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This Kidding review contains spoilers. Kidding Season 1 Episode 6 The tagline at the end of this week’s Kidding, given courtesy of Pickles on Ice’s resident rabbi staff writer, says that good and evil cannot devour the other, but warring inside of Jeff, they’re certainly going to try. Though Jeff has sort of compartmentalized his anger and hurt, the anger that last week caused him to harmlessly lash out at a table, it’s starting to become more of an issue as more stress and grief has been laid on him....

What may be one of the coolest hacks for the Kinect so far; the UltraSeven hack gives its user the ability to fully take on the appearance of the Japanese superhero on screen. Kinect de Narikiri Ultraseven (the hack’s full Japanese name) starts by the user striking an UltraSeven pose for the camera. While also looking cool, the pose acts to activate and calibrate the Kinect to the user’s body. Afterwards the body is engulfed in the red and grey UltraSeven outfit on the screen....

Today Konami announced its financial results for the fiscal year 2022, which ended on March 31, 2022. Below you can check out the performance of the whole company, which saw both revenue and business profit increase year-on-year. Operating profit actually doubled year-on-year. One of the factors indicated for this growth is the “solid” performance of the Digital Entertainment business, which includes gaming and the Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card game. Speaking of Yu-Gi-Oh!...

For those of you who were looking forward to this summer’s release of Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light for XBLA, and were interested in the co-operative aspects of the game, you are going to have to wait. In an announcement where it appears that a marketing promotion takes precedence over the quality of the game, Cystal Dynamics has announced that when the Guardian of Light is released on August 18th, it will not have the online functionality that was previously promised....

If your plan was to wait out a lockdown or quarantine period by playing online games, you might be in for some rough times. Riot Games is reporting that the League of Legends servers in North America are hitting 90% capacity. As player interest continues to surge, the studio is anticipating lengthy, frustrating wait times. In tweets discussing the situation, program manager Mel Capperino-Garcia warned that the problem won’t go away any time soon....

At the Xbox E3 2019 Media Briefing, Forza Horizon 4 got a few moments on stage to unveil its next expansion pack: the LEGO Speed Champions pack. Following in the footsteps of the wild and very unexpected Hot Wheels pack for Forza Horizon 4, the new LEGO Speed Champions expansion once again turns the world of Horizon up on its head. Everything is unexpected The new pack adds a variety of LEGO-themed versions of real-world vehicles, including as its poster car the McLaren Senna....

The second episode of Netflix’s The Witcher, Four Marks, ends with what some fans consider to be a standout moment from the series: a catchy tune performed by Geralt of Rivia’s best friend, the bard Jaskier. Titled “Toss a Coin to Your Witcher,” the song offers a somewhat embellished recounting of an adventure shared between Jaskier and Geralt, and while the song is not available through outlets like Spotify, it can be heard below....

The Rambutan Orchard Quest is one of the many missions and secret areas you will come across in Lost Ark, and here, you will need to look for the location of the Dalian Orchard. This makes it one of the most exciting quests you can take part in when playing Lost Ark. Considering how important the Dalian Orchard is to the quest, you will need to know about its location. If you are new to the game, however, this might be easier said than done....

Key Points: There isn’t a lot of specific information about Torchi’s calculating machine available, and this is probably because he was very protective of his device to prevent a copycat being made. It had a full-keyboard calculator and also was claimed to multiply immediately.Torchi was a true inventor and created devices in multiple industries, such as the horseless carriage that was powered by water stream. Luigi Torchi was a carpenter and inventor who was credited for inventing the first direct multiplication machine....

Madden 23 is back with a new selection of MUT Team Of The Week (TOTW) players, providing fans with a slew of special cards to add to their lineups. Just like the previous two weeks, Madden 23 has released 10 new players with various skill sets and overall ratings that had game-changing Week 3 performances. The full list of players was announced today on ‘Good Morning Madden’ at 10:30AM ET and they will be available to acquire in the game by 4PM ET....

Short Version: MAG introduces 256 player games into the FPS genre and backs it up with interesting first person shooter gameplay with only a few minor flaws. The release of MAG brought with it the promise of a bigger, more strategic and realistic war simulation first person shooter. 256 players in one game is just fantastic enough to make the average gamer question if such a thing can actually work....

Mario Kart Tour landed on mobile this week and has given us a chance to experience the spinoff franchise as we have never experienced it before - portrait-style, using touchscreen controls, and trying to maneuver our way through a sea of microtransactions. Mario Kart Tour is also built on a system similar to Candy Crush. Players race their way through cups earning Grand Stars. Earn enough Grand Stars, and you’ll unlock more cups....

Looking back on the film universe that Marvel has created, it’s hard not to be impressed. It has been ten years and grown to a whopping twenty movies since Iron Man was released. But there is still so much more to come. It’s a success story unlike most, as Marvel Comics had to sell film rights to other companies to stay afloat, meaning they couldn’t bring in some of their more popular characters like Spider-Man and the X-Men....

After being led to believe Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3’s next DLC pack would arrive before the end of the year, a Nintendo eShop listing in Japan would suggest otherwise. According to Siliconera, the Japanese eShop listing for MUA3’s DLC has been changed from 2019 to 2020. DLC packs two and three are now both being advertised as having 2020 release dates. Even though the US eShop still has DLC pack two listed under a 2019 release date, the assumption is that the release of UA3’s next batch of heroes will be delayed worldwide....

Matchpoint: Tennis Championships is out today, on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and PC. And it also launches on Xbox Game Pass. The developer is Torus Games. And the game itself is, apparently, a very accessible one—as opposed to a more sim-heavy approach. Check out the release trailer below: The description reads: “Matchpoint: Tennis Championships is a modern take on tennis, featuring a true-to-life on-court experience supported by a deep career mode and unique rivalry system....

This Metro Exodus article contains major spoilers. It comes from Den of Geek UK. With the latest chapter of the Metro series having arrived in shops today, we thought it the perfect time to track 4A Games’ subterranean survival shooter franchise back to the very beginning. Yes, author Dmitry Glukhovsky’s bleak (yet incredibly atmospheric) take on the post-apocalypse has been serving up scares since Metro 2033’s release back in 2010, but suddenly everything has changed thanks to Exodus, which lets players voyage above ground for the very first time....

Third-party developers delivered quite a lot of interesting Microsoft Flight Simulator goodies across the new year, especially on the freeware side. We start with Got Friends, which released a full-featured Discus-2c glider, and it’s completely free. It can be downloaded from flightsim.to and you can see it in action below. Built in-game Winch Launch Control (No External Applications Required). 6 Thermal Active Weather Presets (Alps Summer, Alps Winter, Coastal, Ridge, Cross Country & Standard) B-21 Navigation Display and FSSoar Navigation....

World Update 10 has given Microsoft Flight Simulator a raft of new features, including more 3-D cities, airports, and points of interest. Check out the new United States World Update Trailer below: The description reads: “The update features enhanced modeling of 12 urban regions, including San Diego, Albany, Key Largo, and Seattle, and includes four handcrafted airports, 87 custom points of interest, and 9 new activities: three bush trips, three fresh discovery flights, and three new landing challenges....

Today third-party developers revealed new images and released a new add-on for Microsoft Flight Simulator. We get to see new screenshots from Orbx showcasing its upcoming Landmarks Panama City add-on including both the city and the famous canal. You can check them out below. Next is a release from LatinVFR, which launched Global Vehicle Traffic, in the effort to improve the cars and trucks traveling along the roads of the simulator....

Intel is hosting esports tournaments in Tokyo next year in what will be a massive step towards the industry one day becoming its own Olympic event. The esports industry is growing at an alarming rate. A number of titles are responsible for that such as Fortnite, CS:GO, and League of Legends, among others. Earlier this year, Fortnite held its first-ever World Cup. To give you an idea of exactly how popular esports can be, fans watched the qualifiers and the finals of the tournament for s staggering 80 million hours....