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ReviewsSnacktaku Eats The Painfully Spicy Doritos Roulette
The idea behind Doritos Roulette is roughly the same idea as putting one bullet in the chamber of a revolver, spinning it, putting the barrel in your mouth and pulling the trigger. Before we get into it, I’d like to welcome viewers back to the Snacktaku video review. I’ve been on hiatus for a bit…
By Mike Fahey Published May 13, 2015 -
ReviewsInvisible, Inc.: The Kotaku Review
Let’s get straight to it: for some of you, Invisible, Inc. will be close to the perfect video game. There’s an easy way to determine if you’re one of those people. Ask yourself this question: “Would I enjoy a game that takes (most of) the best parts of XCOM, Splinter Cell and roguelikes and combines…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 12, 2015 -
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Wolfenstein: The Old Blood: The Kotaku Review
Wolfenstein: The New Order showed you could take an old style of game and make it feel new. Its new expansion, The Old Blood, simply feels old. I loved last fall’s The New Order. A lot of people did. It was a seemingly old-fashioned type of shooter that ended up being one of the surprise…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 7, 2015 -
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Pillars of Eternity: The Kotaku Review
I once heard a game designer say that anyone older than a teenager who plays video games isn’t actually enjoying them. Instead, the designer theorized, we’re all just endlessly trying to recreate the enjoyment we used to feel, years ago, back when we were young and the world was full of possibility. Can’t say I…
By Jason Schreier Published May 1, 2015 -
ReviewsMortal Kombat X: The Kotaku Review
New, younger Kombatants. Built-in options to play a particular character in completely different ways from someone else using the very same martial artist. More gore, but also more emotional plot points. The option to pay for easier Fatalities. Mortal Kombat is changing. This is a next-generation Mortal Kombat in more ways than one. MKX is…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 22, 2015 -
ReviewsBoxBoy: The Kotaku Review
I recently told the staff of Kotaku that I would happily buy each of them a copy of BoxBoy. I like it that much and think it’s that useful for them to play. I’d offer to buy you a copy, too, but that would be ridiculous. BoxBoy is special. It’s a clinic on game design.…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 9, 2015 -
ReviewsBloodborne: The Kotaku Review
More than 46 hours later, the credits are rolling on Bloodborne. I’m breathing a sigh of relief. The hunt may be over, but I won’t soon forget the city of Yharnam. Bloodborne is a tremendous accomplishment. The latest game from Dark Souls director Hidetaki Miyazaki and his team at From Software, it is both a…
By Patrick Klepek Published April 2, 2015 -
ReviewsAxiom Verge: The Kotaku Review
Yes, I gained a new ability! Now where the hell do I use it? The thrill of obtaining a shiny new toy followed quickly by the frustration of wandering about looking for places to apply it are the major beats of Axiom Verge, an indie love letter to classicMetroid-style 2D sidescrollers. You know, Metroidvania, the…
By Mike Fahey Published March 30, 2015 -
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Asus ROG G751JY-DH71 Gaming Laptop: The Kotaku Review
“You make bad decisions” said a coworker as I pulled the relatively massive Asus ROG G751JY-DH71 gaming laptop out of my backpack during a recent trip to our home office in New York City. I’m not certain I did. On a table dotted with various ultra-skinny Macbook Airs and other assorted ultrabooks, the G751JY certainly…
By Mike Fahey Published March 28, 2015 -
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Sixth-Scale Hoth Commander Luke Skywalker Never Learns
It doesn’t matter if it’s 1980 on the silver screen or on the cluttered desk of a guy who critiques toys, if you’re Luke and you’re wearing Hoth gear you need to watch out for Wampas. Commander Luke Skywalker in Hoth Gear is the latest figure in Sideshow Collectibles‘ sixth scale Star Wars line, and…
By Mike Fahey Published March 21, 2015 -
ReviewsTales From Borderlands Ep 2 Is What I’ve Wanted From Telltale For Ages
I’ve always said that the best thing about Telltale games isn’t QTE-heavy action or near-pornographic dedication to depictions of bad things happening to good people. It’s disarmingly intimate character moments. Tales from the Borderlands episode two is chock full of them. That makes it hard to discuss at length without spoiling the truly marvelous (and…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 17, 2015 -
ReviewsFinal Fantasy Type-0 HD: The Kotaku Review
The best moments in Final Fantasy Type-0 HD, a new role-playing game that is just as clunky as its title suggests, come not from the main path but from the things you can do during the breaks. This might not sound too strange to anyone accustomed to RPGs like Baldur’s Gate or Fallout, where going…
By Jason Schreier Published March 16, 2015 -
ReviewsDungeon Hunter 5 Discovers Exciting New Ways To Disappoint Me
Over its first four iterations Gameloft’s Diablo-esque Dungeon Hunter has transformed from excellent premium mobile game to mildly greedy free-to-play. With this week’s release of Dungeon Hunter 5 the series becomes a mildly greedy free-to-play hack-and-slash card-collecting defense game, aka just about everything I dislike about mobile games. I’m not even upset about the free-to-play…
By Mike Fahey Published March 11, 2015 -
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The Anime Encyclopedia 3rd Edition: The Kotaku Review
First released in 2001, The Anime Encyclopedia has long been a mainstay of many an anime fan’s bookshelf. Now, fourteen years later, comes the third edition: 4.6 pounds and 1160 pages covering anime from its genesis to the summer of 2014. That is a lot of anime—and it even includes a staggering amount of entries…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published March 11, 2015 -
ReviewsCities: Skylines: The Kotaku Review
Cities: Skylines is a game coming in hot. The People want a good city-building game to play, and it’s been a long time since they got one. So there’s a surprising amount of excitement and expectation for Colossal’s attempt at fixing SimCity’s mistakes. Regardless of what you’ve been hoping for, whether you’ve been interested in…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 10, 2015 -
ReviewsOri And The Blind Forest: The Kotaku Review
Pleasant. If I had to sum up Ori and the Blind Forest in one word, that would be it. The new Xbox One and PC platformer looks like a magnificently drawn kids’ fantasy book sprung to life. It has the lush, magical aesthetic and inoffensive charm that gamers have come to accept—and expect—from indie games.…
By Yannick LeJacq Published March 10, 2015 -
ReviewsThe Ultimate StarCraft Action Figure
Sideshow’s partnership with Blizzard has resulted in some pretty amazing collectibles—Deathwing from World of Warcraft, the Diablo III version of the Prime Evil—but nothing nearly as spectacular as the meticulously crafted sixth scale figure of StarCraft‘s Jim Raynor in his signature space marine armor. Fans with $500 to burn have been eagerly awaiting Raynor’s arrival…
By Mike Fahey Published March 9, 2015 -
ReviewsPneuma: Breath of Life: The Kotaku Review
The people who made Pneuma: Breath of Life are trying to convince players that their game is talking to them. Not, like, in terms of art direction, puzzle design or anything like that. It’s more in the vein of an actual conversation. Part of it is worth listening to, while the other part feels like…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 2, 2015
