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ReviewsFez: The Kotaku Review
The first thing that appealed to me about Fez, an independent puzzle platforming game developed by Polytron, was how adorable it was. If my childhood proved anything, it was that eight bits of detail can still make me squee with delight. I instantly knew that I would need a plushie version of Gomez, the main…
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ReviewsTiger Woods PGA Tour 13: The Kotaku Review
Last year’s sports video game of the year, the Tiger Woods PGA Tour series this year faces what NBA 2K12 did in October—a nearly impossible encore. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12 at last delivered The Masters, reviving a series that had plateaued and giving longtime golf fans moments and memories that were legitimately emotional. How…
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The First True 7.1 Surround Sound Headset Makes Me Want to Buy a Better Sound Card
Back in 2002 I dropped a large chunk of change on a pair of “true” 6.1 surround sound headphones. They were essentially a pair of normal headphones with extra speakers extending out to either side of each ear cup. They looked ridiculous. I loved them. After spending three weeks with Razer’s Tiamat 7.1, the world’s…
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ReviewsNinja Gaiden 3: The Kotaku Review
I admit it: I may well be the world’s worst ninja. My sense of timing is less than exemplary, my coordination is not always great, and sometimes I just plain lose track of what’s going on. If Ninja Gaiden 3 had needed me to learn any actual skills or to provide any creative input into…
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ReviewsNaruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations: The Kotaku Review
It’s been nearly ten years since Naruto made its animated debut in Japan. Over the past decade Studio Pierrot has told countless stories of the young ninja and his friends, introducing dozens of characters into the ever-expanding sage. Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations attempts to cram all of that into a single fighting game.…
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ReviewsA 14-Button Motion-Sensing Steering Wheel Only a PC Gamer Could Love (Or Use)
For any PC racing enthusiast that’s ever craved a high-end steering wheel setup but lacked the money / motivation / room to set one up, SteelSeries’ Simraceway SRW-S1 Steering Wheel is the answer to all of your problems, and the cause of a couple new ones. Traditional PC steering wheel setups require, at the very…
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ReviewsMLB 12: The Show: The Kotaku Review
When you have done so much right for so long, to the point that very little needs to be changed, the paradox of your success is that what you offer risks becoming stale. For years, MLB The Show has been one of the most universally acclaimed video games, regardless of genre, and its improvements—while observable—sometimes…
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ReviewsMLB 2K12: The Kotaku Review
This could be the last dance for Major League Baseball 2K. For more than a year, all signs have pointed to Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of 2K Sports, leaving a licensing deal many have ridiculed from the day it was signed in 2005. 2K Sports has ended three team sports series in the past…
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ReviewsI Am Alive: The Kotaku Review
There’s a book by Cormac McCarthy entitled “The Road.” It’s a somber story about a man and his young son, traveling through a post-apocalyptic world and observing first-hand the kind of toll a mysterious event has taken on humanity, or at least what’s left of it. Besides the more tangible evidence of grey, desolate lands…
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ReviewsMass Effect 3: The Kotaku Review
The first time I started to tear up a bit, I’d only been playing for two hours. Because of the vagaries of the review process and pre-release games, I was playing a newly-created Commander, rather than importing the adventure of the Shepard I played in Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2 About two hours in,…
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ReviewsStreet Fighter X Tekken: The Kotaku Review
Worlds collide, battles erupt, and pink-haired transgendered beauties fight tooth-and-nail with freaking bears; Street Fighter X Tekken has arrived, pitting two of the fighting game scene’s favorite franchises into one sexy, riding-crop wielding package. Perhaps I’m a little obsessed with Capcom’s Poison, or maybe she/he merely represents the best of both worlds with a little…
By Mike Fahey
