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CultureOdds and EndsResident Evil Village Looks Much Scarier As A PS1 Game
I wasn’t blown away by the scares in Resident Evil Village, and it turns out a PlayStation 1-style demake is all the proof I need to believe the game would have been a much more terrifying experience on older consoles. Created by Hoolopee, whose impressive work we’ve showcased before, this Resident Evil Village demake video is…
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CultureOdds and EndsThe Wait Is Over: Calculator Debuts For Nintendo Switch
Today, after weathering a presumably blistering fan campaign (Project Nerdfall?), Nintendo added a Calculator app to the Nintendo eShop. For 10 whole-ass American dollars you can purchase what comes in every other phone, tablet, and computer for free. I’m trying to imagine who this Calculator is for. In the app’s description it says, “Calculator has…
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CultureNew Xbox Series X/S Background Is A Pulsating Blob From The Past
Rolling out with the May Xbox Series X/S update that includes important updates to that handy Quick Resume feature, “The Original” dynamic theme marks the return of the glowing green glob of Flubber from the original Xbox’s startup and dashboard. Those of you old enough to remember the original Xbox know that weird amorphous blob…
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CultureEvery Big Game Coming Out In Spring 2021
Spring is here! The birds are singing, flowers blooming, and uh, it rains more. What a season! Sadly, covid-19 hasn’t gone anywhere. So depending on where you live you might still be stuck inside. Well, at least you’ll have games like Monster Hunter Rise, Outriders, and Mass Effect Legendary Edition to play while you continue…
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CultureMy Singing Monsters Comes To Consoles With A Bunch Of Non-Singing Minigames
Mobile hit My Singing Monsters is a game about collecting and breeding musical monsters whose unique noises join together to create beautiful music. Coming to consoles this November, My Singing Monsters Playground is a party game featuring more than 20 different minigames. Hopefully one of those minigames is singing, but I can’t tell yet. My…
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CultureROM Hack Puts Conker In Super Smash Bros.
Smash Remix is a popular ROM hack that takes the original Super Smash Bros. and cranks the mayhem to 11 with new characters, stages, and moves. Ganondorf and Bowser were added to the popular platform fighter in previous updates, and earlier today, the developers revealed none other than Conker as a playable character alongside Star Fox…
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CultureOdds and EndsWhaddaya Buyin? (Ethan Winters’ House, Please)
My partner and I have been looking for our dream home, and I think we found it. It’s somewhere in Eastern Europe—possibly Romania—it’s probably owned by a shady government agency, and I have it on good authority that its previous occupants won’t be coming back any time soon. I’m talking about Ethan Winters’ house in…
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CultureUbisoft’s Skull & Bones Delayed To Late 2022
Skull & Bones is sailing into rough waters once again. In an earnings report today, Ubisoft revealed that the game has been delayed to next year. “Skull & Bones will now be released in 2022-23,” Ubisoft wrote in its report. This is the fourth delay for the swashbuckling pirate game, which was originally announced at…
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CultureXbox’s Quick Resume Will Finally Show You What Games Are Suspended
This month’s Xbox update will bring changes to Quick Resume, including, at long last, an ability to see what games you currently have suspended on your Xbox Series X or S. Last year, Microsoft’s next-gen Xboxes received attention for improved performance and graphical fidelity. But Quick Resume—a feature that allows you to juggle around half…
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CultureLucasArts Classic Zombies Ate My Neighbors Returns To Consoles And PC Next Month
Because the dead never rest, Lucasfilm Games and developer Dotemu have teamed up to bring enhanced versions of 1993 16-bit classic Zombies Ate My Neighbors and its less-beloved sequel to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC on June 29. These new versions of Zombies Ate My Neighbors and 1995 follow-up Ghoul Patrol take the…
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CultureThe Mandalorian Scores Its Own Stern Pinball Machines
When you’re really good you get your own pinball machine. Disney+ Star Wars series The Mandalorian is really, really good, so it gets three. This morning, after some light social media teasing, Stern Pinball announced a trio of pinball machines based on the adventures of Mando and Grogu, the artist previously known as Baby Yoda.…
By Mike Fahey
