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OpinionImpressionsTony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2‘s Two-Minute Warehouse Demo Is Damn Good
The warehouse level demo for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 is pretty bare bones. It’s just one skater, Tony Hawk, running two minute sessions through the remake’s version of the very first level from the original THPS. It immediately and without fanfare answers the question “Is this a good Tony Hawk game?” Yes…
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CultureDelisted Scott Pilgrim Game Still MIA, Frustrating Creators And Fans
Although beloved independent comic book Scott Pilgrim concluded in July 2010, it received film and video game adaptations shortly afterward that firmly lodged the series in mainstream pop culture. The movie is fine, but the game is considered a lost gem due to its delisting from digital storefronts only a few years post-release. Now, on…
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CultureExisting Copies Of Control Won’t Be Upgradable To The Next-Gen Console Versions
We were so close to cross-gen game upgrades being a simple and painless ordeal across the board, but now 505 Games has gone and announced that while Control is coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X, people who already own the current version of the game will need to buy it again on next-gen. The…
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EsportsRinger Alert: Overwatch League Free Agents Can Now Compete In Playoffs
Now that the pandemic’s torpedoed all of Blizzard’s plans for the Overwatch League 2020 season, the League’s head office is making significant changes to its roster construction rules ahead of the 2020 Playoff season. “The League Office has established the following guidelines in place for roster construction, which includes significant changes to contract lengths and…
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OpinionImpressionsDestiny 2’s Solstice Of Heroes Grind Is Back And Oh God Why
Hello darkness my old friend, please just give me the cool-looking Destiny 2 armor before I get too angry, tired, and full of regret. Destiny 2 has all sorts of grinds, but the annual Solstice of Heroes event has always felt uniquely pernicious to me. It’s supposed to be an end of year victory lap…
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CultureHow’s It Going? It’s Not Cheating Edition
It’s not like I did it on purpose. Welcome back to our daily open thread. So I was playing Fall Guys last night, as I do, and in the middle of one of those damn team tail grabbing games I tried to squeeze past a spinning hammer at the top of the arena and was…
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CultureOdds and EndsThe Second Fan-Made Animal Crossing Quality-Of-Life Update Video Makes My Heart Ache
Back in May, YouTuber Nick Ha and friends put together a faux quality-of-life update video for Animal Crossing: New Horizons featuring dream changes that would make the game so much nicer to play. Now they’ve released part two, with even more outstanding changes. Buying multiple Nook Miles Tickets at once? Calling NPCs in chat? Setting…
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CultureThe Ultimate Neo Geo Home Arcade Machine Is Coming To North America
The Neo Geo sure has been enjoying a real retro renaissance over the past couple of years. We’ve gotten the Neo Geo Mini arcade machine, the Neo Geo Arcade Stick Pro, and now we’re getting the SNK Neo Geo MVSX, a full-size arcade cabinet with 50 games for $500. Maybe they should have led with…
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EsportsI (Almost) Miss When The Shanghai Dragons Were OWL’s Worst Team
Overwatch League’s Countdown Cup concluded over the weekend with the (unsurprising) crowning of the San Francisco Shock and the Shanghai Dragons as the winners of the North American and Asian regions, respectively. The Shanghai Dragons are my team. I braved their inaugural 0-40 season when the Dragons did not win a single game. I am…
By Ash Parrish
