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Mass Effect Portrait Art Is As Menacing As It Is Beautiful
Website Unreality Magazine has uncovered some beautiful portrait drawings of some of our favorite Mass Effect characters. The artist behind the series of portrait drawings—deviantART user Arkis—appears to have a strong taste for the popular BioWare sci-fi franchise, as one look at the gallery will tell you. I’m not saying that these portraits are perfect…
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WTPT: Let These Breathtaking Journey Visuals Soothe Your Soul
You’ve seen the screenshots, the trailers, and the words written about it. It’s not hard to see that Journey is a beautiful game. That’s why our video extraordinaire, Chris Person, put together this time-lapse of some of the most beautiful sunsets and scenery in the game. The two red-robed players look so peaceful against the…
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WTPT: The Nintendo 3DS is More Versatile Than You Think
The Nintendo 3DS makes all sorts of cute sounds, but have you ever heard them meshed together in a remix? No? Your day is incomplete, then. Fortunately YouTube user Jeesh123 (fun fact: “jeesh” means “pee” in Farsi) has uploaded a compilation of those sounds mixed into one glorious track. He uses everything from the Nintendo…
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Mario Is A Hero To Some, And A Douchebag to Others
As far as Nintendo leads us to believe, Mario is a hero. He risks his life to save Peach time and time again. But if you look closely at his actions and compare them to Bowser’s, there may be some important details left out. This video that appeared on Cracked for their “After Hours” web…
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WTPT: Kid Loses It When His Mom Insists He Quit Call of Duty
We’ve all encountered some pretty hilarious gamers on Xbox Live, whether they’re intentionally comedic or not. The diverse age range means that many of these encounters involve some kid battling with his mom or dad to stay online for just a little bit longer. Two guys camp out in an airplane in Call of Duty,…
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The Best of Kotaku, This Week
Another week survived! It’s particularly momentous because it was the Game Developers Conference all week, during which we brought you the most interesting segments, speeches, panels and news. First up, though, is the picture above which is a mashup of adorable Pokémon characters drawn by Olly Moss. Taken individually, they’re perfect for you phone background.…
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Total Recall Will Return Next Week
Happy Friday everyone! Unfortunately for Total Recall fans, Kirk is out and about at the Game Developers Conference. But Luke will be providing you with old school gaming goodness as soon as Monday. Sit tight! In the meantime, you can browse through past Total Recall articles. Oh, and in case you were wondering, that image…
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The Day the Dorito Shell Tacos Made Kotaku Nauseous
We get a bunch of weird things in the office, especially because we share the editorial space with our sister sites, like Gizmodo for instance. Today, Taco Bell brought Gizmodo a stack of boxes filled with a dozen tacos each. But these aren’t just any tacos. No. These tacos are wrapped in a Dorito chip…
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Nominate This Week’s Best Comment
You may have noticed that we’ve stopped running out daily notes. And you also may have noticed last week’s “The Best of Kotaku, This Week” feature. Well, this is going to be a regular thing. Part of this thing includes nominating a Best Comment of the Week. That’s you guys. We want to highlight the…
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Shepard Makes A Last Stand Against The Infamous Mass Effect 3 Reporter [Minor Spoilers]
If you’ve played any of BioWare’s Mass Effect titles, you might have come across Kalisah Bint Sinan Al-Jilani, a reporter that you meet on the Citadel. She’s abrasive, though masked by her cool and collected reporter skills. Of course, Shepard has his/her own way of dealing with the conflict. Kirk was hoping that the reporter…
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WTPT: Wario and Waluigi Paint Their 8-Bit World, And Then Dance Around It
Graffiti artists Edertron Onerski and Kid NES have teamed up to present this awesome mural. But for the sake of hilarity and a little bit of fun, they danced around in Wario and Waluigi costumes while painting it. Even Gumby makes an appearance to spin tracks for the painting/dancing party. The mural was made as…
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WTPT: Evil Ryu Emerges in this Street Fighter X Tekken Short Film
Thousand Pounds Action Company is known for their martial arts choreography and film productions. Much of their work is inspired by anime and video games. Their latest production, “Street Fighter: The Devil Within,” is a short film where Ryu struggles with Satsui no Hadou, or “surge of murderous intent.” You can tell because there’s a…
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Animated Star Wars: The Old Republic Makes Hilarious Light of Unpredictable Dialogue
Have you ever played a BioWare game where a dialogue option you chose resulted in a completely unexpected response? I certainly have. In fact, I distinctly recall cursing into the night, “Dammit, that’s not what I meant to say!” So has Redditor TerminalMontage, who made this hilarious and cute video on his experiences playing through…
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