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The Best of Kotaku, This Week

It’s Adventure Time! My favorite show! And Skyrim! Put together! Ok, I’ve taken a breath.

This week’s spectacular image comes from deviantArt user radiostarkiller. I found his fantastic work on Reddit. I’m not sure the 3DS game that’s in the works will be as awesome, but a girl can dream, right? Right? Guys…?

https://kotaku.com/theyre-making-an-adventure-time-game-for-nintendo-3ds-5895784

This image is likely better for your mobile wallpaper than your desktop wallpaper, so be sure to check out the full version in all its glory over here

As usual, first up in our Best of round-up is a comment from the community. Thanks to everyone who has been participating in the nominations! Be sure to look for my nomination posts on Fridays to get involved.

https://kotaku.com/nominate-this-weeks-best-comment-5895891

Want to suggest an article, comment, tweet, or any other content on Kotaku to be featured for a weekly Best Of nomination? Drop me a line at [email protected] with the subject line of “Best Of Nomination.” Or any other subject line that will help me sort through and search for them. I’m not too picky.


The Best Comment From The Community

invadingduck contemplates the perfect way for the world to end

https://kotaku.com/how-would-you-prefer-the-world-end-5895530

With some kind of joke, movie reference, or meme. I’d die a happy death.

“What do the aliens want?”

“They said…’All your base are belong to us.'”

“…Awesome.”

*Laser blows up Earth*


The Best Reason to Play the Newest Angry Bird

https://kotaku.com/why-you-should-play-angry-birds-space-the-game-everyon-5895506

Stephen Totilo is impressed with Angry Birds Space, and thinks you should check it out. More »


The Best Reason To Move To China

https://kotaku.com/why-come-to-china-one-foreign-game-developer-responds-5894426

Eric Jou explains the benefit to being a game developer in China. More »


The Best Game of Myst Played at a Museum

https://kotaku.com/i-played-myst-at-the-museum-visiting-the-art-of-video-5894537

Kate Cox went to the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC and played Myst. More »


The Best (Worst and Fake) Mega Man Game

https://kotaku.com/mega-man-pro-is-a-bogus-mega-man-game-and-shock-its-o-5894558

Exposed! Evan Narcisse plays through a fake Mega Man game on the iOS platform. More »


CThe Best (Most Disgusting) Twinkie You’ll Never Want To Eat

https://kotaku.com/chocolate-creme-twinkies-the-snacktaku-review-453101418

Mike Fahey proves how brave he is when he reviews this Twinkie disaster. More »


The Best Reason To Be Funny, According to Tim Schafer

https://kotaku.com/video-games-should-be-funnier-says-tim-schafer-5895770

Jason Schreier attended an NYU hosted Tim Schafer lecture in which the famous developer stresses the importance of humor. More »


The Best Localization of a Game

https://kotaku.com/how-fans-brought-a-japan-only-wii-game-to-the-west-5895791

Richard Eisenbeis explains how fans put the legwork in to localize Fatal Frame 4 for the West. More »


The Best (Most Emotionally Powered) Track in Mass Effect 3

https://kotaku.com/mass-effect-3s-musical-secret-5895616

Kirk Hamilton examines his favorite track in Mass Effect 3 and how the developers made it so powerful. More »


The Best Review of a Charmingly Weird Game

https://kotaku.com/kid-icarus-uprising-the-kotaku-review-5895938

Kirk Hamilton reviews the charming and odd Kid Icarus: Uprising. More »


The Best Review of a Franchise Gone Sour

https://kotaku.com/ninja-gaiden-3-the-kotaku-review-5895492

Kate Cox suffered through Ninja Gaiden 3 to review it for you. Spoiler alert: she didn’t like it. More »


The Best Review of a Barely Recognizable Resident Evil Title

https://kotaku.com/resident-evil-operation-raccoon-city-the-kotaku-revie-5894905

This isn’t the Resident Evil game that Evan Narcisse remembers. More »


The Best Acceptance of a Change to Mass Effect 3‘s Ending

https://kotaku.com/why-im-glad-bioware-might-change-mass-effect-3s-ending-5895369

After all the buzz on the Internet over the Mass Effect 3 ending, BioWare might actually go through with changing it. Stephen Totilo is happy about that. More »


The Best Developer Q&A

https://kotaku.com/ask-a-game-developer-anything-your-excellent-questions-5895294

5th Cell’s Jeremiah Slaczka answers your questions on Kotaku. More »


The Best (Biggest) Threat to the Future of PC Gaming

https://kotaku.com/is-windows-8-the-biggest-threat-to-the-future-of-pc-gam-5895291

Kate Cox explores what might happen to PC Gaming if Windows 8 is a failure. More »


The Best Comics As Told By Ken Levine

https://kotaku.com/crossover-ken-levine-talks-about-why-there-aren-t-any-5894965

In this edition of Panel Discussion’s Crossover, Ken Levine talks BioShock and his favorite comics. More »


https://kotaku.com/id-rather-play-a-boring-rpg-5895888

I’d Rather Play a Boring RPG

Jason Schreier explores how a boring RPG makes for a great game in this edition of his weekly JRPG column. More »


The Best Mass Effect 3 Story Told Through Screenshots

https://kotaku.com/these-860-screenshots-tell-my-mass-effect-3-story-5895538

Kate Cox’s Mass Effect 3 story is told in 860 screenshots. More »


The Best Noir Game Before LA Noire

https://kotaku.com/before-la-noire-there-was-this-1996-noir-adventure-gam-5895039

Luke Plunkett shows us the LA Noire game that was made before Rockstar’s version released. More »


The Best Big Games

https://kotaku.com/the-immense-pleasure-of-huge-war-games-5895917

Michael Peck explores what the pleasure of bigness in war games is. More »


The Best Worst Reviews of the Latest Games

https://kotaku.com/backhanded-box-quotes-this-is-the-cars-2-of-team-ninja-5896009

Ninja Gaiden is “the Cars 2 of Team Ninja.” Angry Birds Space “Sucks d!€k.” More »


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