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UncategorizedDoomguy And Isabelle Are Best Friends
The Doomguy is a cool dude who kills demons and does it while running faster than most Olympic athletes. Isabelle is a happy little dog person who is extremely helpful and kind. These two very different game characters have become best friends, according to the many artists on the internet. And I love it. The…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Speaking Simulator
Earlier this week, Speaking Simulator was released. I’ve started to see videos and gifs of this game pop up in my Twitter timeline. It looks…odd. But the dude makes funny faces and funny faces are great for Photoshop contests so… Your challenge this week: Create some photos featuring the dude from Speaking Simulator. You can…
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UncategorizedJ.J. Watt Isn’t Happy With Madden 21 Developers In This SNL Skit
I don’t watch a lot of sports, so I’m not sure how good of a football player J.J. Watt is in real life. But I assume he’s not as terrible as his Madden 21 counterpart featured in a Saturday Night Live skit from last night. J.J. Watt hosted SNL last night.The 3o-year-old NFL pro plays…
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UncategorizedIt’s Time For A New Pushmo Game
I’ve waited patiently and now, after almost 5 years, it is time for a new Pushmo game. I think we have all waited long enough. (Good job everyone, by the way!) The Nintendo Switch is a perfect console for a new Pushmo game and Mallo is a good boy who deserves a new game. When…
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CultureSunday Comics: They Totally Suck!
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. Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published Jan. 30. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Jan. 27. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: RIP Mr. Peanut, Winners
Last weekend I gave you all the much-needed task of having some fun and enjoying the life of Mr. Peanut. He sadly died recently and I don’t expect he will return at all. Nope. Never. Our winning image this week comes from punxsutawneyphil who gives us the true Uncharted sequel we have all been wanting. I…
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UncategorizedDonkey Kong Has Mouths On His Feet And I Hate It
I could have gone my whole life without ever knowing this fact. But now I know it, and now you, too, know this fact. In Mario Kart Wii, Donkey Kong has mouths on his feet. If I have to live with this image and thought in my head, so do you. It is only fair.…
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CultureGet Back You Eight-Legged Freaks!
This week on Snapshots, too many creepy hands in Hellblade, getting slapped in Red Dead, cool-looking space ships in No Man’s Sky, breaking glass in Mirror’s Edge and dealing with a really big spider in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Yes, I’ve featured a lot of Star Wars photos in these first few Snapshots and…
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UncategorizedMario Maker Contest: Water, Water Everywhere
Water levels often are terrible. But sometimes, if they are done just right, they can be…mostly not terrible. Let’s make some mostly not terrible or even good Mario levels using water! Your Challenge This Week: Create levels featuring large water sections or set entirely underwater. Don’t feel like you need to make the whole level…
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OpinionImpressionsCook, Serve, Delicious 3 Is A Chaotic Cooking Game Set In The Back Of A Food Truck Driven By Cyborgs
Cooking food can be a relaxing or even therapeutic activity. But not in Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?! That’s because you are cooking in the back of a moving food truck driven by two cyborgs in a dystopian future. In that case, things are a bit more…chaotic. CSD3 is the third entry in the Cook, Serve,…
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UncategorizedPidove Is So Stupid It Forgets Its Own Name
Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Pidove! Pidove Details Type: Normal/Flying Average Height: 1′ 00″ Average Weight: 4.6 lbs. First Added In Generation V Intelligence…
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CultureMorning CheckpointWelcome To Hell, Garfield
Hello! This week we learn just how much money Ninja made switching to Mixer, play music using old TVs, learn more about Torchlight 3, watch a cool Cuphead fan video and see what Garfield is doing in Hell. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week I understand WHY they aren’t making new singleplayer floors to…
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CultureSplitscreenSometimes Beating The Quest Is Its Own Reward (Because The Reward Sucks)
This week on Kotaku Splitscreen, Kirk Hamilton and I brought on Kotaku staff writer Ethan Gach to talk about the state of Destiny 2. Players felt let down by the reward for solving the Corridors of Time puzzle, but hey, MMOs are always more about the journey than the rewards, right? Still, it’d be nice…
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CultureOne Of The Most Annoying Parts Of Death Stranding Has Been Fixed
A new patch for Death Stranding went live today that finally makes the extended animation that takes place when encountering BTs completely optional. Death Stranding is a long game made even longer by the repetition of bespoke animations. One of said animations revolved around the Odradek Terrain Scanner, the strange-looking piece of equipment that hangs…
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CultureSurvey Has Players Dreaming About PlayStation 4 Remote Play On The Switch
Some players are salivating over the possibility, however unlikely, of one day being able to use their Switches to remotely play PS4 games after Sony asked about it in a recent feedback survey. The survey apparently went out in an email to PS4 owners, a screenshot of which was provided to Kotaku by Reddit user…
By Ethan Gach