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  Sunday Comics: By The Balls Of Jor-El

  Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published April 13. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published April 11. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 17, 2016
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  The Perfect Way To Play Original PlayStation Games

  You can keep your crisp clear emulators or your PlayStation 2 backward compatibility. The best way to enjoy original PlayStation classics is with the tiny PSone and Sony’s plucky little LCD attachment. I was cleaning one of my cable drawers the other day, pulling out the massive tangle of wires and sighing sadly before stuffing…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 16, 2016
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  Proof That Commissioner Gordon Is Not An Idiot

  I was waiting a long time for one little exchange between the current versions of Batman and Jim Gordon, because Gotham City’s top police officer gets to show that he’s not a complete dumb-ass. Originally published 4/14/16 From the viewpoint of the average person in Gotham, Batman’s secret identity is probably tough to figure out.…

  By Evan Narcisse Published April 16, 2016
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  It Took 20 Pounds Of LEGO To Make Doom‘s BFG 9000

  The gloriously-namedZaziNombies YouTube channel creates LEGO versions of video game weapons, among other things. Somehow they’ve gone five years without building Doom’s famous BFG 9000. Maybe it just took them a while to gather the 5,000+ bricks. With the multiplayer beta for the latest Doom in full swing, ZaziNombies (almost as fun to type as…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 16, 2016
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  New Official Transformers Album Gathers Music From The Strangest Places

  On Thursday Hasbro and Sony released Transformers Roll Out, an album featuring transforming robot inspired tracks from ten very different artists, including Danish alt rock band Mew and Gavin Rossdale’s Bush. Let’s give it a listen! While it will never supplant the soundtrack to 1986’s Transformers: The Movie as the official album of fandom’s collective…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 16, 2016
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  Dark Souls III PC Benchmarks: Mind The Frame Rate Cap

  Dark Souls III is arguably the biggest game to launch this month and with few other major releases there probably isn’t much of an argument to be had, especially since the main competition wound up being a steaming pile (Quantum Break). As with Dark Souls II, the third iteration has made its way to PC…

  By Steven Walton Published April 16, 2016
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  Sailor Moon And The Curse Of The Candy Crush Saga

  Released this week for iOS and Android, Sailor Moon Drops is everything you every wanted in a Sailor Moon game, as long as everything you wanted was a Candy Crush Saga clone. Sailor Moon holds a special place in my heart, having been one of the things my wife and I bonded over when we…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 16, 2016
• Culture

  This Week In The Business: The Need For Benz

  QUOTE | “As Sam Houser reviewed more of the game that he had overseen for many years, he became more desperate writing to Mr. Benzies the very next day, ‘This [RDR] is a (recurring) nightmare. But one i/we need to get out of. I have problems with the camera all over the place. So much…

  Brendan Sinclair Published April 16, 2016
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  IKEA In VR? Sure, Why Not

  For your Friday afternoon viewing pleasure, watch me go to IKEA. Yes, as part of humanity’s ceaseless goal to bring every element of RR into VR because, fuck it, why not, there’s an IKEA VR Experience. Upon hearing the title, I actually found myself somewhat excited at the prospect of exploring a sometimes overwhelming store…

  By Nathan Grayson Published April 15, 2016
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  Monstress Has the Best Cat in Comics Right Now

  Monstress is a comic-book series where incredibly messed-up things happen. We’re talking child slavery, lynchings and cannibalism. Thank the poets it’s also got a magical, two-tailed talking cat named Master Ren. Spoilers follow. The lead character in Monstress is a 17-year-old girl named Maika, a survivor of horrible atrocities rippling out of a long-running, cross-cultural…

  By Evan Narcisse Published April 15, 2016
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  A Helpful Guide to Dark Souls 3‘s Confusing Multiplayer

  Dark Souls has become more accessible over the years, but if you’re new, some parts may still seem like a mystery. It’s not spelled out how you’re supposed to play with friends, for example. I’m here to break it down. There are two ways to play Dark Souls: offline and online. If you play online,…

  By Patrick Klepek Published April 15, 2016
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  The Mess That Came After Nintendo Fired An Employee

  The twisting controversies about the translation of Nintendo games, harassment, and the firing of one of its employees got even messier this week. Two weeks ago,word spread through social media and sites like ours that Nintendo had fired product marketing specialist Alison Rapp, the target of a months-long campaign to initially blame her for perceived…

  By Patrick Klepek Published April 15, 2016
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  What’re The Biggest Mods In Skyrim These Days?

  Time flies. Skyrim has been out for nearly five years, giving its mod scene time to grow and change and then change again. It’s a culture unto itself, one that’s weathered identity crises and that whole money fiasco. So, all these years later, where does it stand? Yesterday I found myself curious about the state…

  By Nathan Grayson Published April 15, 2016
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  Player-Made Subnautica Base Is Extremely Impressive

  Base-building in single-player games can be a lonely job. You deck out a massive palace only to wander its empty halls admiring your own handiwork. Personally I enjoy exploring for materials in crafting games more than building, but Early Access underwater survival game Subnautica might just change my mind. Redditor KrankenwagenKolya recently shared an album…

  By Riley MacLeod Published April 15, 2016
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  HTC Vive vs. Oculus Rift: The Virtual Reality Comparison We Had To Make

  Three weeks ago, the future arrived. A week later, the future arrived again. Two hotly anticipated virtual reality headsets came out in the space of seven days. That’s a lot of future! I’ve been using the Oculus Rift for almost a month now, and the HTC Vive for a couple of weeks. I’ve played a…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published April 15, 2016
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  Ark: Survival Evolved Developers Settle Ugly Lawsuit 

  Ark: Survival Evolved developer Studio Wildcard came to a settlement agreement this week with Trendy Entertainment, putting an end to an ugly legal battle that had been raging for months. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but Wildcard co-founder Susan Stieglitz wrote on Twitter earlier this week that Trendy was looking for $600 million.…

  By Jason Schreier Published April 15, 2016
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  New Mirror’s Edge Game Locks Some Basic Skills Behind Upgrades

  Mirror’s Edge Catalyst seemed like one of those games that was never going to happen, a sequel to a beloved game that wasn’t exactly a best-selling hit. Fans who’ve been waiting for more beautiful free-running are happy that it’s coming out soon but some don’t like how it’s handling its upgrades. The original Mirror’s Edge…

  By Evan Narcisse Published April 15, 2016
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  Fallout: New Vegas Beaten In Under 20 Minutes For A New World Record

  Everything moves faster in Vegas, baby. Watch as speedrunner Kungkobrademolishes Fallout: New Vegas in a ridiculous 19:52. Damn. Some of the tricks used in this playthrough include: Breaking his own legs to gain speed. This works by saving and quickloading just before crippling your character; if done correctly the game grants you a 152% speedboost.…

  By Patricia Hernandez Published April 15, 2016
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  Ten Hours With The Excellent New JRPG Bravely Second

  Bravely Second, the appropriately titled sequel to Bravely Default, is out in North America for 3DS today. Like its predecessor, Bravely Second is a smart, lighthearted role-playing game with killer combat and enough customization to keep curious players occupied for quite some time. I’ve spent around ten hours with Bravely Second, and I like it…

  By Jason Schreier Published April 15, 2016
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  Team SoloMid In Another League Of Legends Final, But Won’t Have Any More Help

  The rule with Team SoloMid in 2016 is to expect the unexpected. With an all-star roster of proven greats, they shambled to a .500 record. Now they’re the scariest team in the NA LCS playoffs. On Sunday, they face their great nemesis, CLG, in the final. It’s a remarkable turnaround for Team SoloMid. Their win…

  By Rob Zacny Published April 15, 2016