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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: A Pirate’s Life For Me
Ahoy, there maties! Did you know that next Saturday is Talk Like A Pirate Day? Well, now you know! And to celebrate it, let’s walk the plank and other pirate things. Your challenge this week: Turn non-pirate game characters into pirates! You can add some eye patches, some peg legs, or a hat. Or maybe…
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CultureHow’s It Going?: Hot Dogs Edition
You seem hungry. Well, I’m tossing some hot dogs on the grill right now. Come on over and come chat with other Kotaku readers in our daily open thread! I feel like hot dogs have a bad reputation. (And when I say hot dog, I also mean brats.) For some reason, when I tell people…
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CultureSunday Comics: Wiggle, Wiggle
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published Sep. 10. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Sep. 7. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Cleaning Robot, Winners!
Last week we decided to focus on a no-name, hardworking and overlooked robot who was just doing his job. This robot finally got to see the world, and then some, thanks to you folks and your Photoshop skills. Our winning image this week comes from The Bodine who creates the ultimate boss: A helpful robot.…
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CultureBorderlands 3 Is Coming To Next-Gen Consoles
Gearbox announced today that Borderlands 3 is coming to PS5, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S in the future and these next-gen versions will support three and four-player split-screen. These new ports will available for free to current owners of Borderlands 3 on PS4 and Xbox One. Those older consoles will also be receiving…
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CultureThat’s Seven Years Of Bad Luck
This week on Snapshots we have a wide and varied selection of screenshots from a bunch of games, including some photos from Control, The Last of Us, Fallout 76, and Red Dead Redemption II. “Don’t worry, I can’t imagine the next 5 to 10 years of your life being filled with terrible violence, death, and…
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CultureVery FirstThe Very First Skateboarding Game Was A Rad Arcade Hit From The ’80s
Long-running video game franchises all have to start somewhere, and it’s not always pretty. Looking back to that origin point can show us not just how the greats began, but how far they’ve come since. Today we unearth the very first skateboarding video game. So, What Was The First Skateboarding Game? 720° was an arcade…
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CulturePokemonChatot Has A Human Tongue
Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Chatot! Chatot Details Type: Normal/Flying Average Height: 1′ 08″ Average Weight: 4.2 lbs First Added In Generation IV Stick…
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CultureHow’s It Going?: Cool Weather Edition
I need to put my coat on, but once I do that I’ll be ready to join you in today’s daily open thread. And like that… it’s cold! I’m so excited for fall. It’s the start of the spooky season. Hot cocoa! Sweaters! Scary movies! Pumpkins! My GF and I are already decorating the apartment…
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CultureMorning CheckpointIt’s Spooky Season
This week we find to try to figure out what’s up with all these confusing Xbox console names, capture a cute pup in a net, check out the new trailer for the Prince of Persia remake, and put on a creepy mask. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week My friends and I never used…
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CultureThe Next PS5 Showcase Event Is On September 16
Today, Sony announced that they have one last Playstation 5 showcase event before the console launches this holiday. This next event will be about 40 minutes long and will air on September 16 at 4 PM ET. According to the short blog post on the official Playstation blog about this upcoming event, the showcase will…
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CultureOdds and EndsXbox Series S Was Actually Revealed Back In June
Earlier this week, the folks over at Microsoft announced a lightweight alternative to the beefy Xbox Series X known as the Xbox Series S. But what if I told you that the official reveal wasn’t the first time the world caught a glimpse of the cute little console? In a cheeky bit of preemptive marketing…
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CultureKotaku Game DiaryI Keep Discovering Great Indie Games In Xbox Game Pass
Throughout my time with Undermine—which has been in early access on PC since 2019 but received a full release last month for PC and Xbox, where it’s part of the Game Pass library—I’ve seen a lot of good soldier-miners die. Bryeb got trampled by a bobo, a large primate that indiscriminately charges at anything in…
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CultureApple’s New Game Streaming Rules Probably Won’t Lead To Stadia And XCloud On Your iPhone (Update)
Apple has made some changes to its App Store guidelines concerning game streaming services like xCloud and Stadia. The new rules allow for game streaming, but with restrictions and caveats that will likely continue to keep these services off Apple products for the foreseeable future. Previously, game streaming services like xCloud and Stadia weren’t allowed…
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CultureDestiny 2’s Weirdo Planetary Vendors Are Finally Getting Their Due
A bristly researcher taking a one-way trip into an ancient alien cave. A gruff warrior making one last stand against the odds. A fanatical cutlist watching the abyss stare back while trapped in a time maze. A brilliant engineer set on rescuing Earth’s last, most advanced artificial intelligence from cyber-death. The unifying thread? Some of…
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CultureOdds and Ends12 Questions I Have About The Roswell Level In Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1
You might have already heard, but that new Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 remake is really good. I’ve been playing it a lot and recently unlocked that strange final level in the first game. You know, the one set in a secret military base that has aliens and UFOs in it. The original Tony Hawk’s…
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CultureHades Won’t Have Switch-PC Cross-Saves At Launch
Hades is coming to Switch, but folks who’ve been playing the early access version on PC won’t be able to carry over their save files—at least not from day one. Developer Supergiant Games announced in a tweet today that, while cross-save functionality between the two platforms is still planned, it won’t be available at launch.…
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CultureTwitch Bans Smash Champion After He Admits To Having Sex With Minor
Super Smash Bros. veteran Nairoby “Nairo” Quezada has been banned from Twitch two months after admitting to engaging in a sexual relationship with a fellow competitor who was underage at the time. Quezada’s official partnership with Twitch has also been terminated. The competitive Smash community was left reeling in July when over 50 allegations of…
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CultureOdds and EndsImmortals: Fenyx Rising Trailer’s Choice Of James Brown Sample Confuses The Hell Outta Me
As a rule, I am a big proponent of having more diverse music in my entertainment. I’m so used to hearing that poor brown woman wailing or the overused “Braaaam” in various movies and trailers that it’s nice when companies break the mold. I especially love when movies and TV shows put contemporary music in…
By Ash Parrish
