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Zack Zwiezen 2 hours 58 minutes ago.

Someone Spent 24 Hours In VR The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time

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YouTuber SwankyBox is a huge fan of The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time, the classic N64 RPG. As a kid he would play it for hours and hours and hours, exploring every inch of the world and also just chilling out and watching the sunset. So he recently decided to experience Ocarina Of Time in a brand new way, using VR. And he was going to do it for 24 hours straight, even sleeping and eating...

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Minecraft Is The Top YouTube Game Of 2019, Thanks To A Boost From PewDiePie

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It’s not like Minecraft ever really went anywhere. But it definitely spent the past handful of years less firmly entrenched in the zeitgeist than in the first half of the decade. Not so in 2019. The blocky game about digging holes and punching the ever-loving shit out of trees is back on top of YouTube, leaving even Fortnite in its dust.

As part of its annual Rewind feature, YouTube put out a...

Luke Plunkett Dec 03, 2019 at 06:30. 17 comments

YouTube Is Relaxing Its Rules Against Video Game Violence

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In a “Policy enforcement update” posted earlier today, YouTube announced a series of changes coming to the site’s content moderation, most of them centred around new distinctions between actual real-world violence and the “scripted or simulated violence” you see in video games.

Starting today, “scripted or simulated violent content found in video games will be treated the same as other types...

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Jackgar Prime Dec 03, 2019 at 10:42

So...can Maximillian finally stop doing the color alterations all the time when he posts Mortal Kombat content (kontent)?

ScottGreen Dec 03, 2019 at 11:52

Nothing worse than watching a restream and have the colors get all inverted or gray scaled when someone does a fatality or a krushing blow

Batista Thumbs Up Dec 03, 2019 at 12:14

Maybe D'Vorah gets a break on Rate the Fatals now

Babak Abrishamchian Dec 03, 2019 at 06:50

curious to see to what extent this applies. Since its the header, God Of War is a good example. If a dude’s head happens to get his head ripped off during gameplay, will that be given the same treatment as a video exclusively dedicated to particularly gory moments in God of War ? Given that its YouTube and they’re violently inconsistent with their own intentioanally vague policy, I’m curious to see if they actually discern between the two videos.

KuriGohan and Kamehameha Dec 03, 2019 at 07:05

The one that’s just cuts of violence is likely to get the restrictions, a video that’s just violence in context of normal gameplay will be acceptable.

Badprenup Dec 03, 2019 at 08:40

Sounds like if it is normal gameplay it is fine. So a Mortal Kombat playthrough would be fine whereas a “All Fatalities” compilation would not.

I assume the same works with GoW, as a lot of the killing outside of specific bosses or enemies isn't exceptionally gory and usually happens too fast to be focused on.

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Zack Zwiezen Nov 24, 2019. 15 comments

Nintendo Was Worried Donkey Kong Country Was "Too 3D"

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This week marks the 25th anniversary of the classic and beloved Donkey Kong Country. To celebrate this milestone, some of the developers behind the game took part in a series of interviews about the game, its development and its release. And according to one developer who worked on the game, Nintendo was actually worried the game was “too 3D” and that it would be too overwhelming for players...

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Remy Nov 24, 2019

The game is a classic, no doubt. The gameplay is fantastic and the music is brilliant. Plus, it eventually led to Tropical Freeze, which is a legitimate contender for best platformer ever made.

But for the life of me, I’ll never understand the appreciation for its graphical style. And I don’t just mean in retrospect.

Even back when it was brand new , this just didn’t seem attractive to me . T he pre-rendered assets were so dark and muddy. Shadows were all crushed to black, and the colors were waxy and imprecise.

It was certainly eye-catching. But even in 1994, it caught my eye for all the wrong reasons. I’m obviously in the minority.

Great video, though. I love this kind of historical behind-the-scenes.

Badprenup Nov 24, 2019

I think it was a brilliant idea, but agree that it didn’t really look great when limited to the limited capabilities the SNES had. I would love to see the style return in more modern games, starting with 3d models and converting them to sprites. I feel like a lot of games that just do a 2.5d style have a lot of issues visually and within the game physics that 2d sprite games didn't have.

Johannes Krohn Nov 24, 2019

This is a pretty interesting and of course totally valid impression. I’ve never heard someone say or write something like this about the graphical style of the original game. And when I think about it, I can understand where this comes from, although I don’t share this opinion. I always found the art style pretty unique (in comparison to the cartoony-platformer landscape of that time) and very atmospheric. The two modern games are a bit more generic in there style. They look like your usual CG- animation flick, while still being beautiful, I’d say .

I would like to know, do you think the same way about the two Sequels?

However, you earned your star already for saying that “Tropical Freeze” is a contender for the best platformer, ever. Because, yes, it is. And it’s irritating that the world doesn’t know this.

rapid diminuendo Nov 24, 2019

Cranky Kong , not “ K ranky Kong.”

~ Pastafaria Joe ~ Nov 24, 2019

Too bad they no longer have the #corrections tag

Dantanamania Nov 24, 2019

Yeah people always get that and King C. Ruel wrong smh show some respect for Monkey Kong history

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Zack Zwiezen Nov 18, 2019. 7 comments

The Dreamcast's VMU Was The Coolest Memory Card

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Memory cards are something we don’t really need anymore. The Switch does use SD cards, but these are universal storage items that can be used on PCs, phones and other hardware. No, the days of dedicated memory card units are long gone. But back when we did use memory cards, the coolest of them all was probably the VMU devices for the Dreamcast.

Part memory card, part second screen accessory,...

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wheres_my_burrito Nov 18, 2019

Sega, Idk what you need to do to make it happen, but PLEASE give us a Dreamcast Mini!

relic1980 Nov 18, 2019

I liked the VMUs despite the crappy battery life. E ven when not in use, the batteries kept the clock on the device running, which reduced the battery life down to around 4 months.

But you could play mini-games on it, train your Chaos on it independent of of console, download some additional content (precursor to console DLC!) like Sonic Adventure’s special Holiday alterations, as well as use them with some sports games to plot plays (I recall).

I bought my first one around the same time I got my first DC (launch), a used import, from a used game store. Back then, you could use the 56k modem to go to a Sega site to download small DLC to change the look of, say Sonic Adventure to give it a Hallowe’en look. But you could ALSO go to a site (completely forget the name) to download archived DLC and mini-games.

With VMU emulation you can probably access many of these mini-games with your PC and play them, but if you have an original Dreamcast (pre-October 2000) still hooked up, download the Dream Explorer and burn it to cd.

Not only can you explore your VMUs but it also has a ton of game saves and the ability to play your VMU mini-games on your TV via emulator.

Very handy tool.

I still have several VMUs, including some recently acquired in a baggie full of memory cards for $1.99 at a local Salvation Army. And CR2032 batteries (the ones required by VMUs) can be found in many Dollar Tree stores, 2 for a buck.

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Gita Jackson Nov 15, 2019. 8 comments

YouTube Channel Of A Man Feeding Stray Cats Keeps Me Calm

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Life is hard. Take a load off by watching a Japanese man feed stray cats.

I discovered Niiyan1216, a series of videos where a Japanese man feeds stray cats, over a year ago. I was perusing the subreddit Deep Into YouTube, which is dedicated to finding rare, interesting videos. I’m a huge cat person, so of course I clicked on the thumbnail with a cat in it. It’s not exactly mind-blowing—the...

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nopunin10did Nov 15, 2019

I know cats are adorable, but unless you’re also trapping them and taking them all to the vet to get spayed or neutered, DON’T FEED STRAY CATS.

Cats are a man-made environmental hazard at this point. Their biggest problem is that they hunt for fun even when they’re not hungry. When you feed stray cats, you are giving them free reign to do damage to other parts of the ecosystem without the natural pressures of competition for resources.

NOT

FEED

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CATS.

weallknowthisisnothing Nov 15, 2019

Feral cats murder the heck out of migratory birds.

But no, let's let them kill all of these things because they are cuddly and we have one in our house.

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I’m cool them keeping the rats at bay, whoever I feel bad for the birds etc.

I lived few months in Athens Greece, and oh boy do they have stray cats there :O People were feeding and looking after them no worries. It was kinda cool to see until a friend of mine’s lovebird flew away and never returned :/

Unreal Ed Nov 16, 2019

Not only should the other comments about feeding stray cats should be noted, but ALSO it isn’t even the best channel about feeding stray cats! This guy’s stuff is much better

Kopperschott Nov 16, 2019

I already knew before clicking it was Robin Seplut. This guy is the definitive cat whisperer.

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Nathan Grayson Nov 12, 2019. 21 comments

YouTube Changes Renew Calls For YouTubers To Unionize [Update]

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To say that YouTubers have an uneasy relationship with the company that hosts their videos would be a massive understatement. It’s not uncommon for YouTube to demonetize videos with little in the way of explanation and, as a recent terms of service update reminded users, it can also just straight up remove videos and channels whenever it wants, should it deem such a thing necessary. This has...

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Wayne Lambright Nov 12, 2019

I don’t know why you wrote this whole column and then lightly brushed over the important part.

Given that YouTubers are not employed by YouTube, there are lots of logistical and legal questions surrounding how they might organize.

These really aren’t legal and logistical “questions”.

Methusalah Nov 12, 2019

Yeah, the answer is, they won’t. Maybe they’ll build some sort of advocacy group to negotiate with google , but it won’t be a union by any traditional understanding of the term.

sǝuןq ɥɔsʇıʞ Nov 12, 2019

The answer is to form a lobby instead.

qwsedd Nov 12, 2019

How is literally “not using the platform” not a significant enough threat? I mean start shit like this and another YouTube will rise. Social platform rise and fall all the time and if the forget who actually brings them money they are doomed to fall. Slowly but surely.

MegaBlastoise Nov 12, 2019

There have already been dozens of video platforms. Daily Motion is the biggest, but YouTube still gets more views in a day than DM gets in a year. All the others either have no traction or have already gone under.

YouTube is literally in a position of being too big to fail.

wiskill Nov 12, 2019

There are hundreds of thousands of people willing to break in as a creator. If someone quits, there will always be someone else willing to take their place.

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Cecilia D'Anastasio Nov 09, 2019. 5 comments

Fans Honor Deceased YouTuber Etika With A Stunning Mural

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When YouTuber “Double A” watched Desmond “Etika” Amofah’s final YouTube video, one sentence stuck out to him: “I know this world’s gonna forget me.”

“That’s just not true,” said Double A, who lives in New York City. “We all miss him. We all love him.” Amofah, a popular 29-year-old YouTuber who created videos about Nintendo games, died by suicide in June of this year. In his final video, he...

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Rachel Fogg Nov 09, 2019

This gorgeous...and so fucking heartbreaking

Fieryrebirth Nov 09, 2019

I admire the level of compassion toward a late black Youtuber, but he’s not wrong with his final words, he’s not wrong when thinking from a more general perspective and how often we ignore minorities’ calls for help with mental health and are apathetic towards their very life.

As long as the majority fail to step outside their sanctuaries and relate to minorities, even in their despair, this kind of stuff will only continue because the majority have no reason to care.

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Riley MacLeod Nov 05, 2019. 20 comments

Another Popular Streamer Leaves Twitch, This Time For YouTube

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Popular content creator Jack “CouRage” Dunlop is leaving Twitch, he announced today. Unlike other recent Twitch departees, he’s not going to Mixer. Instead, he’s struck a deal with YouTube and will stream exclusively there.

In a video announcing the change, CouRage—who has already been on YouTube since 2013 and has 1.86 million subscribers—described wanting to leave Twitch in order to “make...

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TadBravo Nov 05, 2019

“ This deal with YouTube allows me to create more content and engage with my fans in real time”

That’s all this guy could come up with? Are these streamers’ viewers that stupid and naive? (rh e t orical question )

WhyDoINeedAnAccountAnyway Nov 05, 2019

What’s wrong with that statement? “They’re giving me a bunch of money, so I can d o more” seems pretty straightforward.

CoastersPaul Nov 05, 2019

The one advantage I’ve heard of for streaming on YouTube is that it’s really easy to permanently archive streams after they’re done, instead of having to spend time uploading /changing settings manually , so he’s still not wrong.

Jamie White Nov 05, 2019

Who... ?

If you’ve been around T witch long enough, you know that these guys are newbies. They joined with the wave of IRL and Fortnite streamers when T witch opened themselves up to that. The actual core of Twitch are so grateful of and embedded in T witch itself that there is absolutely no way they will ever switch. It doesn’t matter how much some company offers them , it doesn’t matter how much T witch has hiccups or wastes time on redesigns and monetising instead of improving the service. I use twitch all day every day and it has my absolute undying loyalty. Twitch , and the people on it, have literally saved my sanity i f not my actual life. Many people on there feel exactly the same, th e str eamers themselves know it has changed their lives beyond even their wildest hopes and dreams.

What has Mixer done? What has YouTube not corrupted?

Twitch is not just popular, it is beloved and rightly so. These guys? They’re just a drop in the ocean, irrelevant cash grabs.

UNoSenseMake Nov 05, 2019

Speak for yourself. Most of us don’t pledge undying loyalty to wealthy corporations.

Bee Nov 05, 2019

That’s a weird love for a billion dollar corporation you got there, buddy. I get loving the communities you’ve found, but the platform is just that - a platform. A greedy one at that.

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Zack Zwiezen Nov 03, 2019. 1 comments

All The Little Details Hidden In Untitled Goose Game

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Untitled Goose Game has quickly become one of the most popular games of 2019. It turns out people love honking and annoying villagers. Makes sense. But the camera in the game is limited and this makes it hard to see what’s inside some buildings or other out of bound secrets.

Lucky for us, the YouTube channel Boundary Break with a magic camera and can show us everything hidden in Untitled Goose...

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slvc Nov 04, 2019

Shesez has some excellent quality content. As an "old" man he's one of the few YouTubers I can actually enjoy, and the best part is that there's no obscenely loud "HEY GUYS WHAT'S UP" in the introductions

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Nathan Grayson Oct 08, 2019. 16 comments

Investigative Report Digs Into The Strange Story Of A YouTuber Who Founded A Religion

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People Make Games, a YouTube channel founded by former Eurogamer video maker Chris Bratt and animator Anni Sayers, has concluded a year-long investigation into Bachir “Athene” Boumaaza, a YouTuber who got his start with troll-y video game antics but went on to form a pseudo-religion called Neuro-Spinozism and is now the face of an organization called The Singularity Group.

The...

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Cochese: 4k120fps Oct 08, 2019

Huh, the only people commenting so far to refute anything have no prior posts here. Fancy that. I’d bet this is going to be a trend.

Fanbot Oct 08, 2019

You know, there’s a few Youtubers I quite enjoy watching, ranging from dumb video game stuff to psychological and philosophical material.

That being said, I’m pretty sure I’m not gullible enough to just follow along if one of them made a sudden turn and started a freaking cult. If anything, I’d probably just be annoyed they kept bringing it up.

Constant Colors Oct 08, 2019

Well, you’d be mistaken then.

People don’t join cults because they’re dumb. People join cults when they have some emotional need which has gone unfulfilled. There’s more to it than that. But broad strokes, literally anyone could be persuaded to join a cult so long as the cult in question was giving them the right combination of incentives.

Instead of calling them dumb, why not spare some empathy for people who are isolated socially and/or emotionally to the point that they fall into the clu t ches of manipulative bastards?

dragonfliet Oct 08, 2019

Excellent response.

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Zack Zwiezen Oct 06, 2019. 13 comments

Someone Beat Minecraft Without Mining Any Blocks

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Minecraft is a game where you sometimes mine stuff and sometimes craft stuff. But one player decided to skip the whole mining bit of Minecraft and decided to beat the game without ever mining a single block. This isn’t easy and involves a lot of scavenging, some expert bucket skills, some luck and a lot of patience.

First spotted by PC Gamer, Reddit user SpikyHedGey posted a video on the...

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hellhog Oct 06, 2019

You can beat Minecraft? Had no idea.

Zack Zwiezen Oct 06, 2019

I think this is something a lot of people are learning about for the first time.

alakaboem Oct 06, 2019

BIG TIL on my end. This is wild. Feels like it kinda defeats the purpose of a sandbox game to have an end, though...

Darigaaz Oct 06, 2019

Once they had some basic supplices (sic)they then began mining without actually... mining. This involved a few different methods. Luring Creepers, enemies who explode when they get close to the player, was one common method. It is dangerous and a bit hard to control. Crafting TNT with materials from dead Creepers allowed SpikyHedGuy to place explosives where they needed.

This is still mining, as you said . What he did was just not use the pick axe.

Zack Zwiezen Oct 06, 2019

Changed the wording on this bit.

GrollyChocks Oct 06, 2019

It’s still mining even if you change the wording. You m ight want to change th e title to “Someone Beat Minecraft Without Using the Pickaxe ,” but I’d assume you’d lose quite a few clicks if you did.

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Joshua Rivera Oct 04, 2019. 24 comments

High School Redesigns Shouldn't Remind You Of Taking Cover In Gears Of War

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Play enough video games, and eventually you can tell when you’re entering an area where a digital shootout is about to happen. It’s kind of a joke at this point: see an abundance of chest-high walls for you to conveniently crouch behind? Walls that make zero architectural sense? An elevated vantage point or two? Odds are, there’s a firefight in the cards for you.

Ever since Gears of War, video...

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Lurch of the SoCal Oct 04, 2019

This is America.

Defend the fetus , murder the child.

spad13 Oct 04, 2019

I think George Carlin said it best when he said, “If you’re pre-born, you’re fine. If you’re pre-school, you’re fucked.”

Sir Malta Oct 04, 2019

cell clumps and guns are the only things that are holy in the good ol’ USA.

Randy Randerson Oct 04, 2019

As a K-12 school designer, I absolutely worry what effect these designs have on children and teachers. It's disgusting that our country's response to violence is not to implement common sense restrictions on the tools of that violence, but instead to place this psychological burden on children. Fuck the NRA, may they all burn in hell.

ghostlolol Oct 04, 2019

The NRA is a terrorist organization. They’re fucking terrorists.

lostinspacecamp Oct 04, 2019

Cool. Can y’all stop designing classrooms without the tiniest bit of regard to the limitations of network infrastructure ? Thanks.

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Zack Zwiezen Sep 29, 2019. 17 comments

Someone Is Making A Game Based On the Super Mario Bros Super Show

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Many fans have recreated old Mario games in different engines or in different styles. But one fan and his young kids are doing something different. They’re creating a totally original Mario game based on the animated segments from the popular Super Mario Bros. Super Show and it looks amazing.

The fan game is being...

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Snoosh Sep 29, 2019

He’s about to be cease-and-desisted so hard.

Hombrew game developers: please do not tell anyone about your cool fangame until *AFTER* it’s already finished and out!

Lambonius Sep 29, 2019

He never said he was releasing it. It's a family project with his kids. You're allowed to make fan art.

NatR Sep 29, 2019

Fan art is legally a murky area. Most copyright holders don’t bother squashing it because they’ve learned that fan engagement via that sort of derivative work is a brand positive, and it still costs them money to pay lawyers to police it.

However that doesn’t mean they can’t sue a fan artist. Since infringement goes on a case by case basis, the artist would then have to make a fair use case to justify their fan art.

ugur Sep 29, 2019

It would be great if Nintendo gets in touch with him to get an official release of this going (instead of getting in touch with him to make him stop making it).

I’d totally buy that on Switch.

Jack Shaftoe Sep 30, 2019

Why fan games aren’t simply released as “non-canon” is beyond me. Or pay the fans for the assets and use them as a nod or something in an official game.

Fix It Again Tony Sep 30, 2019

Hey there was Cadence of Hyrule ...

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Zack Zwiezen Sep 16, 2019. 16 comments

Some Of The Best Games Hidden Inside Other Games

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Sometimes when I’m playing a game and it ain’t great or I’m bored, I’ll wish I was playing something else. That usually means exiting the game and loading up a new video game. But there are some devs that have kindly tossed in a whole different game inside another game, letting...

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TVs_Frank Sep 16, 2019

In Lunar: Silver Star Story’s making of disc there’s a hidden 8-player Breakout game.

KishPrime Sep 16, 2019

Holy cow this isn’t breakout, this is Warlords!!! Can’t believe there’s an 8-player Warlords out there

relic1980 Sep 16, 2019

Heh. I own Lunar Sil ver Star Story Perfect Edition, but never watched the Making Of disc. Guess I will now :)

Stunkydunk Sep 16, 2019

My votes for best are probably Black Ops 2’s Dead Ops Arcade (which was probably even more fun than the actual game), and Donkey Kong 64’s fun use of Donkey Kong and Jetpack.

pitstopblog Sep 16, 2019

We need that game in real life...

William Sean McFly Sep 16, 2019

That D64 Donkey Kong surprise is one of only two ways to actually play all four boards of DK on a console (the other being the recently released Arcade Archives version).

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Cecilia D'Anastasio Sep 12, 2019. 10 comments

Pewdiepie Rescinds $50,000 Pledge To Jewish Charity After Fans Spread Conspiracy Theories

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After Felix “Pewdiepie” Kjellberg pledged to make a plush donation of $50,000 to the Anti-Defamation League, an advocacy group founded to combat anti-Semitism, hundreds of his fans went into full conspiracy theory mode , questioning whether he had been blackmailed into doing so. Kjellberg, who has been subject to controversy in the past for making anti-Semitic jokes , put the conspiracies to...

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FullMetalPancake Sep 13, 2019

I … I don’t understand... - dude makes anti-Semitic jokes - dude gets shit for it, rightfully - dude says he’s going to donate to ADL as a way to take responsibility - some idiots on the internet don’t like this - he decides not to donate to them, as a way to... take responsibility?? I feel like I’m missing a piece of logic here.

Tyjaer Sep 13, 2019

Nope, I think that pretty much covers it.

The-Grecco Sep 13, 2019

This is so weird. Donating to the ADL is a positive thing all around. How could you not be passionate about the ADL? Why would you let anti-Semitic trolls dictate that decision ? Who cares what conspiracy nut-jobs think? Why does this guy always ALMOST do something right and then shoot himself in the foot? Will his actions ever speak louder than his words or do we live in a reality dictated by 12-year-olds now?

Ilmyrn Sep 13, 2019

Look, at this point I think it’s pretty clear that PDP’s actions DO speak louder than his words, given that his words were, ‘I’m going to give money to an anti-hate organization’, and his actions were to NOT give money to an anti-hate organization.

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Cecilia D'Anastasio Sep 12, 2019. 23 comments

PewDiePie Has To Explain That His $50,000 Pledge To An Anti-Hate Group Is Legit

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In a video yesterday, Felix “Pewdiepie” Kjellberg announced a generous $50,000 donation to the Anti-Defamation League, a 100-year-old advocacy organization founded to combat anti-Semitism. Kjellberg, who was celebrating his 100,000,000-follower touchstone on YouTube, explained in his video that “I feel like I’ve finally come to terms with the responsibility I have as a creator—about...

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UberOmega Sep 12, 2019

As Kurt Vonnegut said, we must be careful who we pretend to be.

The problem with ironic or sarcastic racism, is that over time the Venn Diagram between ironic bigotry and actual bigotry can merge into a perfect circle. It can also go the other direction, where people not only “outgrow” sarcastic bigotry but they become disgusted by it.

It’s rare to see the balance maintained over time. In addition to comedians and online personalities, I’ve seen actual people I know push themselves into hateful ideologies by way of defending their right to make sarcastic jokes. The human mind is weird, and over time the distinction between the joke and the belief can become blurred.

soulfeggio Sep 12, 2019

This is the only comment that needed to be made here.

NoGas Sep 12, 2019

It’s true, what Vonnegut said. It’s a damn shame Pewdiepie has shown us his whole ass many a time, and it’s not a ‘pretend’ game.

That’s the real Felix you’re seeing: the one with power, wealth, and a platform. Give people power if you want to see their core, if you want to speak in adages. Felix has power through his media presence. He’s shown us who he is.

zegota Sep 12, 2019

What a cool fanbase you’ve cultivated, dude.

UserWithNoName Sep 12, 2019

To be fair, when you have as many people subscribed to you as Felix does you’re bound to have a loud, vocal minority of people that are just awful.

I do commend him for this significant donation to the ADL, and I hope if if his name com es up in the n ews cycle in the future that it’s in a positive light rather than yet another controversy.

NoGas Sep 12, 2019

No. If what you’re saying has a large amount of Right Wing Nazis showing up and supporting you, it’s because what you’re saying feels appealing to the scum that is the so-called ‘Alt-Right’. The fact that they turned Pewdiepie into a meme that was referenced by mass shooters, and that hate groups support and spread this meme, means that they identify.

Natalie Wynn (ContraPoints) isn’t getting Nazi support, because Nazis don’t identify with her message.

Get the idea?

Felix is a trash human that has had so many chances to learn from his mistakes, but instead doubles down on the shit behavior.

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Gita Jackson Sep 11, 2019. 5 comments

The YouTuber Playing Through Every Version Of Minecraft Is Finally Back At It

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Five years ago, one YouTuber began a Minecraft Let’s Play unlike any other, one that spanned all the different versions of the game and examined how it changed over time. After a nearly three-year hiatus, it’s coming back, with a nifty trailer.

YouTuber Zisteau said in his very first episode of his Minecraft Let’s Play that it was a little weird how much Minecraft he plays on his channel,...

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Gintoki96 Sep 11, 2019

Is there a version of beta we can play online? I remember when I used to log in all you would see if 1 block towers and random people just doing stuff

vad Sep 11, 2019

You can play Beta versions online, albeit you’ll need custom mods for authentication to work - it was broken numerous times in the process.

There’s a tiny niche of retro servers. I play on a server that’s been incrementally updating since the earliest versions and is currently on 1.4.7, but there’re “forever beta” servers too.

hugh-manity Sep 11, 2019

waiting for The A.V. Club’s article about some random Youtube person watching the complete works of Roman Polanski and Woody Allen...

dukeoffnod Sep 12, 2019

Are you comparing Hatsune Miku to Roman Polanski and Woody Allen?

hugh-manity Sep 12, 2019

no, I’m comparing the vastly different treatment the legacy left by the creator of the fake lego game gets with how the vast majority of film critics (correctly) treat certain filmmakers. Not really sure what Hatsune Miku has to do with anything.

Just pointing out the clear contradiction in articles and websites that will universally take the correct side on issues within the game industry dealing with the treatment of women, minorities and LGBTQ individuals but then these same people and websites will turn around and write endless articles in praise of the fake lego game, completely overlooking how this game came about.

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Joshua Rivera Aug 31, 2019. 13 comments

Control’s Hidden Puppet Show Is A Horror Masterpiece

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Control could be called a horror game. It’s creepy and unsettling,right down to the title cards that pop up in every new location. But Control is also a good action game, withfun, bombastic gunfights . It’s probably best to just call it a thriller—at least, until you find the first episode of Threshold Kids, an inexplicable puppet show you can find clips of in the game. Those puppets?...

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MerxWorx01 Aug 31, 2019

Reminds me of “Don’t hug me I’m scared” or marble hornets . The Internet if full of strange short videos designed to unsettle.

Methusalah Aug 31, 2019

Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared is lovely and was clearly only designed to help teach kids that you don’t have to accept hugs from strangers.

PostMaloneDies Aug 31, 2019

Check out Local 58 on YouTube.

Hippoposthumous Aug 31, 2019

I definitely recommend finding the collectible relating to the creation of Threshold Kids. Great stuff.

This is good Remedy. It’s actually great Remedy. I fucking love this game. It has a vibe not unlike 2017's criminally underplayed Prey.

Read / Watch / Listen to every collectible.

Lozzle Aug 31, 2019

I want to love Prey so much, so much of what it does and does well I would love in a Bioshock or Deus Ex but I cannot get over the combat in Prey. Even turning it down to easy and just trying to blow through enemies was tedious and unfun. I wish there was something I could do because I know I could get sucked in and love the game but the combat fights me the entire time.

Starke Aug 31, 2019

The key to combat in Prey is, it’s not supposed to be brute forced. So, for example, with the mimics, you’re supposed to glue them, then take them out with a charged wrench attack. You can just pound them with the wrench, or use a firearm, but, you’re right, it doesn’t feel particularly good.

I mean, if this is something you already figured out, and found the weapon switching to set up and exploit enemies tedious, then this advice isn’t going to help. Prey has a very strange approach to combat, and while I’m hesitant to call it, “good,” it is reminiscent of System Shock 2.

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Joshua Rivera Aug 29, 2019. 10 comments

I May Never Stop Watching YouTube Tutorials And Actually Play This Strategy Game

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Kotaku Game DiaryDaily thoughts from a Kotaku staffer about a game we're playing.

For the last couple months, I’ve been trying to get into Stellaris in a big way—partly because the game is one of the few 4X games to get an uncompromised console port, and partly because I think space stuff is rad. Since I’m not a PC guy, I’m still pretty new to games in the 4X mold. The “Xs” are an...

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Apsone Aug 29, 2019

Honestly, and coming from someone who has only dabbled (badly) in crusader kings 2. Stellaris is extremely welcoming by comparison. Unlike ck2 where I fell down the same rabbit hole of YouTube videos, I went into stellaris compeltely blind and I was surprised to see that the game actually did have a functioning tutorial!

There was an adjustment period in the beginning trying to get my hearing on the UI but I’ve been able to play two campaigns (one successful, one... not so much) with only a handful of google searches in between. I really recommend just diving in and getting a feel for it yourself!

TheDude - 1☆ Kotaku Celebrity Aug 29, 2019

I really wanted to love Crusader Kings was like homework. I’m sure there’s a point where it actually becomes second nature, but at first it was a lot of effort to put into the game. And it really put me off.

Joshua Rivera Aug 30, 2019

Oh, absolutely! I would love to play CK2 but that’s a game you can’t even parse without some help, and Stellaris actually does want to inform you about things. It’s just an adjustment—figuring out these games can be extremely trial and error, but that’s kind of why I like them? Just need to figure out what levers to pull, and how to tell when I’ve made a mistake before I run out of resources and can’t figure out what my options are lol.

Meohfumado Aug 29, 2019

Yeah, my first three Stellaris campaigns were aborted due to not quite grasping how to properly expand/build without running into shortages. I didn’t even figure out district buiding was a thing until the third try.

It’s real fun once you figure it out though. Also the Star Trek: New Horizons mod is awesome.

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