Welcome to the Best of Kotaku, where I round up all of this week’s best content.
Just remember, Mario was the first. The above image is courtesy of The Coolsumist. I’m officially on vacation for about a week and a half! Woo! I’ll see you guys on the other end of next week.
Now let’s move on to reading this week’s best content, courtesy of us.
Everything I Know About Bungie’s Next First-Person Shooter, Destiny
https://kotaku.com/everything-i-know-about-bungie-s-next-first-person-shoo-5984648
Tina Amini (me!) flies to Seattle to learn all about Bungie’s first post-Halo project. More »
Nine More Surprising Hours With Assassin’s Creed III
https://kotaku.com/nine-more-surprising-hours-with-assassins-creed-iii-5985021
Stephen Totilo reconsiders his time with ACIII after reviewing it for us. More »
The Case Of The Disappearing Kickstarter
https://kotaku.com/the-case-of-the-disappearing-kickstarter-5985076
Jason Schreier tells us about the Kickstarter that earned $10,000 but then just disappeared. More »
Crysis 3: The Kotaku Review
https://kotaku.com/crysis-3-the-kotaku-review-5985181
Kirk Hamilton was let down by Crysis 3, especially by comparison to Crysis 2. More »
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance: The Kotaku Review
https://kotaku.com/metal-gear-rising-revengeance-the-kotaku-review-5985250
Evan Narcisse enjoys the swift slicing movements in this Metal Gear game. More »
Thanks for All The Memes, PS3!
https://kotaku.com/thanks-for-all-the-memes-ps3-5985243
Brian Ashcraft reminisces about all the memes we got thanks to the PlayStation 3. More »
What’s Most Impressive About Nvidia’s New $1,000 Graphics Card? How It Sounds.
https://kotaku.com/whats-most-impressive-about-nvidias-new-1-000-graphics-5985262
Mike Fahey checks out Nvidia’s latest graphics card, the Kepler-based GeForce GTX Titan. More »
Let’s Look At What Sony’s Past Console Reveals Could Say About Tomorrow’s PS4 Reveal
https://kotaku.com/lets-look-at-what-sonys-past-console-reveals-could-say-5985087
András Neltz takes a look back at Sony’s reveals of the PS3, PS2 and PS1 to estimate what they might reveal for the PS4. More »
Let’s Rank The Civilization Games, Best To Worst
https://kotaku.com/let-s-rank-the-civilization-games-best-to-worst-updat-5985186
Luke Plunkett rates his favorite and least favorite Civ games. More »
There’s No Shame In Liking A Game For Your Own Reasons (No Matter How “Stupid”)
https://kotaku.com/theres-no-shame-in-liking-a-game-for-your-own-reasons-5985142
Patricia Hernandez enjoys games beyond what they were made for. More »
A Tribute To Fire Emblem‘s Most Gloriously Overpowered Character
https://kotaku.com/a-tribute-to-fire-emblems-most-gloriously-overpowered-c-5985095
Kirk makes all his other Fire Emblem characters jealous. More »
Apologies If We Wasted Your Time With That Preview
https://kotaku.com/apologies-if-we-wasted-your-time-with-that-preview-5985143
Stephen shares his thoughts on video game previews. More »
This Is How We Get More Black People In Video Games
https://kotaku.com/this-is-how-we-get-more-black-people-in-video-games-5985340
Evan Narcisse commemorates Black History Month with an article discussing the serious lack of diversity in video game characters, and some possible remedies. More »
Source: The PS4 Will Be Out This November, And You’ll Be Able To Control It With Your Phone
https://kotaku.com/source-the-ps4-will-be-out-this-november-and-youll-be-5985356
Jason shares a ton of new PS4 info for us, the night before Sony’s big, official reveal. More »
Some Tips For Playing Metal Gear Rising, Since It Does A Terrible Job Of Explaining Anything To You
https://kotaku.com/some-tips-for-playing-metal-gear-rising-since-it-does-5985395
Evan shares some tips on playing the latest Metal Gear, since the game itself does a terrible job of explaining things to you. More »
Yes, I am an Anti-Aquaman Bigot
https://kotaku.com/yes-i-am-an-anti-aquaman-bigot-5985449
Owen Good is not a fan of Aquaman. More »
Sony Will Announce The PlayStation 4 Tonight. Here’s Everything We Know So Far.
https://kotaku.com/sony-will-announce-the-playstation-4-tonight-heres-eve-5984538
Jason rounds up everything we know about the PlayStation 4, just hours away from the official reveal. More »
Everything We Know About The PS4, Out This Holiday Season, And The Games Announced Tonight
https://kotaku.com/sony-announces-the-playstation-4-coming-this-holiday-s-5985759
Jason tells us all about the new PlayStation, officially revealed during Sony’s big conference. More »
The Best, And Worst, Of Sony’s Big PlayStation 4 Reveal
https://kotaku.com/the-best-and-worst-of-sonys-big-playstation-4-reveal-5985809
Luke lists out the best and worst of Sony’s big reveal. More »
https://kotaku.com/sonys-wildest-plans-for-the-ps4-how-likely-are-they-5985914
Sony’s Wildest Plans For The PS4: How Likely Are They?
Jason sizes up how likely Sony’s cloud gaming and other online plans for the PS4 are. More »
Why Your Board Game Collection Needs Some German-Style Games
http://kotaku.com/5985644/forget-game-of-thrones-the-best-board-games-are-german+style
Quintin Smith has five German-style board games suggestions to spice up your collection. More »
The Rise and Fall of SuperDaE, A Most Unusual Video Game Hacker
https://kotaku.com/the-incredible-rise-and-fall-of-a-hacker-who-found-the-5986239
Stephen tells us the fascinating story of the infamous hacker SuperDaE. More »
