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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Bowser’s Big Interview
Earlier this week Nintendo of America proudly announced that it had hired Mr. Doug Bowser as its new vice president of sales. What I want to know if how he dressed for that interview. I think our readers can help. Or Steve thought our readers could help and I used his suggestion, even though I…
By Mike Fahey - Culture
The Week In Games: Splat!
It’s that giddy, all-too-rare sort of week where we get to be deliriously excited about a Nintendo console release! I’ve managed to play exactly zero Splatoon over the past several weeks, so I’ll be going into Friday’s release clean, free of any worry over potential connectivity issues that may arise or preconceived notions about which…
By Mike Fahey - Culture
Snacktaku PSA: Snacking While Sleepy Can Kill A Pizza
This was once a pizza. Now it is a cautionary tale. The once proud frozen disc of dough, meat, cheese and sauce was transformed late last night in a three-hour, 375 degree ritual I can only imagine was excruciatingly painful. It certainly smelled painful, and if I know anything it’s the smell of pain. At…
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UncategorizedWhen Witcher 3 Bears And Cyclopes Go To War, Everybody Wins
Well, except maybe Geralt, but you can’t stage a massive battle between 20 bears and 20 cyclopes without breaking a few Witchers. YouTube’s Geo “Tyrannicon” Paradissis’ got a brand-new game, and he’s wastes no time laying waste to the untouched grasslands of CD Project’s latest. Such glorious chaos, and this is only the beginning. Tyrannicon…
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UncategorizedJust Cause‘s Grapple Gun Is Exactly What Grand Theft Auto V Needed
Anyone who called Grand Theft Auto V a perfect game before the release of this Just Cause 2 grapple gun mod is a lying liar who lies. As seen in the video below from GTA X Scripting (via GameSpot), modder JulioNIB has given PC GTA V players the most entertaining accessory of all time. It’s…
By Mike Fahey - Culture
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Hot Pockets: The Winners!
So many amazingly horrific entries inlast week’s “food”-themed ‘Shop Contest, but the winner is a simple, iconic image of Link from The Legend of Zelda playing the lovely “Song of Ass Storms.” All we wanted to do was show the folks in charge of Hot Pockets marketing how toproperly tie their product in with video…
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UncategorizedThe Perfect Weekend For A Waterslide. Maybe Not This One.
You must be exactly this height and weight to ride this ride, or else. Using the keen powers of sadistic evil automatically bestowed upon a person upon booting up RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, Redditor DaHrakl created the ultimate waterslide. And by “ultimate” I mean “final”, as only a very sprecific subset of park visitors would be…
By Mike Fahey - Culture
Sunday Comics: Go Forth In Style
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 May 22. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published May 19. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
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UncategorizedTil Morning’s Light Explores The Softer Side Of Adventure Horror
If Erica Page can’t battle her way through a haunted mansion filled with horrific beasts and break an ancient curse before sunrise her life is forfeit, her soul trapped for all eternity. Doesn’t that sound like fun? In my experience a game that begins with the protagonist trapped in a haunted house can go one…
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UncategorizedBad Lip Reading Assembles The Redneck Avengers
Remember the chilling scene in the first Avengers movie in which Loki tells Black Widow to run to Piggly Wiggly to get him Skittles, cigarettes and Big League Chew? Oh wait, that’s Bad Lip Reading’s Redneck Avengers. Bad doughnuts, spurned incestuous love, bad pig—I know a lot of you were worried by Joss Whedon’s departure…
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UncategorizedFive Minutes With The Aperture Science Heuristic Portal Pinball Device
Because Aperture Science would never release something as plebeian as a pinball table. Coming next week to Zen Pinball 2, Pinball FX 2 and whatever other pinball platforms Zen Studios has running about causing trouble, Portal Pinball reunites fans of Valve’s first-person puzzler with the likes of GLaDOS, Wheatley, Atlas, P-Body and the ever talkative…
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UncategorizedPersona 4: Dancing All Night In Women’s Clothing
It’s wouldn’t be a proper Persona 4 spinoff without tons of crazy costumes. Last week Atlus revealed swimwear for the ladies. This week, something much more entertaining. With a little over a month before Dancing All Night’s Japanese Vita release, Atlus demonstrate’s the cast’s amazing ability to make any outfit work, from swimwear… …to Yu,…
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