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Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: The One Where We Say Goodbye To 2023
Happy holidays! Hopefully you’ll be able to take a break from the upcoming festivities to enjoy some gaming. Should you find yourself at a loss of what to play, we’ve got a few recs. This holiday weekend we’re playing some recent smash hits, an Arkane jam from 2021, an irradiated Bethesda not-quite-classic (or…is it?), and…
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Deathloop Redefines Blackness In Video Games
4Good Black characters in gaming are rare, and extraordinary Black characters are even more so. Despite the gaming industry continually improving in its portrayal of Black characters, protagonist or otherwise, it still struggles with the concept. I, like most Black gamers who have long had to deal with games that misrepresented our skin, hair, and…
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Deathloop’s Villain Group Chat Is A Perfect Mess
Deathloop does a lot of things right. One of those things is chat logs. When you’re not going on a murder spree, you’re reading through the private DMs of those you just killed. Arkane has done a superb job of imbuing its villains with flair and personality from beyond the grave, thanks to one of…
