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Persona 4 Arena Plays as Good as It Looks, But I Don’t
These sweet new screens of the Arcade Mode in Atlus’ upcoming Persona fighter jogged my memory of the time two weeks ago I would have beat the publisher’s PR master had he not surely cheated terribly. How did Atlus’ Aram Jabbari cheat during our Persona 4 Arena session during E3 2012? Well, first off we…
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Iconic Game M.U.L.E. Is Back, and It’s Coming to a Phone Near You
In 1983, Electronic Arts published a four-player, turn-based strategy game developed by a little company called Ozark Softscape. The game itself didn’t necessarily sell very well, but it left its indelible mark on a generation of players—and, perhaps more importantly, a generation of designers who would, in time, themselves become legends. That game was M.U.L.E.…
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Golden Oreos: The Snacktaku Review
Oreo. In the snacking world there are few words more powerful than that glorious combination of three vowels and a consonant. Since 1912 Nabisco has dominated the cookie market with this marriage of chocolate and cream, the unassailable king of its domain. As recently as 2003 no serious snackologist would have dreamt of attempting to…
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UncategorizedWhat’s the Fine for Necrophilia in Cyrodiil?
Great moments in gaming humor finally makes it to The Elder Scrolls! Just because series stars a silent protagonist doesn’t mean it has to be a dour, humorless affair. It can be an affair with a corpse as well! Falanu Hlaalu, alchemist of Skingrad, puts the dark in Dark Elves in this brief exchange from…
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The Dorkly Weekly: Death Comes to RollerCoaster Tycoon
Witness as the Dorkly folks bravely attempt to squeeze a little humor out of Chris Sawyer’s classic amusement park sim. You’d think it’d be easy. Kudos to those stalwart comedy video craftsmen for looking in the most obscure places possible for inspiration. Of all the games I consider ripe with comedic potential, RollerCoaster Tycoon doesn’t…
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Welcome to the New and Improved Kotaku Off-Kilter
Welcome to the all-new, all-different Kotaku Off-Kilter! We’ve completely overhauled the format thanks to a new technique called “trimming the block by a half-hour”. So get ready for 90 minutes of humor in 60 minutes flat. Innovation!
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UncategorizedYou Can Only Play Starhawk On PS3, But You Can Look at Your Leaderboards Anywhere
Some games stay with you even when you’re not playing them. Sometimes, you get so deeply into a game that you need to bring it with you on the go. You need to keep up with everything that’s going on, and even looking over stats or reading through the game’s encyclopedia makes that time spent…
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