week, during the first quarter of an NFL game between the Buffalo Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals, Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed after making a tackle. Hamlin required CPR while on the field and was taken away via ambulance. Now reportedly in the aftermath of that scary incident, EA Sports

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12 Things Every New Steam Deck Owner Should Try Or Consider

Screenshot: CD Projekt Red / Valve / Kotaku Every game on PC and Steam Deck is different, so graphics settings are often best determined on a case-by-case basis. If you’re new to tweaking graphics settings, however, here are three broad steps to take if a game isn’t performing well (and is otherwise Verified or of

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Twitch Streamer Plays FromSoftware Games In A Truly Absurd Way

Spend any time on the internet—whether Reddit, Twitter, or YouTube—and you’ve likely seen some streamer doing some absurd-ass playthrough of a Soulsborne game (probably Elden Ring). Whether it’s beating Margit with a harp or two Malenias simultaneously (one with a dance pad), there are some wild ways of tackling FromSoftware games out there. Streamer Dr.

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”With film, I used to be the first person to see a performance”

Roger Deakins: ”With film, I used to be the first person to see a performance” About Little White Lies Little White Lies was established in 2005 as a bi-monthly print magazine committed to championing great movies and the talented people who make them. Combining cutting-edge design, illustration and journalism, we’ve been described as being “at

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