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This Remarkable Song Composed By Portal Turrets Fills Me With Happiness
Fucking Zachariah Scott, man. He is a visual genius, and his partnership with composer Lars Erik Fjøsne is a genius beyond comprehension. The video above is a Turret Anthem, internally known as Megadub, and it’s a fantastic song. The video is great too, of course, as you watch the tiny turrets slowly overtake GLaDOS in…
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Imagine Seeing This Beast of An Assassin With His Sights On You On The Battlefield
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences and Noodlehaus-produced live action Assassin’s Creed III teaser trailer above kicks off a promotion for the 16th annual D.I.C.E. awards, which goes live on February 7th. Can you imagine scouting the battlefield as a general of sorts, gauging your success/loss rates and spotting this proficient killer, eyes clearly…
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ReviewsThe Cave: The Kotaku Review
Have you ever had a recurring dream? And each time that dream revisits your slumber, some small detail has changed? It’s the same dream, but it somehow feels unfamiliar again. That’s sort of what it feels like to play The Cave, Double Fine’s latest cartoon-like adventure. You’ll walk through the same hallways, climb the same…
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Here Are A Bunch Of Wonderful Left 4 Dead 2 Mods Courtesy Of Steam Workshop
Valve just recently moved Steam Workshop out of beta, and we’re already seeing a ton of great mods ready for your clicking. We’ve had access to mods before, that’s nothing new. But Valve’s Steam Workshop completely streamlines the process of adding them in, making the ability to have smarter AI, new weapons and newly skinned…
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Watch These Guys Get Really, Really Into Their Medieval Fantasy RPG
I dunno about you guys, but I kind of can’t help but get really into the worlds of some fantasy-riddled RPGs. That’s what I imagine is the cause for Olan Rogers’ newest video game-centric video In it, the two players—Sir Genwald Thuswindburn and Sir Luke John Perrier—have all sorts of dramatic fun. There’s a ballad-off,…
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The Best Of Kotaku, This Week
Welcome to the Best of Kotaku, where I round up all of this week’s best content. Look at BMO up there. So happy amongst his brethren (actually BMO is genderless as far as I know). The picture was made for Game & Graphics’ new BMO shirt Now let’s move on to reading this week’s best…
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25 Video Game Violence Studies, Summarized
With video games so consistently a topic in the mass media’s examinations of the recent Sandy Hook shooting, we decided to take a look at the studies that try to determine what effect—if any—video games have on violent or aggressive behavior. President Obama made a call for more studies, providing the CDC with $10 million…
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This Easter Egg From The Latest Borderlands 2 DLC Might Give You An STD
Beware: spoilers for hidden secrets in Borderlands 2‘s latest DLC—Sir Hammerlock’s Big Game Hunt—follow. Also STDs might follow, so, you know, beware that, too. Now that we got that out of the way, prepare yourself for The Clap, as presented to you by GameFront, the finders of all things hidden. I need one of these…
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DmC Reviewers Are Pleased With The New Dante and His Swift Action Moves
Not everyone is pleased with Ninja Theory’s take on the new Dante. That hair, that demeanor, that easy gameplay? These are some complaints I’ve heard from fans since the reviews started hitting for Capcom’s latest entry in the Devil May Cry series, which released just yesterday. But reviewers love it! They love the action, and…
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5 Things You Should Know About The Borderlands 2 DLC That Came Out Today
[Editor’s note: Below follows our impressions of Sir Hammerlock’s Big Game Hunt, which releases today. I played the add-on content roughly a month ago, finishing all the main quests and a handful of side quests. This article has also been updated with the new launch trailer.] We’re up to our third campaign add-on for September’s…
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You Can Ride On The Back of An Enemy Mongoose In Halo 4 And Other Myths Confirmed
Defend the House keeps it coming with new Halo 4 myths confirmed and/or busted. My particular favorite in this latest episode is that you can ride on the back on an enemy mongoose vehicle. Sort of. If you try to jump on the back when an enemy is at the wheel, it will shock you…
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The Best Of Kotaku, This Week
Welcome to the Best of Kotaku, where I round up all of this week’s best content. So, Dante really loves pizza. Who can blame him? Certainly not Let’s go gamers, where the gif above was found. (If you know an original sourcing, let us know!) Now let’s move on to reading this week’s best content,…
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This Dead Space 3 Bundle Isn’t Just A Collector’s Edition. It’s The Dev Team Edition.
Dev Team Edition? You don’t often hear collector’s items called as such, but when you take a look at what this bundle—by Visceral and Treehouse Brand Store—has to offer, you might see why. It’s full of Dead Space goodies. We’re talking the standard art books and posters and neat statues… But what’s more fun about…
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Dave Fennoy Answers More of Your Questions About The Walking Dead, His Awesome Hair and Other Stuff
Since our live Q&A with Dave Fennoy went up *just* as we were having some technical difficulties on the site, the incredibly talented voice actor who voiced Lee in The Walking Dead wasn’t able to answer all of your questions right then and there. I was, as I’m sure many of you were, disappointed. But…
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How To Play Hitman Like An Idiot Versus Like A Professional, Explained In Glorious Live Action
Playing Hitman: Absolution professionally requires a lot of stealth and planning. You scope out the scene, and land your kills in such a fashion that no one will notice. Playing Hitman: Absolution like—in timtimfed’s video’s words—an “idiot,” however, doesn’t require much planning at all. It just requires a trigger happy finger and maybe a chicken…
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