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Jumping Finn Turbo Is The Gift That Keeps On Giving
Flight games might be my favorite kind of game for mobile devices. The repetitive notions and addictive quality are a perfect match for the style of play I want to experience in bite-sized increments. I’ve been playing Jumping Finn Turbo—a flight game based on the Adventure Time series—obsessively these past few days. And the further…
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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. This week’s best image is a mashup of Adventure Time with Yoshi’s Island, by Classy Raptor. I particularly like it because I can totally see Jake molding himself into Yoshi to take Finn on adventures. Classy Raptor indeed. Moving…
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Sleeping Dogs Is About To Get A Little Crazier
Just in time for Halloween, Sleeping Dogs developer United Front Games will be releasing add-on content for the amazing hands-on, kung fu combat, open world game. And there will be zombies. And vampires. Sort of. It’s called Nightmare in North Point, and instead of slapping rival Triad members in the face with a fish, you…
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The Song That Blew Me Away In Borderlands 2‘s Newest DLC
All of Borderlands 2‘s environmental music is pretty great. It’s fitting, subtle enough to set the mood but powerful enough for your ears to perk up and notice. The first campaign add-on to Gearbox’s sequel is Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate’s Booty. There are a lot of things that are great about this new DLC:…
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Gaze Upon The Various Shapes Jake Will Take In The 3DS Adventure Time Game
Man, I didn’t realize today was going to be Tina-posting-about-Adventure Time day when I got into the office. If I knew I would have brought in a bunch of candy to eat ferociously while pretending I was eating citizens of the Candy Kingdom. (Cause why not? I don’t know why!) Jake’s stretching into various forms…
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Only In Adventure Time Is Kicking Your Friend’s Butt Okay
There are more than a few Adventure Time games out there, including the as of yet unreleased 3DS game (which is shaping up pretty nicely). But of the iOS games out there, this one is actually fun and riffs on the delightfully silly humor that makes the show so great. Jumping Finn Turbo is a…
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This Might Be My Favorite Borderlands 2 Easter Egg Yet, Courtesy Of The New DLC
The folks over at Gearbox sure love their easter eggs and hidden secrets. Borderlands 2 is chock full of them But while playing the first campaign add-on to Borderlands 2, called Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate’s Booty, I stumbled on what might have to be known as my favorite. Easter egg spoilers follow Because it’s…
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Watch A Live-Stream Of Assassin’s Creed III Multiplayer Right Here
If you want to get your eyes on some Assassin’s Creed III multiplayer and its various modes, look no further than the above video. The team at Machinima has early access and is live-streaming the marathon event for your viewing pleasure. It’s worth noting that this is not the final build of the game. How…
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Here’s The Newest Trailer For Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Developers Treyarch revealed a new trailer for Black Ops II today, which you can watch above. Lots of quick cuts, action and things on fire riddle the latest trailer, which they’re calling a launch trailer. Seems a bit early for the November 13th release, but hey. There’s a quick shot of a nifty, spider-like gadget…
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The Year’s Two Biggest Dance Games Are Now Out. Time For A Dance-Off.
Before I officially hung up my pointe shoes by their pink ribbons, I was a dancer. I practiced ballet, tap, pointe, and jazz. I did all this for 10 years. You could say I like dancing. So when video games adopted my love for dancing and actually made good use of emerging motion control technology,…
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Some Unconventional Uses For The Awesome Vehicle In Borderlands 2‘s New DLC
Borderlands 2‘s first campaign add-on—Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate’s Booty—releases today. It’s good But maybe the best thing about the DLC is the new vehicle it comes with: the hovering sand skiff. Randy Pitchford teased some sort of Star Wars references in the upcoming DLCs during our live Q&A. Once you see the sand skiff,…
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ReviewsBorderlands 2: Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate’s Booty: The Kotaku Review
There’s a hidden oasis in Pandora that you never knew about, with palm trees and crystal clear water that I want to die in (which, incidentally, probably happened a few times). Captain Scarlett and her Pirate’s Booty is the first in a series of planned campaign add-ons for Borderlands 2. It introduces funny new characters,…
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This Player Is Insanely Good At Stringing Dishonored Attacks Together
Dishonored spoilers follow in video. Ok ok, I know earlier today I said I love to play games stealthy. And then I showed you guys a video of Corvo showing the guards of Dunwall who makes the decisions around here. Forceful decisions. Ones that result in many deaths. But this sequence of deaths might be…
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Watch Borderlands 2‘s Mechromancer In Action
The first official trailer for Borderlands 2‘s newest playable class—the Mechromancer—shows off how versatile her three skill trees are. You can get a sense of the kind of play style you can mold Gaige towards, as well as how she looks in action. I already told you she feels great, but here she is backing…
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This Pretty Much Sums Up How I’ve Been Playing Dishonored
I love sneak games, so when given the option I’ll try my best to successfully navigate games without setting off alarms or killing guards. But Dishonored all too often provokes me to kill every single damn living thing on the screen every once in a while, just like it has here for CplusGamers. After my…
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The Most Horrifying Thing You Could Ever Catch A Zombie Doing
Video spoilers …is pooping. From one of my favorite YouTubers—and in the spirit of zombie week—comes this short and sweet clip of a very…unique encounter with Left 4 Dead 2‘s tank. I never thought I’d feel bad for a zombie until now. There he was, minding his own business on a flushable porta potty when…
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Borderlands 2‘s First, Pirate-Packed Campaign DLC Is Out October 16
Rumors swirled yesterday about Borderlands 2‘s first piece of big downloadable content. They’re true. The game’s first official campaign add-on is all about pirates. It’s called Captain Scarlett and her Pirate’s Booty. It will take you to an entirely new area of Pandora, a wasteland that was once a beautiful resort by the ocean called…
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These Are Some Lovely (And Sort Of Confusing) Mashup Posters
Etsy is just chock full of gems like these mashup style posters by Robert Mangaoang. Making sense of two themes mashed together is a little delightfully head scratchy. These are just a few of the ones that stood out to me, but be sure to look at the colorful designs on Robert’s site for other…
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Borderlands 2‘s Mechromancer Mutilates Her Arm For Science
Yes, I know some of those words, Gaige. The third ECHO recording released by Gearbox—erm, Gaige—today reveals new improvements in the DT project. Until, that is, Gaige interrupts her monologue with news that her school/science project rival seems to be ripping off her mech designs. The result is the humorous rant you can listen to…
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