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Random: Hades In French Adds Lots Of Puns, And Makes Hypnos Extra-Sleazy puns, and puns usually just dont translate at all. The mark of a great translator is the ability to pun in two languages. In a long Twitter thread, game developer Amandine Coget discussed the French translation of Hades, noting mistakes made during localisation and excellent/terrible use of the French language when it comes to jokes. “Dash” becomes “Élan” which, yes, but that’s also the word for “moose”, wh...

Random: Someones Already Reimagined 3D Worlds Giant Bowser As A Dynamax Pokémon (Image: Nintendo) Twitter user @gonzarez1938 has posted this fantastic piece online, reimagining Bowser as a Dynamax Pokémon in battle. Hes facing up against Cat Mario, with Pokémon Sword and Shields UI even making an appearance to complete the look. The timestamp on that tweet shows that it was posted just an hour and a half after the trailer went live. Can anyone really knock up something this good that quickly...

Random: Ghost of Tsushima Fans Help Boost Crowdfunding for Real Life Damaged Torii Gate Share: Update (11/1/21): Just before Christmas, a story emerged about a torii gate on the real Tsushima island that had been damaged during a typhoon. A crowdfunding campaign was set up to raise money for repairs, and Ghost of Tsushima fans are partly responsible for helping make it a success. Now, the campaign is done, and the final amount raised is just over 27 million yen — 542 per cent of the initial g...

Random: Pokémon Red Is Being Played Inside Someones Avatar On Twitter Pokémon Red inside someones avatar on Twitter. Yeah, were not joking - Gameloft Montreal programmer Constantin Liétard (@screenshakes) managed to somehow assemble a script that updates his Twitter avatar every 15 seconds, which is playing the Game Boy classic. At the time of writing, there are nearly more than eight thousand replies. Not much has played out yet, as the creator has reset the game a few times to improve comm...

Were calling it "Smash Cups" - No, Cuphead still isnt in Smash Bros. - hes only a Mii costume for now - but artist Dani...

Random: Pokémon In Unreal Engine Looks Like Skyrim Every now and again, a fan takes it upon themselves to rebuild a game in Unreal Engine. Weve seen Mario and Peachs Castle, a very fancy Temple of Time, and the original starter Pokémon from Pokémon Red and Blue looking unnervingly realistic, too. "Made in Unreal" is almost synonymous with "super-HD and kinda uncomfortably detailed" now, and this latest remake is no exception - although at least there are no human characters this time. Reddit...

Random: Man Forges Popsicle Sticks To Win Pokémon Contest, Gets Arrested Nintendo/Game Freak/Garigari-Kun Oh dairy me - looks like someone got caught with his hand in the ice cream jar. Takashi Ono, a 43-year old man from Japan, was arrested today under suspicion of fraud, after attempting to win Pokémon cards through illegal means. A competition run by Japanese ice-cream manufacturers, Akagi Nyugyo Co., asked people to send in winning popsicle sticks from their Garigari-kun brand. The winni...

Augmented augmented reality - https://youtu.be/IaZOEkpyIZM Were starting to get a bit scared of Mario. The behatted, bemo...

Random: Edge Magazine Is Teasing A "World Exclusive" A post over on ResetEra has shared some of the highlights. Unfortunately, theres still no release date, so keep an eye out for that in the future. There are some other interesting details in there, though. - Team Cherrys next game will not be Hollow Knight related - Team Cherry like Castlevania Lords of Shadow! - Hornet will have the ability to perform tasks for NPCs, keep track of tasks youve completed through noticeboards around Pharloom. -...

Random: Hades Fan Transforms Last Years Indie Hit Into A Fully-Functioning Arcade Cabinet One of the highlights of 2020 was the indie hit As you can probably imagine by now it has got some serious mega fans, and one over on Reddit by the name of canhazreddit has gone above and beyond by creating their very own custom arcade cabinet containing this quality roguelike. The creator goes into a little extra detail, explaining how its powered by an "i5, Nvidia 1060" (computer components) and the cab...