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Disney Infinity 3.0 Valiantly Attempts To Emulate Splatoon
One of Disney’s downloadable creations for Infinity 3.0 is a paint turf war mini-game called “Squid Wars”. It’s far from perfect, but isn’t it oh-so-adorable that they tried? Owners of Disney Infinity 3.0 are only a couple of confusing menu screens away from participating in their own Disney-created squid-inspired paint battles for up to four…
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Get These Highly Collectible Amiibo Facts Before They’re Gone
Did you know hardcore Amiibo collectors would sell their own family members if it meant getting their hands on a hard-to-find fiure? That’s definitely not one of the fun facts presented in Did You Know Gaming’s latest. Is Nintendo driving toy sales with games or driving game sales with toys? For better or worse, Amiibo…
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The First Five Minutes Of Sci-Fi MMO Otherland Are Not Good
In the late 21st century virtual reality has become the world’s favorite pastime, and people spend massive amounts of time exploring fantasy worlds instead of fixing bugs and making sure the servers can handle the game launch. I might be blurring two worlds here. One, based on the science fiction series Otherland by Tad Williams,…
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CultureSnacktaku Regrets Trying Canada’s ‘Do Us A Flavor’ Chips
Butter chicken. Scalloped potatoes. Cowboy BBQ beans. Montreal smoked meat. The four flavor finalists for Canada’s Lay’s Do Us A Flavor competition are good on paper. Not so much my mouth. Just as its done for thepast couple of years in the U.S., Lay’s brand hosts an annual competition in Canada in which citizens of…
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CultureI Wish There Were Pokémon Toys Like This When I Was A Kid
So Pokémon wasn’t a thing in North America until I was 25—the point still stands. Younger me could have learned a lot from Battle Moves Pikachu. How to dodge, for instance. I recently got a chance to play with a pair of Pokémon toys from Tomy that should either be in stores now or in…
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The Fuzzy First Five Minutes Of Leo’s Fortune
The delightfully handcrafted Leo’s Fortune was one of 2014’s most critically acclaimed mobile games. Will it be one of 2015’s most acclaimed console and PC games? It’s unlikely, do to the differences between the two audiences, but that doesn’t mean the quest for Leopold’s stolen gold is anything less than stellar on the bigger screen.…
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ReviewsHatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX: The Kotaku Review
It’s quite likely your reaction to this image will dictate whether or not Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX is the sort of game you’d like to play. Musical notes, button prompts, anime girl with headphones—it’s immediately recognizable as a rhythm game, a genre that’s never reached the heights of popularity in the Western world that…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: It’s Loopin’ Chewie’s Fault
Force Fridayturned out to be a bust for many hopeful collectors, so we’re going to take out our frustration on an innocent. Sorry, Loopin’ Chewie. Reader and frequent ‘shop contest contributor sciteach directed me to Hasbro’s Star Wars version of board game classic Loopin’ Louie, and my own disappointment with the way collectors were shafted…
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Make Your Own The Week In Games
If you can make your own Mario levels then surely you can create your own weekly game release list. Here, I’ll get you started. Tuesday, September 8 Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX — 3DS Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader — 3DS Tearaway Unfolded — PS4 Ascendant — PS4 Digital Hyper Void — PS4…
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Five Minutes In The Shower With Dad
Don’t worry, it’s only Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015. Or maybe worry. Up to you. Mind the video filled with pixel penis. So the other day I am standing in line at GameStop behind a man and his young son—probably around eleven or twelve—as the game advisor or whatever they are calling them was…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Don’t Need A Game To Make Mario Levels: Winner!
You can’t make this stage in Super Mario Maker. In honor of this week’s release of Nintendo Wii U Mario creation tool, last week I tasked our image-manipulation experts to demonstrate what sort of Mario we could make without a $60 game. They certainly rose to the occasion. And while the brave and valorous Hundredgunner…
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Sunday Comics: Do You Even Praise?
Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your pretty much weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published September 3. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published August 31. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry…
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How Halo And Destiny’s Composer Got Fired From Bungie
In April of 2014 Martin “Marty” O’Donnell, then Bungie’s audio director, was fired from the company “without cause.” A court ruling issued last week in a case between the composer and his former employer sheds light on the events leading up to his termination and the hand Activision played in souring their relationship. What seemed…
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PC Gaming Looked A Lot Different In The Late ’90s
Flat widescreen monitors? Glowing keyboards and mice? Controllers with analog thumbsticks? The late ‘90s PC gamer needed not such things. Or at least we didn’t know we needed them, as they either didn’t exist or weren’t widely available yet. No, as Redditor SuperBabyHix’s retro setup demonstrates, all we needed was a keyboard that worked, a…
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CultureLEGO Jokerland Is The Coolest DC Comics Set Yet
My recent vacation was largely a 30-day journey through my own personal LEGO paradise, culminating in a harrowing trip through my favorite DC Comics set released so far—Jokerland. There were very few days during my vacation that I didn’t take plastic bricks in hand to build wondrous things. I put together everything from the massive…
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