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Cat Doesn’t Know Why It Keeps Playing Destiny Either
This feline is experiencing exactly the same compulsion I feel whenever Destiny comes on the screen. Destiny isn’t a great game, but man Destiny is a great game. The story is all over the place when it’s there at all and the post-20 leveling mechanic is just plain odd, but no game this year grabs…
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The Man Named PlayStation And Other Fascinating PS2 Facts
The PlayStation 2 was so beloved by its owners that a man in Britain legally changed his name to PlayStation 2 and looked into marrying his system. Did You Know Gaming‘s latest video looks at this and other weird facts about the best-selling console of all-time. If I were to change my name to that…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Assassin’s Creed Elsewhere
What could possibly be more exciting than an Assassin’s Creed set during the French Revolution? I’ve a feeling our imagine-manipulating community might be able to come up with a couple hundred alternatives. I don’t know about you guys, but between Assassin’s Creed III and Assassin’s Creed: Unity I’m pretty much revolution’d out. Let’s go somewhere…
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Sunday Comics: If You Ever Loved Me
Welcome to Kotaku‘s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published November 15. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published November 10. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
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The Saturday Evening Stream Plays Warlords Of Draenor (All Done!)
I’ve been waiting all damn day for this, keeping my character online as I worked to make sure I didn’t have to queue up. Let’s play some World of Warcraft, Warlords-style. What will I be doing? I don’t know. Tidying up the garrison, cleaning up some Shadowmoon quests. Maybe queue up for a dungeon as…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Design Your Dream Console: Winners!
Last week I asked our community to create their dream custom video game console. One of them created mine, which wasn’t technically the contest, but I’ll accept it. So many excellent entries this week, but there’s just something about RattleheadXYZ’s fun take on Xbox One VCR comments that grabs me by the youth and shakes…
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I Can’t Wait To Play In This Fantastic Clay-Animated World
When the Kickstarter backer exclusive gameplay debut for the spiritual successor to The Neverhood hit the web, developer Pencil Test Studios sent out a hi-res version to share with the class. Here’s our first look at Armikrog in action. Featuring the unmistakable art style of The Neverhood creator (and Earthworm Jim character designer) Doug TenNaple,…
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Dragon Age: Inquisition on PC vs PS4 vs Xbox One
Given what I’ve heard so far about the third game in BioWare’s fantasy epic, I’m of the opinion that you should play Dragon Age: Inquisition. In case you need a platform qualifier to that statement,IGN has made a lovely graphics comparison video. Judging from the video alone, the differences between PC and the two console…
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Loot Crate’s $150 Amiibo Subscription Deal Is Certainly Something
Last week Nintendo announced it was teaming up with stuff-in-a-box subscription service Loot Crate to offer fans a different way to purchase Amiibo figures. Now we know the pricing for the deal, and spending $155 to $165 on $130 worth of figures is definitely different. Loot Crate is actually a rather nifty little service, especially…
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Warlords Of Draenor MMO Log One: Love Hurts
You know those early stages of love, when you just can’t seem to get enough of the other person, yet it feels as if the entire world is conspiring to keep you apart? That’s exactly the first few days of Warlords of Draenor. If I hadn’t woken up from a lengthy nap at 3 AM…
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Squirrel Steals Man’s GoPro, Because Squirrels Are Jerks
It may look like this adorably chubby squirrel is just innocently scampering about, but that’s just what it wants you to think. This tree rat is about to commit a crime. I supposed we can’t really blame the squirrel. YouTube video maker Viva Frei (via Tastefully Offensive) tied a piece of bread to his GoPro…
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Guess Who’s Not Playing Warlords Of Draenor Tonight
In an effort to stem issues caused by tons of people trying to get to the expansion content at once, Blizzard haslowered the server live population caps. For someone on one of the most populous servers in the game, that pretty much means no.
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This Is Why We Don’t Put Our Games Back In The Wrong Cases
I must admit that I am guilty of the laziest of gaming crimes — taking one game out of the console and putting it back in the new game’s case. It’s led to some serious nightmare scenarios, but nothing as complicated as director Dan DeStefano’s short film, Misplaced There are boxes of DVDs and games…
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Poised At The Dark Portal, Awaiting Warlords Of Draenor
As players on European servers prepare to pass through a very different Dark Portal than they did in 2007’s Burning Crusade expansion, North American players gather in the Blasted Lands, awaiting late-night entry into World of Warcraft‘s fifth expansion, Warlords of Draenor. The first World of Warcraft expansion to feature no new classes to level…
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The Honest World Of Warcraft Trailer Evokes Strange Feelings Of Pride
When a normal game gets theSmosh Games Honest Trailers treatment I just point and laugh along with the video. Having been a semi-permanent resident of Azeroth for the past decade, the Honest Trailer for World of Warcraft makes me proud to have been a part of this glorious nonsense. “Get hooked on the MMO that…
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Monument Valley, one of the best games for the iPad, is now even more best, as eight new peaceful puzzling levels arrive in the game’s Forgotten Shores expansion. The new levels are available today on iOS via $1.99 in-app purchase, with Android and Amazon versions of the update coming soon.
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That Moment When LEGO Batman 3 Gets Really Good
Like the first two games in the series, LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham begins with the terrestrial adventures of Batman and Robin. It’s a slow start, but then comes a moment when it all comes together and the game kicks into high gear. It’s not an easy moment to pinpoint, but after much soul-searching and…
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 arrives on Steam December 11, complete with support for 60 frames-per-second and variable display resolutions. The second game in the trilogy is now available for preorder at $17.99. Square Enix has also announced plans to patch support for multiple resolutions into last month’s PC release of Final Fantasy XIII in December as…
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Digimon All-Star Rumble Really Lets Fans Down
It’s been six years since a Digimon video game was released in North America. If Digimon All-Star Rumble is Namco Bandai testing the waters for more U.S. releases, we’re not going to see another for a very long time. As a fan, a part of me is simply overjoyed to see the Digimon name on…
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The Sonic Boom Cartoon Is Off To A Fine Start
While the jury’s still out on Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal for the 3DS and Rise of Lyric for the Wii U, the first couple of episodes for the animated series aired on Cartoon Network over the weekend, and it’s not half bad. I suppose it all depends on what you were looking for in a…
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