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When I was a kid, I picked Toad because my platforming skills were razor-honed, so his swiftness was the greatest benefit to me. These days I’d probably pick Peach or Luigi because I don’t have the time to master every game I play. Read more
I immediately gravitated to Peach as a kid because she was a girl. She even had long brown hair, just like I did (or so I perceived it; bit of a shock later when she was later depicted as blonde). She wore a dress, but was as just as capable as the guys. The float ability was a surprise and a bonus! Most of my friends… Read more
One of my favorite mini-quests in Final Fantasy XIV has you ‘weaken’ (beat up till heath is under 50%) a huge animal about the size of a rhinoceros... and then stuff it in a sack. And you have to do this three times. Somehow, when you turn in the quest, you are carrying THREE live animals the size of a rhinoceros. Read more
Escaping the House of Hades is no easy task. The ever-changing pathways through the Underworld are filled with…
There has never been a video game checklist that I didn’t simultaneously love and hate. The Explorer’s Shores…
T.T Hi, Little Sparowe. Thank you <3 Read more
With a wide variety of animated movies and TV series accessible around the clock, it’s easy for viewers to fall into…
I was at a club a few months ago. Girls were dancing. Good times had by all. Guy walked up. He wanted to dance with them. But was scared to move in on them. So he proceeded to stand right behind them, and reach into his pocket and pull out a fruit snack pack, and glued his eyes to their behinds. Read more
Hi Kotaku! It’s Ben, Narelle, and Peter back as your guest writers for the weekend.
Hotel Dusk. More Hotel Dusk, please. Read more
Sega did mini consoles before mini consoles were cool. For well over a decade you’ve been able to buy plug-and-play…
Danielle Smith has spent half a million dollars on rare video games, most of it in the last nine months. And she’s…
I didn’t know I needed more Contra III in my life until I started playing Blazing Chrome.
In the last paragraph you say that dissonance was a theme of the game. Would you do so far as to say there’s a certain harmony in that? Read more
For years, the “Barrier Skip” was the holy grail of speedrunning tricks. The trick, which would allow passage…
I try to play Super Mario Bros. 2 every spring. The game’s bright colors, whimsical level design, and obsession with…