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ReviewsStrawberries: The Snacktaku Review
This past weekend Mother Nature attempted to set me on fire, scorching the entire country in a desperate attempt to stop me from turning my critical snackologist eye on what many consider one of her greatest creations. What’s the matter, Mother Nature? You nervous girl? Well you should be. Mother Nature and I have never…
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A Gaming Mouse and Keyboard Combo Made to Play Together
The mouse and keyboard are the sword and shield of the PC gamer, an alliance of hardware bent on game domination. They’re both integral to the PC gaming experience, but rarely are they built to play together. There are plenty of matched sets, but rarely does their synergy extend beyond outward appearances. German hardware maker…
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ReviewsOn the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode 3: The Kotaku Review
Have you been feeling a distinct lack of Final Fantasy IV in your life lately? Do you really miss the early 1990s? Were 32-bit games just two times too many bits for you? Have you grown weary of the third dimension? If so, congratulations: you are exactly the niche that On the Rain-Slick Precipice of…
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ReviewsPokémon Conquest: The Kotaku Review
Since the release of the first Pokémon role-playing game in 1996, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company have attempted to capitalize on the success of the core series by overlaying its colorful cartoon characters on other genres. Thanks in no small part to the power of the brand, Pokémon pinball, puzzle, turn-based dungeon crawlers and more…
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Golden Oreos: The Snacktaku Review
Oreo. In the snacking world there are few words more powerful than that glorious combination of three vowels and a consonant. Since 1912 Nabisco has dominated the cookie market with this marriage of chocolate and cream, the unassailable king of its domain. As recently as 2003 no serious snackologist would have dreamt of attempting to…
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ReviewsTera: The Kotaku Review
The latest big-name Korean import to hit the North American massively-multiplayer online role-playing scene, Tera does little to differentiate itself from countless other fantasy MMO titles we’ve been slowly growing bored with over the past decade. Sometimes a little is all you need. In a world formed via the dreams of two slumbering titans, the…
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ReviewsLollipop Chainsaw: The Kotaku Review
You could pick Suda51’s work—like Killer7 or the more recent No More Heroes and Shadows of the Damned—out of a line-up. The art style is cartoonish, as are the characters. Memorable protagonists like the vulgar-mouthed tough guy Garcia “Fucking” Hotspur or the lascivious Travis Touchdown turned juvenile humor into compelling, tongue-in-cheek delight. And the combat…
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McDonald’s Snack Wraps: The Snacktaku Review
A few years back the international nutrition conspiracy struck a powerful blow against the forces of eating, launching one of the most effective smear campaigns since cream cheese met bagels. The message was simple” Bread will kill you; eat tortillas instead. It’s a completely ridiculous idea that was immediately embraced by the people of the…
By Mike Fahey
