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The Sims 3: World Adventures Review: A Form Of Manifest Destiny
Expansions are to The Sims series as pimples are to puberty: they’re going to happen, so embrace them and try to avoid nasty pit scars. It’s just part of growing up. The Sims 3: World Adventures opens up three new remote locations your Sim can visit: China, France and Egypt. The purpose of visiting the…
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2009 In Review: The Controversies
Looking back on 2009’s many kerfuffles and foofaraws, it may not have been the most contentious year the gaming industry has ever seen. But it certainly was among the most entertaining. Kicking off Kotaku’s review of 2009 are the headlines that generated the most heat, if not light, from the preceding year. The conflicts fracture…
By Owen Good -
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Saitek Aviator Flight Stick Review: Do A Barrel Roll!
Saitek’s PC flight stick heritage merges with Mad Catz‘s console peripheral expertise to create the Saitek Aviator Flight Stick, containing all the controls you need to get your arcade flight games off the ground in style. The Aviator combines two controllers into one, placing the throttle controls traditionally placed on a separate unit for flight…
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Dragon’s Lair Micro-Review: Small Scenes from the Mind’s Eye
When it landed in 1983, Dragon’s Lair was truly unlike anything ever seen in an arcade. The gorgeous cartoon visuals not only justified an unthinkable 50-cent spend back then, they became the most memorable of pre-crash arcade classics. With Dragon’s Lair’s port to the iPhone and iPod Touch, EA Mobile and Digital Leisure are banking…
By Owen Good -
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PixelJunk Shooter Micro-Review: Just Add Water… Or Lava
Q-Games continues its series of deceptively simple PlayStation Network games with PixelJunk Shooter, where danger runs hot and salvation is just a glass of water away. Okay, maybe not a glass. PixelJunk Shooter is a game about saving miners and scientists trapped beneath the surface of a strange planet, but it’s also a game about…
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Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes Review: Battling Clashing Colors
I don’t care what any style magazine says — green only goes with orange when you’re vomiting or when you’re lining up elven archers for an attack in Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes. Those of you familiar with the series Might & Magic are probably surprised to see it, one, on the Nintendo DS…
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Rock Band Wireless Wooden Fender Stratocaster Review: No Turning Back
Video game accessory Mad Catz teams up with guitar manufacturer Fender to create the Rock Band Wireless Wooden Fender Stratocaster, $300 worth of fake guitar that begs the question, “How serious are you about your music games?” The Wireless Wooden Fender Stratocaster is a full-sized replica of Fender’s famous guitar, with all of the necessary…
By Mike Fahey -
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Gyromancer Micro-Review: Twisting The Night Away
The roleplaying game experts at Square Enix and puzzle game kings at PopCap give the puzzle RPG genre a Bejeweled Twist with Gyromancer. Is it as addictive as it sounds? It sounds like a jewel-matching RPG made in heaven. Players taken on the role of Rivel, a summoner traveling through the Aldemona Wood who becomes…
By Mike Fahey -
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Flight Control Review: Strategy Vs. Scribble
Nick Denton, who runs this whole network of blogs of which Kotaku is a part, has one 2009 game he really likes. Since we’re catching up this month on 2009 games we missed, we asked him to review it. Fans of the iPhone and iPod Touch game Flight Control are everywhere. My 7-year-old nephew runs…
By Nick Denton