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This Game Makes You Want to Kill Thieves—and Become One, Too

You’ve got a nice family, a decent amount of square footage and a nice little bundle of cash saved up. Of course, you want to protect it. But, somewhere out there is someone with all the same things and, with the right planning, you can keep all (or most) of the things in your home…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: DocSeuss contributes a deeply personal post why he keeps coming back to TAY Kotaku. JJtheTexan plumbs the N64 and GameCube eras in his catalog of long-lost Nintendo games And feel free to jump in and help decide what the next game for TAY’s Game Night…

Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded: The Kotaku Review

Sex was gross, unknowable and weird. Yet, for some reason, I was supposed to want it. These were the lessons I learned from Leisure Suit Larry way back when, which I had no business playing as a teenager. In 2013, the updated sex/comedy game still feels like something I shouldn’t be experiencing. But, this time,…

What PS4 Games Would Be Like On The Oculus Rift

As I write this, Kotaku bossman Stephen Totilo has just walked into the office with an Oculus Rift. A bunch of us have already strapped on the VR goggles to our faces and have been super-impressed with what the headgear is able to accomplish. But, an Oculus optimized to work with the PS4? That’d be…

Excited by the news of that new Strider game? Then soak up seven minutes of slash-happy gameplay in this video.

A New Tomb Raider Comic Shows What’s Next for Lara Croft After Hit Game

Sadly, Square Enix hasn’t put out any single-player story-centric DLC for this year’s reboot of Tomb Raider So fans who enjoyed playing through Lara Croft’s re-imagined origin story have been out of luck as far as seeing her continued evolution. But a new Dark Horse comics series due out later this year on 02/26/14 will…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Zarnyx looks back at cult favorite Enslaved: Odyssey to the West after seeing a theatrical production based on the same source material the game was based on. GiantBoyDetective thinks your little sister should play Earthbound, no matter how its rating has changed And Cimeas offers…

The Dos and Don’ts of Cosplaying While Black

Unless you count the time I dressed up as Left 4 Dead’s Louis for Halloween a few years back, I’ve never really done cosplay. I just don’t have the inclination for it. But if I did, I probably follow the handy guide provided by Break’s Ron Funches about who to dress up as. I don’t…

Forward Unto Dawn—the live-action episodic Halo 4 webseries that premiered last year—got nominated for an Emmy Award. It’s for Outstanding Main Title Design, yeah, but that statue still looks real nice on your mantle.

A brand-new Nintendo Direct broadcast—confirming the availability of Earthbound for the Wii U Virtual Console— just went up today. Watch the whole thing right here.

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: TheUnfathomableTruth imagines how he’d change the Resident Evil series for the better. EtchedChamp talks about regretting Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce and how it brought on a case of gamers’ remorse. Sir Trey’s would-be video game Criterion Collection gets a no-brainer addition with Super Mario Bros And…

Angry Birds Star Wars Hits Consoles in October. It’s Got Multiplayer.

Angry Birds vaulted to megahit success on smartphones. If you’ve been in a plane, train or automobile with more than two people, chances are one of them had it on their phone. But Activision’s started bringing Rovio’s successful franchise to home gaming machines last year with Angry Birds Trilogy. This year, they’re bringing Angry Birds…

This Could Be the Tactics Game Your iPad Has Been Crying Out For

“We’re a hardcore game.” But what does that mean when you’re making something meant for tablets and smartphones? “Not a casual game,” says Shawn Foust, vice president of game design at Quark Games. “Not mid-core. Not adjacent-core. We’re a hardcore game. We just happen to be on a mobile platform.” Foust told me that two…

Princess Rescue—that homebrew Atari 2600 homage to Super Mario Brothers—is now available through AtariAge as a $30 cartridge. An emulator ROM is on its way too.

Slavery Gives Me a Weird Personal Connection to Assassin’s Creed IV

I wouldn’t exist if not for the ugly historical fact of slavery. Somewhere along my family tree, ancestors of mine were traded into bondage, most likely from somewhere in West Africa. And then other forebears wound up on the island of Ayiti—known today as Haiti—where slaves fought for their freedom in the 18th Century. I…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Ellen Miller digs up her memories about Sega Master System. Sir Trey’s been imagining what would go into a video game Criterion Collection and considers whether the first Deus Ex belongs in there. And PyramidHeadcrab wants to know what the best game you’ve gotten in…

Dress Up as the Most Evil Spider-Man This August in Marvel Heroes

Sure, there are already lots of alt-outfits for Spider-Man in Gazillion Entertainment’s click-battle MMO. But this one is Superior. All those wall-crawling suits in Marvel Heroes are basically Peter Parker get-ups. (Ok, yes, Spider-clone Ben Reilly is represented, too.) But, if you like your web-slinger a bit more malevolent and haughty than the original model,…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: FrogFro writes about the bosses you may have fought entirely wrong. JJtheTexan goes even deeper into the rabbit hole of long-lost Nintendo games. And PyramidHeadcrab wants to know what your favorite Mario game is And you can always go join the voices talking about video…

Mad Max’s First Gameplay Trailer Looks Hopeless, in a Good Way

The thing about the Mad Max movies is that it looks like somebody already tried to save the world and failed at it. And what we see are the terrible remains. The newest trailer for Avalanche Studios’ Mad Max puts its headbutting, car-combat action smack dab in the middle of that world. Thank goodness. Granted,…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Eyes will get wet reading DanimalCart’s Ryan Davis remembrance. Sam G. looks at how a clique mentality is hurting video game culture. And EtchedChamp thinks back to a beloved game manual and asks readers to do the same. And you can always go join the…