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‘Shop Contest: Alex Trebek Edition
Sometimes you hear a bit of news that catches you off guard. I recently experienced this when I saw a short video of Alex Trebek, host of Jeopardy!, announcing he had stage 4 pancreatic cancer. I barely watch the show these days, but boy that news hit me hard. It fucking sucks. Cheer me up,…
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Sunday Comics: See You Soon
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 March 4. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published March 4. Read more of Corpse Run Clueless Hero by Luis…
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Horizon Zero Dawn’s Machine Monsters Sure Looked Silly At First
It was recently the two year anniversary for the release of Horizon Zero Dawn. The open world PS4 exclusive is one of the best looking games of the generation and has some incredible looking machine creature, both big and small. But thanks to a fun post detailing some information about the development of Horizon, fans…
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Earn Free Money And Gold In GTA Online and Red Dead Online By Activating Two-Step Verification
Rockstar Games has announced a reward for players who activate two-step verification on their accounts. These players will earn free money in GTA Online and free gold bars in Red Dead Online. First announced on Rockstar’s Newswire blog, this program will reward players with $500k in GTA Online for activating the extra security on their…
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UncategorizedTo Create Smart AI Command & Conquer Devs Made Units Stop Acting Stupid
Developing the popular RTS Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun involved solving a whole host of problems. But the biggest and most interesting problem was figuring out to allow hundreds of troops and vehicles to move around maps without slowing and destroying PCs at the time. The latest video in Ars Technica’s wonderful War Storiesseries is…
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Most PC Stores Have Terrible Controller And TV Support
I prefer to play many PC games on my TV with a controller. Some games, like Far Cry New Dawn, just feel better to me when played using a gamepad on my big TV. Yet, while we now have more stores on PC, with Epic Game Store, Steam, GOG Galaxy, Uplay and others, many of…
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‘Shop Contest: Pokemon Starters Escape, Winners!
Last week I asked you amazing artists to take the newly revealed Pokemon Gen 8 starters and share them with other games, movies, TV shows and more. The world needs more cute creatures and you folks delivered! Our winning image this week was created by Mrichston who gives The Judge from the Phoenix Wright series…
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Drifloon Steals Children And Was Created By Ghosts
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 Drifloon! This Pokemon was suggested by Kotaku reader coolchazine. Thanks! Drifloon Details Type: Ghost/Flying Average Height: 1′ 04″ Average…
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CultureMorning CheckpointWhere Can I Buy The Claritin Console?
Hello! Welcome to this inaugural edition of Morning Checkpoint. Each Saturday I’ll help you get caught up on last week’s best gaming stories while having some fun and learning a few things. This week won’t have any reader questions or stories, but hopefully, that will change next week! Send any questions, stories, ideas or whatever…
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Top Players Look To Drink, Chill, Maybe Win Some Cash At This Weekend’s Smash Ultimate Summit
The first ever Smash Ultimate Summit is here. After years of success in bringing its collective weirdness to Super Smash Bros. Melee, Beyond the Summit is finally launching its hybrid esports tournament format, complete with casual couch banter and comedy sketches, for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Invited players include the likes of MkLeo, ZeRo, Mew2King,…
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Warhammer: Vermintide 2, One Year Later
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 came out on PC on March 8, 2018. Maybe you’ve never heard of it. Maybe you have but then forgot, that grimy compound word in the title slipping past you like rain down the side of a newly waxed car. You should know that it was always good, and it’s spent the…
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World Of Warcraft Fans Are Perturbed Over Pulled Portals
Next week’s World of Warcraft 8.1.5 update gives both the Alliance and Horde factions centralized portal hubs, which is good. At the same time, Blizzard is removing a bunch of existing portals, making it harder to get around the game. It’s an odd change that has players asking Blizzard why, and they’re not satisfied with…
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What Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for lying in my bed, recovering from my recent surgery and marveling that Riley MacLeod took a Friday off, leaving it to me write the “What Are You Playing This Weekend” post. It’s also for getting to know interesting new characters in video games! This weekend I’ll be following the advice of…
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UncategorizedWhat Made Super Mario Bros. Level 8-3 So Good
In World 8-3 — the penultimate level of Super Mario Bros. for the NES — Mario makes his final push towards Bowser’s castle. This level is a mini-masterpiece in a classic game and tells a small but important story through its gameplay. There are eight worlds in Super Mario Bros., each composed of four levels.…
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