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And Now Some Free Garden Warfare Content From PopCap’s Sponsors
Two new free Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare character variants drop today, courtesy of Aquafina FlavorSplash. How do you feel about free sponsored content? The Berry Shooter and Citrus Cactus arrive today with the free Tactical Taco Party Pack downloadable content pack, the latest in a series of free premium content added since the launch…
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Which Video Game Genre Is Your City?
From the survival horror streets of Chicago to massively multiplayer Los Angeles, Dorkly has taken a handful of U.S. cities and described them — with uncanny accuracy — in terms of video game genres. They describe the dangers of Chicago thusly: Intermittent pockets of extreme danger and safe zones. Filled with stories of an awful…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: That Wizard Came From The Moon: The Winners!
Last week our image manipulation savvy readers were tasked with visualizing “That wizard came from the moon”, a line of dialogue spoken poorly by Peter Dinklage in the beta for Bungie’s Destiny. I had no idea the phrase could be taken so many ways. For instance, depending on where the emphasis is placed in the…
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Sunday Comics: Gogeta Versus Quesarito
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 June 28. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published June 23. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
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The Honest Modern Warfare Trailer, Now With More Underage Racists
I’ve been waiting for Smosh to do an Honest Game Trailer for Call of Duty‘s Modern Warfare trilogy, and they do not disappoint. “Suit up for the least realistic war franchise since Contra.” My favorite moment comes during the multiplayer montage, when everything goes a little crazy. It’s the most accurate representation of the feeling…
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The New Super Smash Bros. Theme On Eight Kazoos
Delightful childhood memories, or your brain being devoured by incredibly dramatic bees? The theme music for Super Smash Bros. Wii U and 3DS on kazoo delivers a different gift to every listener. Having already recreated the Isaac battle theme from Golden Sun and “Big Blue” from F-Zero on the kazoo, YouTube artist Tsuko G. sets…
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If You’re Going To Be A Cannibal, You’ve Got To Count Calories
Here at Snacktaku we’re all about portion control, so when science tells us a fully-cooked human cadaver would contain roughly 81,500 calories, we reach for the freezer bags. In an article for Popular Science magazine, which continues to try to get us to call it PopSci so it sounds cool (you are cool, Popular Science),…
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This Is Definitely A Live-Action Fatal Frame Movie Trailer
To the non-Japanese reader/speaker, the teaser trailer for this fall’s live-action Fatal Frame film is almost indistinguishable from any other Japanese horror film, until you get to the Camera Obscura bit. It’s not a Fatal Frame game until we start capturing spirits with a special camera, a rule that works for the movies as well.…
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The Saturday Morning Stream: Rise Of The Dark Spark (All Are Done)
When is a movie tie-in not a movie tie-in? When Activision and developer Edge of Reality mix movie machines with Cybertronian ones. Let’s see how that worked out for them. Yesterday my colleague Yannick posted a story titled “Leave Michael Bay Alone, Transformers is Awesome.” I have no point to make here, I am just…
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20 Years Later, There’s An Official Forrest Gump Video Game
If ever there was a movie that lent itself to the endless runner genre, it’s 1994’s Tom Hanks classic, Forrest Gump. And here we are, with Run Forrest Run. Currently available in the fertile app testing grounds of New Zealand:, Run Forrest Run is a free endless runner based on the running bits from the…
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Poseable Street Fighter Plushies Have Some Epic Eyebrows
The lightest contact with Ryu’s eyebrows from Gaming Heads new line of poseable Street Fighter plushies can probably render a normal human unconscious. What hidden powers do Ken and Chun-Li possess? Rather than simply stuff some cloth with fluff, Gaming Heads fitted each of the new $19.99 plushies based on the legendary fighting game series…
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Madness Is Watching The First Three Transformers Movies All At Once
Watching any one of Michael Bay’s Transformers films is enough to drive a person insane. In preparation for this weekend’s fourth movie, the brave men of Red Letter Media watched the first three simultaneously. They are probably all dead now. At least their assumed deaths were not in vain — we learn an awful lot…
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The New Online LEGO Game Is Diablo For Kids
Meet Bumblebee Girl. Isn’t she adorable, with her little wings and pot of honey and ability to completely obliterate skeletons, pirates and trolls with her area-of-effect attacks? It may look cute, but LEGO Minifigures Online is a challenging Diablo-style game. Combining the joy of collecting little LEGO people with the endless-clicking of an isometric action…
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Kids Don’t Trust Luigi Anymore. Thanks Mario Kart 8
Was the notoriety worth it, Luigi? Now that the Luigi Death Stare meme has run its course, the Fine Bros. assess the damage those dirty looks have done. Somebody think of the children! Sure, Mario’s brother never really owned the spotlight, but at least he was beloved by children everywhere. Now Luigi doesn’t even have…
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The Week In Games: Releases In Disguise
Should I be scared that Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark was announced a little over four months ago and is coming out on Tuesday? Let’s see what else we can grab this week, in case things go as expected. I wish I could give fans of the series a recommendation either way, but I…
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There’s No Way He Should Have Won This Hearthstone Match
Down to two health and two armor against a player with multiple Legendaries on the board, it looked like prolific streamer Trump was doomed. Then Frost Mage magic happened. Through a stunning combination of stalling, missteps from his opponent, the right cards and plain old dumb luck, Trump managed to pull off a win so…
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The Many Secrets Of Dragon Ball Z Video Games
Voice acting quirks, extra animations, unused dialogue — there are as many secrets lurking in Dragon Ball Z video games as there are Dragon Ball Z video games. Did You Know Gaming explores the secrets of the series. I’m an odd duck when it comes to this series, as I love the games but have…
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Watch Gamers Speedrun For Charity All Week Long, Right Here
As foretold by prophecy, the weeklong Summer Games Done Quick charity speedrun marathon launches today, and you can watch all seven days of speed gaming for a good cause right here. It starts today with a run through Super Mario 3D World and ends next Sunday with Final Fantasy VI. Between those two titles? Everything.…
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