After a maelstrom of controversy that had mainstream news outlets and an anti-gun violence charity weighing in, Valve has removed mass shooting game Active Shooter from Steam. The unreleased game drew furor last week over its shameless exploitation of tragic subject matter. Source: Valve Removes School Shooting Game From Steam
This is the Hylian Shield edition of the Nintendo 2DS XL. It’s out in July. I can see what they’re going for with the design, but…it kinda looks like a $5 cover you’d buy from a basket in GameStop. There’s a long history of very nice Zelda handhelds and consoles, from the golden GBA to
Haha Just hours after Roseanne Barr posted a racist tweet about former President Obama’s aide Valerie Jarrett, her wildly popular reboot of “Roseanne” was given the boot. Link 2 She sure fucked herself over - Nebu
It’s announcement-of-an-announcement season! Bethesda, the company behind several huge franchises, is teasing a new Fallout game, and as fans eagerly wait to see what it might be, they’ve spent hours watching a Twitch stream that shows nothing but a television and a Vault-Tec bobblehead. Source: Over 140,000 People Are Watching A Fallout Bobblehead On Twitch
A Dallas mansion that is a replica of The White House has sold for a cool $11million. The mansio spans 16,041-square-feet and has a white limestone exterior and semicircular colonnade. Source: Dallas ‘White House’ replica mansion sells for whopping $11million
A man who was hailed as a hero after scaling a building to save a child dangling from a Paris balcony will be granted French citizenship and was offered a job as a firefighter. Source: Real-life ‘Spiderman’ who saved child dangling from balcony to become French citizen
“Veronica,” a Spanish original directed by Paco Plaza, tells the story of a teenage girl who tries to make contact with her dead dad using a Ouija board during a solar eclipse. Source: Netflix horror movie ‘Veronica’ is so scary people are turning it off halfway through
This shocking video shows the moment a New Jersey officer repeatedly punched Emily Weinman in the head during an arrest on Memorial Day weekend. Source: Shocking moment officer punches bikini-clad girl in the head during arrest
Used by Russian spies, it is believed to have been owned since the early 1970s before being auctioned off at Christie’s in 1991 to a collector for $25,000 USD (£14,300). Source: Cold War Russian spy camera-ring goes up for auction for $25,000
Lame!! Ubisoft’s pirate game Skull & Bones is delayed to next fiscal year, the publisher said today—it’ll now come out somewhere between April 1, 2019 and March 31, 2020. “Ubisoft has decided to give itself more time to develop Skull & Bones to offer players an even more engaging experience,” the company said in a press
Previously, Kotaku reported that Japan is getting a Hello Kitty bullet train . All we saw was the outside. Now, we get concept art showing what inside the train looks like. The train will begin service between Osaka and Hakata on June 30. Source: A Look Inside The Hello Kitty Bullet Train
Molly Ringwald revealed why she thinks The Breakfast Club would not work in the #MeToo era. The actress theorizes that writer/director John Hughes had a blind spot for sexual misconduct. Source: Molly Ringwald reveals why John Hughe’s The Breakfast Club would be questioned amid #MeToo
A rare $5 coin from the California Gold Rush has been found in New England. Its owner thought it was fake but the coin is actually worth millions. It is one of four surviving pieces from 1854. Source: ‘Fake’ coin from California Gold Rush is actually worth millions
“Game of Thrones” actor Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson took part in a strongman competition in the Philippines. Source: ‘Game of Thrones’ star named 2018 World’s Strongest Man
I totally want these things. haha. What started as an April Fools’ joke (remember: 9/10ths of all April Fool’s jokes executed by companies are actually test marketing — I’m looking at you, ThinkGeek) is becoming reality , and Japanese toy manufacturer Bandai is releasing a line of weaponized cat action figures . Source: Bandai Releasing
The new “Double Dare” reboot will feature one very familiar face — the show’s OG host, Marc Summers — but Summers’ new gig has a different job title. Nickelodeon is bringing back the hugely successful game show this summer, and sources close to… Source: ‘Double Dare’ Reboot Bringing Back Former Host Marc Summers
