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Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Super Smash Bros. for Wii U: The TAY Review • Bayonetta 2: Final Thoughts • A Glorious Return to Gaming: Why It’s Okay To Be a Shut-In • The Gunblade – Video Games vs. History • Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax: The TAY Review TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s…
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This Minecraft build wasn’t inspired by a real hotel, which is a shame ’cause I’d love to go there. It actually reminds me a bit of the Panau Falls Casino from Just Cause 2. In any case, the build is called the Twin Palms Hotel and it was submitted to Planet Minecraft by Jaden024. Look…
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Valve’s Taking Steps to Make Early Access Games Suck Less [Update]
Investing in Steam’s Early Access games can be risky. Accidents can happen, developers can abandon their projects, or games can turn out to be a lot different from the original vision. Now, according to a report, Valve is allegedly updating its Early Access guidelines to combat this. Parts of what’s apparently the new version of…
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Pokémon are usually named after the sounds they make, unless those sounds are, well, screaming. We see this in action in the comic drawn by Justin Hall ofJhallcomics.com. The unnamed spelunker probably had a list for these cases. Latest Pokémon Comic [JhallComics, via r/pokemon] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some…
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Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Tales of Hearts R: The TAY Review • World of Nintendo – Skyward Sword Link Review • Adventures in Blind Gaming 5: Picking the Right Game • Kinja, Read-Only, and Gaming Exposition • Game of the Week — Resident Evil: Feudal Japan Edition [Onimusha] TAY Classic—TAY Open…
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To Fight a Dragon, All You Need is Epic Violin Music
Lindsey Stirling is here to answer the age-old question—who’d win a fight, a magic-wielding violinist or a huge dragon? I’m sure someone’s asked that before. Stirling’s latest video is a tribute to Bioware’s Dragon Age, and she’s teamed up with the Los Angeles-based Everdream digital studio to create it. This resulted in some very cool-looking…
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Some news for those interested in the upcoming cartoony Minecraft-like, SkySaga: The developers have uploaded a (very) short gameplay trailer, embedded above. Furthermore, they announced that they’ll begin inviting players to their Closed Alpha Test next week. If you wanna get in on that, you can register here
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Sadly, ‘Realistic Minecraft‘ Is Not a Real Game
Instead, it’s a series of 3D-animated shorts showing what Minecraft could be if it was, well, not more “realistic” per se, but rather more smooth and rounded around the edges. The animations are made by YouTuber Flashcode using a variety of programs, including Blender, MakeHuman, and Adobe Premiere Pro. Seven shorts have been uploaded so…
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Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: The Inevitable Head to Head: AC Unity Vs. AC Rogue • Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare: The Nitro Review “May the power of Spacey compel you!!” • Desert Bus for Hope 8: A Primer TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
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A Lot Can Happen to a Minecraft World in Four Years
For example, the grass color changes. Along with everything else. Four years is a long time. The world file belongs to redditor bmach, who shared it on the r/minecraft subreddit yesterday, showing off what his first map looked like after four years’ worth of building and terraforming (using a combination of actual in-game building, and…
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Kotaku EastShort Clip Celebrates PlayStation’s 20th Birthday
The twentieth anniversary of the first PlayStation console’s Japanese release is fast approaching, and Sony’s here to commemorate it with—what else—a montage. The clip is part of a broader 20th anniversary promotion-slash-celebration for the brand, which is chronicled on a web page found on the official Japanese PlayStation site. Items and events “claimed” by the…
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Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Assassin’s Creed Unity: The TAY Review • Music in Media Part 1: Influencing your Experiences • Freedom Wars: The Nitro Review “Phantasy Lords of God Hunter Burst Freedom Unite” • TAY Explores Comics: Blood and Steel TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
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Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Blades of Steel: The Retro TAY Review • The Search for Unique Gaming Experiences • Final Fantasy Road Trip: Final Fantasy 2 • Koda’s Top 10 Fall 2014 Anime Openings TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
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Remember those neat transparent 2DS consoles? Nintendo confirmed that they’ll be out in North America alongside Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire on November 21. Each handheld will retail for $99.99, but unlike their European counterparts, they will not come with a copy of Pokémon ORAS pre-installed.
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A Whole Month’s Worth of Sweet Zelda T-Shirts
It’s the veritable motherlode of humorous pop culture-themed Zelda shirts. The guy behind all the art is New Jersey-based illustrator Blair J. Campbell. He came up with something called “Octoroktober,” challenging himself to do one Legend of Zelda-inspired shirt design on each day in the month of October. The results are pretty awesome. Like the…
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