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ReviewsMarshmallow Crispy And Cookie Dough Oreos: The Snacktaku Review
Is there any greater event in the snacking world than the introduction of a new limited edition flavor of Oreo cookie? How about two new flavors? I have tasted Marshmallow Crispy and Cookie Dough Oreos, and my findings may surprise you. Nabisco sent along these two new flavors in advance of Sunday’s Grammy Awards broadcast,…
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A Blackjack Role-Playing Game? Hit Me.
Proving once again that absolutely everything is better with careful application of hit points, magic and stat-based equipment, Sony Pictures Television’s Suits And Swords is the more fun than a Blackjack game has any right to be. Remember iOS hit Sword & Poker, the hybrid role-playing/card game? Much like that series is the best way…
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ReviewsThe Childhood Memories Locked Inside Our Lost Toys
Few physical objects are as emotionally charged as children’s toys. They absorb our memories and moods, holding them until an errant look or touch brings them flooding back. Lost Toys from Barking Mouse Studios is a taste of that. Mobiles filled with forgotten childhood icons hang in a forgotten room, wooden idols charred and misshapen.…
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ReviewsThe First Official Wireless iOS Gamepad Is Small. Maybe Too Small.
All the age of controller-enabled iOS gaming has given us so far is a pair of wraparound shell controllers that only work with newer iPhones or iPod Touches. Where’s the iPad love? SteelSeries brings the iPad love with the Stratus — the first official wireless gaming controller for iOS 7. SteelSeries has been in the…
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ReviewsSonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Goes Mobile. Is That Good?
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed is available today on iOS and Android, giving mobile gamers a chance to race on land, sea and air as iconic Sega characters like Sonic, Amigo, John and Tim. Is it worth $4.99? Mostly. I am a big fan of the console/PC version of Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, so…
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Nine Months Later And SimCity Is A Bust
I love watching the streets of SimCity 2013. The cars and people zipping by, streets stretching to the horizon. Look too closely or zoom out too far, and the game’s problems are impossible to miss. I’d stay on those streets forever if I could, but there’s a review to update. Presented here is my original…
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ReviewsCut The Rope 2 Is A Great Reason To Give Its Creators More Money
For three years the creators of Cut the Rope have been adding new free level packs to the original game. Both the prequel, Cut the Rope: Time Travel and the spin-off, Cut the Rope: Experiments, have gotten free new content this month. These guys really deserve another dollar. Cut the Rope 2 is our chance.…
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ReviewsSneaky République Tricked Me Into Enjoying A Stealth Game
I do not enjoy stealth-action games. Kickstarter success story République is a game with deep roots in the Metal Gear Solid franchise — the pinnacle of the stealth-action genre. Why am I enjoying it so much? It’s a matter of perspective. You see, I am not sneaking in “Exordium”, the first episode of République. Hope,…
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ReviewsPeggle 2: The Kotaku Review
Peggle is a puzzle game that involves clearing colored pegs from a board by shooting balls from the top of the screen, but that’s not what the game is about. It’s about getting to the explosively colorful celebration at the end of each level, and Peggle 2‘s celebrations are the most satisfying yet. It could…
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ReviewsThere Isn’t Much Assassin’s Creed In Assassin’s Creed Pirates
Folks who criticize Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag for straying too far from the core conflict between the Templars and Assassin’s should probably avoid Assassin’s Creed Pirates, as the first two words of its title don’t really count. There’s no running and jumping in Assassin’s Creed Pirates. There are no personal assassinations — just boat-to-boat…
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ReviewsAn Iron Man Figure Worth Its Weight In Gold
For ages, Kotaku’s Luke Plunkett has taunted me with pictures of Hot Toys figures, the most spectacular sixth-scale, highly-articulated, true-to-life (where applicable) toys available. Now I’ve gotten my hands on one — the Iron Man Mark XXI Midas Armor sold by Sideshow Collectibles, and I may have been better off without. See, I’ve bathed in…
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ReviewsSnacktaku’s Turducken Thanksgiving Feast
Every November, Americans gather their family around the dinner table to give thanks for the many brown things we have to eat. Pumpkin pie, stuffing, gravy, UPS, dirt — these are all delicious brown things, but the centerpiece of the celebration, at least in my house this year, was a bird stuffed with two other…
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ReviewsEven The Most Promising Game Can Be Ruined By Free-To-Play Foolishness
Dammit, Tank Nation — why won’t you just let me love you? I wanted to spend hours flinging projectiles at challenging enemies against lush 2D backdrops, pausing only to use my amassed resources to fit new parts and upgrades onto my fantastical tank creations. I wanted to progress through the expansive story, discover new lands…
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ReviewsThe Legend Of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds: The Kotaku Review
I haven’t enjoyed a game in The Legend of Zelda franchise this much in more than 20 years. Yes, I am one of those Legend of Zelda fans – the ones who steadfastly maintain that the pinnacle of the series, despite all the advances of the past two decades, is a 2D sprite-based game for…
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