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25 May 18:57
Windows 10's Upgrading Tricks Have Gotten More Insidious
by Patrick Klepek
In the next few years, Microsoft wants Windows 10 running on a billion devices. One way it’s making sure that happens is by tricking users into upgrading in shady ways. But here’s the real problem: Windows 10 is a good operating system, and Microsoft’s tactics are giving it a bad rap.
25 May 17:18
The Insanely Confusing World of Japanese Addresses
by Kat Callahan (鮎川きお) on Jalopnik, shared by Brian Ashcraft to Kotaku
DsiderThis is probably going to be important if I ever need to make up a Japanese account again
One of the first things you will no doubt notice when coming to Japan is that most of the streets don’t have names, the building numbers don’t go in any kind of order, and you can’t possibly imagine a time before your cabbie had access to GPS. Welcome to the Japanese address registration system. It’s a doozy.
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25 May 16:27
Conan Playing Overwatch and Destroying Game of Thrones' Iron Throne
by Brian Ashcraft
On this latest “Clueless Gamer” segment, Conan faces off against the House of Lannister and the shiny butts of Overwatch.
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25 May 16:26
The Fullmetal Alchemist Live-Action Movie Has an All Japanese Cast
by Brian Ashcraft
DsiderDirector is promising but cast is NOPE
In Japan, popular manga and anime series Fullmetal Alchemist is getting a feature film. It’s slated for a winter 2017 release. The fictional setting was inspired by Europe, but the movie’s cast will be Japanese.
25 May 15:28
Dude Makes Pop-Up Castle Out Of LEGO
by Brian Ashcraft
Dsider...FUCK
Yes, LEGO! Japanese YouTuber Talapz wasn’t content with merely recreating Himeji Castle’s main keep, so he decided to make a pop-up version of it.
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25 May 15:02
TMNT Figures Based On Konami's Classic 1989 Arcade Game
by Luke Plunkett
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25 May 14:46
It's Time To Stop Being Salty About Bastion In Overwatch
by Patricia Hernandez
For months now, some Overwatch players have insisted that one hero is too strong, perhaps even overpowered. Now that the game is officially out and the hero balance is more or less set, however, I hope we can all agree that the bellyaching is all bunk.
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25 May 12:52
Spontaneous Windows 10 Update Prevents Game Dev From Checking Out Of Hotel
by Patrick Klepek
Microsoft really wants people to upgrade their machines to Windows 10, to the point that computers will now install the new operating system without your knowledge. This lead to a frustrating (but darkly humorous) situation today for Vlambeer co-founder Rami Ismail, while checking out of a hotel.
25 May 12:49
The Warcraft Movie Is Not Good
by Jason Schreier
DsiderSigh, I'm still going to see it, but goddammit.
Some people had hoped, after months of hype and the pedigree of director Duncan Jones (Moon, Source Code), that Warcraft might break the long and storied Curse Of Bad Video Game Movies. I have some sad news for those people. Maybe video game adaptations were just never meant to be.
25 May 12:44
If Dragon Ball Super Was Made in the 1990s
by Brian Ashcraft
It’s not. It’s made now, but if Dragon Ball Super was made in the 1990s, the show would probably look something like this.
25 May 03:57
Some Of The World's Best Artists Are Already In Love With Overwatch
by Luke Plunkett
Yeah, the game itself has only just been released, but thanks to betas and marketing people have been getting to know the cast of Overwatch for months. Among those fans are some of the world’s best artists, many of whom we’ve featured here on Fine Art before.
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25 May 03:56
Paradox Pulls Stellaris Mod That Makes All The Characters White
by Jason Schreier
DsiderAnd on the other end of the Rust spectrum
Stellaris, a grand strategy game set in space, has characters who come in a variety of species and races. Naturally, someone made a mod to turn all the humans white.
23 May 17:47
Kid Designs Overwatch Character, Blizzard Artists Finish The Job
by Luke Plunkett
Blizzard fan Shane Hickey’s young daughter thought it’d be cool to design her own Overwatch character and send it into the game’s creators. Blizzard thought it’d be cooler to turn her rough design into something a little more professional.
23 May 16:03
"Final Fantasy Disease" Infected Square Enix, Says FFXV's Director
by Brian Ashcraft
Dsider"Tabata mentions what he calls “FF byou” (FF病) or “Final Fantasy disease.” "
Now I'm imagining Kumin cosplaying as Yuffie, and it works too well
Do you have it? According to Final Fantasy XV director Hajime Tabata
, “lots” of fans do. From the sound of it, some people at Square Enix have been infected, too.
22 May 05:18
Angry Birds Is Over
by Evan Narcisse on io9, shared by Riley MacLeod to Kotaku
Dsidersigh... throw another one on the pile
The biggest comedic moment in The Angry Birds Movie happens when two characters find out the giant lake they’ve been swimming in is a massive pool of Mighty Eagle’s urine. They were spitting the water in each other’s mouths before that. Surely, The Angry Birds Movie only exists because of deep-seated insecurity.
22 May 05:03
7-Year-Old Gaming Vid Briefly Pulled From YouTube Because Of Family Guy
by Mike Fahey
DsiderTHAT'S ENOUGH ALREADY YOUTUBE
Last Sunday’s episode of Family Guy used an old YouTube clip of NES classic Double Dribble to simulate two characters playing the game. Shortly after the episode aired the original video was taken down by Fox on copyright grounds, because YouTube is stupid.
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21 May 18:24
Nintendo’s Awful YouTube Policies Accidentally Impacting Minecraft Videos
by Patrick Klepek
Dsidersigh
Nintendo has a complicated history with YouTube
, to say the least. So when Nintendo characters were added to Minecraft recently, people were skeptical. Wouldn’t the company apply the same draconian copyright measures to Minecraft videos on YouTube? They weren’t supposed to! But, well, they did.
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20 May 14:57
Donald Trump Is Making Dungeons & Dragons Great Again
by Luke Plunkett
It’s an election year, which means there’s been a lot of Bad Twitter. Shining like a light in the darkness, though, is the only political account I’m going to follow in 2016: Dungeons And Donalds.
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18 May 19:37
Someone Is Making A Game Based On The Steam Summer Sale
by Nathan Grayson on Steamed, shared by Nathan Grayson to Kotaku
Dsiderwe've gone too deep
If rumors from a person who’s usually not wrong are to be believed, the Steam Summer Sale starts on June 23 and ends on July 4. But does it have to end? Ever? Does it really?
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18 May 19:24
Retail Game Kiosks Were Better Back In The Intellivision Days
by Mike Fahey
This is one of the coolest things you could see at a K-Mart back in the late ‘70s. The kiosk, not vintage video game collector Jason Brassard, who shows off the beige beauty in Trade-in-Games’ video. He’s pretty cool too.
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18 May 19:23
Nintendo has clarified what it does with answers users give in its Miitomo app, saying in part that:
by Stephen Totilo
Dsideryeah whatever
Nintendo has clarified what it does with answers users give in its Miitomo app, saying in part that: “the answer information our consumers provide through the Miitomo app [is] only used to provide a better experience for Nintendo consumers and to support the application. Neither Nintendo nor any of its partners sells or shares that answer information for any other purposes.” We’ve updated our original piece regarding concerns about Miitomo privacy and its potential as a marketing-survey accordingly.
18 May 19:22
That Time Bill Gates Starred In A DOOM Promo Video
by Patrick Klepek
Dsiderwow
Yes, that’s Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates pretending to walk around in a level from DOOM and firing a shotgun at a demon marine.
18 May 18:04
Tetris Is Going to Be a Movie Trilogy and Someone Needs to Stop This Shit Immediately
by Evan Narcisse on io9, shared by Riley MacLeod to Kotaku
The most popular versions of Tetris
only concern themselves with how the player engages with the mechanics of the play experience. It’s a video game with no characters, story, antagonistic action or subtext. So of course people are going to make a movie out of it.
18 May 17:03
Blizzard Vows To Improve Twitch Chat After Hearthstone Racism Fiasco
by Nathan Grayson
During the recent Dreamhack Austin event, Hearthstone pro Terrence “TerrenceM” Miller came in second. It was quite a moment, a breakout performance for a relative unknown. And while many viewers were impressed, others in the thousands-strong Twitch chat refused to stop pointing out the obvious: Miller is black. You can probably guess which slurs were involved.
16 May 13:12
Microsoft Kills Project Spark
by Jason Schreier
Dsiderwelp, there goes another of MS' big boasts for xbone
Project Spark is no more. Microsoft announced Friday afternoon—prime news-burying hour!—that their online game creator is no longer for sale as of today. Online services will end in August.
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16 May 13:10
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Now With Hard Bits
by Mike Fahey
DsiderR E E S C E P T I O N
The internet is abuzz with the news that, come July, Reese’s is putting out Peanut Butter Cups with tiny Reese’s Pieces inside. Corn-looking yellow candy piece aside, this doesn’t seem like that great of an idea.