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Meet The Man Who Got Kadabra Banned From Pokémon For 20 Years
As we learned last week, spoon-wielding psychic pocket monster Kadabra is returning to the Pokémon TCG after a twenty year absence. I wanted to learn the complete story of why it ever went missing in the first place. What I wasn’t expecting in doing so was to accidentally make friends with a man I’ve disliked…
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Myst Sequel Riven, GOAT Or Worst Puzzle Game Of All Time, Gets Remake
Due to an ancient witch’s curse, Myst, officially the worst game ever made, will never go away. Further proof of this affliction is that original creator Cyan Worlds has just announced it’s remaking Myst’s almost-as-awful sequel, Riven. So if you love randomly flipping levers between sitting through the most dreadful am-dram FMV acting you’ve ever…
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The Halo Show’s First Season Closes With Uncertainty And Promise
With “Transcendence,” the ninth and final episode of the Halo show’s premiere season, a lot is uncertain. This show has been a giant experiment of taking a “spaghettified” collection of Halo games, books, comics, and other related media and funelling that into an on-screen adaptation firmly rooted in the tradition of prestige fantasy/sci-fi television that…
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Worms Studio Ditches NFT Scam After Only 24 Hours
Yesterday Team17 — the studio behind the classic Worms series — announced it was getting into the NFT space, teaming up with a third party to release “collectible digital artwork based on one of the most beloved IPs in indie games”. A day later, that plan is in the bin.