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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…
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ReviewsThe Origin EON-11s is an Impressive Gaming Machine Masquerading as a Netbook
The bigger the gaming laptop is, the more powerful it is. At least that’s been the experience I’ve had in my gaming laptop-reviewing career. A bigger chassis means more bells and whistles, better heat management, and a larger, more vivid display. I’ve equated smaller size with sacrifice, so when Origin PC first unveiled the EON-11s,…
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ReviewsDragon’s Dogma: The Kotaku Review
Reading about Dragon’s Dogma, Capcom’s latest title that ventures into open-world fantasy territory, is like viewing the game through rose-tinted glasses. Capcom is clearly trying new things that seem inventive. I want to love Dragon’s Dogma. I want to be able to support a game that tries its hand at something new, and hope that…
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ReviewsDiablo III: The Kotaku Review
Plagued with disconnects and shot through with lag, the May 15 launch of Diablo III had players and press alike railing against the always-online nature of the latest entry in the genre-defining action role-playing series. While not entirely unexpected, those unfortunate events punctuated the problems with requiring constant external server access for a single-player game.…
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ReviewsStarhawk: The Kotaku Review
Starhawk is a third-person shooter. Actually, scratch that, let me try again: Starhawk is a fighter-pilot game. Although… only sort of. Maybe Starhawk is a real-time strategy game. This is all getting complicated. How about: Starhawk is a Western, in space. And a fun one. Yes. Let’s go with that. The truth is, Starhawk takes…
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Sizing Up China’s Home Video Game Console, the CT510
China’s first foray into creating a mainstream video game system is a solid try in the right direction, except the system isn’t a game system, it’s an Online Multimedia Motion-sensing Device. The eedoo CT-510 already exceeded my expectations when I first saw it, it did exactly what it set out to do, entertain while providing…
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The MSi GT70 Gaming Laptop’s Guts are Almost as Impressive as Its Keyboard
As a PC gamer that enjoys getting my hands on the latest hardware, the most exciting feature of MSi’s new GT70 laptop should be the 2.3GHz Core i7-3610QM quad-core Ivy Bridge CPU or its ridiculously speedy storage solution, a combination of a 7,200RPM 750GB hard drive and a pair of Samsung 64GB solid state drives.…
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ReviewsWendy’s Fries in a Wendy’s Frosty: The Snacktaku Review
Anyone can open up a package and devour the contents, or order an item off a grease-smeared backlit plastic menu. The true connoisseur knows that the most transcendent snacking experience lies away from those convenient, often slippery beaten paths. It’s the enlightened snackster that looks at a pseudo chocolate milkshake and a salty cardboard container…
By Mike Fahey
