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Meet The Fan Who Can Beat Mario Games Without Collecting A Single Coin
Stefan was about five years old when he first played a Mario game. It was the classic Super Mario Land on an old Gameboy. He played the game with his older brother. At the time he found the game too hard. “I don’t think I was ever able to beat the first world back then,”…
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Jurassic World Evolution Fans Are Flooding The Game With Stegosauruses
This week, Jurassic World Evolution fans are dedicated to one simple mission: Flooding their virtual parks with stegosauruses. This isn’t because these fans randomly decided the world needed more big herbivores. There is a purpose to their sudden dinosaur obsession. Evolution developer Frontier Development are celebrating their 25th anniversary and are tasking fans with creating…
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Red Dead Online Starts Better Than GTA Online Did
Red Dead Online’s opening sequence is a great way to get players into the online wild west. The intro is made up of cutscenes, missions and tutorials. It feels more focused than GTA Online’s introduction, and overall it seems like Rockstar has learned from GTA Online’s introduction. I took a look at both games’ opening…
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The Week In Games: Return To Raccoon City
Zombies! This week the long awaited Resident Evil 2 remake is finally released on consoles and PC. Plus a bunch of games are getting ported to Switch and other platforms after appearing elsewhere. Which is nice! Who doesn’t want more games for their favorite platforms?! Actually, I already have a huge back catalog and feel…
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Brawl Stars Mixes Battle Royale & Dota 2 Into A Fun Mobile Game
I was being chased. I couldn’t get away. I ran into a nearby bush and yet I wasn’t safe. I was almost dead. I yelled out to a friend nearby to help, but I didn’t need to say anything. They had seen the chase and ran in to to save me, pushing my pursuer away…
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Watch Darth Maul Play Beat Saber
Ray Park was the actor who portrayed Darth Maul in Star Wars Episode I. While not the best Star Wars film, many fans love Park’s Darth Maul and have been wanting the former Sith Master to try out the VR game Beat Saber. Sadly, PSVR doesn’t support a staff saber. But regardless, Ray Park seems to…
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The Big Daddies Are The Best Part Of BioShock
There’s a lot to love about BioShock. Released in 2007, the game was praised by critics and seen by many as a spiritual successor to System Shock 2. The city of Rapture, the underwater dystopia where BioShock is set, is filled with fantastic world building and some gorgeous water. One of the big reasons BioShock…
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Watch This Relaxing And Informative Let’s Play Of Jurassic Park Trespasser
Jurassic Park Trespasser isn’t a very good game, but it is a perfect game for a let’s play. Shadefyre’s excellent 10 part series is one of the best let’s play of Trespasser and one of my favorite let’s play on all of YouTube. Shadefyre has a very relaxing and calming voice. All of his Trespasser…
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There Are A Lot Of Beds In Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VII is big JRPG with classic enemies, a shocking death and powerful gods. But the game also has a surprising amount of beds spread around the world. Dedicated fan Signal over on the ResetEra forums spent some time putting together a large collection of every bed that appears in Final Fantasy VII. I…
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Sunday Comics: Giant Ball Of Junk
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published January 14. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published January 19. Read more of Corpse Run Double XP by…
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This Mod Recreates The Pre-Release Version Of GTA 3
Grand Theft Auto 3D is a mod for GTA IIIthat aims to recreate what the game looked like before it was released. Using early screenshots, alpha content, and pre-release gameplay the team of modders spent over four years creating this early version of GTA III. After this long development cycle the mod was finally released…
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Red Dead Online and GTA Online’s Battle Royale Modes Aren’t Great
Rockstar keeps trying to make battle royale modes work in their online games. Grand Theft Auto Online has had a few modes that feel inspired by popular battle royale games like Fortnite or PUBG. Now Rockstar is adding more battle royale modes to their newest multiplayer game, Red Dead Online. But overall these attempts at…
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Sega’s Holographic Arcade Game Was Pretty Strange
Holograms. The word immediately makes me think of cool sci-fi movies and not so cool real world tech, like reviving a dead musician and making them dance around a stage. But back in 1991 Sega was using holograms for a more noble purpose: Creating an arcade game about a time traveling cowboy. Simply titled Time…
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Entire Machinima YouTube Channel Set To Private [UPDATE]
With no public announcement or advanced warning to many creators, the entire Machinima Youtube channel was effectively wiped from the internet recently. All videos on the channel are now private, making them unable to view. The news quickly spread across social media, with fans and creators sharing their stories and information about the shutdown using…
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Minecraft Finally Adds Composting
Minecraft was released in 2009 and since then has been updated constantly. Updates have added new worlds, new creatures, modding tools and more. But finally, after 10 years of waiting, Minecraft finally has composting. Sure, the last major update for Minecraft added cool underwater sea life, but can a dolphin turn useless plants into fertilizer?…
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Capcom Really Loves Remaking Resident Evil 2
For many fans, Resident Evil 2 is their favorite game in the long running horror franchise. Later this month Capcom will finally release the Resident Evil 2 remake for PS4, Xbox One and PC. But this isn’t the first time Capcom has remade or re-imagined Resident Evil 2. The Sphere Hunter has made a great…
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Zack Zwiezen
I'm a longtime staff writer at Kotaku covering everything from big industry news to small community stories. I love blogging about weird stuff or small details in games. I also do reviews, previews, and help make art for the site. You can contact me at [email protected]
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