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UncategorizedSuper Mario 64 Fan Is So Hardcore, He Made A Nine Minute Video On Blinking
You might be familiar with Scott “pannenkoek2012″ Buchanan from his work on the A Button challenge and the meme-tastic “Watch For Rolling Rocks” video. He’s a master of Super Mario 64 minutiae. His latest project? Figuring out how characters blink their eyes in the game. Buchanan’s latest video is an incredibly intense look into how…
By Heather Alexandra Published September 27, 2016 -
ReviewsSonic Boom: Fire & Ice: The Kotaku Review
There’s a pretty good Sonic the Hedgehog game lurking under the padding and sports tape wrapped around Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice for the Nintendo 3DS. If people are wary of new Sonic the Hedgehog games given the franchise’s hit-or-miss quality over the past couple of decades, they are doubly wary of Sonic Boom games.…
By Mike Fahey Published September 27, 2016 - Uncategorized
New Hacking MUD Encourages Players To Screw Each Other Over
It’s 2016 and I’m addicted to a text-based game whose fuel is foul play. Hackmud’s only setting is a terminal; its only gameplay, writing scripts. It’s a cyberpunk multi-user domain (MUD) in the ‘80s style, an MMORPG, in which you are role-playing a hacker. Hackmud’s simple pretense, as the game unravels, feels tremendous with possibility.…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published September 27, 2016 -
UncategorizedNew Trailer Hypes Battlefield 1‘s Campaign
Battlefield games are known for their multiplayer mode, but EA is trying to get fans invested in the campaign for Battlefield 1, too. Battlefield 1 single player’s first trailer, which landed today, is shot like a movie, with gripping, emotional scenes inspired by WWI. Battlefield 1’s single-player campaign slated for release on October 21st for…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published September 27, 2016 -
UncategorizedSteam Top Seller With ‘Sexy’ Protagonist Has Terrible Breast Physics
Haydee is a hardcore puzzle platformer that’s currently tearing up the Steam charts. It also doesn’t know how breasts work. I’ve played about thirty minutes of the game, during which I struggled with the controls and subsequently died many times, either because I didn’t know what to do or where to go. According to the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published September 27, 2016 -
UncategorizedPerhaps the most notorious Super Smash Bros. combo in history—the “Wombo Combo”—has earned itself a mini-doc. The story of how one NorCal rivalry spawned the mythical team Melee combo (which earned 11 million YouTube hits) is at once light-hearted and ruthless.
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published September 27, 2016 -
Uncategorized20 Minutes Of Paper Mario: Color Splash, Which Sure Is Pretty
Prediction: below this article there will be comments lamenting that the new Wii U Paper Mario game isn’t really a role-playing game. Someone will complain that it is similar to Paper Mario Sticker Star. Someone else will lament that it is not very similar to Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. These are sure things…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 27, 2016 - Uncategorized
N64 Emulator Pops Up On Xbox One, Gets Removed
A Nintendo 64 emulator was briefly available on Xbox One earlier this week, but Microsoft yanked it from the store today. Sad news for people who yearn to play Paper Mario on an Xbox. The emulator Win64e10, which has been a Universal Windows App for months now, popped up Sunday on the Xbox One. Microsoft’s…
By Jason Schreier Published September 27, 2016 -
CultureEndless Space 2, the newest 4x game from the terrific “endless” strategy game studio Amplitude, will be available on Steam Early Access starting on Thursday, October 6. That version will include four of the game’s eight factions. A little more info here
By Stephen Totilo Published September 27, 2016 -
UncategorizedDestiny Players Find Way To Skip A Third Of The New Raid
In the two years since it launched, Destiny’s greatest tradition has been this: Players will always, always, always find a way to break things. Sometimes this involves hiding on a chandelier; other times it involves pulling LAN cables. And occasionally it means just walking around whatever’s in your way. This new exploit, discovered by Destiny…
By Jason Schreier Published September 27, 2016 - Uncategorized
The Bikers update for Grand Theft Auto Online rides into town on October 4. The update gives players the ability to form their own MC, play special themed game modes and wreck each other via mounted melee. Check out Rockstar Newswire for more info and images.
By Mike Fahey Published September 27, 2016 -
UncategorizedForza Horizon 3 Is A Good Upgrade
Forza Horizon 3 is classified as a racing game, only really it’s not. It’s an open-world adventure game of the (mostly) four-wheeled variety, with a focus on celebrating everything exciting about cars and driving—even racing. This piece originally ran 9/20/16. We’ve added video impressions from the PC version at the bottom. Playground Games’ open-world spin-off…
By Mike Fahey Published September 27, 2016 -
UncategorizedThat Time Donald Trump Fired Fake PlayStation Employees In An Xbox Skit
Ah, 2004. It was a simpler time—a time of MySpace and Xanga, a time of American Idol and 7th Heaven. In games, 2004 was the year of World of Warcraft and Half-Life 2. George Bush defeated John Kerry. It was also the year Donald Trump appeared in an Xbox E3 ad spoofing The Apprentice and…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published September 27, 2016 -
UncategorizedLego Dimensions Year Two Starts Now
After four months of not having to buy anything, Lego Dimensions players suddenly have a whole new wave of friends to add to their collection. The new Ghostbusters, Adventure Time, Mission Impossible, The A-Team and Harry Potter make their Dimensions debut today. The 2016 Ghostbusters movie scores the game’s first Story Pack, a $49.99 box…
By Mike Fahey Published September 27, 2016 - Kotaku East
New Danganronpa V3: Minna no Koroshiai Shingakki (New Danganronpa V3: A New Semester for Everyone’s Killing Life) has a release date, reports the latest issue of Famitsu The PS4 and PS Vita title will be out in Japan on January 12, 2017. No word yet on a Western release date.
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 27, 2016 -
Kotaku EastStudio Ghibli’s New Movie Isn’t Doing Well In Japan
The Red Turtle is Studio Ghibli’s latest release. So far, it’s not exactly a hit in Japan. The movie, which was directedby Dutch animator Michael Dudok de Wit, opened on September 17 in the country. Yahoo! Japan reports that it didn’t crack the top ten at the box office. The movie’s official Japanese website is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 27, 2016
