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ReviewsThis Is Angry Tetris Sex
Sometimes you want to go slow with your tetronimo stacking. Plan it out. Set aside an hour or two, light some candles, put on some inspiring classical Russian music and explore your relationship with the legendary puzzle game to its fullest extent. Then there are times when your passion for Alexy Pajitnov’s creation run so…
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Cracker Jack’D : The Snacktaku Review
Earlier this year I posted a list of five snacks I must eat in 2013, and on that list was a product from Frito-Lay that promised to shake up the status quo, challenge conventional snacking and fly in the face of more than 100 years of molasses-coated history. Cracker Jack’D, subtitled “Snacks with Impact” seemed…
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ReviewsI Want To Love This Game So Much, But I Can’t
“Hold me,” This Is Not A Ball Game begs me with her adorable French accent, tears running down her cheeks. Whimsical music plays against a backdrop of cardboad circus silhouettes, the lions and strong men and acrobats bearing witness. I hold up my hands, each finger a tiny gaming app critic, waiting to slice her…
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ReviewsIf You’re Into Endless Running, Might As Well Be Running With Friends
With its growing focus on mobile gaming and its penchant for trying to out-popular already popular games, Zynga was going to get around to stepping on Temple Run‘s toes eventually, and what better way than to combine the joy of endless running with the trusted …With Friends brand? The result is a combination I’m finding…
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ReviewsIt Only Took A Legendary Developer To Make Strategic Air Battles Fun
When I’m in the cockpit of a fighter aircraft, the last thing I want to do is slow down — I certainly don’t want to wait my turn. I need a joystick in my hand, a first-person view and buttons for machine guns and/or missiles. I was pretty sure Sid Meier of Civilization and Pirates!…
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ReviewsAverMedia Live Gamer Portable Video Capture Box: The Kotaku Review
Late last year I had a chance to check out the Live Gamer HD, an easy-to-use video capture card from AverMedia that allowed me to capture 1080p video from just about any HDMI source using a simple pass-through connection. It was the easiest hardware solution for capturing and streaming game footage I’d come across. I…
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ReviewsIt’s Like Pokemon, Only With Cats and Baked Goods
I do not understand why I am playing this, so here’s a kitten with a steamed bun on its head. Bread Kittens is one of those free games I don’t remember downloading but suddenly find myself playing more than I probably should. Set in the world of Catlandia, an evil pet food corporation is brainwashing…
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ReviewsGraze.com Healthy Snack Delivery: The Snacktaku Review
Each week I set aside some of my health for the sake of bringing Kotaku readers my honest, unbiased opinion about on some of the most horrible snack foods the world has to offer, and each week I get the same questions. “Don’t you ever review anything healthy?” “How are you not dead yet?” Folks…
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ReviewsSometimes It’s the Simple Things That Get Me
There are times I want to explore near photo-realistic ancient temples, battling terrifying enemies with the aid of powerful magical artifacts. I have moments where all I want to do is spend hours building armies, evaluating troop strength and capabilities and devising strategies to take advantage of my findings. Sometimes I just want to find…
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