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Watch These Pundits and News Anchors Get All Nostalgic About the Atari
“Do you remember the Atari? Oh man, I remember the Atari!” These are words that you’ve doubtless heard from people over the age of 30. For some, Pong and Atari were their first and last brush with gaming, and you’ll be hard-pressed to find one among them that doesn’t recall those days with fond memories.…
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The Scribblenauts Miiverse Board Is Like A Warm Blanket Made Of Good Times and Smiles
We live in divisive times. The public discourse is rife with bickering and malice, and yet there is at least one thing we can all agree on: Scribblenauts is adorable. Today’s Miiverse Moment is a dose of sunshine and cotton candy from the most heartwarming place in the Miiverse: The Scribblenauts Unlimited community. It’s a…
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The Miiverse: A Place For Weird Questions, Weirder Answers.
The Miiverse is a place for amazing art and devoted fandom. It’s also an outlet for off-topic questions nobody has thought to ask, and bizarre topics nobody had thought to bring up elsewhere. Today’s Miiverse Moment is a look at some of the weirder off-topic and random statements that get thrown around on Nintendo’s social…
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From Carl Sagan to Cheech & Chong: The Netflix Board is The Most Diverse Part of the Miiverse
The Miiverse is full of amazing and creative output, but If I had to choose one board that consistently impresses me, it’s the Netflix community. Not only is it full of truly talented people, it’s surprisingly varied in subject matter. Everything on Netflix is fair game, from Large Marge to Jay Sherman. Today’s Miiverse Moment…
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Here’s Why You Should Play Kentucky Route Zero
Some games haunt you. Whether it’s the industrial slums of Midgar or the overcast island of Myst, there are those precious few worlds we look forward to inhabiting; realities that stick with us vividly while others fade from memory. Kentucky Route Zero, Act I, is just such a game. In the short video above, I…
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Miiverse Moments: Adventure Time Fan Art
Most fans show their love and adoration anywhere they feasibly can and few fans are as obsessed as Adventure Time fans. As a result, their artistic presence in the Miiverse is strong, particularly on the no holds barred fanfest that is the Nintendo TVii community. Today’s Miiverse Moment is a small sample of the Adventure…
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I Didn’t Know How Many Games Needed Googly Eyes Until I Photoshopped A Bunch Of Them
Fact: googly eyes make everything better. Heck, even Christopher Walken can tell you that. So why aren’t there googly eyes in every game? Yes, I understand that they may be narratively inappropriate (some might say silly!), but given the option, I would gladly buy a googly eyes DLC pack for every single game I have…
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Miiverse Moments: The Many Faces of Alex Trebek
The line between weird homage and illiterate troll is a fine one, particularly in the Miiverse. With that in mind, today’s Miiverse Moment comes from the world of the JEOPARDY! boards, where the focus is on one man and one man only: Alex Trebek. Do they love him? Do they loathe him? Or are they…
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Miiverse Moments: Pro Bass Pizza Wisdom
The Miiverse on the Wii U can be a terrifying & wonderful place. We here at Kotaku feel like it deserves a little more attention. So in that vein, we’re starting a series called Miiverse Moments, where we shine a spotlight on the good, the bad and the weird of Nintendo’s social media platform. Today’s…
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This 90s Arcade Game Starring A Watermelon-Smashing Comedian Had The Most Insane Cutscenes Ever
If you came of age in the 1990s, you probably saw Mad Dog McCree at your local arcade. What you probably didn’t see was a game made by the same company called Gallagher’s Gallery, starring the psychotic, watermelon-smashing nutjob of the same name. I never got to play Gallager’s Gallery but by all accounts, it…
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The Creepiest Game You’ve Never Heard Of
Back in the mid 1990s, some unique stuff happened in gaming, but few things are weirder than the bizarre PC adventure game The Dark Eye: A puppet adventure game based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe and starring one of the 20th century’s most influential authors, William S. Burroughs. In the video above, I…
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The Year In Beautiful Games
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been making cinemagraphs celebrating just a handful of some of the most visually striking games. These were games that were either creatively or technically breathtaking, that really showed off what you’re able to do with the medium. Here are some of the most gorgeous games 2012 has had to…
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Your Best and Worst Gaming Gift Memories
It’s Christmas morning and there are presents under the tree. You’d been pining away at that Super Nintendo for months. You start tearing away like a mad fiend at the wrapping paper and what do you find but… “Oh wow…A ColecoVision.” “It was the one you wanted, right?” “Sure Dad, sure.” We’ve all been there…
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The Best Gaming GIFs of 2012
It’s been a heck of a year for games. We’ve had our highs and we’ve had our lows, but more importantly, we’ve all turned those highs and lows into animated GIFs for the rest of the internet to behold. With that in mind, let’s see what the best ones were. We’ll start with a few…
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Don’t Worry, Devil May Cry Fans: Dante Still Enjoys Pizza And Being Shirtless.
Remember Devil May Cry 3? Remember the intro, when a semi-nude Dante punched the living crap out of a bunch of demons while holding a slice of pizza in his mouth? Apparently Ninja Theory did, and they decided to have a pizza party of their own. The above GIF, captured from the intro of the…
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Gorgeous Games of 2012: The Unfinished Swan
As much as we all love visual eye-candy, there are times when less is more. If done right, you can leave more of a visual impact using simple splashes of black on white than all the technical tricks in heaven and earth. The Unfinished Swan is a testament to this. Continuing in our series of…
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Gorgeous Games of 2012: Papo & Yo
We’ve gotten to this point where graphical fidelity can only take you so far: To make a visually memorable game, you have to have an imagination as well. The Magical Realist favelas of Papo & Yo had that in spades. Continuing in our series of cinemagraphs of some of 2012’s most gorgeous games is Papo…
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Gorgeous Games of 2012: Halo 4
To say that Halo 4 was a pretty game would not be doing it justice. Walking through that world was like walking through amazing concept art, complete with stunning sunsets and floating monoliths. It truly was a sight to behold. We already took a look at Journey’s placid beauty. We continue in our series of…
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Gorgeous Games of 2012: Journey
2012 was a good year to be moved by visuals in games. I’m not talking graphic fidelity, but rather aesthetics. So many games this year were visually inspired and pleasing to the eye. To commemorate this, I’m creating a series of cinemagraphs (partially animated GIFs) devoted to some the most aesthetically beautiful moments in gaming…
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