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ReviewsUnicomp Ultra Classic Keyboard Review: The Good Old Keys
In 1984 IBM introduced the legendary Model M, a beast of a mechanical keyboard that utilized a unique buckling spring key switch to make sweet love to the user’s fingers, along with a lot of noise. Unicomp’s Ultra Classic is the Model M’s direct descendant, and it’s almost as good as the original. If you’ve…
By Mike Fahey Published March 30, 2017 -
ReviewsA Nintendo Switch Case For The Sophisticated User
Say you recently dropped a chunk of cash on a new Nintendo Switch. You might leave it in the dock most of the time, but at some point you’re gonna want to pick it up and take it with you. Before you do that, you should probably get a case. There are already a ton…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 28, 2017 -
ReviewsEverything: The Kotaku Review
For large portions of Everything, I wasn’t sure how to feel. By the end of it, I cried. A lot. Everything is a game about everything. In this new game from the developer of experimental game/virtual pet Mountain, you can take control of every object in the game world, from ants and buildings to solar…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 22, 2017 -
ReviewsMass Effect: Andromeda: The Kotaku Review
Mass Effect: Andromeda sprawls and sprawls, eagerly offering you so much to see and do that it nearly loses itself in the process. In this massive and uncertain voyage into an alien galaxy, the best way to center yourself is to hold on to other people, and trust that the mission will accomplish at least…
By Patricia Hernandez Published March 22, 2017 -
ReviewsNvidia Geforce GTX 1080 Ti Review: Comfortably 4K
Last year Nvidia launched its Pascal gaming line with the GTX 1080, bringing capable 4K PC gaming to the masses. The new Geforce GTX 1080 Ti upgrades that “capable” to “comfortable.” The original GTX 1080 is an excellent graphics card that hits at least 30 frames per second on most contemporary PC games, especially when…
By Mike Fahey Published March 14, 2017 -
Reviews
Ghost Recon Wildlands: The Kotaku Review
Ghost Recon Wildlands seems innocuous at first glance. It is a passable open world shooter where cooperative play leads to exciting gunfights and silly stunts. But Wildland’s core is far more insipid. It is propaganda. It is jingoism made playable, perpetuating the failed logic that all it takes to solve the world’s woes is enough…
By Heather Alexandra Published March 13, 2017 -
ReviewsNier: Automata: The Kotaku Review
Nier: Automata begins as a scrolling shooter. Then it’s a twin-stick shooter, a third-person action RPG and a 2.5D platformer. It’s equal parts comedy and tragedy. It’s a game that’s whatever it needs to be at any particular moment to be completely amazing. There’s nothing simple about Nier: Automata, but I will attempt to simplify.…
By Mike Fahey Published March 6, 2017 -
ReviewsNintendo Switch: The Kotaku Review
The Nintendo Switch is a fascinating new game console built around a novel and well-executed central idea. It also has plenty of problems that will doubtless be improved upon in a future version. Nintendo is yet again trying something new, and here we are to take the plunge alongside them. Note: This review is largely…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 3, 2017 -
ReviewsThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild: The Kotaku Review
Early in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, I discovered a puzzle shrine containing a small maze. Inside that maze was a little ball. The goal, I realized, was to maneuver the ball out of the maze and slide it into a nearby funnel. To do this, I’d have to rotate my Nintendo…
By Jason Schreier Published March 2, 2017 -
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Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming Laptop Review: It Plays Games
Some gaming laptops are legendary electronic beasts, brimming with the latest in powerful mobile computing tech, built to perform and priced slightly beyond that. Then there is the Dell Inspiron 15 7000 gaming laptop. You want to play games? It can do that. Just don’t go crazy. I’ve reviewed a lot of gaming laptops in…
By Mike Fahey Published March 1, 2017 -
ReviewsTorment: Tides Of Numenera: The Kotaku Review
“What does one life matter?” is the question at the heart of Torment: Tides of Numenera. Initially shapeless, the question solidifies around heady concepts like legacy. Not so coincidentally, few games can boast a more lasting legacy than Numenera’s spiritual predecessor, Planescape Torment Tides of Numenera is the Kickstarter-borne spiritual follow-up to Planescape, a 1999…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 28, 2017 -
ReviewsHorizon Zero Dawn: The Kotaku Review
For years now, the latest console generation has been coasting on the idea that more raw power means better games. The PS4’s newest exclusive, Horizon Zero Dawn, is the rare game that delivers on that promise. To play Guerilla Games’ Horizon Zero Dawn is to feel awe. Awe over sheer technical wizardry and its ability…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 28, 2017 -
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Night In The Woods: The Kotaku Review
Depending who you are, you’ll either want to hang out with Night in the Woods’ characters all the time or tell them to get off your lawn. The game is small enough to feel intimate and spacious enough to cater to different kinds of curious people. It may feel different for everyone who plays it.…
By Riley MacLeod Published February 24, 2017 -
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Halo Wars 2: The Kotaku Review
The nice thing about Halo Wars 2 is that it works. Which is nicer than it sounds, because the biggest fear about real-time strategy games on a console, and the thing that generally keeps those games off the platforms in the first place, is that a control pad does not rank highly on the preferred…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 20, 2017 -
ReviewsClutch Chairz Throttle Review: The Sports Car Of Supersized Gaming Chairs
Just because you are a bigger-than-normal person doesn’t mean you can’t get a gaming chair that looks and feels like you salvaged it from a wrecked race car. Clutch Chairz’ Throttle gaming chair is rolling, butt-gripping proof. Unlike many products that toss the word “gaming” in front of an everyday thing in order to appeal…
By Mike Fahey Published February 17, 2017 -
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For Honor: The Kotaku Review
I’ve chopped, smashed, and stabbed more medieval bodies in the past few days than I can count. I’ve also been cut open, impaled, and beheaded more times than I care to admit. Kill and be killed—that’s the proposition at the heart of For Honor, a game in which burly men and women swing crafted hunks…
By Ethan Gach Published February 16, 2017 -
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Nioh: The Kotaku Review
On first glance, Nioh does not seem remarkable. A generic looking action RPG in the vein of Dark Souls, Nioh seems more like a lost Playstation 2 curiosity than a killer AAA exclusive. Ignoring it would be a terrible mistake though. Nioh is one of the best action titles in years, packed with exciting combat…
By Heather Alexandra Published February 15, 2017 -
ReviewsBoard Games
Doom: The Board Game: The Kotaku Review
I never thought we’d get a faithful board game adaptation of Doom, of all things, but here we are: Fantasy Flight’s latest dungeon crawler plays just like the heavy metal first-person shooter, only without all the blood. It’s actually not the first time the company have tried this: in 2004 Fantasy Flight released a board…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 13, 2017 -
ReviewsWatching Someone Else Play Resident Evil 7 On YouTube: The Kotaku Review
Despite having a taste for horror movies and novels, horror video games freak me the hell out. Still, I was curious about Resident Evil 7’s promise of a Southern Gothic zombie game. Like millions of other scaredy cats out there, I decided to watch it on YouTube instead of playing it. Horror games are huge…
By Gita Jackson Published February 3, 2017 -
ReviewsBatman: Arkham Knight: The Kotaku Re-Review
Batman: Arkham Knight spins one of the most ambitious video game stories ever told, and watching it thunder to its conclusion is like watching a 747 successfully land on a helicopter pad. It may not be known for its narrative, but that is its achievement—a spiraling and notably interactive tale that takes you inside the…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 31, 2017