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Pokémon GO Introduces New “Update,” Fans Express Outrage

jesslind | Apr 18, 2024 | 0

The still popular mobile game Pokémon GO just released a new update—and no, it’s not to fix any bugs or other issues. The latest announcement revealed new avatar customization options that will now “look even more like YOU!” A good decade ago, this was welcomed, with many people saying how...

Warhammer 40K Introduces Female Custodes

AlexGherzo | Apr 15, 2024 | 1

It looks like Warhammer 40K was next on the identity politics checklist. The popular tabletop game will now have female members of a group called the Custodians. I’ve never played Warhammer 40K, so you’ll have to bear with me a little, but the Warhammer 40K Fandom Wiki defines the Custodians l...

Capcom Localization Team Smugly Exposes Itself

AlexGherzo | Apr 12, 2024 | 0

Want a look at what video game localizers do? Capcom is more than happy to let you know; today, the Capcom Localization Team’s X account posted a list of a game localizer’s responsibilities – gussied up in rosy words with a condescendingly smarmy tone – and it’s stunning in its audacity. T...

Bob Iger Was Right

robot_boob | Apr 10, 2024 | 1

Bob Iger was right – the word “woke” doesn’t mean what his critics may think it does. If you had told me ten years ago about how some new movie or video game was “woke,” I would have been like, “You speakin’ Chinese to me, bruh?” But deep down, I’d know what you meant. Today, &he...

Tomb Raider Will Stop Raiding Tombs

AlexGherzo | Apr 9, 2024 | 0

Lara Croft is getting another makeover, but this time, it’s more of a personality transplant than cosmetic surgery. The website Tomb Raider Chronicles got ahold of an excerpt from the rulebook for the upcoming Tomb Raider tabletop game, Tomb Raider: Shadows of Truth, and it promises a Lara Croft...

Canadian Government-Run News Source Smears Kabrutus

AlexGherzo | Apr 8, 2024 | 0

Kabrutus is getting more attention every day. Recently, CBC Radio, the radio division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, ran an article about Kabrutus, Sweet Baby Inc., and Kabrutus’ Sweet Baby Inc. Detected curator. It’s nothing you haven’t read before: Kabrutus started a “targeted h...