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Why Do Gay People Play Healers In Overwatch

22Jun

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Why Do Gay People Play Healers In Overwatch

There’s a phenomenon in the Overwatch community that has persisted through the original game’s 2016 release, its gradual decline, and the launch of the sequel. This phenomenon is an interesting one, a sort of “IYKYK” situation that requires membership in a specific community in order to recognize its members: in Overwatch, a lot of queer players choose to play as healers. Maybe you haven’t noticed this—maybe you’re straight (I’m sorry) and can’t spot an alphabet army soldier in your lobby, but if you’re in the LGBTQIA+ community and play Overwatch 2, you know exactly what I’m talking about.Mercy mains with rainbow player icons, Moira one-tricks wearing her Bowie skin, two-stacks who instalock support with some iteration of “-ussy” in their gamertag—if you pay attention, you’ll see that the...

How To Get Tears Of The Kingdom’s Best Shield Early

16Jun

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How To Get Tears Of The Kingdom’s Best Shield Early

The early hours of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom don’t give you a really good shield. The game spends a lot of time showing you how to fuse items to your shield to get some cool utility out of it, but if you want one that will take a lot of hits? Your early shield options are pretty lacking. Luckily, Link’s iconic Hylian Shield is actually pretty quickly accessible in the new Switch game. It’s dangerous to go alone, so take this handy guide that will show you exactly where to go.Skyward Sword HD Revisits The Stumble That Led To Breath Of The WildFirst off, you’ll have to get through the initial tutorial and get back to Hyrule proper, so it will take you at least two or so hours to get to the Hylian Shield’s resting place. But once you’re back on the surface after Link’s trip to...

What Your Fave Pokémon Game Says About You: Callout Edition

29May

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What Your Fave Pokémon Game Says About You: Callout Edition

Image: The Pokémon CompanyAny time someone brings up the new games, you’re the first one to start arguing that they don’t design Pokémon like they used to, referring of course to classics like “bird” and “worms.” You’ve made a whole routine out of asking what that new one even is, ice cream? But you know exactly what it’s called now, don’t you? Source link

Tears Of The Kingdom’s Newspaper Quest Is One Of Its Best

23May

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Tears Of The Kingdom’s Newspaper Quest Is One Of Its Best

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s Lucky Clover Gazette quest line (referred to as Potential Princess Sightings) is long and involved, but it’s easily one of the most rewarding detours you can take on your way to saving Hyrule from Ganondorf’s clutches. In this 12-part quest, Link joins Penn, a go-getting reporter, in investigating rumors surrounding Zelda’s reappearance popping up around Hyrule. Doing all 12 of these quests is a great way to see most of the map, reap rewards like Zelda’s golden horse, and ultimately receive an incredibly useful armor set.Type S: Chiaki’s Journey II Volume 4All that being said, there’s a lot to do on these quests, and the whole process can be overwhelming if you haven’t already seen much of Hyrule yet. So let’s get this scoop.Screenshot: Nintendo ...

Overwatch 2’s PvP Isn’t Good Enough To Justify Gutting PvE

17May

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Overwatch 2’s PvP Isn’t Good Enough To Justify Gutting PvE

Overwatch players, it’s been a rough few years. When the hero shooter first debuted in 2016, it offered one of the best multiplayer experiences of all time: tight, focused combat centered on team compositions, an impressive hero pool with options for every kind of player, solid matchmaking, and a ranking system that felt fair.The Week In Games: Twisted Therapy And Toy SoldiersThese Anime Moms Deserve All The Flowers For Mother's DayMonday 6:46PMTwo years after its launch, however, Overwatch’s steady content stream shifted to a drip, then an outright drought, and we were eventually told this was all part of a bigger, grander plan that would encompass everything that made us fall in love with Overwatch and then some. On top of more PvP content, we’d get a dedicated, lore-rich PvE mode and mo...

The Hugs In Horizon Forbidden West’s DLC Are A Huge Deal

11May

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The Hugs In Horizon Forbidden West’s DLC Are A Huge Deal

Screenshot: SonyWhen Guerrilla Games debuted the new trailer for its Horizon Forbidden West DLC a few weeks back, it sent developers into a frenzy. Those in the know were astounded by the briefly glimpsed hug that Aloy shares with her friend Gildun. The rest of us were in the dark about why any of this was a big deal. Wonder no more. There’s now a very good explanation for why hugs are so hard to do in video games.Disney's New Post-Apocalyptic Anime Proves The Mouse Has Good TasteThe Week In Games: Return To HyruleMonday 3:53PMIn response to the Burning Shores launch trailer, indie studio founder Xalavier Nelson Jr. tweeted about a moment that lasts no longer than a second. “That hug at 0:45 is a technical flex like YOU HAVE NO IDEA,” he wrote. “TRUE: [developers] can make games better, fa...

The Mortal Kombat Movies May Have Their Johnny Cage

5May

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The Mortal Kombat Movies May Have Their Johnny Cage

Image: NetherRealm Studios / Kotaku / SMXRF/Star Max (Getty Images)It sounds like the Mortal Kombat movie sequel has found its Johnny Cage in The Boys and The Lord of the Rings actor Karl Urban.Fortnite Introduces Force Abilities In Latest Star Wars CollabThe Wrap first broke the news, and IGN has since verified it with its own sources. It sounds like Urban is in final talks to play the movie star and martial artist. Johnny wasn’t present in the first movie, but was hinted at by a movie poster in the film’s final scenes, with protagonist Cole Young heading to Los Angeles to find the series staple. Johnny’s absence in the first film was noticed by longtime fans, but director Simon McQuoid told Variety they opted not to include him because he’s such a big personality that he would have derai...

These Limited Edition Eeveelution Pokémon Cards Are Beautiful

23Apr

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These Limited Edition Eeveelution Pokémon Cards Are Beautiful

Image: The Pokémon CompanyI don’t collect Pokémon cards much myself. I have a select few cards I’ve kept over the years, mostly ones of my favorite monsters or sporting characters I like such as the Professor’s Research card featuring my husband Professor Turo. But I am always captivated by the art The Pokémon Company slaps on a piece of cardstock and throws into a pack with other pieces of cardstock for kids and also Logan Paul to spend untold amounts of money on. That captivation continues because The Pokémon Company is collaborating with Japanese artist Yu Nagaba on a new line of Eeveelution cards, and they’re really cool.If you’re unfamiliar with Nagaba’s work, he’s known for his minimalistic style that kinda feels evocative of newspaper comics. He’s collaborated with Pokémon before on...

8Apr

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The 14 Best & Most Obscure Secrets

Photo: IlluminationI watched The Super Mario Bros Movie during its opening week with the intent of writing this Easter eggs and references article, only to realize that the movie is nothing but Easter Eggs and references. A thorough roundup would be indistinguishable from a wholesale rundown of the entire movie.The plot for The Super Mario Bros Movie is paper-thin. Narratively, the characters are static bordering on inert; there’s no arc or growth to any of them. It’s just one action set piece to the next; your enjoyment is intimately tied to your pre-existing knowledge of these characters and your ability to recognize a parade of homages to Nintendo history.It is, in other words, narratively identical to a Mario 2D platformer. Critics are complaining about the lack of characterization an...

What Your Overwatch 2 Skin Says About You: A Brutal Callout

5Apr

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What Your Overwatch 2 Skin Says About You: A Brutal Callout

Screenshot: Blizzard / KotakuWhen Overwatch 2 was announced as the not-so-sequel-sequel to the original 2016 first-person shooter, the first thing most players wondered was, “What about my skins?”The hero shooter, which offered players loot boxes they could earn or pay for before (rather controversially) swapping over to a free-to-play battle pass model for the sequel, has a litany of skins for its extensive cast of characters that people have grown quite fond of over the years. Luckily, any skin you earned/bought in Overwatch 1 carried over to Overwatch 2, though you’d be hard-pressed to find many of the original ones in the in-game store today.Read More: Overwatch 2 Tweak Lets Players Earn Skins For Free Again, But There’s A CatchWhether it’s a skin so rare that rumors consistently crop ...