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The Week In Games: Avengers Assembled
Looks like my week is going to be spent with LEGO Avengers in one hand, Final Fantasy Explorers in the other. Luckily I’ve gotten good enough at Blade & Soul to play with my feet. After weeks of whining about there not being any good games coming out, suddenly I’m backpedaling—slow it down, you guys.…
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UncategorizedLost In Harmony Is One Of The Sweetest Rhythm Games I’ve Played
This carefree scene of teens sharing a skateboard ride is actually part of the touching tale of two friends coping when one is diagnosed with a severe disease. Who said rhythm games couldn’t tell important stories? Certainly not games like Elite Beat Agents and Deemo, a pair of emotionally-charged rhythm games that come to mind…
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More Like D’awww-out
Eight-day-old Charlotte already has a favorite Fallout 4 companion. You’ll have to check out photographer Lauren Petersen’s website for more from the shoot, as we pretty much just blew our cute budget for the year. Okay one more. I’m sure Charlotte will grow up to do great things for the Commonwealth. Whichever parent survives will…
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Sunday Comics: Shudder And Howl
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 January23. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published January 18. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Final Fashiony: The Winners!
Last week I asked our Photoshop-savvy readers to give us a video game fashion model who could give Final Fantasy’s Lightning a run for her money. Our winner gives her a run for her monkey. I am so sorry. Let me make it up for you by establishing a school to teach children to collect…
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UncategorizedMystery Of The Assassin’s Creed Unity Cake Easter Egg Finally Solved
One would think an easter egg that involves eating delicious-looking cake would have been uncovered within the first few days of Assassin’s Creed Unity’s release, but no. It took a year and change for this Unity secret to be revealed, and the payoff is quite delicious. Players have been eating Unity’s cake since its November…
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UncategorizedA Brief Tour Of The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD
While most of us have to wait until March to play The Twilight Princess HD on Wii U, Nintendo Minute’s Kit and Krysta have been there, done that and posted nearly 10 minutes of gameplay. Did the world really need HD Oocca? The game’s nightmare-fuel human-faced birds have never looked so crisp and clear, which…
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One Day These Will Be Some Of The Rarest PlayStation Games
With digital game sales slowly overtaking physical releases, there could come a day when game collectors have nothing to collect but data. Publisher Limited Run Games is attempting to prolong the magic with small print runs of formerly digital-only games. Mighty Rabbit Studios’ nostalgia-crammed Saturday Morning RPG is getting a digital release on PlayStation 4…
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UncategorizedIsabelle Has Some Revolutionary Ideas For Running Your Animal Crossing Town
Leaving Isabelle in charge during an extended visit to another game entirely, the Villager returns to find his Animal Crossing town in a slightly more socialist state than he left it. Oh that Isabelle. YouTube animatorMax Gilardiimagines an Isabella whose ideas on social equality leave a real marx on the town of Animal Crossing. Why…
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