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ReviewsIt’s Almost a Pity This Unique and Colorful Puzzle Game Is Free
I’ve always been a big fan of the color samples in the house paint section of Home Depot. Those unassuming sheets of paper, festooned with color gradients, introduced me to a world that was more than simple black and white — a world with 50 shades of grey, several dozen oranges and more green than…
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ReviewsBoneless Vs. Bone-In Chicken Wings: The Snacktaku Showdown
Late last week the Twitterverse exploded with what might be the most important snacking argument of the year — boneless or bone-in chicken wings? Lines were drawn. Sauces were chosen. Wet naps were made ready. Lots of people made themselves sick, all in the name of fighting for the cause they felt was the justiest…
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ReviewsI Was Done With Three-Star Puzzle Platformers. Then Disney Gave Me Mittens.
Thanks to the low price of mobile games, I regularly download new titles without seeing as much as a single screenshot. Many of those sight-unseen games follow the Angry Birds scoring formula — smash, achieve or collect the things you need on each level, earn three stars, gems, flowers, whatever. Generally I don’t get past…
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ReviewsForget Endless Runners, Here’s an Endless Action RPG
A half-hour with FDG Entertainment’s Slayin has convinced me that the action role-playing games I enjoyed as a much younger man were woefully inefficient. Imagine all the things I might have accomplished if I hadn’t spent hour after hour traveling expansive maps, poking things with my pixel sword in order to gain the power to…
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Army of Two: The Devil’s Cartel: The Kotaku Review
Army of Two: The Devil’s Cartel drifts in a Lagrangian point of video game mediocrity. No force pulls it toward being a contemptible or even bad effort, but nothing budges it into the orbit of entertainment, even as a guilty pleasure, either. Its experiences are the most indistinct I’ve ever had in the wide world…
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Oreo Mega Stuf Cookies: The Snacktaku Review
I’m perfectly capable of making myself sick without your help, Nabisco. Available for a limited time only, Oreo’s Mega Stuff cookies are an answer to the marketing-powered imaginary war going on between fans who enjoy Oreos for the cookie, and those who prefer the creme in the middle. Which side will come out on top?…
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Nimble Quest Would Make One Hell of a Final Fantasy Game
Back in January, Square Enix released Final Fantasy: All the Bravest, a game about getting as many Final Fantasy character sprites on the screen at one time while finding creative new ways for players to pay for things It wasn’t a very good game. What Square Enix should have done was make Nimble Quest, the…
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ReviewsRazer Edge Pro PC Gaming Tablet: The Kotaku Review
Like many PC gamers, I’ve often wished a machine capable of putting the power of a gaming rig in a portable device. Gaming laptops are lovely and have their place, but that place is often on top of a desk. After a week with Razer’s new Edge gaming tablet, I realize what I really wanted…
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ReviewsThis “Pegformer” Delivers One New Way to Move, Many New Ways to Die
When developer First5 Games were looking for a fresh method of movement for their new platforming game, they found inspiration in those old Wacky Wall Crawler toys you’d get for a quarter out of supermarket vending machines as a kid. You know, the ones with all the sticky legs? I used to tear off their…
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ReviewsFetch Could Have Been an Animated Feature. Instead It’s an Utterly Charming iPad Game.
You could search the iTunes app store for days and not come close to finding a game with the charm and polish of Big FishGames’ Fetch. It’s an animated movie come to life, an adventure riddled with arcade action wrapped around a warm beating heart. It’s the story of a boy and his dog. While…
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ReviewsTiger Woods PGA Tour 14: The Kotaku Review
The Mashie. The Brassie. The Cleek. Why, oh why, did golf abandon these delightful club names for bland old 5 iron, No. 2 wood, and 2 iron, or, worse, driver names like that sound like energy drinks. When I whipped out my baffing spoon and eagled No. 4 on Augusta National’s 1934 layout, I could…
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I Didn’t Mean to Kill You, Beautiful Xenosaga Statue
Of all theGathering statues from e2406.com I’vereviewed, I was most looking forward to their gorgeous 20-inch rendition of Xenosaga‘s T-elos. Some role-players prefer Kos-Mos, but my heart was always with this dark-and-deadly Mary Magdalene cyborg. In the game she nearly took down the entire party all by her lonesome. I took her out with a…
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ReviewsTaco Bell Cool Ranch Doritos Tacos: The Snacktaku Review
Oh taco, sweet taco — in terms of pure convenience there is no finer food. Savory meat, vegetables and spice wrapped lovingly in corn or flour, the taco’s greatest strength is the edible container you hold in your hand. From the finest restaurants, the shadiest street vendor or a fast food chain that’s been bastardizing…
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ReviewsThree Colors Combine to Form the Finest Sheep Shooter Ever
Red, green and blue — these are the primary colors, which can be mixed together in varying amounts to create every color of the visible spectrum. I learned this in my grade school art program. At the time I was convinced the teacher made it up to cover for the fact that they only had…
By Mike Fahey
