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Deep Rock Galactic: The Board Game: The Kotaku Review

Co-op shooter Deep Rock Galactic was first released on the PC back in 2018. It has a dedicated following online, and tons of loyal fans, but this is not a review of the video game. This is a review of the board game with, confusingly, the exact same name. And the name is not the

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Gaming

Drake Now Owns Pharrell Williams’ $20,000 Golden PlayStation

Hi, welcome, let’s take a break from industry news and global doom and talk about a rap video and very, very expensive PlayStation Portable handheld. Producer, rapper and anime enthusiast Pharrell Williams was, a very long time ago, slightly notable for owning a 14-karat gold Blackberry (I told you it was a very long time

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Omaha Fashion Week

A Virtual Conversation with POLIMODA — Omaha Fashion Week

We have the pleasure of hosting another virtual fashion conversation on February 28th at 10am CST with our friends at POLIMODA, a top fashion institute worldwide. Located in the heart of Florence, Italy, this discussion will showcase the most unique experiences students can have while studying abroad. Conversations between Florentine professor Niccolò and Canadian Italian

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Gaming

Wizards Of The Coast ‘Sorry’ After Dungeons & Dragons OGL Drama

As reported last week, Wizards had plans for a new OGL that “significantly restricts the kind of content allowed and requires anyone making money under the license to report their products to Wizards of the Coast directly”. Reaction to this leaked proposal were so negative that, as Dicebreaker point out, “an onslaught of bad press

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Gaming

Guilty Gear Xrd Gets Rollback Netcode 6 Years After Release

Image: Arc System Works Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2, Arc System Works’ 2017 entry in the long-running anime fighting game franchise, is will get an update on January 20. This isn’t just any old update, though, as it makes one crucial change that will benefit everyone who plays online. The game is finally receiving the

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Gaming

Xbox Exec Says Devs Are Brave During Culture of ‘Cancellation’

Photo: Christian Petersen (Getty Images) Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer juxtaposed the joys of gaming with the current sense of despair in the world after accepting the Andrew Yoon Legend Award at the 12th Annual New York Game Awards on Tuesday night. He also applauded creators who still release “their visions” into the world in

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Gaming

One Piece Odyssey Has The Anime’s Highs And Typical JRPG Lows

No, you do not need to play Super Mario Odyssey or Assassin’s Creed Odyssey before playing One Piece Odyssey.Image: Bandai Namco / Viz Media / Kotaku Yo ho! One Piece Odyssey, the first turn-based RPG game in the storied franchise, has been a bit of a mixed bag in its early moments. While the game

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Gaming

The Pokémon Tier List Fans Are Waiting On For Scarlet & Violet

Screenshot: The Pokémon Company / Kotaku Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are about two months old at this point, but the quest to find out which Pokémon are the very best like no one ever was is an ongoing conversation among the competitive community. Smogon, one of the biggest hubs for competitive Pokémon on the internet,

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Gaming

I Finally Rolled Genshin Impact’s Ripoff Weapons Banner

Screenshot: HoYoverse / Kotaku There are two sides to gacha in Genshin Impact. One is the normally infuriating and wallet-draining character gacha. Its more sinister brother is the weapons gacha, which is widely considered by the community to be a massive scam, especially for players who aren’t made of gold bricks (Thankfully, they’re also entirely

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Gaming

Real Soldiers Use Metal Gear Solid Tactic To Defeat Robot

Cardboard boxes are very useful. You can use them to move stuff, create large elaborate forts out of them, and uh, probably other things too. But did you know that you can use a cardboard box to hide from a highly advanced military robot? It’s true, even if it sounds like something straight out of

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