Margaret Waterman and her mother arrived in Paris on Friday morning for a weeklong vacation filled with restaurants, wine bars, and sightseeing.But on Saturday, the 22-year-old Bostonian found herself avoiding the subway and major tourist sites. Hotel workers had warned her to stay away from crowded places, in case there were new attacks. Continue reading below “It’s definitely unsettling,” Waterman said in an interview via Skype. “It’s strange to not feel like we can go wherever we want to go.”As French authorities continue to assess the extent Continue reading >>>

Margaret Waterman and her mother arrived in Paris on Friday morning for a weeklong vacation filled with restaurants, wine bars, and sightseeing.But on Saturday, the 22-year-old Bostonian found herself avoiding the subway and major tourist sites. Hotel workers had warned her to stay away from crowded places, in case there were new attacks. Continue reading below “It’s definitely unsettling,” Waterman said in an interview via Skype. “It’s strange to not feel like we can go wherever we want to go.”As French authorities continue to assess the extent Continue reading >>>

Today on the podcast, we’re talking about the brand new role-playing game F4llout. It’s a Fallout 4 extravaganza! Fallout superfan Patricia Hernandez joins us on this week’s episode of Kotaku Splitscreen to talk about her adventures in the wasteland. We’re talking guns, glitches, Bostonian accents, and how this game would just be so much better if you could mod the dog to be a golden retriever. You can listen to the show here, or on YouTube right here: If you like Kotaku Splitscreen, come subscribe to us (and leave a rating!) on iTunes. If you don’t like Apple, you Continue reading >>>

Fallout 4 players discover that Sam Malone’s famous bar from the hit sitcom Cheers can be found amidst the Bostonian wasteland, with references to the show galore. Fallout 4 allows players to explore post-apocalyptic Boston, and part of the fun of the game is visiting famous Bostonian landmarks to see how they’ve changed since the bombs dropped. Actual famous Boston locations can be visited in the game, such as Fenway Park, but Bethesda has also included one of Boston’s most recognizable fictional establishments as well: a little bar named Cheers. The bar, from the very successful sitcom Continue reading >>>

We’ve seen tons of games set in real-world locations, but every once in a while a title comes along that has the one location that you hold near and dear to your heart: your home. Gamers who live in Seattle got the chance to experience their hometown in Infamous Second Son, residents of Barcelona got to shred up their sidewalks in Tony Hawk’s Underground 2 and players living in San Francisco witnessed their most notable landmark get destroyed in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. If you live in or around the Boston area, you don’t have the widest selection of titles to choose from to Continue reading >>>

While the Spotlight cast is likely taking a moment to bask in the movie’s glory, Michael Keaton stopped by The Tonight Show Monday to discuss some of the hard parts about playing a Bostonian. And to absolutely no one’s surprise, he and Fallon chatted about the accent. “You have the greatest ear of all ears,” Keaton told Fallon. “It’s uncanny how good your ear is—well, it’s true—but you know that’s a tricky one. That accent is tricky.” “I don’t mess with the Boston accent,” Fallon said. (Rigggggght.) Keaton replied, “It can change neighborhood to neighborhood. Continue reading >>>

Don't let the brilliant blue skies and friendly German Shepherd fool you. Fallout 4's Bostonian wasteland is a mammoth, unforgiving land of raiders, mutated creatures, radiation sickness, and murderous robots.A terrifying amount has changed since New Vegas was the go-to place for your post-apocalyptic kicks. But with these seven tips - spanning everything from levelling up to partnering up - new wasteland wanderers will avoid ending up at the bottom of a Super Mutant's meat bag.​1. Nothing goes to waste in the wasteland Scavenging, looting, and scrapping are the holy trinity Continue reading >>>

Don't let the brilliant blue skies and friendly German Shepherd fool you. Fallout 4's Bostonian wasteland is a mammoth, unforgiving land of raiders, mutated creatures, radiation sickness, and murderous robots.A terrifying amount has changed since New Vegas was the go-to place for your post-apocalyptic kicks. But with these seven tips - spanning everything from levelling up to partnering up - new wasteland wanderers will avoid ending up at the bottom of a Super Mutant's meat bag.​1. Nothing goes to waste in the wasteland Scavenging, looting, and scrapping are the holy trinity Continue reading >>>

Fallout 4 is nearly here, which means you’ll soon be adventuring through the Bostonian wasteland to help build up a number of settlements. The ability to help improve a town’s defenses, food and water production, and power, among other things, is all new in Fallout 4. In the following video, we take a look at just some of the options players will have as they help rebuild the wasteland, one town at a time. Be sure to check out our review of Fallout 4 once you're done checking this video out. Continue reading >>>

Fallout 4 is nearly here, which means you’ll soon be adventuring through the Bostonian wasteland to shoot anything that looks at you the wrong way. Ghouls are just one of things you’ll be murdering during your time in the game, but as you can see from the following video, you’re going to have a harder time killing them for a number of reasons. Be sure to check out our review of Fallout 4 once you're done checking this video out. Continue reading >>>