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UncategorizedSomeone Built An Extremely Accurate Recreation Of Their Apartment In VR
If you have played VR and bumped into your couch while in the middle of a zombie wasteland, you know how weird that feels. It breaks your brain and momentarily shatters the illusion. But what if every object in VR matched a real-world object and you could basically “feel” the game you were playing? That’s…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Goku Needs A Better Game
The new Dragonball Z game was released a few days ago. It’s not great! Poor Goku. The dude saves the world multiple times and yet he still stars in mostly bad or crappy games. Let’s help Kakarot out. Your challenge this week: Put Goku in better games! They can be older games or newer games,…
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CultureKotaku Game DiaryDragon Ball Z: Kakarot Is Bad, But Collecting Orbs Is Good
I wanted to love the new Dragon Ball Z Kakarot game, but I just don’t. The quests are bad, the combat isn’t fun and the whole game feels like it is barely holding together. But I’ll keep playing as long as there are some orbs to collect. Collecting orbs in games is something I’m very…
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CultureSunday Comics: So Are They Magic?
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. 16. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Jan. 13. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Patrick Stewart, Winners!
Last week I found a great photo of Patrick Stewart and decided to create a ‘shop contest based on it. The results were better than I expected! Let’s ENGAGE with some content.. (Get it, like Star Trek..?) Our winning image this week was made by peachflavored who created an image so simple and yet so…
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UncategorizedRandomness In Video Games Is Not All The Same
Random chance mechanics in video games can be frustrating. Missing a 90% shot in XCOM, when you really need it to hit, can cause some players to throw their controller or rage quit. But not all randomness found in video games is the same and how developers use randomness can make you scream or cheer.…
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UncategorizedMario Maker Contest: Going Down, Winners!
Last week I gave you all the task of creating courses in Mario Maker 2 that were all about getting down. Be it tunnels, mines, deep ravines or giant ocean mazes. Consider this a sequel to a contest a few months back, which was all about going up! I got some great levels this week.…
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UncategorizedWhat Happened To Doomguy’s Zig-Zag Hair?
I love Doom 2016 a lot. It might be one of my favorite games of all time. But it has a problem. One which seems to be returning in the upcoming Doom Eternal. Where the hell is Doomguy’s sick 90s hair cut? This important piece of Doom lore was left out in Doom (2016), as…
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CulturePokemonSpiritomb Is Just 108 Angry Ghosts Trapped In A Rock
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 Spiritomb! Spiritomb Details Type: Ghost/Dark Average Height: 3′ 03″ Average Weight: 238.1 lbs. First Added In Generation IV I’ve…
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CultureMorning CheckpointCat Flip!
Hello! This week we watch a Minecraft player electrocute themselves, get ready to go to Hell in Doom Eternal, learn about all the games getting delayed, take over an airport TV to play some Apex Legends and meet a cat who does front flips. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week 2020 is going well……
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CultureUnsolved Mystery: Which Game Industry Exec Did Joe Biden Just Call A ‘Little Creep’?
The New York Times published a sprawling interview with Vice President Joe Biden today in which the 2020 presidential candidate calls someone high up in the video game industry a “little creep,” and I’ve been thinking about it ever since. The remark came during a conversation with the Times’ editorial board, which is made up…
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UncategorizedPalestinian-American Smash Player Uses Top Ranking To Advocate For Palestine
Spending time in the fighting game community makes you accustomed to referring to people by names like SonicFox, HotDog29, and Dr. PeePee. The latest rankings of Super Smash Bros. Melee players are full of such names, and one high-level Smash competitor is using his gamer tag for an explicitly political purpose: advocating for a free…
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CultureHere’s Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot Starring The Goose
The PC version of Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot has been out for less than a day, and already Goku has been transformed from fighting legend to untitled goose. Behold the chaos that mad modder Mastaklo has wrought There are currently three mods on the Video Game Mods Kakarot website. One is a Latin American translation…
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CultureDestiny 2‘s Latest Puzzle Is Turning Out To Be Brain-Breakingly Complex
Destiny 2 players have hit a brick wall in their quest to solve the popular online shooter’s latest puzzle. Now they’re pulling marathon sessions searching for the next breakthrough in a community-wide effort that is turning out to be the Destiny equivalent of mapping the human genome. The game’s Corridors of Time area is a…
By Ethan Gach
