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CultureSunday Comics: Why Are We Naked?
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Sept. 16. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published Sept. 16. Read more of Corpse Run Clueless Hero by…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Oh No, Claptrap, Winners!
Last week I asked you fine Kotaku readers to celebrate the release of Borderlands 3 by sticking Claptrap, the annoying robot sidekick from the games, into different games, movies, and TV shows. You all delivered some of the best images I’ve seen in some time! Our winning image this week was created by Done With…
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UncategorizedFans Found An Assault Rifle Texture Hidden In Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Princess Peach is powerful and not to be messed with in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. But I never expected that she was secretly carrying an assault rifle. Yet that’s what fans found when they dug around the files of Brawl. YouTuber Oddheader recently released a video showcasing some secrets in video games that players and…
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ReviewsETCFinding A Snake In Your House: The Kotaku Review
I don’t have a problem with snakes, spiders, scorpions or any other small and potentially dangerous creatures that lurk outside. That’s their territory. I get it. But when one of these things comes into my apartment, I find it annoying. It also is a terrible thing to come home to in the middle of the…
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UncategorizedMario Maker Contest: Going Up!
For a long time, Mario went left to right and sometimes right to left. Life was good but simple. But over the years vertical sections and levels have become more a thing in Mario games. Let’s add some verticality to this week’s Mario Maker contest. Your Challenge This Week: Create vertical levels! Theme: Going Up,…
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CulturePokemonWhimsicott Will Sneak Into Your Home And Move Your Furniture
Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Whimsicott! Whimsicott Details Type: Grass/Fairy Average Height: 2’04” Average Weight: 14.6 lbs. First Added In Generation V Who is…
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CultureMorning CheckpointCombat Juggling Looks Awesome
Hello! This week we spend too much money on Runescape, listen to some baby gators, run away from killer robots, play a new Zelda game and do a little combat juggling. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week There are too many good games coming out right now and I’m sorry to inform you that…
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UncategorizedEvery Game Needs A Studio Trigger Anime Opening
Today Skullgirls studio Lab Zero Games debuted the animated opening to Indivisible, the eagerly-anticipated action role-playing game. I thought I could not get more excited about this game. I was wrong. Flashy animated intros from Studio Trigger, the folks behind Kill La Kill, have that effect. Every game should have one. Founded by former Gainax…
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UncategorizedWorld of Warcraft‘s Greatest Tragedies Look So Much Cuter In A Pop-Up Book
Last year, in the lead-up to World of Warcraft’s Battle for Azeroth expansion, Horde leader Sylvanas Windrunner went a bit more evil than usual. She set the world tree ablaze, destroying the night elf capital of Teldrassil and murdering countless innocents in the process. It was one of the most horrific events in the online…
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CultureThe Creepypasta Community That Influenced Control
Control’s setting, a secretive government facility that studies supernatural happenings, is engrossing. If you can’t get enough of the game’s surreal atmosphere, perhaps you should check out the SCP Foundation, a community-run fiction archive that many speculated was an inspiration for Control. It turns out that speculation was correct. Kotaku spoke with the SCP Foundation…
By Gita Jackson
