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UncategorizedMinecraft’s Industrial Revolution Maps Are Suitably Magical
After all, building “just” dreary factories in a world like Minecraft’s, where industry clashes with magic, wouldn’t make much sense. So what we get instead is the industrial revolution turned up to 11, sometimes with dragons, sometimes with giant robots. Planet’s Minecraft’s Industrial Revolution contest finished its one-month run last week with a total of…
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UncategorizedNothing Says Funeral Like a Quick Time Event
In the early moments of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare‘s campaign mode, the player is given a choice — press or hold a button to pay their respects to a fallen comrade, or just sit there awkwardly watching the screen until they get bored and wander off. Not much of a choice, really. Circulating on…
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UncategorizedTen Things You Might Not Know About Fire Emblem
Whatever happened to Fire Emblem 64? What’s with Casual Mode? How come we had to wait so long for the Fire Emblem series to come West?Did You Know Gaming has the answers. It’s hard to imagine Nintendo’s flagship strategy role-playing game series had six games and thirteen years under its belt before it made its…
By Mike Fahey - Culture
The Week In Games: The Call Of Spacey
We’re into the home stretch, 2014! This week kicks off with the annual Call of Duty release extravaganza, followed immediately by one of the biggest release weeks of the year. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare drops on a Monday. It was technically dated for Tuesday, but pre-order customers were getting it Monday, so now everyone…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: A Date With Death
Earlier this week one of our writer’s documented herexhaustive efforts to get it on with Death in The Sims 4. Surely getting a date with Death is easier than that. I’d say all we need is some sort of image manipulation program. What sort of date do you take the amorphous personification of the end…
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Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel DLC Lets You Play As Three Handsome Jacks
The Handsome Jack Doppelganger Pack for Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel arrives November 11, allowing players to take on the role of a faux Handsome Jack and his erstwhile companions, Handsome Jack and Handsome Jack. One Jack just wasn’t enough, especially considering he’s only a doppelganger, the playable Handsome Jack will be able to summon a pair…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Zombies Return In Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare DLC [Update]
Courtesy of an email today from GameStop, zombies will be returning in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare‘s downloadable content packs. Update: Activision has clarified that the $50 seasons pass will not be required to play Sledgehammer’s version of zombie mode. Zombies may or may not make an appearance in the release version of Advanced Warfare,…
By Mike Fahey - Culture
Sunday Comics: They Hired A Dog
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 October 31. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published October 27. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Better Than A Bunny Smartphone Case: The Winners!
In last week’s Photoshop contest I asked our readers to come up with a better consumer use for Japan’s rabbits than cell phone cases. I should have seen this coming. Some of our contestants followed the contest to the letter, crafting new consumer products out of bunnies. Others expanded on the cell phone case idea.…
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UncategorizedGet To Know Three Of The Classes From Bethesda’s Battlecry
When Bethesda showed of its gun-less take of Team Fortress 2 earlier this year, special event attendees got to check out three of Battlecry‘s five announced classes — Enforcer, Duellist and Tech Archer. Now you get to see them as well. The Team Fortress 2 vibe I got from Battlecry‘s initial reveal isn’t quite as…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
What Did You Dress Up As For Halloween?
Halloween has come and gone once more, leaving in its wake scary sugar crashes, horrific hangovers and countless photos commemorating how silly/scary/awesome/unfortunate we looked last night. It’s time to share. Since I have kids, I no longer have to dress up for Halloween. Instead I get to plan elaborate costumes for my twin boys that…
By Mike Fahey
