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UncategorizedGloating Is A Bad Idea In Bloodborne
Just because the boss is dead doesn’t mean it’s time for a victory cheer, as streamer Jeff Ramosdemonstrates in this video. “It’s really the story of my fucking life,” Ramos said as I commented on how beautiful this video is. He downed whichever vile Bloodborne boss this was despite losing his partner in the process,…
By Mike Fahey - Culture
The Week In Games: Baseball Season
It’s baseball season, which means I’ll be playing just about every game on this week’s release list but the baseball ones! Touchdown! I’ll probably start off with some Axiom Verge on the PS4, maybe see how Toukiden handle the move to current-gen, and then ride out the week with some peaceful farm life in Story…
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UncategorizedWe Don’t Need To Justify A GIF Of Persona 4‘s Chie Dancing
She’s a non-nonsense tomboy who loves kung-fu and steak. Here she is dancing. *sigh* Fine. The GIF comes from the latest trailer for Persona 4: Dancing All Night, coming in June to Japanese PlayStation Vitas and hopefully pretty damn quickly to other PlayStation Vitas. We just want it for the endless GIFs it will provide.
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.: The TAY Review • Are Bloodborne’s Early Bosses the Game’s Equivalent of Tutorials? • A Lawyer Revisits the Ace Attorney Trilogy (Introduction) • Spacemon: A Pokémon Tabletop Story, Vol. 2: Chapter 21 • TAY Flashback – Bioshock TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY…
By András Neltz - Uncategorized
New Jersey Game Store Swatting Takes An Uglier Turn
Gamers attending a monthly social gathering at Digital Press Video Games in Clifton, New Jersey Saturday evening had no idea the sudden massive police presence outside the store was pointed their way, until a caller posing as a fire department representative started giving them questionable instructions. According to local reports, the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Nintendo Mobile: The Winners!
Nintendo is officially making mobile games. While we wait to see what fruit the company’s partnership with DeNA will bear, our readers imagine exciting new ways to play and pay for Nintendo games on their phones and tablets. Maybe it won’t be all that bad? I was expecting last week’s‘Shop Contest to bear dozens of…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Pillars Of Eternity Characters Crippled By Ridiculous Inventory Bug
Pillars of Eternity is alovely CRPG, but it’s a lovely CRPG from Obsidian Entertainment, a developer that’s be known to miss the odd bug or two. Like the one that strips your character’s permanent buffs and abilities if you double-click equipment in your inventory. The relatively devastating bug, posted to Reddit by kiror yesterday, happens…
By Mike Fahey - Culture
Sunday Comics: People Are So Stupid
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 March 24. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published March 23. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
By Mike Fahey - Reviews
Asus ROG G751JY-DH71 Gaming Laptop: The Kotaku Review
“You make bad decisions” said a coworker as I pulled the relatively massive Asus ROG G751JY-DH71 gaming laptop out of my backpack during a recent trip to our home office in New York City. I’m not certain I did. On a table dotted with various ultra-skinny Macbook Airs and other assorted ultrabooks, the G751JY certainly…
By Mike Fahey - Esports
The top 32 Call of Duty teams in the world are squaring off this weekend in Los Angeles for part of a million dollar prize pool. Catch all the action from the 2015 Call of Duty Championship liveover at MajorLeagueGaming.com. It’s a refreshing change from watching teams of five fight over three lanes.
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UncategorizedThe First Five Nerve-Racking Minutes Of Spirits Of Xanadu
A derelict spaceship, homicidal robots and the most ear-piercing sound a video game can produce, all in the first five minutes of Night Dive Studios’ Spirits of Xanadu. Spirits of Xanadu is a first-person action adventure game that has many early reviewers name-checking the classic System Shock, so I went into the game expecting some…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Kingdom Hearts II: The TAY Review • Bloodborne – First Impressions on Release Day • Should Open World Games Rethink How They Tell Stories? • Indie HYPE: Dyscourse • What Time is it? Bloodborne • Parasyte -the maxim-: The Ani-TAY Review TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To…
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UncategorizedA Simple Song Swap Makes The Mortal Kombat X TV Spot So Much Better
While there will always be a fondness in my heart for the music of System of a Down, it does not belong in this television ad for Mortal Kombat X. Let’s swap in something more appropriate. There, much better. Now I’m ready to tear out some intestines. YouTuber shagg187 (viaReddit) came up with the fix,…
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UncategorizedSword Coast Legends Lets Dungeon Masters Screw With Players In Real Time
Last week the developers of Sword Coast Legends demonstrated how players delve the upcoming CRPG’s dungeons. Now take a look at the tools Dungeon Masters can use to make their players’ lives hell. Representing Dungeons & Dragons‘ dungeon master/player relationship in video game form is a real challenge. Giving a DM the power to craft…
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What’s Your Most Memorable Video Game Victory?
Your whole team’s dead. The clock is ticking and the pressure is on. It’s up to you to secure the win, and maybe you’re even hobbling along on minimal life. Did you make it? Surely you all have memorable victories or comeback stories. Maybe they were unlikely. Maybe you made it by the skin of…
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