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ReviewsSkylanders Giants: The Kotaku Review
Thanks to the new Skylanders Giants‘ Lightcore technology, which makes certain toys in the action figure-powered sequel blossom scintillating colored lights, my two 16-month-old children have discovered how to push in my brilliant reverse baby gate to get to the delicious plastic figures lurking behind it. Thanks for that, Activision. Now about your new game……
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Maingear F131 Gaming PC: The Kotaku Review
When boutique PC maker Maingear contacted me about sending out a loaner F131 system for review, I had no idea that I would soon be face-to-face with the most attractive machine ever to grace my computer desk. Of course beauty is in the eye of the beholder—not everyone is as big a fan of the…
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Cobra’s Elite Makes the Miniature Red Leather Jacket Look Good
They are an elite fighting force led by a pair of twins that feel each other’s pain. They are the Imperial Guards of Cobra. They wear red leather, not caring that the 80’s were three decades ago. They are the Crimson Guard, the latest in the sixth scale line of G.I. Joe figures, and they…
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ReviewsForza Horizon: The Kotaku Review
Forza Horizon coined a new term for itself, more out of self-defense than to describe its creative goals. “Action racer,” we were told at E3, because another racing genre known by the A-word would be a scarlet letter on a motorsports brand as precise as Forza. Arcade racer, action racer, either term is accurate to…
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The MOGA Will Change the Way You Play (Several) Android Games
On October 21 Power A makes a bid for the blossoming Android game controller market with the MOGA, the innovative game pad/phone dock I’ve been pretty excited about since its announcement earlier this year. Now that I’ve had a week alone with the MOGA I’m still enthusiastic, but the unit’s success hinges on much more…
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ReviewsBorderlands 2: Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate’s Booty: The Kotaku Review
There’s a hidden oasis in Pandora that you never knew about, with palm trees and crystal clear water that I want to die in (which, incidentally, probably happened a few times). Captain Scarlett and her Pirate’s Booty is the first in a series of planned campaign add-ons for Borderlands 2. It introduces funny new characters,…
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ReviewsPop-Tarts: The Snacktaku Review
The Pop-Tart was originally created as a way to capitalize on fancy new dog food foil freshness technology. True story. In the early 1960s, Post created a method of wrapping dog food in foil, preserving its freshness without the need for refrigeration and effectively ending hilarious primitive sitcom dog food eating gags. Looking to expand…
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Fable: The Journey: The Kotaku Review
Did you ever go to school with a kid that was way too into horses? Like, waaaaaay too into horses? I’m talking about the kind of kid who has horse posters on the wall, a horse lunchbox and a horse backpack. Because Fable: The Journey feels like a game made by and for that kid.…
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Darrell Lea Soft Eating Liquorice: The Snacktaku Review
In America, when most people think liquorice they think Twizzlers. When someone offers me licorice and then hands me a Twizzler I want to strangle them with a piece of Darrell Lea Soft Eating Liquorice, but it’s far too pliant and delicious to take a human life. I’ve prided myself on not writing a Snacktaku…
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ReviewsNBA 2K13: The Kotaku Review
2K Sports started an arms race with itself three years ago when it landed Kobe Bryant, the greatest player of his era, for the cover of NBA 2K10. Then it reached into the record books to trump him with Michael Jordan in NBA 2K11—and then grabbed Larry, Magic, and Michael for NBA 2K12. So when…
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Razer Blade Mk2: The Kotaku Review
The first Razer Blade was not a high performance gaming laptop, nor was it meant to be. It was designed with a balance of portability and power in mind, and the allure of a 17 inch gaming laptop that weighs less than seven pounds was enough for the unit to sell out at every turn,…
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Nutella: The Snacktaku Review
My first taste of Ferrero’s famous chocolate hazelnut spread came in the spring of 1991 in a dorm room at the predominantly female Agnes Scott College in Atlanta, Georgia. Her name was Deirdra. She was long and lithe and graceful, with hair like autumn leaves dancing in the wind. She was impish and sweet and…
By Mike Fahey
