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GameStop Meme Stock Villain Buys Copy Of The Constitution For $43 Million

Posted: 19 Nov 2021 03:45 PM PST

Here are some words I never thought I'd type: the hedge fund CEO that bailed out GameStop short sellers earlier this year just secretly outbid a hyped-up bunch of crypto lords for an ultra rare copy of the original U.S. Constitution. Earlier this year, billionaire Kenneth Griffin became public enemy number one for…

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Here Are Your Chances Of Finding Shinies In Pokémon Diamond And Pearl Remasters

Posted: 19 Nov 2021 02:45 PM PST

Players are once again on the hunt for shiny Pokémon, those incredibly rare, incredibly sought-after variants, in the latest batch of games. And while Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl only just came out today, thanks to leaked early copies and the efforts of dataminers, we already have a pretty good idea…

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Elden Ring May Just Reinvent The Open-World Genre

Posted: 19 Nov 2021 02:15 PM PST

From Software, as you may already know, has a new game coming out early next year. It's called Elden Ring, and after spending a few hours with it during last week's preview, I'm here to say that it's shaping up to be something really special.

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Shin Megami Tensei V's Demons Are Cheeky Little Bastards

Posted: 19 Nov 2021 01:45 PM PST

It's rough being a demon in Shin Megami Tensei V. The demonic netherworld is a barely hospitable wasteland even when there's not a blue-haired anime boy beating up your friends and collecting them like Pokémon. Honestly, I can't even blame these creatures for occasionally getting cheeky.

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Six Things We Learned Today About Halo Infinite

Posted: 19 Nov 2021 01:30 PM PST

Halo Infinite has had one hell of a week. On Monday—the sci-fi franchise's 20th birthday—series stewards 343 Industries surprise-released Halo Infinite's multiplayer mode, weeks ahead of schedule, to instant-zeitgeist reception. Today, various sites published glowing previews of the first few hours of its campaign. (

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An Open Thread If You Need To Vent

Posted: 19 Nov 2021 01:00 PM PST

I said at the beginning of the year that it felt weird to talk about video games as a right-wing mob stormed the United States capitol building. Sad to say, that feeling hasn't let up in the last 10 months and change, especially with the news currently dominating today's headlines.

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GTA Trilogy Fans Say They've Found A Clue About GTA 6

Posted: 19 Nov 2021 12:30 PM PST

While Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy -The Definitive Edition is a dumpster fire that Rockstar Games is finally addressing, those playing the San Andreas remaster have found a detail that some think may be a clue to the setting of GTA 6. The "clue"? Among images depicting recognizable locations from various Rockstar…

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F-Zero Fans Offer $5,000 Bounty For Long-Lost SNES Race Tracks

Posted: 19 Nov 2021 12:10 PM PST

Do you have old Satellaview cartridges lying around that were last used 24 years ago to play an obscure, Japan-exclusive F-Zero game? Well, that aging data is now worth a good chunk of cash thanks to a pair of fans intent on preserving the franchise's history.

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Forza Horizon 5 Is Actually A Bleak Dystopia In Which Humanity Must Flee The Cars

Posted: 19 Nov 2021 10:45 AM PST

Sure, cars are cool. Yes, they go fast. But cars have also fundamentally altered our cities and civilizations in ways that we still haven't recovered from. Large sections of our world are just permanently off-limits because cars need that space. It sucks. And in the world of Forza Horizon 5, the cars are everywhere…

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Rockstar Apologizes For Busted GTA Trilogy, Offers Free Games To Owners

Posted: 19 Nov 2021 09:32 AM PST

Today, Rockstar Games released a statement where the publisher apologizes for the various technical and visual issues players have documented in the recently released Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - Definitive Edition. More importantly, Rockstar is promising updates to fix these issues. The publisher also announced…

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What The Xbox Series X/S Has (And Hasn’t) Added Over The Year

Posted: 19 Nov 2021 09:25 AM PST

When Microsoft released its next-gen consoles, the Xbox Series X and the Xbox Series S, nearly a year ago, it was tough to want for much. After all, both machines used the same interface and UI as their seven-year-old predecessor, the Xbox One. Familiarity allows little room for desire. Why change what (mostly) works?

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Resurgence Of Fascism Forces Warhammer To Remind Fans Imperium Are Villains

Posted: 19 Nov 2021 08:40 AM PST

Some Warhammer 40,000 players think the game's fascist Imperium of Man faction is awesome, and actually has a few good ideas. It does not. To clarify this point—which more than one Warhammer 40K fan appears to have missed—maker Games Workshop put out a statement saying that you do not, under any circumstances, "gotta…

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Program Teaching Girls To Code Severs Ties To Activision Over Latest Allegations

Posted: 19 Nov 2021 08:10 AM PST

Nonprofit organization Girls Who Code, which specializes in teaching computer science to young women and other marginalized groups, will no longer affiliate itself with Activision Blizzard, after the multibillion-dollar corporation came under fire yet again in a scathing new round of allegations.

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