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Five Minutes Inside The Mind Of A Goddess
Red Goddess: Inner World is one of those games that shows up on PSN or Steam and you just don’t know. You just don’t. Perhaps the first five minutes of nonlinear platforming action will help? Five minutes into the story of the young goddess Divine’s quest to restore her powers and memories and I’m sure…
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Smite‘s Latest God Brings The Eye Nipples
Unwilling to concede defeat after being decapitated by the Yellow Emperor, Chinese warrior-poet Xing Tian battled on, using his nipples for eyes and his bellybutton as a mouth, as you do. The eye-nippled champion arrives in the PC version of Hi-Rez Studios’ god-powered MOBA today via the Indomitable Spirit update, which also nerfs my giant…
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The First Five Tactically Bedridden Minutes Of Metal Gear Solid V
Before the tactical espionage begins, the catheter must be removed. Now I am not saying there is a tube inserted into Big Boss’ urethra during the entire first five minutes of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain—I can’t really be sure. With our hero still in bed once 300 seconds has passed, I don’t…
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The First Five Barrel-Blasting Minutes Of Bullet Boy
If you’ve every played through a blast barrel level in a Donkey Kong Country game and thought “Man, I wish there were more of these,” Bullet Boy is more of those. Available now for iOS and Android (yay!) from Pomelo Games, Bullet Boy takes a mechanic that console platformers generally use sparingly and dials it…
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Keytarist Does Amazing Things To Sonic‘s Green Hill Zone Music
The flashing colored lights. The energy. The majesty of the keytar. Rush Coil’s Sonic the Hedgehog Green Hill keytar performance is my new inspirational jam. I’m not being facetious. I am not poking fun. I’ve watched this video a dozen times since former co-conspirator Owen Good posted the video on Polygon yesterday, and it keeps…
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The Week In Games: A Hideo Kojima Week
Man, a guy leaves for a month and has to entirely rebuild his weekly release list from scratch. At least they didn’t strike my name from the top of the article. Fall is coming, and the Week in Games is starting to swell in anticipation of the season. It’s throbbing and swollen, waiting for the…
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Disney Infinity‘s Inside Out Set Brings Back The Cheap Movie Tie-In
There was a time when every animated movie came with a quick and dirty platforming tie-in console game. Thanks to the magic of Disney Infinity 3.0 those days are back, only now they come with toys. Available today for $40 or so alongside theStar Wars-themed Disney Infinity 3.0 starter kit, the Inside Out playset finally…
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Drawing Breasts Isn’t Easy
Properly rendering breasts for a video game is a difficult task, but then so is simply drawing them. Luckily, as this short from animator Dylan Simpson demonstrates, an easily accessible reference point is just a click away. When I was a teenager I was really into drawing—I wanted to be a comic book artist—but my…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Don’t Need A Game To Make Mario Levels
Nintendo’s Super Mario Maker arrives in North America on the 11th of September, allowing Wii U owners to craft their own crazy creations featuring the world’s most famous plumber. Until then, we have Photoshop. Come to think of it, after that we have Photoshop (or Gimp or Paint or PSP or whatever) as well. We…
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Sunday Comics: Okay, Call It A Comeback
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 August 28. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published August 24. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry…
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Dragon Age: Inquisition‘s Final Story DLC Is Set Two Years Later
So you and your companions saved the continent of Thedas from certain doom. What have you done for them lately? Find out in September 8’s Trespasser, a downloadable epilogue for Dragon Age: Inquisition that picks up two years after the main story ends. What happens to a world-saving organization when the world no longer needs…
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Final Fantasy XIV‘s Anniversary Takes Players To A Very Special Place
Final Fantasy XIV’s two year anniversary celebration is a one-way ticket to the place where dreams become reality—sort of. If you’re an active Final Fantasy XIV player and plan on completing The Rising event running through September 7, stop reading this article and go play. As long as you’re at least level 15 or so…
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Guild Wars 2 Is Free To Play Starting Today
Since its release in August of 2012 playing the subscription-free PC MMORPG Guild Wars 2 has been a simple matter of purchasing the initial game. Starting today you don’t even have to do that. “Revealed exclusively” by IGN a couple of days back, ArenaNet has dropped the purchase requirement for Guild Wars 2. Just hit…
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Mortal Kombat X For Xbox 360 And PS3 Officially Canceled
After multiple delays left the fate of last-gen versions of Mortal Kombat X hazy, Warner Bros. finally makes it official: they’re not going to finish them. Released in April for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC, Mortal Kombat X was originally slated to hit the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 sometime during the summer.…
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The Saturday Morning Stream Plays Disney Infinity 3.0 [All Done!]
Saturday morning used to be all about playing with toys and watching cartoons. Let’s do that! I’ve been on vacation for the past month, and that vacation may have been specifically timed in order to ensure I was around for the launch of the latest wave of toy-based games. Either way Disney Infinity 3.0 goes…
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