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What It’s Like to Play a Game About Someone Else’s Dreams
Dreams are such personal things. No matter how vividly you describe them, it’s hard to put someone in your shoes, to convey the utter weirdness of dreams. Telling never works: It’s about the experience. Which is why LSD: Dream Emulator gets it so right. In the video above, I discuss the Playstation cult classic LSD:Dream…
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Indie Arcades and Wu-Tang Joust: Photos from the Motherboard Relaunch Party
Last night, Vice’s sub-site Motherboard celebrated its official relaunching the best way possible: by throwing a giant party, having Rza play and getting everyone drunk. Indie arcade-makers Babycastles were also there to bring their own brand of gaming weirdness along with the whole gang behind Sportsfriends I was in attendance and took some photos from…
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The Best Things We’ve Found In the Wii U’s Miiverse
If you’d asked me a week ago what I thought the best feature of the Wii U was, I wouldn’t have thought ‘Miiverse’. But now that we’ve all had a chance to see it in action, my opinion is quickly changing. Sure there are terrible stick figures, but there are also some great and sometimes…
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Ninja Gaiden III on Wii U: Well, It Sucks Less.
When Ninja Gaiden III came out, I was none too kind to it. As a long standing fan of the franchise, it just did too many questionable things: QTE’s in combat, Long-winded villains, and an uncomfortable scene in which you’re forced to murder somebody while he pleads for his life and the welfare of his…
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The Unfinished Swan and The Art of Making A Mess
Playing The Unfinished Swan feels a lot like being three years old. You make a terrible mess, and then when someone asks you “Why did you do that?” the only real answer you have is that, weirdly, it felt right. There was just something about that wall that begged to be drawn on with crayons,…
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Forza: Horizon Is Best Played as a Ryan Gosling Simulator
I have a confession: I hated Forza Horizon when I first played it. Something about the tone, from Axe Body Spray sponsored races to the presence of terrible dubstep on the radio, just kinda rubbed me the wrong way. But then something happened as I was driving around. I saw a sunset. As Owen mentioned…
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Do Doom 3’s Graphics Hold Up?
I’ve always felt strangely about Doom 3. On the one hand, it was a fairly revolutionary game, graphically. The lighting was striking. On the other hand, it looked kind of gross: humans in the game were starkly lit with strange, bump-mapped faces and odd, robotic movements. But is that a bad thing or does it…
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This Dog Is a Cooler Video Game Hero Than Master Chief
What makes a game character cool? Is it their arsenal? Is it how people treat them? Or is it something totally different? Can a Pomeranian puppy be a cooler game character than even a go-to gaming badass like Master Chief? In the video above, I talk about the fantastic PSN title Tokyo Jungle, the definition…
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Reviews
Fable: The Journey: The Kotaku Review
Did you ever go to school with a kid that was way too into horses? Like, waaaaaay too into horses? I’m talking about the kind of kid who has horse posters on the wall, a horse lunchbox and a horse backpack. Because Fable: The Journey feels like a game made by and for that kid.…
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The Best Worst Reasons To Punch Someone (According to Dead Or Alive 5)
Unless we’re talking about Persona 4 Arena, stories in fighting games tend to be pretty awful.They usually boil down to a series far-fetched excuses for random characters to beat the tar out of each other. Dead or Alive 5 is no exception. In the video above, I show off some of the more ridiculous rationales…
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ReviewsJet Set Radio: The Kotaku Review
Few games were as revolutionary as Jet Set Radio for the Dreamcast. It completely overturned our expectations of what games could look like, and remained one of the best games to come out for the system. In the video above, I discuss the HD port of Jet Set Radio: How it’s aged as a game,…
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Why I Buy Weird Games
I really like weird games. Cubivore. Katamari Damacy. Gitaroo Man. As a gamer, some of my favorite experiences are the weirdest ones out there. When I go to the store or preorder games, I preferentially choose the weird ones; the runts of the litter, the ones that people don’t play that often. In the video…
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Here Are 19 Ways to Destroy the Undead in Resident Evil 6
They say ‘There’s more than one way to skin a cat’. Man, that’s such a weird saying. Who skins cats? They should replace ‘cat’ with ‘zombie’ and ‘skin’ with ‘utterly destroy’. That’d make way more sense! In that vein, here are 19 ways you can utterly destroy the living dead in Resident Evil 6. Served…
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The Best Monsters I’ve Seen So Far in Resident Evil 6
There’s something to be said about a well-designed enemy, and Resident Evil 6 has that in spades. They’re not just the old-fashioned, shambling zombies of yesteryear. They have personality and visually communicate what their purpose is even from far away. I ended up really growing fond of them! With that in mind, here are some…
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Incredibly Stylish Flight Game Luftrausers Coming to PC & Mac, May Cost $5000
Here’s a new trailer for the upcoming Luftrausers, a game based on the very addictive flash game of the same name. The game is developed in conjunction with indie game duo Vlambeer (creators of Super Crate Box & Radical Fishing) and Devolver Digital. More details here where the publisher guesses the game might cost $5000.…
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This is Why You Need to Play Papo & Yo Right Now
Warning: The above video contains minor spoilers. If you are the kind of person that likes to go into a game blind, here’s your notice. It’s a rare thing to find a game you truly love and rarer still to find one that moves you emotionally. For me, Papo & Yo was that kind of…
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Watch Me Play TF2’s New Mann vs. Machine Mode
Team Fortress 2’s long awaited Mann vs. Machine update launched yesterday and so far it’s been a mixed bag. As Mike Fahey mentioned earlier today, matchmaking is an unplayable mess, due to the sheer demand and a lack of community servers. Hopefully that will be resolved in the coming days, but in the meantime you…
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Grand Theft Auto is Too Big. Yakuza is Too Small. Sleeping Dogs is Just Right.
Creating a compelling and enjoyable open world experience is more than just giving the player as much real estate technologically possible to play in. It’s a delicate balancing act between character and scale. Somewhere between Grand Theft Auto‘s size and Yakuza’s personality lies Sleeping Dogs That’s not to say that Grand Theft Auto IV or…
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The Best and Worst of PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale So Far
The closed beta for PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale was released earlier this week. While it’s in no way a complete product (it’s a beta, after all) there were some things about it I loved and hated. Watch the video above to find out.
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Royal Rainbow: The Katamari Damacy Mixtape
Few game soundtracks are flawless: You may have a couple of standout hits, but chances are you’re going to have a couple of stinkers as well. One possible exception, however, is Katamari Damacy. The first two Katamari soundtracks are almost perfect, ranking in as some of the most eclectic and vibrant music to ever be…
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