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UncategorizedThe First Five Minutes Of My Favorite Star Wars Game
No Jedi. No lightsabers. Just four hardcore Republic Commando clone bros with a long row to hoe. What makes a good Star Wars game? Judging from Luke Plunkett’s declaration of the best video game from the franchise and my own personal pick, the first step is getting rid of the space wizards altogether. Just toss…
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The Week In Games: More Wolfenstein And Gravy
Beloved by several prominent and sexy Kotaku editors, Wolfenstein: The New Order gets a standalone prequel this week. Everything else is just gravy. Shin Megami Tensei Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker? Gravy. Syberia II for PS3? Gravy. Cosmophony? Gravy. You know what I love almost as much as more Wolfenstein? Gravy. Tuesday, May 5 Shin…
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UncategorizedLike Twitch Plays Pokémon, Only With More Confused Naked People
Omegle is a random web chat service often used to find partners for cybersex encounters. GoodguyGastly is using it to help him defeat the Elite Four in Pokémon Omega Ruby. He’s a very brave man. Unlike Twitch PlaysPokémon, in which random chatters offered up command inputs that were parsed and communicated to the various installments…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Force Awakens Stuff
Disney has announcedthat September 4 is the day all the toys and merchandise for Star Wars: The Force Awakens will hit store shelves. Accompanying the announcement was a blank box with easy to mimic placeholder fonts. IT’S A TRAP! I know we did a Star Wars ‘shop contest last week, but some opportunities are too…
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Batgirl Makes Her Playable Debut As Arkham Knight DLC
Well, my interest level in Batman: Arkham Knight just skyrocketed. Fresh details on the DLC coming in the game’s season pass reveal Batgirl’s Arkham game debut. While Rocksteady’s Arkham trilogy comes to a close with the release of Arkham Knight in June, the developer has a packed schedule of side stories and additional content to…
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Sunday Comics: Dark Spirit Has Invaded
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 2. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published April 27. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Bling Side Of The Force: Winners!
Last weekwe challenged our Photoshop-savvy readers to out-bling a Darth Vader helmet covered in gold. We’re going to need more precious metals. While many of this week’s entries took a more modern approach to making sure everybody knows how much money Star Wars characters have, ‘Shop Contest regular uscg_pa took a more…traditional approach? Sure, we’ll…
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UncategorizedIf Every Game Was A Pokémon Clone
Pokémon’s turn-based battles and exploration have been delighting gamers for nearly two decades, but does the formula work when applied to Halo, Sonic the Hedgehog, Mario and more? According to Hat-Loving Gamer’s excellent mash-up video, it certainly does. Sure Pong might be a little boring while taking turns (Paddle, Block attack!), but the likes of…
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