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The Best of Kotaku, The Week of February 17

Hello my lovelies. It is the weekend. That means it’s time to catch up on this week’s best Kotaku content, curated by me, over at Kotaku Selects. I, on the other hand, am off in vacation land and won’t see you all week. *drops smoke ball* *disappears* *cackles in the distance* Oh, but before I…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: When Silent Protagonists Start Talking In Sequels • This Anime Deserves More Attention • Remembering Old School Thief Before The New One Releases TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Understanding Childhood Trauma Through The Lens Of One Somber Game • Why More Games Should Be Like Dynasty Warriors 8 • A Look At Tales of Zestiria TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

Track: Coffee | Album: Coffee/Dress | Artist: Sylvan Esso Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to—and gaming to—at the moment.

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Why Resolution and Frame Rates Matter • In Defense of Multiplayer-Only Games • 30 Minutes With Banished TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Your Love Of Old Games Is Ruining Your Experience With New Ones • Retro Games Versus Modern Games • Thoughts On Titanfall On PC TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

​The Titanfall Hype, Explained

If you haven’t played Titanfall yourself yet, you may be one of those wondering: what the hell is with all the hype around that game? It’s just another shooter, right? Not quite. It’s better. I’ll admit it—I’m one of those people excited about Titanfall; one of those people who can’t stop talking about Titanfall or…

A Journey Through Bootleg Pokémon Games

JonTron has made a career out of playing terrible games so you don’t have to. Which is great, because how else were we going to sit through these awful, bootleg Pokémon titles and crack jokes? This is practically charity. Spanning several Nintendo consoles and handhelds, there have been quite a few awful cash-ins on the…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Quality Can’t Be Measured By The Length Of A Game • How Broken Age Uses Its Dual Narrative • Six More Winter 2014 Anime Worth Watching TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

The Best Of Kotaku, The Week Of February 10

While you’re (maybe?) munching down on half-priced chocolate today, feel free to browse all the articles I gathered up from this week over at Kotaku Selects. Also: share? Or enjoy this Pain Train comic. But, really, I don’t see why he couldn’t be a second sword. Dual-wielding is where it’s at. To contact the author…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Five Anime of Winter 2014 You Should Be Watching • Video Games Should Stop Trying To Be Movies • An Open Letter To Square Enix On Mobile Games TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

Watch All Of Today’s Nintendo Direct, Right Here

In case you missed the almost hour-long Nintendo Direct today, we’ve got the full thing here for you to get up to speed on. It’s jam-packed with trailers and fun-looking 3DS releases. And an NES Remix 2, which, of course, celebrates Luigi just before his year of appreciation is up. To contact the author of…

Why Unboxing Videos Are So Popular

I think it’s safe to say that everyone enjoys personally unboxing a brand new item. You’ve been waiting days for your new package and you can’t help but get more and more excited as you uncoil wires and discover pamphlets of welcome messages and instructions you’ll never touch again. But why do so many people…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: The Best Melee Weapons • Tips For Playing Danganronpa • How To Make A Better Guessing Game TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: The Many Faces of the RPG • In Which I Help A Dude With A Broken Leg In DayZ • A Quick Review Of The Latest Borderlands 2 DLC TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: The Best Hot Dogs In Town, Reviewed • How Minecraft Helped Me Teach My Students Roman History • What Are Some Tips To Being A Good Gaming Dad? TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

The Pros And Cons Of Modding Games

There are obvious potential cons to a trigger-happy lifestyle with mods—textures breaking and forming horrendous-looking characters and other general bugs (which, even glitches are arguably enjoyable)—but I had never considered Errant Signal’s discomfort with them; namely that mods break what was supposed to be the game’s original, shared universe. But if you watch his video…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Preserving A Sense of Wonder In The Information Age • (More) DayZ Survivor Stories • Another LEGO Movie Review TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

The Best of Kotaku, The Week of February 3

Did you guys catch the new Sonic design that Sega revealed this week? If you need to catch up on that news and other hand-picked articles by yours truly, feel free to go browse them over at Kotaku Selects But if you’re more of a Calvin and Hobbes fan, like me, you might be interested…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: In Defense Of The New Sonic Design • The Video Game Villains That Are The Most Satisfying To Kill • Mini Reviews Of Sonic Games Past TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.