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Reviews
The Wolf Among Us‘s Dark Second Chapter Remains Faintly Unsatisfying
Fairy tale characters sure are into some weird stuff. That’s the moral of Telltale’s The Wolf Among Us, an adventure game series based on Bill Willingham’s decidedly R-rated Fables comics. The game returns this week with the second episode in its five-episode first season. What do the shocking events at the end of episode one…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 5, 2014 -
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If Only Cobra’s Baroness Was This Cool In The ’80s
Cobra Commander was an incompetent buffoon; Destro a vainglorious bastard. The real power behind the Cobra organization stands before you now in majestic 1/6 scale. All hail the Baroness. I was never a G.I. Joe fan as a child. Oh I loved the cartoon series, made my parents buy me the action figures and even…
By Mike Fahey Published January 31, 2014 -
ReviewsBroken Age, Act 1: The Kotaku Review
This is what you wanted from Double Fine Adventure: A cartoony stylized world, lovingly rendered in 2D and fractured in ways that only nonsensical combinations of random items can fix. What you’re getting in Broken Age, Act 1: All of that, but with a level of cuteness, humor and heartache that’s exceedingly rare in the…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 28, 2014 -
ReviewsMountain Dew Cheetos: The Snacktaku Review
Back away slowly, America. These flavors — they are not for your ilk. Do not follow me into madness, for that way lies Mountain Dew flavored Cheetos and more than 127 million Japanese people. Do not blame me for bringing this insanity upon us — my desperate hunger for new snacking experiences is an entity…
By Mike Fahey Published January 27, 2014 -
ReviewsForget The Candy Crush Clones, This Match Game Is Like No Other
With a glut of Candy Crush Saga clones flooding iTunes, it was beginning to look like there was no more room in the match puzzle genre for innovation. Then came ZEZ, rocket-punching that idea in the head. Every 60 second round of ZEZ begins with a cat punching a robot with a rocket glove. In…
By Mike Fahey Published January 27, 2014 -
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,…
By Mike Fahey Published January 23, 2014 -
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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…
By Mike Fahey Published January 23, 2014 -
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The Not-To-Be-Missed Assassin’s Creed Story You Might’ve Missed Out On
The original version of Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation was one of those Little Games That Could. It debuted as an exclusive for Sony’s PlayStation Vita, a risky gamble to diversify the cast of leading characters in Ubisoft’s historical action franchise. However, it wound up being a surprising success on the Vita, and a game that…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 15, 2014 -
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.…
By Mike Fahey Published January 10, 2014 -
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…
By Mike Fahey Published January 6, 2014 -
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…
By Mike Fahey Published January 2, 2014 -
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The Best Way to End My Year is With a Bloody Tony Stark
While 2013 has been a pretty awesome year for movies and video games, on a personal level, it’s been pretty crappy. What better way to send if off than with the latest beat up bundle of awesome from Hot Toys. Straight out of last summer’s blockbuster, Iron Man 3, is the un-suited Tony Starkin his…
By Toshi Nakamura Published December 31, 2013 -
ReviewsMax: the Curse of Brotherhood: The Kotaku Review
Playing Max: the Curse of Brotherhood with the Xbox One controller feels a bit like running through an up-scaled iPhone game on a much bigger screen. As you might imagine, that’s both a good thing and a bad thing. The Curse of Brotherhood has a lot going for it. Lead character Max must rescue his…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 21, 2013 -
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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…
By Mike Fahey Published December 20, 2013 -
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.…
By Mike Fahey Published December 19, 2013 -
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,…
By Mike Fahey Published December 19, 2013 -
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…
By Mike Fahey Published December 11, 2013 -
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…
By Mike Fahey Published December 5, 2013 -
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…
By Mike Fahey Published November 29, 2013 -
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…
By Mike Fahey Published November 29, 2013