The Fridge

Copyright trolling kept evidence of Japanese cult classic Cookie’s Bustle offline, until now

You may not have heard of Cookie’s Bustle. That’s partly because it’s an obscure Japanese point-and-click released by a small studio called Rodik in 1999. It’s also because of the efforts of a copyright troll, who kept playthrough videos, screenshots, fan art, and even Discord mentions of Cookie’s Bustle offline for years. Cookie’s Bustle has…

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Highguard gets a new playable character, skill trees and more ahead of next week’s closure

Highguard goes offline on March 12—that’s in eight days—but it’s nevertheless just received a massive content update adding a new playable Warden, account progression, and a skill tree. “This is our final update and it’s big,” Highguard creative director Jason McCord wrote on X. “Props to the skeleton crew at Wildlight for wanting to finish…

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