Author: Jack Slater
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Watch Taranta Cut a New Corner
While looking for video instructions on how to fix particle-board furniture, these videos of taranta06 fixing a broken dresser corner popped up. It isn’t at all what I would have expected and it’s extremely satisfying to see the end result. Part 1: Part 2:
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Preying on Compulsion in Rocket League
Speaking of exploitative event and battle passes, here’s Steven T. Wright quoting Psyonix’s Scott Rudi about their Rocket League Rocket Pass in Variety: From Rudi’s perspective, the Rocket Pass is just another way for Psyonix to shower items onto the dyed-in-the-wool rocket-freaks who’ve already put thousands of hours into mastering the subtleties of their hit…
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PUBG’s Sanhok Map is Out With New Exploitative F2P-Style Mechanics
If you didn’t feel like the random crate drops with various cosmetic skins that could usually only be unlocked with purchasable keys were already exploitative enough, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds was just updated on Windows with the Sanhok map and this free-to-play style event pass. The game also has missions and login bonuses, but some of those…
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NIntendo’s Nintendo Direct: E3 2018 Notes
Nintendo’s skipped out on any kind of fancy stage show for a minute, so they’re back with this pre-recorded Nintendo Direct. It’s a hair under 43 minutes long, which is a wonderful thing.
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PlayStation E3 2018 Showcase Notes
We’re onto Sony’s E3 2018 event, it’s the PlayStation Showcase. Somewhere in a parallel universe there’s a bunch of executives watching a video stream of a writer in Honolulu and writing down what he’s talking about.