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The Department of Government Efficiency, a satirical token inspired by discussions between Ex-President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, was one of the best-performing cryptocurrencies during the weekend.  Elon Musk promotes Department of Government Efficiency The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) surged to $0.02850, and is currently hovering at around $0.02309 at last check Sunday. That’s a spike of over 33,000% from its lowest point in September. DOGE jumped after Musk, considered the world’s wealthiest individual, posted his idea for a government department after chatting with Trump on X.com in August. “You’re the greatest cutter,” Trump told Musk, referring to…

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Image: Sony, BioWare, Xbox, Konami, Square Enix, René Rother / Devolver Digital, Screenshot: Larian Studios / Kotaku, Coal Supper / Kotaku, Sega / Kotaku, Sega / KotakuIt was quite the week in gaming, from impossible-to-secure pre-orders of the newly announced PS5 Pro, to huge sales on major Capcom and Xbox games, to confirmation about which of your Dragon Age choices will carry over to Veilguard. As always, we covered them all, and now they’re in one spot here for you perusal. Click through for the best tips, tricks, and advice in gaming for this last full week in September.

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Photo: Alyssa MercanteI’m in the Glitch Theater at the San Diego Convention Center during TwitchCon 2024, watching a drag artist dressed as Silent Hill’s Pyramid Head lip-sync to a nu-metal song on stage. The crowd is a mix of high-profile streamers like Central Committee and KaceyTron, smaller Twitch affiliates, and fans—and all of them are living for the third annual TwitchCon Drag Showcase. JuiceBoxx, a streamer and one of the hosts this year, has her face plastered all over the convention center. Ru Paul’s Drag Race superstar Trixie Mattel has a makeup space on the show floor where employees are…

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 The volume of non-fungible tokens in the Bitcoin network bounced back last week as the industry stabilized. Bitcoin NFT sales rose According to CryptoSlam, sales of Bitcoin (BTC) NFTs jumped by 56% in the last seven days to over $20 million. The number of buyers in the network rose by 48% to 29,403. NodeMonkes, a relatively new collection, was the best-performing NFT in the ecosystem with over $3.4 million in sales and 302 transactions. Only Immutable X’s Guild of Guardian Heroes collection had more sales during the week. Bitcoin Puppets had a sales volume of $3.03 million. That’s a 239%…

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Illustration: Kotaku / Vicky LetaOne day left in the weekend, puzzlers—make it count! Maybe with some lighter fare like The Wild Robot? Grab the kids and go, or just take yourself—nothing wrong with a little popcorn and animation to wrap up your weekend!While you’re waiting for the movie to start, your daily sweet 16 words are back and ready for your best grouping efforts. The popular Connections brainbuster from The New York Times has four groups of words with a shared theme or commonality, but they’re shuffled into random order for you to figure out. Remember to take your time—many…

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