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CultureSplitscreenPermadeath Doesn’t Matter If You Have Enough Save Files
From XCOM to Fire Emblem, it feels bad to watch your team die in a tactical game. It’s way better to save a million times so that you can re-do part of a battle to keep everyone alive. On this week’s Kotaku Splitscreen, Kirk and I brought on Gita Jackson to talk about Fire Emblem:…
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CulturePlease Let Me Buy Individual Joy-Cons To Mix And Match
Earlier this week Nintendo announced two new sets of Joy-Cons that will release in October. Once they’re out, the Switch will have over 100 different color combinations, an impressive number of options even by the standards of the most devoted Nintendo fan. But the Joy-Cons are still only sold in pairs, making true customization an…
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CultureSwitch Owners Share Horror Stories Of Trying To Fix Joy-Con Drift
“Joy-Con drift,” which results in a thumbstick that reads movement without player input, has been an ongoing problem for Nintendo Switch owners since the console’s launch back in early 2017. Without large-scale fixes from Nintendo, however, players have taken to fixing their $80 controllers themselves, sometimes with disastrous results. The jury is still out on…
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CultureA Mysterious Storm Is Brewing On Anthem‘s Horizon After Weeks Of Nothing
BioWare hasn’t announced when Anthem’s upcoming Cataclysm event will begin in earnest, but recent clues have players hopeful the game’s next phase is imminent. It doesn’t take much these days to get Anthem’s remaining players excited. On Monday one player discovered a countdown timer in the game that indicated that it was seven days and…
By Ethan Gach
