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Chiptune Rapper Covers “T.U.R.T.L.E. Power”, A Song With Many Problems
With the launch of the new movie just days away, chiptune artist Mega Ran revisits the catchy anthem from the very first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film, highlighting what a horrible piece of music it really was. Partners in Kryme’s “T.U.R.T.L.E. Power” was much cooler when I was 17. Back then the only lyric that…
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Summing Up All Seven X-Men Movies In Under Three Minutes
Don’t have the time or willpower to sit through X-Men, X2: X-Men United, X-Men: The Last Stand, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Wolverine, X-Men: First Class and X-Men: Days of Future Past? Here’s everything you really need to know about the franchise in about two minutes forty-five seconds. True to their name, the folks at Mashable…
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Artist Sues Pet Toy Company Over Angry Birds Trademark
Years before there was an Angry Birds video game, pet accessory maker Hartz partnered with Seattle artist Juli Adams to release a line of Angry Birds cat toys. A lawsuit filed by Adams this week alleges Hartz unlawfully took her trademarked designs and turned them into a licensing partnership with game developer Rovio that could…
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The Three Faces Of Mortal Kombat X Raiden
Is it odd that I’m less excited about the new characters coming in Mortal Kombat X next year than I am having three different versions of my old favorites, each with their own play style? Meet Combo Raiden, Mobility Raiden and Control Raiden. Or Thunder God, Displacer and Storm Lord Raiden, if you want to…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Guardians Of Gaming: The Winners!
Before heading out of town last week, I entrusted a simple task to our crack team of Photoshop-savvy space outlaw readers — put The Guardians of the Galaxy in all of the games. Now they are. Excellent. After a bit of a bummer of a homecoming, today was greatly brightened by going through all of…
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Sunday Comics: Can’t Winning Find
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 July 31. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published July 28. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
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There Ain’t No Party Like A BronyPalooza Party
The worst part of being confined to a medical scooter during BronyCon 2014 was not being able to get up and flail wildly during the two night, 12 hour live concert that is BronyPalooza. Running from 8PM to 2AM Friday and Saturday night and featuring 16 different artists, BronyPalooza highlights the community’s love of music,…
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How To Play The My Little Pony Collectible Card Game, Basically
Being a fan of trading card games and a fan of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, I’ve been picking up boosters and theme decks for Enterplay’s card game since it launched last year. Today I finally played my first game, and it was magical. After months and months of staring at cards with absolutely…
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What I Bought At BronyCon
Just this silly little mouse pad. That’s all nothing else. Well… See, I needed a mouse pad because the hotel I am staying at has glass-topped desks, so my laser mouse wasn’t tracking. Thankfully one of the first booths I came across in the dealer’s room sold mouse pads for $15. The guy there seemed…
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This Is How You Run A Convention Arcade Room
All you need is a row of projection screens, some colorful lighting and large dark room to put them in. If you do it right, the gamers will bring the funk to finish it off. BronyCon does it right. The best convention arcade rooms stink to high heaven. This is not a comment on the…
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Where The Pony Fans Go To Spend All Of Their Money
On the very lower level of the Baltimore Convention Center is a large ballroom filled with My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic plushies, prints, toys, statues, comics, cards, clothes and — most importantly — people with a lot of money looking to offload some. They call the dealer’s room for BronyCon 2014 “Blank Canvas’s Marketplace.”…
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This Is BronyCon
Ponies are largely the focus here at BronyCon 2014 in Baltimore, Maryland, but they’re also an accessory, a colorful ticket for fans of other elements of geek culture to join the party. They really do go with anything. For instance, can you spot the pony in this TF2 cosplay group above? Hint: It’s not the…
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Wheels Down At The Biggest Little Pony Convention Of The Year
Today through Sunday Baltimore, Maryland plays host the the largest My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fan gathering in the world, and Kotaku is there, with a mobility scooter’s eye view of the festivities. Having recently discovered through magnetic resonance imaging that my lower spine resembles the most badly-played game of Jenga ever, no one…
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Wait, I Thought This iPad Game Was About Graphics, Not Feelings
Looking out of the window of an abandoned farmhouse in rural Missori, it’s easy to imagine young cartoonist Carson Hughs doing the same, wondering why society and his family can’t accept that his best friend is a young black girl. Speedbump Studios’ Dream Revenant was not at all what I expected. Powered by the Unreal…
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For Nearly $700, One Would Expect He-Man To Show A Little Nipple
Look here, Pop Culture Shock Collectibles — if you’re going to ask me to put down $679 for a life-size He-Man bust, you’re going to have to show some super-heroic nipple. It’s not just me — general consensus about the Kotaku tower chat room when I introduced this striking Masters of the Universe collectible was…
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Xbox One Pinball Game Delayed For A Damn Good Reason
Originally slated for release on July 31, Zen Studios’ Pinball FX2 for the Xbox One has been pushed back into August in order to implement changes need to allow players to import tables they’ve already purchased on the Xbox 360. Thank goodness. Fans were not at all happy when Zen announced the Xbox One version…
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Metroid‘s Brightest Samus Suit, Now A Glowing 20-Inch Masterpiece
Acquiring the glowing, bone-colored Light Suit was the coolest moment in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, and one that deserves to be commemorated by a 20-inch tall, $365 glowing statue from First 4 Figures. Feels like I’ve been waiting forever for more Metroid from First 4 Figures, and Light Suit Samus was definitely worth that wait.…
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I’d Forgotten How Bad The Animated TMNT Movie Was
With Leonardo off on a character-building mission in another country, the remaining turtles are forced to get day jobs. Meanwhile, April O’Neil has made the jump from journalist to ninja archaeologist for hire. Cinema Sins has its hands full with this one. I purchased 2007’s TMNT on Blu-ray, motivated only by blind nostalgia, and look…
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Modern Combat 5 Does Nothing New, But It Does Old Really Well
If you’re craving innovation, the latest game in a series created as Gameloft’s answer to Call of Duty is the wrong place to look, but its lack of ambition doesn’t preclude Modern Combat 5: Blackout from being one of the best mobile first-person shooters going. If Activision weren’t so protective of their property and Metal…
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CultureIce Cream Sandwiches Are Supposed To Melt, Walmart
If you read Snacktaku’s review of ice cream sandwiches last year, then you know I hold the combination of vanilla ice cream and chocolate wafers somewhat sacred. So when I see an ice cream sandwich that can sit outside at 80 degrees for over an hour without melting, I begin to worry. As did KIKN…
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