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Mighty No. 9 Gets An Animated Series And A New Crowdfunding Campaign
Having raised more than $4 million to reincarnate Mega Man as a less stagnant property, Keiji Inafune’s Comcept doesn’t need more money to deliver the game they promised. They need more money to make it better, and so a new crowdfunding campaign is born. Announced this weekend at Anime Expo alongside a shiny CD animated…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest Simulator 2014
Earlier this week, Kotaku‘s Evan Narcisse suggested that simulator games (goat, grass, rock) were getting out of hand. I say they’re not out of hand until our image manipulation experts have their way with them. We’ll show him out of hand. By the time our ‘shop experts get done creating the worst possible “Simulator” games…
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Culture
Sunday Comics: Fireworks Safety 101
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 4. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published June 30. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
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Watch The Pokémon National Championships Live, Right Here
The very best Pokémon video game and card players in the United States have converged in Indianapolis, Indiana this weekend to see who gets to lose to players from other countries in August’s World Championship. Let’s watch. Unlike other global competitions I could mention, the U.S. actually has a pretty good shot at taking home…
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Culture
Potato Salad Meets Kickstarter Goal 200 Times Over [UPDATE]
Zack Danger Brown of Columbus, Ohio wanted $10 to make some potato salad, so he went to Kickstarter. Now he has more than $2,000 to make potato salad, proving a long-standing theory here at Snacktaku — potato salad is pretty great. Update: My god. Thanks to his eloquent pitch (“Basically I’m just making potato salad.…
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And Then DJ Jazzy Jeff Had A Super Mario Bros. Remix Battle
During yesterday’s Fourth of July Jam in Philadelphia, DJ Jazzy Jeff (sans Fresh Prince) and Jeremy Ellis got into a Super Mario Bros. remix battle, accompanied by The Roots. This is a thing that happened. Philly’s Action News 6 (via Nintendo Life) posted footage of the epic DJ battle, which DJ Jazzy Jeff won solely…
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Halo Collection “Terminal” Trailer Brings More Arbiter Love
Debuting during a panel at this weekend’s Rooster Teeth Expo in Austin, Texas, the “Terminal” trailer for the Halo: Master Chief Collection gives Keith David’s Arbiter even more words to say, so it wins. The enemy gone good (or did he?) will play a big role in Halo 5: Guardians, to the point where Keith…
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Video Games Come To Life, Destroy Innocent Computer Room
This is why we never leave our video games unattended. It’s bound to happen, eventually. You load up your computer with video games, stuff them onto every phone and tablet. War games rubbing elbows with mobile social — it’s a recipe for disaster. Toss in some obviously emulated Mario games, and it’s all over. PixelStormFilms…
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Transformers Universe Open Beta Rolls Out
In a world awash with bad Transformers movie tie-in games, Runescape developer Jagex deploys the open beta for a free-to-play, browser-based Transformers Prime MOBA. It’s got to be better, right? Transformers Universe is certainly different, at least. It’s less an action-adventure game and more a more action-y take on games like League of Legends, with…
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The Saturday Morning Stream Plays Divinity: Original Sin (All Done)
I backed it, Kirk loves it, now watch me play Larian Studios’ successfully Kickstarted take on the old school strategy RPG. That’s right, I wound up giving Larian a couple of dollars for Divinity: Original Sin following my preview of the game last year. At a time when PC game publishers toss out download codes…
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I’d Take This Fan Animation Over Transformers 4 Any Day
Using a modded Laser Optimus Prime and a set of Make Toys’s custom Constructicons, YouTube’s Harris Loureiro created a stop-motion action scene that’s far more appealing than anything Michael Bay could put on film. Michael Bay had the Transformers for his movies over-designed to accent their alien nature and give them a more ‘realistic’ feel,…
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Hatsune Miku’s 3DS Game Is Finally Making Its Way To The West
The popularity of Japanese virtual idol Hatsune Miku continues to rise in the West, giving Sega the encouragement it needed to bring Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai Remix to North America and Europe in 2015. With Project Diva F released for the PlayStation 3 and Vita and its sequel coming later this year, this next Western…
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The Original Mortal Kombat Cast, Still Kicking Ass Two Decades Later
Last weekend at the Galloping Ghost Arcade in Brookfield, Illinois, ten of the actors rotoscoped for the first three Mortal Kombat games gathered to show fans they are far from finished. Looking good, aren’t they? This photo is from a massive set posted on the Galloping Ghost Arcade Facebook page, via the fine folks at…
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Please Don’t Ever Fix the Physics In Grand Theft Auto V
Nine months after release and Grand Theft Auto V is still pregnant with ridiculously impressive stunt potential. In the latest from Nomad Union, absolute insanity happens. I’ve actually put my Grand Theft Auto V plans on hold, pending the release of the PC version of the game. I see a video like this, imagine what…
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As Long As JRPGs Like This Keep Coming West, My PS3 Stays Connected
Today Tecmo Koei announced that Gust’s Ar Nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star, a prequel to the amazing Ar Tonelico series, is coming to North American PlayStation 3 consoles on September 23. Games like this are the reason my PS3 is the only console hooked up right now. Ar Nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star…
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CultureCan You Tell Generic Cereal From The Real Thing?
“It’s the same exact thing, only it comes in a bag” my father used to tell me about generic versions of popular breakfast cereals. Was he a rotten liar? This blind taste test proves him right. Or possibly wrong. Some of them feature different shapes. Others carry distinctly different textures. Light coming through a plastic…
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BioWare’s First Gay Male Party Member Debuts In Dragon Age Inquisition
BioWare has been hooking up players with non-player character party members in its games for more than a decade, but there’s not been a strictly male-seeking-male option available until Dragon Age Inquisition‘s Dorian. In a character profile recently posted to the Dragon Age Inquisition website (via Eurogamer), writer David Gaider discussed the sexuality of the…
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Captain America Celebrates The Country’s Most Horrible Statistics
With Independence Day right around the corner, Fox’s Animation Domination mixes a comic book icon with horrible U.S. statistics to make everyone a little more depressed. Statistically speaking, every country in the world could have one of these songs made about them, tailored towards their worst qualities in order to sound as terrible as possible.…
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Doritos Mystery Flavors Revealed — “Spicy Street Taco” Wins
Earlier this year Snacktaku reviewed the three mystery flavors released for the Doritos Jacked line of corn chips. Now the names are officially revealed, and my favorite is retired in favor of my next screen name, “Spicy Street Taco”. First off, let’s see how accurate my taste buds were. I’ll give the bag color, how…
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Oh Good, The New Ninja Turtles Movie Is Getting A 3DS Game
I was really hoping there wouldn’t be an official physical video game product based on the upcoming live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, if only to avoid seeing these ugly mugs on store shelves. Coming in August from Activision, the company that’s made a name for itself for releasing average Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video…
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