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UncategorizedThrustmaster T300 RS Force Feedback Racing Wheel: The Kotaku Review
Thrustmaster’s T300 RS force feedback racing wheel is the first officially licensed force feedback driving controller for the PlayStation 4. I am actively afraid of it for the best of reasons. Earlier this year I declared my newfound love of racing controllers. Put off by the herky-jerky force feedback of earlier years, my reintroduction via…
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The Week In Games: Stocking Up For The Winter
There aren’t a lot of games coming out between now and the new year, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t any good games left for 2014. One of this week’s releases has Persona in the title. That’s always a good thing, right? I won’t say it’s a really empty week — not yet. I’m saving…
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UncategorizedWatch Amiibo Figures Come To Life In Super Smash Bros.
The Amiibo toys launched this week alongside Super Smash Bros. Wii U, the colorful pieces of plastic adding a new dimension to Nintendo’s brawler and several other titles. Want to see them in action? Utilizing my capture box and a precariously perched webcam, I put together a series of videos demonstrating exactly how the Amiibo…
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Defective Samus Amiibo? More Like Perfected Samus Amiibo
The Amiibo Samus figure Redditor Adam “Adamantium126” Truesdale received from Best Buy might not be able to enjoy a cup of coffee or open manual doors, but who cares when you’ve got double the firepower? According to aGamespot interview with the lucky owner of no-hands Samus, he didn’t even realize the figure had two cannons…
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Where Were You When World Of Warcraft Started Running?
If your answer is something along the lines of “sitting in front of my computer cursing”, you certainly weren’t thinking Blizzard’s MMORPG would make it ten years, yet here we are to the day. When World of Warcraft first launched back on November 23 of 2004, I was busy playing EverQuest 2, which had come…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: “Draw Me Like One Of Your Orlesian Qunari”
This week’s image and contest name comes by way of Mr. Chris Person, a man who interrupts aperfectly good Dragon Age: Inquisition sex scene with a riff on Titanic To be fair, taken out of context the still from theIron Bull romantic interlude from Dragon Age: Inquisition does indeed look as if the one character…
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Sunday Comics: Terror Time
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 November 18. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published November 17. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Assassin’s Creed Elsewhere: The Winners!
What time period could be more exciting than the French Revolution for Assassin’s Creed? Judging by the number of entries we received for last week’s ‘shop contest, just about all of them. First, the winning time and place — New York City, 1932. That’s when the famous “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” photo was taken, depicting…
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UncategorizedThe LEGO Detective’s Office Has A Story To Tell
Situated on the second floor of a duplex on top of the local pool joint, the LEGO Detective Office would be perfect if not for the heinous crime going on under the blocky gumshoe’s very nose. Due out in January for $159.99, the LEGO Detective Office is a prime example of the thought and planning…
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Smash Bros. GameCube Adapters Sold Out, Online Prices Go Nuts
“Not a single store in Georgia has any,” a local GameStop employee told me over the phone as I called about looking for the GameCube controller released with Super Smash Bros. Wii U. That’s explains why the cheapest one on Amazon is $89.99, and why eBay prices are going through the roof. Wii U gamepad…
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UncategorizedHow GameStop’s ‘Karissa The Destroyer’ Smash Bros. Stunt Went Down
At a GameStop event in California earlier this month, a 10-year-old girl trashed pro-level opponents at a special Super Smash Bros. Wii U demo. Quickly proven fake, GameStop finally comes clean on how “Karissa the Destroyer” cleaned up. Smash fans were more than a little ticked off when 10-year-old Karissa’s seemingly legendary Super Smash Bros.…
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UncategorizedTwo Hours Of Warlords Of Draenor Spawn Camping In Under Six Minutes
Having hit level 100in World of Warcraft’s Warlords of Draenor expansion pack earlier this week, I spent early Thursday morning camping a rare spawn for four hours. I accidentally captured most of it on video. Don’t worry, I sped it up. Camping a rare spawn. There’s something I’ve never done in World of Warcraft before.…
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UncategorizedThis Is Why Players Love EVE Online
One of my biggest gaming regrets is that I’ve never taken the time to really dig deep into EVE Online. This latest trailer, featuring the voices of actual players, is a monument to what everyone else is missing. It’s exactly what I want when I start playing EVE Online, but what I can never seem…
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