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Doritos Mystery Flavors Revealed — “Spicy Street Taco” Wins
Earlier this year Snacktaku reviewed the three mystery flavors released for the Doritos Jacked line of corn chips. Now the names are officially revealed, and my favorite is retired in favor of my next screen name, “Spicy Street Taco”. First off, let’s see how accurate my taste buds were. I’ll give the bag color, how…
By Mike Fahey Published June 30, 2014 -
CultureFallout 3 Beaten In Under 24 Minutes, A New World Record
Watch as speedrunner BubblesDelFuego jets across the capital wasteland, all in the name of speed. Bubbles manages to beat the game in an astounding 23:55, beating the previous record of 24:20. The previous record for an “any percentage” run was also held by BubblesDelFuego, by the way. He beat his personal best, though you can…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 30, 2014 -
UncategorizedThese Guys Re-Created A GTA V Trailer In Real Life
A group of Spanish filmmakers called Zapruder Films put together this sweet live-action re-creation of the original GTA V teaser trailer from way back in 2011. Also, they set it in Madrid. The whole thing is pretty great, and they put the original trailer in the bottom left corner for reference, so you can see…
By Jason Schreier Published June 30, 2014 - Uncategorized
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By Steve Marinconz Published June 30, 2014 - Uncategorized
Deals: Wolfenstein, Watch Dogs, Playstation Plus, The Legend of Korra
Whatever your platform you can grab the surprisingly good Wolfenstein: The New Order on the cheap today. PC gamers get it for $30, while it’s $40 on all the consoles. [Wolfenstein: The New Order] Watch Dogs is also discounted across almost everything today, starting at $47 on the PC and going up to $53 for…
By Shane Roberts Published June 30, 2014 - Uncategorized
Oh Good, The New Ninja Turtles Movie Is Getting A 3DS Game
I was really hoping there wouldn’t be an official physical video game product based on the upcoming live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, if only to avoid seeing these ugly mugs on store shelves. Coming in August from Activision, the company that’s made a name for itself for releasing average Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video…
By Mike Fahey Published June 30, 2014 - Uncategorized
Shigeru Miyamoto, We Have An Answer To Your Question
Mr. Miyamoto, you recently asked me to ask Kotaku‘s readers to say which games they’d like you to make for the Wii U. Your question was extremely popular and I got a lot of replies—more than 3,000. And a lot of them involved a particular word: Metroid It’s not quite that simple, though. There were…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 30, 2014 - Uncategorized
And Now Some Free Garden Warfare Content From PopCap’s Sponsors
Two new free Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare character variants drop today, courtesy of Aquafina FlavorSplash. How do you feel about free sponsored content? The Berry Shooter and Citrus Cactus arrive today with the free Tactical Taco Party Pack downloadable content pack, the latest in a series of free premium content added since the launch…
By Mike Fahey Published June 30, 2014 - Uncategorized
‘Moms Against Gaming’ Is My New Favorite Twitter Account
Meet @MomsAgainstGam, a noble crusader in the fight to keep our children away from the menace that is video gaming. With powerful tweets like “disease and poverty are a direct result of Gaming,” @MomsAgainstGam is helping expose the painful truth that video games must be stopped. Well, not really. This is a parody account, masterfully…
By Jason Schreier Published June 30, 2014 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Metro: Last Light: Just Bopping Them on the Head • Blade and Soul: The Ani-TAY Review • TAY Explores Comics: Iris Zero • Mekakucity Actors: Rockmandash’s Ani-TAY Review TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By András Neltz Published June 30, 2014 -
UncategorizedWhat Happened to the Lost Thundercats Games
Thunder, thunder, Thundercats… no! Come with us, children of the 1980s and journey through a twisted tale about why there was only one terrible game based on the mega-popular fightin’ cat-people cartoon. Old-game archivist Larry Bundy digs deep in the sketchy game publishing history tactics of three decades ago to find out why a seeming…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 30, 2014 - Uncategorized
Which Video Game Genre Is Your City?
From the survival horror streets of Chicago to massively multiplayer Los Angeles, Dorkly has taken a handful of U.S. cities and described them — with uncanny accuracy — in terms of video game genres. They describe the dangers of Chicago thusly: Intermittent pockets of extreme danger and safe zones. Filled with stories of an awful…
By Mike Fahey Published June 30, 2014 - Uncategorized
356 weapons, 19 boss trophies, and 4 fishing trophies make for one hell of a display room in Terraria According to the owner/builder, redditor critcodedtuna, every item save for the Space Dolphin Machine Gun, which cannot be crafted or found in-game, was gathered by hand. Everything you can hang on weapons racks plus all 23…
By András Neltz Published June 30, 2014 -
UncategorizedA Quick Look at Civilization Revolution 2
JFK, stealth bombers and Silicon Valley are coming to the next Civilization game. Oh and lasers, too. It’s about to get all modern up in here. In the video above, I take in a near-final build of Civilization Revolution 2, the sequel to the built-for-consoles spin-off of Sid Meier’s popular strategy series. You’ll see some…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 30, 2014 - Kotaku East
In Tokyo, There’s a Second-Hand Shop for Booze
Across Japan, there is a chain of second-hand shops called Hard Off. There is also a used book retailer known as Book Off. And now, there’s also a store specializing in second-hand alcohol called Liquor Off Located in Tokyo, Liquor Off wants to buy your unwanted booze. No wonder the shop says “Please sell” in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 30, 2014 - Kotaku East
Look At All Those Chinese Products In Transformers 4
Transformers: Age of Extinction’s been out only a weekend and it’s already making bank in China. There’s no getting around the fact that a movie based on a line of toys is anything more than a major vehicle for product placement—including Chinese product placement, especially with the movie partly set in China. Now, I’m going…
By Eric Jou Published June 30, 2014 -
UncategorizedGood Job Folks, There’s A Grass Simulator Now
First Rock Simulator, and now this. Though it’s not a new Greenlight developer, so at least nobody had to pay $100 to get this listed. I’ll just let the description speak for itself: Have you waited all your life for a game that brings plot and gameplay together? Well we have the game for you.…
By András Neltz Published June 30, 2014 - Kotaku East
Hire a League of Legends Tutor in South Korea
Maybe you play online League of Legends. Maybe you suck. And maybe you wish there was a way to get better. Well, in South Korea there is. According to gaming site Gamemeca (via tipster Sang), a Korean company is rolling out a new service called “Punching” that enlists eSport athletes to give players tips in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 30, 2014 - Kotaku East
For Some Folks, “Side Mouth” Ruins Anime Faces
You know how sometimes anime characters have mouths on the side of their faces? Does that bother you? Or are you totally cool with that? Recently on 2ch, Japan’s largest internet forum, a thread disc popped up on how this anime mouth style is “upsettingly gross.” Below, you can see the drawing the original commenter…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 30, 2014