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odds-and-ends14 days ago•14 min saved

Fortune’s Weave Sparks Banana-Backed Walmart Shortage

Kotaku reports that Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave’s Switch 2 launch sparked a quirky promo frenzy: fans followed Wario64’s Walmart discount tips and even joked about adding bananas to orders, which coincided with Walmart’s banana page showing as out of stock. The ripple effect shows up as low stock of physical copies at Walmart and Amazon, with some buyers paying the higher boxed-price (around $80) amid ongoing launch-week demand for the game.

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#banana #fire-emblem-fortunes-weave #odds-and-ends

odds-and-ends3 months ago•13 min saved

GTA 6 Marketing Image Sparks Timeline Confusion

Kotaku points out a lore glitch in GTA 6’s marketing: a pair of revolvers pictured as sourced from the Vercetti Estate (Vice City) actually appears to be the scoped revolver from Vice City Stories, a prequel to Vice City, raising questions about asset sourcing and how Rockstar handles GTA’s branching timelines across the 3D and HD eras.

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#grand-theft-auto #gta-6 #marketing

odds-and-ends6 months ago•13 min saved

A lighting-triggered nightmare steals the show in Resident Evil Requiem

In Resident Evil Requiem’s Grace sections, the giant monster known as the Girl hunts Grace and is repelled by light; lit rooms offer brief safety until she tears the overhead lights out, turning a momentary refuge into a deadly trap and delivering one of the game’s most vicious, unpredictable scares.

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#grace-segment #horror-scares #odds-and-ends

odds-and-ends7 months ago•13 min saved

Fiancé Deletes Fiancée’s RDR2 Save, Seeks Arthur Morgan’s Consoling Cameo

Kotaku reports that Roger Clark, who voices Arthur Morgan, shared a Cameo request from a man who admits he accidentally deleted his fiancée’s Red Dead Redemption 2 save and asks Arthur to offer supportive words in hopes of smoothing things over.

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#arthur-morgan #cameo #gaming-culture

odds-and-ends7 months ago•14 min saved

Blood-Cooled Diablo 4 PC Still Running Two Years After Giveaway

A Blizzard-promoted Diablo IV giveaway PC cooled with real human blood reportedly remains fully functional two years after the giveaway, with streamer Storms888 saying it’s performed without a drop in performance despite leaks; Blizzard provided replacement vials and donor documentation, and the PC is still used for ultra-settings livestreams, underscoring a notorious PR stunt that has persisted in hardware lore.

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#blood-cooling #diablo-4 #gaming-pc

odds-and-ends8 months ago•14 min saved

The Headline Lab: Crafting Kotaku's Battlefield 6 Story

Kotaku editor Ethan Gach reveals how headlines are brainstormed, sharing Slack chatter that nudges a routine Battlefield 6 Season 2 update toward a punchier, more memorable line and illustrating the editorial process behind the post.

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#battlefield-6 #editorial-process #headline-writing