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Latest Sci-Fi Art From Simon Stålenhag Captures The Strangeness Of The Road Ahead
More artwork from Simon Stålenhag nails that feeling of driving through familiar landscapes dotted with industrial oddities. We’ve featured Simon’s art here before, a couple times in fact, because it’s just so damn good. The latest book collecting his work, called Things from the Flood, came out last November, and followed up on his which…
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CultureThe Good, Bad And Ugly Things Snacktaku Ate In 2016
2016 was a year of dazzling heights and dismal lows in the realm of snackology. A year of fast food crossovers, foul cookie combinations, depression day doughnuts and election night tequila. Also we ate a thing that looked a lot like nightmare poop. This piece was originally published on December 22, 2016. Here at Snacktaku…
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What Are Your 2017 New Year’s Resolutions?
At some point I resolved to stop making New Year’s resolutions because I was so bad at following through on them. But for that very reason, I returned the next year and every year since inspired to recommit myself to any number of goals I’d probably never achieve. And even though I try to make…
By Ethan Gach - Culture
The Week In Games: Welcome To 2017
2016 came and went and now here we are: the first day of a new year, feeling rejuvenated and refreshed, ready to jump into all of 2017’s biggest and most interesting releases which will be coming…eventually. While the first week of the new year isn’t completely devoid of games, the pickings are sparse. And also demonic.…
By Ethan Gach - CultureTotal Recall
The Man Who Worked On The Original Game Boy Explains Why Nintendo Created The DS
Satoru Okada, who was General Manager of Nintendo Research & Engineering before he retired in 2012, said in a recent interview with Retro Gamer Magazine that no one on the handheld team liked the idea of the DS when it was first proposed. If some folks had gotten their way, Nintendo would have produced a…
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The 100 Steam Games That Made The Most Money In 2016
Today Valve announced the 100 games that have brought in the most revenue on Steam in 2016. The list is quite varied, ranging from top dogs like Grand Theft Auto V and the company’s own Counter-Strike: Global Offensive to more granular games like Stellaris The is the first time that Valve has put together such…
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UncategorizedPS4 Sizzle Reel Highlights Console Exclusives Coming In 2017
This latest trailer shows off a number of games planned for release on the PS4 sometime in 2017, including Detroit: Become Human and Horizon: Zero Dawn, as well as some smaller ones you might not have heard much about like Drawn to Death. Oh, and also Knack 2 That’s right. If we take Sony’s marketing…
By Ethan Gach - Culture
Sunday Comics: Go On, Drink It
Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics that usually occurs on Sunday except when it doesn’t. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published December 30. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published December 19. Read more…
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EsportsThe Best Esports Plays Of 2016
In 2016, esports experienced even more highs and lows than the previous year. That’s what it means to be growing. But while the industry surrounding competitive gaming continues to expand on the backs of enthusiastic investors and hype-men, it’s important not to forget why anyone actually watches it in the first place: the people playing…
By Ethan Gach
