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CultureTotal RecallLest We Forget Toy Soldiers
Christmas is a time for looking back at the year passed, processing what’s been most important for you over the past twelve months. For me, and video games, one such thing was — surprisingly — Xbox Live Arcade game Toy Soldiers. I’m not normally one for shouting “UNDERRATED!” about a game, because it’s a pointless…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 17, 2010 -
CultureTotal Recall
These Are Not Action Figures, They Are Nintendo Games
You’ll usually find something being crammed in a “blister pack” when it’s an action figure or a control pad. You don’t normally see video games shipped that way. But it turns out that in Western Europe (and very rarely Canada), in the 1980s and 1990s, you could find classic Nintendo games encased in plastic, hanging…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 13, 2010 -
Culture
Sunday Comics
Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published Dec. 6 – Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published Dec. 10 – Read more of Nerf NOW!! Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik published Dec. 6 – Read more of Penny Arcade Manly Guys Doing Manly Things by Kelly Turnbull published Dec.…
By Owen Good Published December 12, 2010 -
CulturePortal Gets Broken In The World’s Fastest Speed Run
This Portal player can beat the game in less than ten minutes, with many levels flying by in mere seconds. How can a Portal speed run happen so fast? Break Portal apart at the seams, of course. This sprint through Valve’s first-person puzzler is a combination of speedy backwards jumping, slipping through cracks in the…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 9, 2010 -
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Sunday Comics
Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published Nov. 29 – Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published Nov. 30 – Read more of Nerf NOW!! Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik published Nov. 29 – Read more of Penny Arcade Rooster Teeth by Griffon Ramsey and Luke McKay published Nov.…
By Owen Good Published December 5, 2010 -
Culture
Sunday Comics
Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published Nov. 22 – Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published Nov. 23 – Read more of Nerf NOW!! Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik published Nov. 24 – Read more of Penny Arcade Manly Guys Doing Manly Things by Kelly Turnbull published Nov.…
By Owen Good Published November 28, 2010 -
Culture
Sunday Comics
Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published Nov. 15 – Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published Nov. 19 – Read more of Nerf NOW!! Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik published Nov. 19 – Read more of Penny Arcade Manly Guys Doing Manly Things by Kelly Turnbull published Nov.…
By Owen Good Published November 21, 2010 -
Culture
Sunday Comics
Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published Nov. 8 – Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published Nov. 8 – Read more of Nerf NOW!! Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik published Nov. 8 – Read more of Penny Arcade Manly Guys Doing Manly Things (Guest Strip by John Abbott…
By Owen Good Published November 14, 2010 -
Culture
Sunday Comics
Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published Nov. 1 – Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published Nov. 4 – Read more of Nerf NOW!! Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik published Nov. 5 – Read more of Penny Arcade Manly Guys Doing Manly Things by Kelly Turnbull published Nov.…
By Owen Good Published November 7, 2010 -
Culture
Sunday Comics Deathmatch: The Winners
Last week we put our current Sunday Comics features and 13 new candidates up for a vote. The results are in and your new page arrives Sunday. Find out who stays, who goes, and who got invited! We picked the 10 top vote-getters overall. We didn’t assert any editorial prerogative, these are all your choices,…
By Owen Good Published November 5, 2010 -
Culture
Sunday Comics
Kotaku will be soon redesigning Sunday Comics, adding some new features and keeping a few old ones. Be sure to vote for your favorites! Sunday Comics Deathmatch: The Incumbents Sunday Comics Deathmatch: The Newcomers Penny Arcade published October 25 PvP published October 28 ActionTrip published October 24 ExtraLife published October 26 Dueling Analogs published October…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 31, 2010 -
CultureTotal Recall
The Most Awesome PC Box Art In The World
They may be known as Studio Liverpool today, but there once was a time British developers and publishers Psygnosis were responsible for the greatest video game covers of all time. No, you’re not imagining things, we’ve republished this wonderful look at Psygnosis’ box art to help celebrate Kotaku’s PC Gaming Week. From the mid-80s to…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 26, 2010 -
Culture
Sunday Comics
Kotaku will be soon redesigning Sunday Comics, adding some new features and keeping a few old ones. Be sure to vote for your favorites! Sunday Comics Deathmatch: The Incumbents Sunday Comics Deathmatch: The Newcomers Penny Arcade published Oct. 22 PvPonline published Oct. 22 ActionTrip published Oct. 18 EXTRALIFE published Oct. 19 Dueling Analogs published Oct.…
By Owen Good Published October 24, 2010 -
Culture
Sunday Comics Deathmatch: The Newcomers
Last week we mentioned that Sunday Comics would be getting a redesign in the coming weeks. You’re already voting on which ones we should keep. Now we want to hear which new ones are worth adding. From your comments – more than 500 – we’ve assembled 13 candidates worthy of your consideration. Below you will…
By Owen Good Published October 23, 2010 -
Culture
Sunday Comics Deathmatch: The Incumbents
Last week we mentioned that Sunday Comics would be getting a redesign in the coming weeks. We’re going to bring some new strips to the feature. But first, we want to hear which of the old ones are worth saving. Here it is: The Incumbent portion of Kotaku’s Sunday Comics Deathmatch. Tell us, if you…
By Owen Good Published October 23, 2010 -
Culture
Welcome To Fine Art
Fine Art is Kotaku’s celebration of the work of video game artists. Whether it be environmental or character art, 3D renders or animation, old games or new, every morning from Tuesday through to Friday you’ll find a new gallery showcasing the work of an individual artist, studio or franchise. To your right you’ll find a…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 20, 2010 -
CultureHow To Beat Demon’s Souls In Under An Hour
It took me more than forty hours to play through From Software’s dark dungeon crawler Demon’s Souls, which now seems rather foolish, after having watched someone sprint through the role-playing game in less than an hour. Japanese Demon’s Souls player “alternalw” puts the run into speed run with this ultra fast completion of the PlayStation…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 18, 2010 -
Culture
Sunday Comics
Penny Arcade published Oct. 15. PvPonline published Oct. 12. ActionTrip published Oct. 11. EXTRALIFE published Oct. 13. Dueling Analogs published Oct. 14. Nerf NOW published Oct. 14. Rooster Teeth published Oct. 14. Virtual Shackles published Oct. 13. Little Gamers published Oct. 14.
By Owen Good Published October 17, 2010 -
Culture
Sunday Comics
Penny Arcade published Oct. 8 PvPonline published Oct. 6 ActionTrip published Oct. 4 Digital Unrest published Oct. 4 EXTRALIFE published Oct. 8 Dueling Analogs published Oct. 7 Nerf NOW published Oct. 8 Rooster Teeth published Oct. 5 Virtual Shackles published Oct. 6 Little Gamers published Oct. 6
By Owen Good Published October 10, 2010 -
Culture
Sunday Comics
Penny Arcade published Oct. 1. PvPonline published Oct. 1. ActionTrip published Sept. 27. EXTRALIFE published Sept. 27. Ctrl+Alt+Del published Oct. 1. Dueling Analogs published Sept. 27. Nerf NOW published Sept. 27. Rooster Teeth published Sept. 30 Virtual Shackles published Sept. 29. Little Gamers published Sept. 30
By Owen Good Published October 3, 2010