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The Best of Kotaku, This Week
It’s Edgar Allan Pokémon! Get it? Every battle is just a bunch of fiendish ravens clawing and poking each other’s eyes out, while Edger Allan Poe jots his observations down in the form of poetry. I would very much like to read those poems. I stumbled on this week’s image over on Reddit. Nintendo: new…
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Hand Painted Sonic Shoes Have Impressive Details On Them
Reddit user lumpyheadedbunny drew these awesome Sonic 2-inspired kicks with graffiti pens. My first thought was that it must have taken her awhile, because you can see how much detail went into the drawing. They’re expensive ($350+), but LHB puts a lot of time and effort into her creations. Each pair takes roughly 45-65 hours…
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Nominate This Week’s Best Comment
Hello everyone, and happy Friday. Before we reveal this week’s best content, we’d like to enlist in the community to see whose comment deserves a gold star and top placement in tomorrow’s The Best Of Kotaku Last week’s Best Of winner was invadingduck with a suggestion for a positive end of the world scenario Post…
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An Eloquent Rap That Explains Why Downloadable Content Sucks
We’re no stranger to Dan Bull’s rapping skills. He’s covered some of the most popular games with his clever lyrics, but he now turns to a popular issue amongst the gaming community. Downloadable content has been met with a lot of hostility in the past. But no one has summed up the situation so elegantly…
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I Wish My Schools Had Walls Like These
Look at what covers the walls of this Redditor’s school in Sweden. None of my schools were cool enough to incorporate that kind of artwork, or appreciation for games. Even NYU (my alma mater), with their Game Center and relatively new game design master’s program, can’t boast walls like these. I thought r/gaming would appreciate…
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You’ll Want This Triforce Lamp Until You See The Price Tag
This thing is beautiful turned on or off. You can display it proudly on your desk, or hang it up to stand in the air using the secret door on the top. According to the Etsy creator’s page: Built with a Poplar frame, birch face, and acrylic yellow plastic triforce. The sides of the lamp…
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Soccer Fans Use Awesome Pac-Man Mosaic To Support Their Team
Yesterday’s Champions League quarterfinal pitting AC Milan against Barcelona resulted in some light-hearted support from the Milan fans in the San Siro stadium. Seen above is an AC Milan-supporting Pac-Man chasing after the ghost that sports the Barcelona colors. Although the good vibes and fun Pac-Man demonstration didn’t result in any points—as the game ended…
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These Games With Donut Whales and Robot Pickles Should Be A Real Thing
The Game Developers Conference sees a lot of creativity and interesting ideas pass through the halls of the convention center it’s hosted at. Production company iam8bit put together their own creative project that spawned some abstract and quirky game ideas. Using oversized fridge magnets—you know, the ones with words that you put together to make…
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In Lieu Of A Real Rollercoaster Ride, Side-Scroll Through Madcoaster
I’m a fan of constant, yet simple side-scrolling platformers. A week ago today we saw one inspired by the Hunger Games film But today I’d like to introduce Madcoaster. Madcoaster doesn’t ask much of its players in terms of the controls. You simply tap the screen to jump, and swipe downwards to transition from higher…
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Look How Excited I Am For All These Things I Don’t Need!
Your favorite game is coming out in X number of weeks. The publisher just announced the pre-order, special edition, ultimate extreme epic package. And you really, really want that statue that comes with the game if you fork over the extra cash. But is it worth it? Are you really going to cherish that art…
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Thursday Watch This, Play This
Watch! Special Editions are like crack for gamers. But the bad kind. Watch! Pid reminds me a lot of Limbo. Play! Tina has been playing Madcoaster on her iPad to help pass the time on her train rides. Watch! The quirkiest games you’ll probably never get to play.
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One Leaves, One Enters Kotaku‘s Power 40
If you scan the column to the right of the Kotaku.com/Power 40 list, you’ll find our reorganized list updated for March complete with individual updates where relevant, and a new addition: BioWare fans That’s right, BioWare fans. Your displeasure with this month’s release of Mass Effect 3 did not go unnoticed, and most notably resulted…
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Three-Year-Old Girl Humiliates A Man While Playing An Online Shooter
There’s no better feeling than being called a n00b by a three-year-old girl after she knifes you several times over in rounds of Call of Duty. Right? Maybe not so much. I consider myself to be pretty good at first-person shooters, but not even I can compare to the teenagers that have ample time to…
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Minecraft Spawns Viral Videos Now
People have made lots and lot of things in Minecraft. They’ve recreated levels in games, made a working scientific calculator, and even constructed church memorials. So why not recreate some of the Internet’s most viral videos using Minecraft? YouTube user minecrafta2z felt the same way, and did just that. From keyboard cat to the trippy…
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Wednesday Watch This, Play This
Watch! Your favorite viral videos are now being recreated in Minecraft. Watch! Latest Max Payne 3 video shows off multiplayer. Play! Kirk enjoys the hack n’ slash, Swordigo, on his iPad. Watch! Nothing is worse than a 3-year old girl calling you a “n00b.”
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