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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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The Breast Cancer Battle is a Boon to Pink Peripheral Lovers
In 2007 my older sister was diagnosed with breast cancer. She went through hell fighting against the malignant neoplasm — radiation, chemotherapy, a mastectomy, follow-up surgeries and reconstruction. She won her battle eventually, but the process was painful for the entire family. It’s safe to say I hate breast cancer. I am, however, a big…
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How 22 Cans, and Other Experiments, Really Can Change Gaming Forever
Over the decades and centuries, many conventions we now take for granted in film, literature, photography, and so on first came from independent, experimental artists. It has seemed like common sense, then, to assume that the next best innovations in gaming would come from a vibrant indie scene, and from gaming developing a true avant-garde.…
By Kate Cox
