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What did fruits and vegetables look like hundreds of years ago?
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A plant biologist and an art historian walk into a museum. They stand in front of a 17th-century Flemish still-life for a while. The monkey looks pretty accurate, as far as they can tell, but they can’t recognize any of the fruits the monkey is stealing. So, they wonder, was the painter just a really bad artist? Or…
Early adopters might not have to line up for the PlayStation 5 like they did for the PlayStation 4.
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Early adopters might not have to line up for the PlayStation 5 like they did for the PlayStation 4. Reports in Nikkei and Bloomberg, both citing anonymous sources, say that Sony plans to increase production of the upcoming console from around 5 or 6 million to roughly 10 million units.
The Gap in Joe Biden's $2 Trillion Climate Plan Reveals the Biggest Fight to Come
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On Tuesday, Democratic presidential challenger Joe Biden released a major update to his climate plan. It has a big splashy number—$2 trillion over four years—and some solid policies. It shows, definitively, that progressives are winning by both putting forward popular policies to address the climate crisis and…
Watchmen's Rorschach Lives in a New DC Black Label Series from Tom King and Jorge Fornés
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With HBO’s Watchmen and DC Comics’ Doomsday Clock event both wrapped up, the world of stories set in a universe that was once devastated by a telepathic squid has gone quiet as of late, but that’s all about to change in a new Rorschach comics series penned by Tom King with illustrations from Jorge Fornés and Clayton…
Timothy Omundson on his Seinfeld start and getting back to Psych after surviving a stroke
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The actor: Timothy Omundson was still in single digits when he decided on the career path he wanted to follow, and he started that journey before he’d even entered his teens, studying acting at the Seattle Children’s Theater. After spending some time on the stage, Omundson made the jump to on-camera work with a…
Paper Mario: The Origami King: The Kotaku Review
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What do Red Koopa Troopas think about as they’re shuffling back and forth all day on top of platforms? Where do Shy Guys go on their days off? Paper Mario is the only series brave enough to answer these burning questions about the inner lives of Mario characters, and it answers them with humor, style, and more truly…
Hang Out With Scorbunny on This Red Hot $32 PowerA Switch Wireless Controller, Sobble and Grookey for $40
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PowerA Nintendo Switch Wireless Controller (Scorbunny) | $32 | Amazon | Use code 20POWERA20
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Ghost Of Tsushima Is Being Praised By Japanese Critics
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Often, when foreigners bring Japan to life, they don’t quite hit the mark. Sometimes, their vision of the country is eye-rollingly egregious. But sometimes, they portray it in a way that even the Japanese praise. According to the early reviews in Japan, Ghost of Tsushima is an example of the latter.
Update Your GPU Drivers For Death Stranding For God's Sake
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The PC version of Death Stranding is out, and as our own Mike Fahey reported, it runs like a dream. This is true, provided you’re not a dumbass like me and forget to install the latest Game Ready Drivers for your Nvidia card. I didn’t do that, and the above video shows the freakish results.
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku’s reader-run community: Some Thoughts On Tower of God • Ka
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Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku’s reader-run community: Some Thoughts On Tower of God • Kaiju Crush Dev Diary: The Final Push, Day 11 • TAY Retro: Nintendo Entertainment System - Time Lord [TV Commercial, FR]
Dreams Nabs Game Of The Year At Games For Change Awards
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Media Molecule’s PlayStation 4 game-creation tool Dreams was named Game of the Year at tonight’s Games for Change Awards, which closed out the first day of the digital festival.
ICBM Wants You To Blow Up The Planet With Nukes
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Defcon, released in 2006, was an excellent exercise in mutually assured destruction. The upcoming ICBM is looking to be a more modern take on the same subject matter.
Spook Ware Is Wario Ware, Only With Horror Games
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I miss Wario Ware, you miss Wario Ware, everyone misses Wario Ware except for Nintendo, who are being assholes and not making more Wario Ware. Ah well! Let’s all get over that together by playing something very similar (and free!), only it involves sawing through human legs.
Call Of Duty: Warzone Devs Rename Controversial 'Border War' Skin
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A controversial Call of Duty: Warzone skin saw its name and description changed by developer Infinity Ward in an update released earlier today.
Hyper Scape Is High-Flying Fun, But It's Still Another Battle Royale
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In competitive shooters, I prefer to be above my enemies. I grew up playing Tribes, a game about jetpacks and split-second geometry calculations. In Overwatch, my favorite hero is Pharah, whose specialty is jetpack with a side of rocket launcher. Maybe I just really like jetpacks. Still, Hyper Scape is the ideal…
New Online Harassment Hotline Offers Emotional Support To Game Industry
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Several prominent members of the gaming community have come together to organize a new text-based hotline aimed at providing emotional support to the industry, especially those that feel isolated by abuse and harassment.
Google Announces Stadia Is Getting More Games, But Not Much Else
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Stadia is still here, still getting additional games, and might one day be really cool, but nothing in today’s Stadia Connect event made it look like the platform has turned a corner as it struggles to establish a new ecosystem for gaming.
How the Frozen 2 Documentary Shows Us More Disney Drama Than We're Used To
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Nothing bad ever happens at Disney. Or, at least, that’s the message the family-friendly company leads people to believe. You very rarely see or read raw, behind-the-scenes coverage from the mega-corporation because everything there is so carefully packaged. And that’s precisely why the new Disney+ show, Into the…
The Next Stage Of EVE Online's Alien Invasion Is Here
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For the last six weeks, EVE Online has been under siege by an extradimensional enemy known as the Triglavians. Recently, players were asked to join alongside the Triglavians and help them gain a foothold in the EVE universe. Many players accepted this challenge and fought alongside the alien invaders against the NPC…
The Sexist Legacy in Star Trek’s Progressive Universe
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In the fourth episode of Star Trek: Picard, a familiar face storms onto the scene. With plenty of legacy characters, this might just be another day at the (space) office. But this is Seven of Nine, beloved, iconic, even more badass than she was during her time on Voyager—and she was always pretty badass. “You owe me a…
The Pandemic Exposed a Massive Digital Divide in Our Schools They Can't Fix on Their Own
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The covid-19 pandemic has up-ended our educational system. In the middle of last semester, many students and teachers had to shift from traditional school environments to 100% online learning, with little or no warning and no time to prepare. The result has exposed just how pervasive technological inequality is in the…
Ghost Of Tsushima: The Kotaku Review
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Ghost of Tsushima is a game of compulsion. Like most open-world adventures, everything is designed to get you to explore what’s over the next hill or across that nearby river. The map is peppered with question marks, many of which surround towns and temples in which you meet allies and upgrade equipment. Helpful…
YouTuber Uses Kinect Mod To Play Mario 64 With A Trampoline
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Think Spider-Man, But With Plastic Bags
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In Spider-Man, Peter Parker invented devices worn on his wrists known as web-shooters. Twitter user Tsukasa-3D invented his own shooters, but for shopping bags.
Your Summer 2020 Anime Guide
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It’s summertime. In Japan, right now, it’s the rainy season. Wherever you are, it might be hot and maybe even humid. So let’s stay inside and watch some anime!
Pre-Order Far Cry 6 on PS4 and Xbox One, Upgrade for No Cost Later
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Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku’s reader-run community: Ten Songs That Prove K.K.
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Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku’s reader-run community: Ten Songs That Prove K.K. Slider Is More Than “Bubblegum K.K.” and “K.K. Cruisin’” • Quick Review: Something Is Killing The Children • TAY Retro: Nintendo Entertainment System - Solar Jetman: Hunt for the Golden Warpship [TV Commercial, NA]
Destiny 2 Players Speedrun The Game’s Mind-Bending Prophecy Dungeon In Minutes
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Prophecy is a three-person mini-raid full of gorgeous skyboxes and fun puzzles, both of which are on full display in a recent speedrun in which players cleared the Destiny 2 dungeon in just over eight minutes.
Ubisoft Reworked A Famous Holocaust Quote To Promote Watch Dogs: Legion, And Nooope
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You know the quote. It has various edits and permutations, but here’s one you’ve probably heard:
Level Up Your PS4 With the Best Controllers Around
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We may be on the precipice of a brand new console generation with the PlayStation 5 around the corner (and a new controller to boot), but that doesn’t mean you can’t still enjoy your PlayStation 4. If you, like many of us, have a ridiculous backlog, you’re probably starting to work through it to prepare for the next…
What One Accessory Vastly Improved Your Gaming Experience?
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Welcome to Ask Kotaku, a new weekly feature in which Kotaku’s rank and file weigh in on the burning questions of our time. Each query is a crucible on which nerds and giants clash, monumental contests of wit, that...well, OK. It’s just another excuse to talk vidya games. You down?
Death Stranding Plays Very Well On My PCs
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Death Stranding, a very, very good PlayStation 4 game from Hideo Kojima and his game-making friends, launches on PC tomorrow. I cannot say the game runs well on every gaming PC, for there are too many gaming PCs and my home is small. I have tested it on two of the gaming PCs I have immediate access to, however, and…
Titanfall 2, As Told By Steam Reviews
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Titanfall 2 is a masterpiece, a sublime blend of speed, fury, and mech buddy feel-good vibes. Unfortunately, many people are not aware of this, because when the stompy shooter first came out, it flew uncharacteristically under the radar for something involving giant robots. Now it’s getting a second chance on Steam.
Rare Copy Of Super Mario Bros. Sells At Auction For Record-Breaking $114,000
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A mint-condition sealed copy of the original Super Mario Bros. sold at auction for $114,000 on July 10, setting a new record for the sale of a single collectible video game. The previous record, a private sale for $100,150 in February 2019, was another sealed copy of Super Mario Bros.
