Month: September 2020
Sega Dreamcast darling Shenmue is becoming an anime series
I’ve often heard that Shenmue set the standard for a living, breathing open world in video games when it was released on Sega Dreamcast in 1999. It was followed by some of the most highly anticipated video game sequels ever made, and Shenmue III set a record for the most-funded…
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A 13-episode ‘Shenmue’ anime series is on the way
After years of waiting, Shenmue fans crowdfunded a new game last year, and now the story of Ryo Hazuki will be told through a new anime series. Announced during the Virtual Crunchyroll Expo, the show will be a co-production between Crunchyroll and Ad… Source
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Today I learned my baby’s Fisher-Price gamepad accepts the Konami Code
My wife bought a toy game controller for our baby girl. I couldn’t have been prouder. Our six-month old already loved to drum her feet on my DualShock 4 — a born gamer. So I started absentmindedly fiddling with the so-called “Fisher-Price Game & Learn,” impressed by how many sounds…
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Employees Called Facebook “Shameful” After It Failed To Act Against Trump’s Post Suggesting People Vote Twice
Facebook employees are outraged over the company’s “shameful” and “unconscionable” decision to not remove a post from President Donald Trump spreading voting misinformation that could lead to people voting twice. On Thursday morning, Trump, a frequent source of false and misleading information about mail-in voting and voter fraud, posted potentially…
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Doom and Doom II get official widescreen support, 27 years later
Doom is the game that just won’t die, no matter how many times you blast those demons away — and owner Bethesda has seen fit to give the 27-year-old original quite a number of upgrades this year. After adding 60fps support and community-made add-ons in January, the re-released Doom and…
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How TikTok got caught in the middle of a trade war with China
Less than three years after merging with Musical.ly, TikTok looked like it might just achieve something many have tried but few have accomplished: becoming an actual competitor with Facebook and Instagram.Then Donald Trump stepped in. Source
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