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OpinionImpressionsLego Makes Tiny Tower Just A Little Bit Better
With more than 10 million downloads on iOS and Android devices, Tiny Tower is one of the most successful business simulation games of all time. Now NimbleBit has teamed up with Lego to make essentially the same game, only with Lego bricks and figures. It’s called Lego Tower, and it’s nice. Tiny Tower is a…
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CultureThe Week In Games: Summer Things
Stranger Things season 3 is almost here and next week, to coincide with the new season, a game based on the popular show launches on all major platforms. Will Barb return? (Probably not.) Speaking of strange(r) things, if you scan through this list, you might notice something odd. In the year 2019, we have a…
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UncategorizedSummer Games Done Quick 2019 Raised Over $3 Million In One Week, Setting A New Record
Summer Games Done Quick 2019 has been a huge success and earlier this morning it was announced that the event had raised $3,003,889 for the charity Doctors Without Borders. This easily beat last year’s total of $2.1 million and is a new record for the popular SGDQ event. The week-long event showcases a variety of…
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UncategorizedStar Wars Battlefront II Fans Are Loving The Recently Added Droidekas
You might call them Droidekas or you might call them destroyer droids, but whatever you call them, these rolling death machines were recently added into Star Wars Battlefront II. Since being added fans have seemingly fallen in love with the new droids, posting clips of how deadly they are, how buggy they can be, how…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: National Fried Chicken Day
Next weekend on July 6th, we all celebrate National Fried Chicken Day. Or at least we should. So instead of waiting until next weekend to do this contest, let’s get a jump on the festivities now! Your challenge this week: Give video game characters some fried chicken. In the past, when I’ve done National Holidays…
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CultureKotaku Game DiaryI Don’t Know Where To Put My Heroes
DOTA Underlords is Valve’s stab at the auto-battler genre. In Underlords, just like in Auto Chess and Teamfight Tactics, you place heroes you buy on a board and then they attack other heroes and creatures. And while I understand the basic rules and mechanics of the genre, I still have no idea where to place…
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CultureSunday Comics: Tell Me A Joke
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 June 24. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published June 27. Read more of Corpse Run Clueless Hero by…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Keanu Reeves, Winners!
I’m back, after taking a weekend off. I feel refreshed and ready to judge. Two weeks ago, you fine folks were tasked with creating images featuring the internet’s favorite actor, Keanu Reeves. I got a LOT of entries, so I’m sorry if your picture didn’t make it. This was a hard week. Our winning image…
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UncategorizedLook At This Adorable And Deadly Cougar From Red Dead Redemption 2
When you think about the cougars in Red Dead Redemption 2, the first thing that comes to mind is probably fear. Or maybe injury? Or that scary growl that big cats do before they jump on you and rip your face off. What probably doesn’t pop into your head is just how dang cute these…
By Zack Zwiezen