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I Can’t Believe Skylanders Giants Still Won’t Let Me Jump
I love Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure. I love the toys. I love the colorful world and quirky characters. I love having characters that store their progress and can be transferred from PC to 3DS to console. The only thing I hated was the inability for the characters to jump. Some of these characters have wings, mind…
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This Transforming Stick Wants to Change the Way You Play Fighting Games
While other hardware manufacturers focus on releasing high-quality arcade fight sticks that follow the same basic formula, Nyko allows players to change everything with the Free Fighter, a $179.999 programmable fighting game controller with a singular look and a unique modular design. Though it features the same Sanwa Denshi parts all the arcade stick kids…
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The First Official LEGO Haunted House Arrives in September, and It Is Glorious
There has never been an official LEGO Haunted House before? That grievous oversight gets fixed this September with a $179.99 addition to the new LEGO Monster Hunters line. Behold its majesty Packed with more than 2,000 pieces including six ghastly minifigs, the “Haunted House” set is so massive (and expensive) it’ll only be available for…
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The Amish Are Gonna Be Furious When They Play the New Family Guy Game
When the barns are done being raised and the butter churned, there’s nothing the Amish love doing more than settling down in front of their carved wooden televisions and acting out scenes from the latest video games. In Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse the joke’s on them, and boy will they be irate. Back…
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Reviews
McDonald’s Snack Wraps: The Snacktaku Review
A few years back the international nutrition conspiracy struck a powerful blow against the forces of eating, launching one of the most effective smear campaigns since cream cheese met bagels. The message was simple” Bread will kill you; eat tortillas instead. It’s a completely ridiculous idea that was immediately embraced by the people of the…
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Great Moments in Gaming Humor: A Romantic Evening with Barret Wallace
Cloud Strife has it tough. Not only does he have to help prevent the end of the world, he’s got to do it while juggling the affections of three women, and one incredibly manly man. Who should Cloud choose? The strong and independent Tifa? The mysterious and innocent Aeris? The mischievous Yuffie? Or will he…
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A My Little Pony E3 Would Have Been a Fine E3 Indeed
You know what was missing from E3 2012? The same thing that’s been missing from E3 for the past couple of years: My Little Pony. YouTuber LeFrenchBrony envisions an E3 where Reggie Fils-Amie took the stage at Nintendo’s E3 presser and was met by the deafening sound of thousands of stomping hooves. While the Friendship…
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The Dorkly Weekly: What Happens After a Mortal Kombat Babality
What, you expected the mighty warriors of Mortal Kombat to just dump the baby versions of their enemies in a landfill or something? That’s not how you save Earthrealm. Will somebody please think about the children? They might be wearing little versions of Mortal Kombat outfits (Halloween, hmmm), but that doesn’t mean they have what…
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Marvel Pinball: Avengers Chronicles Dons the Infinity Gauntlet Next Week
After teasing us like an after credits scene at a Marvel movie for ages, Zen Studios prepares to unleash four Avengers-themed pinball tables in Marvel Pinball and Pinball FX 2 next week. Let’s celebrate with Thanos, the most glove-obsessed superpower in the universe. Come June 19 for North American PlayStation 3 and June 20 for…
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The Amazing Spider-Man Made Me Nauseous. This Pleases Me.
As the Beenox representative controlling The Amazing Spider-Man during the game’s E3 2012 presentation launched Peter Parker off the top of a tall building in virtual New York City, my stomach heaved sympathetically. The piece of pizza I had consumed during a previous meeting (thanks, Sony Online Entertainment!) threatened to make an encore appearance all…
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Rest in Peace, Rande, the Best Friend a Game Journalist Could Ever Have
In May of 2006, months before I started writing for Kotaku, my then girlfriend and I went to the pet store to buy her a kitten. There were cages filled with various mewling beasts, fluffy, bright-eyed animals eager to find a good home. And then there was Rande. I didn’t like him at all. A…
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Can a Video Game Accessory Teach You Not to Bite Your Friends?
As a father of a pair of twin boys addicted to musical television shows, I’m not sure the prospect of a Nintendo DS / iPhone dock alarm clock containing 30 songs from the hit children’s show Yo Gabba Gabba is a blessing or a curse. Nyko was showing off this colorful machine at their E3…
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There is Another Xbox 360-Inspired Wii U Controller
When I first saw Nintendo’s official Xbox 360-ish Pro controller I thought, “You know, I would probably like this better if it featured the same controller layout as the 360 one.” Apparently Mad Catz feels the same way. This is the FPSPro, a third party Wii U controller developed completely independently of Nintendo. In fact,…
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The Weekly Download is Some of the Best News Nintendo’s Released All Week
LEGO Batman! Prince of Persia! The Last Blade! Curling! If Nintendo had announced this week’s downloadable titles during their E3 2012 press conferences, maybe we wouldn’t all be trudging around like sad puppies today. I mean check out that lineup! You’ve got the original platforming action hero, an SNK arcade classic, a sport that Canadians…
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Talk Amongst Yourselves and the Pikmens
The final official full day of E3 2012 is upon us, and you folks certainly have a lot to talk about in Kotaku‘s official forum, Talk Amongst Yourselves. Once again Pan_1da7 is on the cutting edge of TAYpic manipulation technology, infesting our Primavera with tiny plant creatures. I think I’ve been to that restaurant. Want…
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And Now I’m a Frog. A Singing Demonic Frog
Earlier this week Sony Online Entertainment revealed its new SOEmote technology, which enables EverQuest 2 players to map their facial expressions and mouth movements to their in-game character. This creeped many people the fuck out. I just had to try it. So I met up with the company’s resident frog and king of all things…
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Do Not Show Your Children This Trailer for Skylanders Giants
It might be well-animated and feature the voice of someone I am relatively sure is Bobcat Goldthwait, but the only thing this trailer for Skylanders Giants is really good for is making your children annoying and your wallet ache. I mean look at that. Not only are there a ton of new toys to purchase,…
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Watch the Moga Change an Android Phone Into a Portable Gaming System
Last week in advance of its E3 2012 debut, Power A’s MOGA mobile gaming system is a complete controller solution for mobile phone gamers and game developers. After a brief demonstration at Power A’s booth earlier today, I’m convinced they’ve got a better way to play mobile games on their hands, or in ours. For…
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Narcoterror, A Love Letter to 80s Action Games in Three Parts
Your child, mistaken for a senator’s daughter, is kidnapped by the cartels. So many great 80’s action movies and video games have sprouted from similar plot lines. Rubicon’s Narcoterror is at least three of them. As I began my visit to the Rubicon Organization’s E3 2012 meeting space I was placed in a chair in…
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