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Talk Amongst Yourselves
It’s time to gather round the tavern table for another day of talking video games with your peers in Kotaku‘s great and mighty official forum, Talk Amongst Yourselves. The Great and Mighty Cupid Trio aren’t monkeying around in today’s glorious TAYpic, courtesy of the talented Mr Marsu Want to be like Mr Marsu? Of course…
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What Do Dillon’s Rolling Western, 2 Fast 4 Gnomz, and Box Pusher Have in Common?
One’s a mildly anticipated game for the 3DS eShop; one is a DSiWare game about box pushing; and the third comes from someone that thought 2 Fast 4 Gnomz was a good name. What could they possibly have in common? That’s right, it’s time for your weekly Nintendo Download, where games of all shapes, sizes…
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Momonga is a Flying Squirrel Adventure Pinball Game. and I’m Okay With That
You can mix pinball with anything and I’ll at least give it a taste; puzzles, role-playing, potato salad. Paladin Studios’ Momonga Pinball Adventurers for iOS and Android mixes silver ball mechanics with an epic world-spanning adventure. And the ball is a Japanese flying squirrel. Well I’m sold. Having briefly been the proud owner of a…
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In Syndicate‘s Corrupt Corporate Future, Roving Bands of Game Critics Fight a War of Opinion
It’s not like the original Syndicate. We’ve accepted that. Moved beyond it. This is not Bullfrog’s beloved tactical shooting game from 1993. This is something altogether different, and not every game reviewer likes it. The future changes with each passing moment, ladies and gentlemen, so the future Bullfrog painted in the original Syndicate could easily…
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How Does the Razer Blade Handle Guild Wars 2? See for Yourself
When I asked you folks to suggest games for me to test out the Razer Blade, Guild Wars 2‘s name came up an awful lot. At the time I replied that I wouldn’t have the Blade when the press beta rolled around. Well, turns out I lied. I managed to hold onto the system for…
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Watch This Amazing 16-Bit Legend of Zelda PC Case Come to Life Block-By-Block
You’ve seen his classic Final Fantasy-inspired PC cases. Now Richard “8-Bit Builder” Clinton upgrades to 16-bit with his amazing PC case rendition of Link from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. How does he do it? Watch the video and find out. Not only did Dr. Clinton (probably not a doctor) spend…
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Tera Asks Guild Leaders: Are You an MMO-FO?
Tera is an upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing game that emphasizes action-packed combat mechanics over traditional MMO click battles. Bas Rutten is a legendary mixed martial arts fighter with a penchant for kicking his opponents in the liver until they fall down. Put them together and you get a room full of mildly terrified guild…
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Mass Effect 3 Cover Art Has Decidedly Feminine Side
The Femshep love-fest spreads from trailer to box art, as BioWare’s official unboxing of the two-disc Xbox 360 version of Mass Effect 3 reveals reversible cover art for fans of Shepard’s female form. Turn the sheet around, got to have my Femshep. Don’t turn it upside-down, however, because then the whole song reference falls apart.…
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How Could You Miss the Best Damn Pickup Truck Racing Game on the Wii?
Yes, yes, whine about how overly-saturated the pickup truck racing genre has gotten during the past console generation. That’s a poor excuse to miss out on what some remote cultures might consider the greatest Dodge Ram-centric racer ever created. Had to throw that little Ram caveat in there, just in case the Excite Truck crowd…
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And This is What High-Definition Rereleases Are All About
Some people view high-definition rereleases of older games as nothing more that an attempt to cash in on nostalgia. Others, like commenter Uncle Jesse here, see them as an opportunity to discover the gems they might have missed. Confession time! I have never played Shadow of the Colossus. Phew. There I said it. Yes, I…
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Marvel: Avengers Alliance Lets You Assemble Your Own Oddball Avengers Team on Facebook
Cyclops! Black Cat! Invisible Woman! Facebook Avengers Assemble! Facebook’s Marvel: Avengers Alliance cares not for comic book continuity, focusing instead on giving players some sweet choices, and then making them pay for them. Coming soon to a major social network near you that doesn’t start with the letter Google, Avenger’s Alliance lets you slip into…
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Tribes: Ascend Beta Goes Wide This Friday
If you’re not one of the more than 300,000 players that participated in the closed beta test for Tribes: Ascend, your time has come. On February 24 you get to stop reading about what Hi-Rez Studios has done with your beloved Tribes franchise and experience it first-hand. Oh I can’t wait to see the looks…
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Origin Unleashes the First 3D Gaming Laptop With Dual Graphics Cards in SLI
3D technology loves dual video cards, but gaming laptop manufacturers tend to shy away from dropping a pair of NVIDIA mobile cards in their machines. Something about keeping down cost. As I’ve demonstrated in the past, Origin PC isn’t a company that shies away from making a really expensive product, especially when it gets them…
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Game Critics Say Asura’s Wrath is Definitely One to Watch
In Asura’s Wrath developer CyberConnect2 aimed to create a game that played like Japanese animation. Judging by the early reviews, someone forgot to tell them that you don’t actively play Japanese animation. Protect Heaven and Earth from the forces of the Gohma and what do you get? Your wife dead, your daughter kidnapped, and yourself…
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The Secret World Gets Significantly Less Secret When It Launches June 19
Funcom’s eagerly anticipated supernatural real-world MMO The Secret World reveals its secrets on June 19. Originally slated for an April release, the developer plans to use the extra time for more polish and beta testing.
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The Black Hand is Alive and Well in Episode Three of Skyrim 2012
What started as a simple robbery in episode one of the live-action series Skyrim 2012 was upgraded to murder in episode two, and where there’s murder, there’s The Black Hand. It’s been an exciting few days in the Grosjean Bros.’ modern-day take on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. There’s been a murder, amicable shopkeeper Gregethor…
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