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On July 12, 1990, the Emmy Award-winning comedy-drama, Northern Exposure, began its run on CBS. Created by Joshua Brand and John Falsey, a neurotic Jewish physician (Rob Morrow) from New York is forced to work as a general practitioner in the small, fictional town of Cicely, Alaska, in order to pay the state of Alaska […]
Paper Mario: The Origami King hits the Switch next week, on July 17. It looks like it will be a worthwhile Nintendo diversion. The publisher showed off some more live gameplay during a Nintendo Treehouse broadcast Friday morning. Origami King is a single-player RPG adventure featuring a puzzle-based combat system. The ring-oriented battles occur in two phases. The battles rely on the player’s timing, but don’t grant experience points the way, for instance, a Pokémon duel would.
“We are seeing Mario and Luigi enter Toad Town,” Nintendo’s Ethan Stockton narrates. “They’ve been invited here by Princess Peach, to join in on an origami festival, but something seems to be wrong. There’s not a whole lot of Toads to be seen.”
In the game’s playful narrative, the power-hungry King Olly occupies Peach’s castle. The Origami King corrupts the inhabitants of the Mushroom Kingdom, folding and bending them to his will. After being confronted by the newly “folded” Princess Peach, Mario falls through a trapdoor and into the castle’s dungeon. Down in the dark, he encounters a bitter, folded-up Bowser. Mario also meets a helpful new companion: King Olly’s sister, Olivia.
“Fans of [2004’s] Thousand-Year Door will be pleased to hear there’s a bit more emphasis on The Origami King’s story than previous Paper Mario games,” USgamer’s Nadia Oxford writes in her early impressions of the game. “I can’t say I won’t get tired of how solving each battle puzzle makes me feel like a clever girl. I also can’t say I won’t get tired of watching Toads pelt my enemies after I give them a good payday, but I doubt that’s going to be a problem. I can say there’s a lot of love and personality in The Origami King, and I can say it’s built on a unique battle system.”
Paper Mario: The Origami King is available for pre-order in the eShop for $59.99.
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If you’re looking for new reads during quarantine, why not try out some NSFW visual novels? As reported by The Daily Dot, the indie games marketplace itch.io is offering 14 new games with queer romantic content. That includes 10 visual novels. And everything 10 visual novels, for only $10. And by taking advantage of this offering, you not only get some awesome new content in your life. You can also help support a Black Lives Matter fundraiser.
Hosted by Truant Pixel, the bundle was organized by Vice President Souha Al-Samkari. Samkari was inspired to create The Visual Novel Romance Collection for Black Trans Lives collection after itch.io’s recent Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality turned down submissions with adult content. Calling on creators and game developers, Samkari took matters into her own hands.
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As Al-Samkari told The Daily Dot, “There was so much going on at the time [in June], and of course all of it still is—but since it was Pride month at the time, the thought was to try and do something to help Black LGBTQ folks specifically. Naturally Black Lives Matter and Pride ought to be considered year round, so we didn’t want to rush and get it done in June, and pushing it out to July would allow us the time to organize properly.”
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Titles in the offering include a lesbian BDSM game called Ladykiller in a Bind, queer graphic novels We Know the Devil and Heaven Will Be Mine, as well as games such as Arcade Spirits and Errant Kingdom. A demo of Love Shore, an upcoming game from Perfect Garbage Studios, is also included.
All sales go directly towards The Okra Project, a charity that provides mental health services to Black trans people.
The Visual Novel Romance Collection for Black Trans Lives starts July 10 and will be available until July 31. We encourage you to check out the amazing games and novels that the bundle offers. You may just find your new favorite story—and you’ll help a great cause.
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We're b(l)ack by popular demand, people! Check out the latest installment of Afronerd Radio's The Grindhouse-Father's Day edition. Join your favorite AFROnerdist broadcasters this Sunday at 6pm eastern as they wax about the following topics: we've spoken about the sudden ascendancy of the Black Lives Matter organization, but we dig a bit deeper per their own (disturbing) mission statement......we will explain; the AMC theater chain may be on life support but they are fighting to maintain a functional business./....even if they are being lax about requiring patrons to wear masks so as not to upset those who may possess certain political bents; and just like #MeToo caused a cultural shift with re-evaluating once "acceptable" social mores, it appears that the current BLM/George Floyd protests are causing companies to change racially insensitive logos; actor/comedian, D.L. Hughley test positive for COVID-19 after passing out during a Nashville stand up gig; now there appears to be another alt-right LGBTQ provocateur, Chadwick Moore (in the vein of the fallen from grace version, Milo Yiannopolous) primed to start his franchise business in racial trolling......check out his handiwork:
And then there's race from the opposite side of the political spectrum from white filmmaker, Dale Restegheni who appears to be willing to stir racial fear and animus from the other side of the pot with his upcoming film, Cracka;
Noted graphic novelist, Warren Ellis responds to sexual misconduct allegations; the son of late boxing icon, Muhammad Ali believes that his father would not support BLM (is he channeling Terry Crews' Black Supremacy remarks?); Dburt purchased the Mortal Kombat: Aftermath dlc as well as The One Punch Man VG; And lastly, our thoughts about President Trump's allegedly less than eventful Tulsa rally this weekend. Call LIVE at 508-645-0100.
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