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How Black Women Made The Sims Home: An OBiGem Perspective
- The Sims is a cultural cornerstone amongst Black women who game, inspiring a multitude of creators including those highlighted in this article. Nevertheless, the game has not always accommodated all tastes. Black Women Simmers have taken on the challenge of improving representations of Black people in the game through a variety of exceptional custom content. Their contributions have been essential to the game's creative essence and even influenced development teams in their determination to improve.The article provides insight into the reasons why some Black leading influencers have continued to create in this game despite its prominent historical baggage and lack of realistic Black representation.
- Many Black Women in the U.S. who enjoy gaming are big fans of The Sims' universe despite the franchise previously not giving them the representation they felt they deserved. Through their creativity, they have found a space where they could express themselves by building their own vision of a Sims world.
- The following discussion with OBiGem, a leading Sims 4 storyteller, focuses on her initial attraction to the game, and how the creative freedom to create unique families drew her into the game.
- In their custom content pieces, The Sims' fan-favorite artists, such as Xmiramira and CoCo Games, have been celebrated for their work in a manner that indicates they are more valuable to the community than some of the game's official content.
- The Sims franchise's lackluster representation of Black people and their culture has been both frustrating and disheartening for Black Women creators and gamers who want to see themselves represented realistically in-game by proper Black hairstyles, clothing, and authentic gatherings.
- The article touches on how Black Women creators/fans have started to create custom content to fill the gap that exists within the game, so they can genuinely express themselves through their Sims world. Their work has even influenced official content updates from development teams.
- It's significant to highlight that many Black gamers are not fond of traditional games due to factors like feeling inadequate and the games' steep learning curves. The Sims games provide everyone with an opportunity to create something and have fun with it in their way.
- The creative drive within the community has sparked continued improvement and inclusivity in The Sims series. The author of the article believes that having the creators and fans discussing the issues is an apt way of influencing and instigating change.
- While the accomplishments of women who built and continue to build in the Sims universe (despite not always feeling seen or heard in it) are being celebrated, there is still much work to be done concerning the representation of Black people in the franchise.
- The article provides valuable insights about the continued misrepresentation of Black people in gaming and the more positive role custom content spawned by Black Women creators can play in influencing game development.
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MassivelyOP’s 2024 Golden Yachties: MMO most likely to distract you in traffic
- The winner of MassivelyOP's MMO most likely to distract you in traffic award is World of Warcraft x Waze collaboration.
- Blizzard and Waze teamed up to bring Warchief Thrall from World of Warcraft into the Waze traffic app.
- Thrall provides traffic guidance and offers moods representing Horde and Alliance factions.
- Users can choose the Red Drake as their vehicle. This collaboration was a surprising result of getting Chris Metzen back.
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These Monster Hunter Chibi Plushies Can Carry Eco Bags
- Capcom revealed more entries in a recent lineup of Monster Hunter chibi plushies that come attached with eco-bags.
- The plushies will be available as crane game prizes in late December 2024.
- The eco-bags attached to the plushies are extendable and can be hung over the owner's shoulder.
- Capcom has released two new eco-bag plushies modeled after Rathalos and Mizutsune, which will appear on December 28, 2024.
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Squid Game season 2, Doctor Who’s Christmas special, and more new TV this week
- Squid Game season 2 is set to release on December 26th on Netflix, picking up where season 1 left off.
- Doctor Who Christmas special, titled 'Joy to the World', airs on December 25th on Disney Plus, featuring timey-wimey weirdness and multiple worlds.
- The finale of Bad Sisters, an Irish black comedy series, will air on December 25th on Apple TV Plus, wrapping up the misadventures and murders of the 'bad' sisters.
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Review: Alien: Rogue Incursion (PSVR2) - A Solid First VR Venture into an Iconic Sci-Fi World
- Alien: Rogue Incursion is the first official venture of the Alien franchise into VR.
- The game offers an up close and personal experience with the iconic world of Alien.
- Players take on the role of Zula Hendricks, an ex-colonial marine, who crash lands on Purdan.
- The game features a narrative of exploring a station infested with Xenomorphs.
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Enhancing Immersive Experiences: The bHaptics TactSuit and Sony’s Mocopi Trackers
- The bHaptics TactSuit is a wearable haptic feedback system that enhances immersive experiences in virtual environments. It provides physical sensations beyond visuals and sounds.
- Sony's Mocopi trackers capture real-world movements with precision and translate them into the virtual environment for accurate motion tracking.
- The combination of the bHaptics TactSuit and Sony's Mocopi trackers opens up possibilities for fully immersive VR and AR experiences.
- These technologies push the boundaries of VR and AR, shaping the future of gaming, entertainment, training, and social interaction.
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This co-op survival horror masterpiece is just $2 in the Steam Winter Sale, which could explain why it just hit an all-time high player count of nearly 100k a decade after it launched
- Survival horror game The Forest, which launched in 2014, has reached an all-time high player count of nearly 100k players.
- The game's popularity surge can be attributed to the discounted price of $2 in the Steam Winter Sale.
- The Forest's co-op gameplay and rise in popularity of co-op horror games contribute to its increasing player count.
- The game continues to attract both new players and those who played it when it was first released.
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Catch up on Sonic lore with this $13 comic bundle
- Humble is offering a bundle of Sonic the Hedgehog comics from IDW Publishing for $13.
- The bundle includes over 30 issues spanning eight volumes, including work by the Brothers McElroy.
- In addition to the IDW volumes, three standalone compilations are also included.
- A portion of the purchase will support Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.
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Dragon Ball Super Gallery Box Set Manga Covers Drawn by Famous Mangaka
- Shueisha will release a box set of the Dragon Ball manga that includes all 42 volumes and features the special Super Gallery illustrations, all of them drawn by famous mangaka who are guest illustrators, as optional covers.
- The trailer for the collection is available on the official website. This video first appeared at Jump Festa 2025. Each volume will have two covers - one by Akira Toriyama and the other by a guest illustrator such as Sui Ishida, Takehiko Inoue, Tatsuki Fujimoto, and Eiichiro Oda.
- The Super Gallery project started in 2021, with a new redesigned cover coming out every month. Each artist who contributed also left a comment talking about Toriyama or their own memories with Dragon Ball.
- Shueisha has not announced the release date or price for the Dragon Ball Super Gallery box set, but it is expected to be released in early 2025 when the Super Gallery project is complete.
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War Thunder devs make Christmas wish: stop leaking military secrets
- Classified details on the performance of a critical European military asset, the Eurofighter Typhoon, were leaked on the War Thunder forums.
- This is not the first time classified details of the Typhoon were leaked on the forums.
- The leaks raise concerns about the risk they may pose to nations deploying the system in combat.
- Gaijin Entertainment, the publisher of War Thunder, urges fans not to leak military secrets on the forums.
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GTA 6 fans are convinced that a new trailer is going to release on December 27, because the moon and a license plate told them so
- GTA 6 fans believe a new trailer will release on December 27 based on various clues.
- The theory stemmed from a breakdown of a Rockstar Dev's post on a GTA 6 leaks Twitter account.
- Fans noticed several instances of the number 27, such as on license plates and in Rockstar's Instagram posts.
- Other theories include the connection to the lunar cycle and the identification order for Bonnie and Clyde.
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How to get the OG Renegade Raider skin in Fortnite
- Fortnite has brought back the rare Renegade Raider and Aerial Assault Trooper skins after eight years.
- Players can claim the OG Renegade Raider skin by earning enough XP to unlock it in the OG Season Shop.
- The Renegade Raider outfit can be purchased for 1,200 V-Bucks once all items in the shop are unlocked.
- Players who purchased the OG Outfits in 2017 will receive exclusive new styles for Renegade Raider and/or Aerial Assault Trooper.
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Fight or Kite: Multiversus is actually still incredible – but it’s not without some missteps
- Multiversus has 33 heroes to choose from, and at least five or six are new since its official release.
- Multiversus is a game with various game modes, including a tourney and free-for-all.
- The tournament game mode has a series of 2v2 matches in a round-robin-style tournament, and the free for all game mode is a simple brawl where you try to smash everyone else.
- Marceline the Vampire Queen is a new character addition to Multiversus - classified as a Bruiser hero.
- Marceline's special move brings out her bass axe and includes rooting effect and makes it harder to fight the enemy.
- Multiversus should allow same rewards regardless of the game mode to make it more interesting for both PvE and PvP mode players.
- Events in Multiversus are tied to either the PvE or the PvP mode, which can make the players bored of the grind.
- Multiversus is a game where the basic idea is to tap the X button for more hits, hold the Y button for more special hits, and occasionally smash the B button to try to get some dodges in.
- The developer team at Player First Games has created many new characters in Multiversus, keeping its thick catalog of characters.
- We need to be rewarded for events in both PvE and PvP modes in Multiversus to let us have fun playing the game and earning rewards regardless of game mode.
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See Shinji Hirako’s Visored Moveset in Bleach Rebirth of Souls
- Bandai Namco revealed that Shinji Hirako would join the roster of playable Bleach Rebirth of Souls characters.
- A dedicated gameplay trailer showcases Shinji Hirako's moveset in the game.
- The trailer demonstrates his Signature Move, Spiritual Pressure Moves, and Visored Awakening.
- Bleach Rebirth of Souls will be released on March 21, 2025, for PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC.
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Review: DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou (Switch) - Cave's Vicious Shooter Is Close To The Series' Best
- DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou makes the clean stylings of its predecessor even cleaner. It’s also infamous for having the hardest hidden boss ever committed to circuit boards. DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou was only ever previously available on the Xbox 360, making its Switch appearance celebratory. It adapts and reassembles things seen in previous entries, and offers near-clairvoyant sense of clarity. DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou is the first of the DonPachi series to only require a single loop run of the game. The package itself is comprehensive with options to configure.
- Outside of arcades, DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou was only ever previously available on the Xbox 360, making its Switch appearance celebratory. Infamously, the 360 port suffered from inexplicably shocking input lag that was only ever rectified by a fan patch. We used the same testing methods and are confident the issue has been quashed.
- In Saya’s Arrange, which features a very interesting single-life run, you can near-constantly engage Hypers, reaping green score icons to keep your multiplier from falling from the 10,000 maximum. It presents an original risk and reward system that rookies will really enjoy getting into, and veterans will adore mining for score.
- SaiDaiOuJou’s original arcade release was actually slightly broken by exploitable scoring bugs. These were ironed out for the home release in a new 1.5 version that rebalances the game into a fairer, more polished product.
- It takes a good while and a good understanding of bullet hell games to achieve a near-clairvoyant sense of clarity, yet the accompanying adrenaline rush of pinging Hypers at crucial junctures or successfully networking a boss’s varied attack patterns, offers a high like few others.
- While a fine-looking affair, DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou’s anime stylings are frankly unremarkable, and the incessant chatter will be turned off by many. But these are minor, skin-deep critiques of what is an incredible piece of work.
- Slight unevenness keeps SaiDaiOuJou from being the series' absolute best, but it certainly comes close. Cave went all out, with conditions for true-last-boss Hibachi and then Inbachi geared towards shoot-'em-up maniacs.
- Whether playing for score or focusing only on survival, DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou is quite the spectacle, perpetually igniting in a hailstorm of bullets and score ingots, and satisfying pyrotechnic blasts.
- The package of DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou on Nintendo Switch is incredibly comprehensive, bursting with options to configure, allowing you to define everything from screen rotation and sizing to replay recordings and online leaderboard achievements.
- There’s a beauty here that only Cave could achieve; a harmony of scoring and surviving; coasting on sheer adrenaline as you thread hit-boxes through pixels, hammering out routes amidst dizzyingly spectacular orchestrated chaos.
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