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The Week In Games: Ballin’
It’s time for the basketball games with the number 16 in the title! Also, Mega Man Legends. Maybe I should have led with that. As part of my current quest to appreciate competitive virtual sports games more I’ve been playing close attention to the rivalry between EA’s NBA Live 16 and 2K’s NBA 2K16. Right…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
I’m Going To Teach Myself To Drive Stick With Video Games
“A tough young man like you is going to want a manual, right?” asked the Nissan salesman who sold me my first car 20 years ago. I shook my head timidly and purchased an automatic Sentra at $500 a month for six years. I can’t help thinking I’d have gotten a better deal had I…
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UncategorizedThe First Gameplay Footage From The South Park Xbox Game That Never Was
The original Xbox never got a South Park game, but if it had it would have looked something like this. The raw work in progress was allegedly discovered on a debug original Xbox procured in August by Nintendo Age forum moderator qixmaster, who posted a few screenshots and a single cutscene from the game. Sometime…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Ugliest PlayStation 4
Earlier this week our own Evan Narcissecalled the upcoming Call of Duty PlayStation 4 “Ugly As Sin.” He wants ugly? We’ll give him ugly. I’m not too put off by Activision and Sony’s Pumpkin Spice PlayStation 4. Black, grey and orange aren’t that bad of a combination, and considering how insane the pumpkin crowd is…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Thank You For The Amazing Game Cube Collection, Random Game Store Guy
I went to my local video game store on Friday to pick up a copy of Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, and I walk out with an entire generation’s worth of Nintendo console goodness. Thanks, random game store guy. No, I didn’t get his name. I want to say Dave, but I want to say…
By Mike Fahey - Culture
Sunday Comics: Best Gaming System Ever
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 25. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published September 21. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
A LEGO Dimensions Buyer’s Guide For The Discerning Player
Tonight at midnight $465 worth of LEGO Dimensions product goes on sale. How much does one need to pay to have a good time? Let our buyer’s guide be your…guide. LEGO Dimensions, taken as the whole of the first series of starter and toy kits, is the priciest total game release of the year. Skylanders…
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UncategorizedThe First Five Rip-Snortin’ Minutes Of A Fistful Of Gun
My admiration for FarmerGnome’s epic multiplayer Spaghetti Western is rivaled only my my lack of dedication to a fake Southern accent during the first five minutes of A Fistful of Gun. Released last week on Steam for little doggies everywhere to get along to, A Fistful of Gun is a unique little top-down pixel shooter…
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UncategorizedAfro Samurai 2 Is Some Bullshit
I was going to record a video demonstrating why the recently-released follow-up to 2009’s Afro Samurai is such a waste, but I couldn’t bring myself to play it any longer. Fuck this game. I wasn’t a fan of the Afro Samurai animated series when I played and reviewedthe first game some six years ago, and…
By Mike Fahey