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The Week In Games Is Very Important. They’re Going To Take Your King.
They are going to take your king. Stay focused, baby. This is key. You will have five, maybe ten seconds. Very important seconds. Leave the phone on the floor. Concentrate. Shout out everything you see about them. Hair color, eye color, tall, short, scars. Anything you see. You understand? They’re there. I can hear them.…
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UncategorizedAll The Enemies And Items In Super Mario Maker In One Video
Tireless Nintendo game chronicler MasterofHyrule started off creating a video of all of the enemies and items in Super Mario Maker that could come out of a canon or pipe. Then he upped it to all the enemies and items in the game. Then… …he decided to demonstrate what happens to each enemy or item…
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UncategorizedLet’s Watch Ten Minutes Of Star Wars: Battlefront Gameplay
Because it’s there, and it’s beautiful. A calming sensation wafted over me as I watched this video, recorded during the closed alpha test on PC and uploaded to YouTube by Jake McNeill (via Gamespot). I’ve been worrying over the new movies lately—probably due to the toys hitting stores—and this clip helped me come to terms…
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UncategorizedStarCraft II: Legacy Of The Void Launches November 10
The second expansion pack for StarCraft II will officially launch on November 10, Blizzard revealed today during the World Championship Series season three finalslive on Twitch. The release date announcement was accompanied by a cinematic trailer for Legacy of the Void StarCraft II’s initial installment, subtitled Wings of Liberty, launched over five years ago in…
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UncategorizedNo Jimmy Kimmel Live, I Will Not Preorder The Taken King At GameStop
Despite your deliberately ham-fisted GameStop commercial starring the ever-charming Guillermo, I will not preorder The Taken King, because preordering is bad. And also I already preordered it on PSN. It’s not my fault! I mean, it is my fault, but there was a good reason. I’d lost my Destiny disk, and the only way to…
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Kotaku’ Shop Contest: Pumpkin Spice Armageddon
To my knowledge Pumpkin Spice Spam is not a real product, but it very well could be. Nothing is safe. No one is safe. Especially not for this week’s ‘Shop Contest. Early fall, which is the term I use to describe the bits of the year between when the fall products hit store shelves and…
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Super Mario Bros. Turns 30 Today — When Did You First Play?
On September 13, 1985, Nintendo released Super Mario Bros. for the Family Computer (Famicom) in Japan. My first encounter with the heroic plumber came a year later at a local bar. The game that many credit with resurrecting North America’s video game industry after the Atari/Coleco era crash arrived in the states at a point…
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Sunday Comics: Embrace The Future
Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your pretty much weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published September 13. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published September 7. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: It’s Loopin’ Chewie’s Fault: Winners!
Oh Chewbacca, we can’t stay mad at you. Halfway through our frustration-fueled Photoshop attack on Loopin’ Chewie the love shined through. And what better love to signify this than the love for a complete breakfast, including a heaping helping of lharm’s ‘Shop Contest entry, Froot Loopin’ Chewie. Even with its strange language and lack of…
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UncategorizedDisney Infinity 3.0 Valiantly Attempts To Emulate Splatoon
One of Disney’s downloadable creations for Infinity 3.0 is a paint turf war mini-game called “Squid Wars”. It’s far from perfect, but isn’t it oh-so-adorable that they tried? Owners of Disney Infinity 3.0 are only a couple of confusing menu screens away from participating in their own Disney-created squid-inspired paint battles for up to four…
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UncategorizedGet These Highly Collectible Amiibo Facts Before They’re Gone
Did you know hardcore Amiibo collectors would sell their own family members if it meant getting their hands on a hard-to-find fiure? That’s definitely not one of the fun facts presented in Did You Know Gaming’s latest. Is Nintendo driving toy sales with games or driving game sales with toys? For better or worse, Amiibo…
By Mike Fahey