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Magic: The Gathering YouTuber Says Pinkertons Threatened Him With $US200k Fines, Jail
Yesterday, Kotaku reported that Magic: The Gathering maker Wizards of the Coast had sent Pinkerton detectives after a YouTuber after he had erroneously purchased an upcoming booster box for the collectible card game ahead of its release date. Today, the streamer revealed more details about exactly what these rent-a-cops said to convince him to surrender…
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Nintendo Renamed This Super Mario Bros. Movie Character, Possibly To Avoid Racism
The official Nintendo account just tweeted that, in Japan, the foreman character in the NES game Wrecking Crew will be renamed from “Blackie” to “Spike” in games and The Super Mario Bros. movie. This change was already made in the U.S. and EU versions of the original game, likely because Spike’s original Japanese name could…
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Veteran Halo, Destiny Director Joins Netflix Games
Halo and Destiny veteran Joseph Staten just announced that he is joining Netflix Games as its newest creative director, and that he’ll be helming “a brand-new AAA multiplatform game and original IP.”
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U.S. Conservatives Want To Pull A Manga From Libraries Over School Shootings
I am convinced that conservatives in the U.S. have too much on their hands. Instead of taking a stance against, I don’t know, Supreme Court justices accepting lavish gifts or something, they’re trying to pull a manga series out of Florida schools. The Citizens Defending Freedom group intends to protect children from “violence against teachers”…