We did a gallery on the most awesome continue screens a few weeks ago, so it's only fair that we give their complement—start menus and title screens—the same treatment.

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The 16-bit era had unique visuals. Simple yet bright and colorful, we could always get lost in the tiny details. Taking parts of these memorable games and mixing them with a real life environment might sound odd, but if done right the results are beautiful.

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Over the course of my 28 years of life, I've beaten more video games than I can count. I've never been the type of gamer who finds one game and sticks with it for months or years. Rather, from childhood on, I was the kid who would rent a different game from the local Blockbuster almost every week and beat it. Still,… Read…

Post-apocalyptic worlds in video games don't necessarily have to be grimdark, depressing or colorless. There are many fine examples where the game's design either moves beyond these tropes, or develops them to perfection. We have collected a few of them below.

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World maps in video games are usually pretty great. We love world maps! You can use them to track the results of your progression through some grand adventure as new locations become accesible and your control over the world grows. A well-crafted world map in any game is always a sign of high quality.

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I wouldn't have immediately thought that Jay-Z and the "Wind Scene" song from Chrono Trigger would make such excellent bedfellows. And yet they really do. 2 Mello has done a mash-up that mixes Jay Z's "Ignorant Shit" and the Wind Scene tune from the game, as well as the version by YouTuber mklachu.

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Seen on Reddit, the wall art above is literally a labor of love. Not only does it commemorate one man's devotion to classic RPG Chrono Trigger, it's also the product of one couple's combined work over two years. Amazing stuff.

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Over the past few months I've been anxiously awaiting the new PS3 title Tokitowa. While some are looking forward to the love story aspect or to its attempt to make a playable anime, the core of my anticipation is something altogether different: I've been dying to play another Japanese time travel story.

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In today's special later-than-normal, screw the top-right box edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Slagathorian shares some truly spectacular wooden creations that the editor is pretty sure he'd make a killing selling on Etsy.

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