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Good Riddance

Posted: 17 Feb 2021 10:16 AM PST

Rush Limbaugh has died.

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Destiny 2’s New Weekly Challenge Shares A Slogan With The Hitler Youth

Posted: 17 Feb 2021 10:45 AM PST

A new weekly challenge in Destiny 2's Season of the Chosen is called "Blood and Honor." It's a phrase that's been seen in other fantasy media, but it's also the English translation of the German phrase "Blut und Ehre," one of the Nazi slogans used by the Hitler Youth.

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Billionaires’ Favorite Climate Solution Is a Dangerous Distraction

Posted: 17 Feb 2021 09:43 AM PST

An Elon Musk tweet can do everything from moving the stock market to convincing people to invest in a joke cryptocurrency. So when the richest man on Earth tweeted in late January about kicking $100 million to whoever could come up with the best technology to capture carbon from the air, the world took notice.

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Bowser’s Fury Co-Op Sucks, But Super Mario 3D World’s Is Amazing

Posted: 17 Feb 2021 09:17 AM PST

Nintendo's first big release of 2021, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, packages together a re-release of a seven-year-old game alongside a new, yet bite-sized, adventure. The main draw is the latter, which offers a showcase of what an open-world Mario game could be. What's more, Bowser's Fury technically has a…

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Wednesday's Best Deals: Hasbro Toy Sale, HP Omen 25L w/ RTX 3070, iPad Air, Ring Light Kit, Jack Black Lip Balm, PlayStation Plus, Proscenic Air Purifier, and More

Posted: 17 Feb 2021 08:15 AM PST

Valve Bans 'Very Positive' Developer For Trying To Trick Steam Users

Posted: 17 Feb 2021 08:30 AM PST

Emoji Evolution is a puzzle game on Steam about combining weird symbols. Or at least it was: Valve recently removed it from the storefront and banned its creator's developer account after apparently discovering how they were exploiting Steam's layout to try to trick people into playing the game.

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Get a 400GB SanDisk Ultra microSD Card for Just $45 at Amazon

Posted: 17 Feb 2021 06:31 AM PST

Gina Torres on fighting demigods, flying through space, and the time she unofficially played Catwoman

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 10:00 PM PST

The actor: "Formidable" is often used to describe Gina Torres' onscreen presence, whether she's playing the unflappable second-in-command on a ramshackle spaceship on Firefly, a midriff-baring Sumerian princess on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, or a high-powered lawyer intent on making the most of her second chance…

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No Man's Sky Players Can Now Tame, Breed, And Train Alien Creatures

Posted: 17 Feb 2021 06:00 AM PST

Showing no sign of slowing down after a 2020 filled with game-changing updates, Hello Games starts off the fifth year of No Man's Sky with the "Companions" update, which gives players the ability to befriend procedurally-generated alien creatures, turning them into loyal universe-exploring companions.

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Get the Razer Kishi for $66 and Turn Your Phone Into a Proper Handheld Gaming System

Posted: 17 Feb 2021 04:35 AM PST

Say Whatcha Wanna About Final Fantasy XIII, You Can’t Deny Its Amazing Soundtrack

Posted: 17 Feb 2021 05:00 AM PST

Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku's ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we're continuing to indulge my terminal case of Final Fantasy brain with a deep dive into Final Fantasy XIII's mold-breaking soundtrack.

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Incredible Wooden Statues Of Dragon Ball, Gundam, Attack On Titan, And More

Posted: 17 Feb 2021 04:00 AM PST

Wood carvings are one of Vietnam's traditional handicrafts, but instead of religious-themed works, DWoodart Studio specializes in stunning sculptures of popular anime, manga, and video game characters.

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Let's Compare The Nier Replicant Remaster To The Original

Posted: 17 Feb 2021 03:30 AM PST

To mark the game's tenth anniversary, a Nier Replicant remaster was announced for the PS4, Xbox One, and Steam. Let's see how the game, so far, stacks up against the PlayStation 3 original.

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Track: No Longer | Artist: YeYe X Moto Kawabe | Album: No Longer (single) 

Posted: 17 Feb 2021 02:00 AM PST

Track: No Longer | Artist: YeYe X Moto Kawabe | Album: No Longer (single) 

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Some Of Our Favorite (Pre-Pandemic) Cosplay From 2020

Posted: 14 Feb 2021 07:50 PM PST

While the majority of the year was a complete write-off, for obvious reasons, we did actually squeeze a few big cosplay shows into the early, pre-pandemic months of 2020. So rather than look back on nine months of almost nothing happening on this website, let's look at the three months something did.

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New Microsoft Program Could Help Devs Make Games More Accessible

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 05:30 PM PST

Microsoft is starting a new program that will allow developers to send in Xbox and PC games to be evaluated by a team of accessibility experts, the company announced today.

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Metal Gear Solid's Board Game Has Been Cancelled

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 05:00 PM PST

IDW was supposed to be releasing Metal Gear Solid: The Board Game later this year, but after a succession of delays the company has decided to walk away from the project instead.

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What's the Best Streaming Service?

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 11:00 AM PST

It's once again that time of the week where we ask our readers a burning question. And this week, it's practically on fire. We want to know what you think the best streaming service is and we're sure there's going to be debate. With so many platforms available nowadays, it's hard to choose just one. In fact, I'm sure…

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Valve & Netflix Are Making A DOTA Anime

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 04:07 PM PST

Sure, why not?

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Stan LePard, Composer On Games Like Halo Reach & Guild Wars 2, Has Died

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 03:30 PM PST

Stan LePard, a veteran composer who has worked in the video game business since 1994, died last week.

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The Best Amazon Deals of the Day

Posted: 17 Feb 2021 09:25 AM PST

The ‘All Your Base Are Belong To Us’ Video Is Now 20 Years Old

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 03:00 PM PST

The early aughts were a weird time. George H. W. Bush's loser son somehow became president, god-awful bands like Crazy Town and Staind had songs on the Billboard Hot 100, and we made do with, like, one meme a year. In 2001 that meme was "All Your Base," a Newgrounds video that ironically celebrated the poor…

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Everything You Need to Know About Lord of the Rings' Second Age

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 11:15 AM PST

Even though we first learned about it in 2017, we barely know anything about Amazon's plans for its Lord of the Rings series. One thing we do know—other than that a bucketload of talent is running all around New Zealand to make it—is that it's set in the Second Age of Middle-earth's long history. But what even is

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