Welcome to the Best of Kotaku, where I round up all of this week’s best content.
This week’s best image is a re-highlighting of that awesome Borderlands cosplay Luke showed us this week. It’s also very fitting since Borderlands 2 comes out so soon and I’ll be spending my weekend playing it for a review for you guys.
https://kotaku.com/and-on-the-eighth-day-borderlands-became-real-5942825
Moving on to our Best Of content this week, we kick things off as usual with a comment from the community.
The Best Comment From The Community
Our favorite comment of this week comes to you from devwild:
https://kotaku.com/developer-gets-why-gamers-scoff-at-iphone-5-but-says-i-5943410
No, I’m not looking backwards, I’m looking forwards, and I know that while there is room for improvement and even brand new gameplay, because of the limitations of the controls there are some game-types that I simply will never want to play on mobiles.
Developers are enjoying mobile, because the development is simpler and so is the sales model – plus you have a much larger customer base. It’s much easier to go from concept to bank account on an iPhone than it is on a PS Vita. That doesn’t mean gamers have to accept it as the future, or that the market should be shoehorned into it by hype.
I don’t trust developers who tell me “mobile is the future”, I trust developers who really enjoy creating games and experimenting with new and exciting platforms regardless of what they may be, and have the brains and foresight to put out products on platforms that work rather than platforms that are convenient.
Valve Is Bringing Steam To Your TV Today. Watch Out, Consoles.
https://kotaku.com/valve-is-bringing-steam-to-your-tv-today-watch-out-co-5941793
Jason Schreier gives us a sneak peek at Valve’s Big Picture mode for Steam. More »
Slender: The Eight Pages: Short, Crude, And One Of The Scariest Games Of The Year
https://kotaku.com/slender-the-eight-pages-short-crude-and-one-of-the-5942056
Kirk Hamilton explains the meme and game behind the creepy Slenderman. More »
Why I Buy Weird Games
https://kotaku.com/why-i-buy-weird-games-5941999
Chris Person explains why he prefers weird games. More »
NFL Punter Chris Kluwe Has Strong Opinions On Gay Marriage. Also, RPGs.
https://kotaku.com/nfl-punter-chris-kluwe-has-strong-opinions-on-gay-marri-5942026
Jason interviews Chrise Kluwe about his love for RPGs and gaming in general. More »
Farewell to the Wii, A Great Gaming System After All
https://kotaku.com/farewell-to-the-wii-a-great-gaming-system-after-all-5942101
Stephen Totilo writes out a eulogy for the Wii. More »
Tekken Tag Tournament 2: The Kotaku Review
https://kotaku.com/tekken-tag-tournament-2-the-kotaku-review-5942255
Evan Narcisse finds Tekken Tag Tournament 2 to encapsulate everything fans love about the fighting franchise with clever new features to boot. More »
Time Travel, Lasers and Dinosaurs Add Up to the Video Game of One Man’s Dreams
https://kotaku.com/time-travel-lasers-and-dinosaurs-add-up-to-the-video-g-5942092
Zac Gorman’s latest comic is all about a game that includes everything he’s ever wanted. More »
One Year after DC Comics’ New 52 Reboot, The Same Old Problems Linger
https://kotaku.com/one-year-after-dc-comics-new-52-reboot-the-same-old-p-5942355
Evan reflects on the reboot of a series of DC Comics. More »
The Resistance People Are Making a New Shooter. This One Should Be Better.
https://kotaku.com/the-resistance-people-are-making-a-new-shooter-this-on-5942538
Evan tells us about Fuse, which used to be Overstrike, and what’s changed. More »
8 Things You Should Know About LittleBigPlanet On The PlayStation Vita
https://kotaku.com/8-things-you-should-know-about-littlebigplanet-on-the-p-30778055
Kirk gives you a rundown of his impressions of LittleBigPlanet six hours into the game. More »
Jet Set Radio: The Kotaku Review
https://kotaku.com/jet-set-radio-the-kotaku-review-5942636
Chris’ video review tells us how it’s aged as a game, and how it remains worthwhile. More »
Guild Wars 2, Log Three: I Made A Thing! Then Another Thing, and Another Thing…
https://kotaku.com/guild-wars-2-log-three-i-made-a-thing-then-another-t-5942678
Kate Cox begins to craft in Guild Wars 2. More »
The iPhone 5 Might Be the Best Smartphone for Gamers
https://kotaku.com/the-iphone-5-might-be-the-best-smartphone-for-gamers-5942688
Evan tells us what’s great about the reveal of the iPhone 5 and what it means for gamers. More »
How Video Game Fans Mourn the Death of One of their Own, Slain in Libyan Attacks
https://kotaku.com/how-video-game-fans-mourn-the-death-of-one-of-their-own-5942638
Kate tells us about a tragic loss, and a gaming community’s touching reaction. More »
NHL 13: The Kotaku Review
https://kotaku.com/nhl-13-the-kotaku-review-5942764
Owen Good appreciates the strategy and realism in NHL 13. More »
Everything You Need to Know About The Wii U (That Nintendo Was Willing To Tell Us)
https://kotaku.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-wii-u-that-ninte-5942991
Stephen Totilo gives us a round-up of all of Nintendo’s news from their recent conference. More »
https://kotaku.com/tokyo-jungle-the-kotaku-review-5942860
Tokyo Jungle: The Kotaku Review
Richard Eisenbeis finds Tokyo Jungle to be a very unique experience. More »
How The Wii U’s Launch Price Stacks Up
https://kotaku.com/how-the-wii-us-launch-price-stacks-up-5943014
Kate compares hardware/console prices with the new Wii U reveal. More »
Nintendo Wants To Take Over Your Living Room
https://kotaku.com/nintendo-wants-to-take-over-your-living-room-5943082
Jason tells us all about the TVii. More »
Forget The iPhone 5’s New Tech. I’m Switching Back Because I Miss My Friends
https://kotaku.com/forget-the-iphone-5s-new-tech-im-switching-back-becaus-5942722
Kirk wants to swtich back to an iPhone to play games with his friends. Also Kirk doesn’t have any friends (sorry Kirk I had to). More »
He Went To War So He Could Make Video Games
https://kotaku.com/he-went-to-war-so-he-could-make-video-games-5943045
Patricia Hernandez tells us about a developer who went to war to get the education he needed to make video games. More »
Do Modern Shooters Take Themselves Too Seriously?
https://kotaku.com/do-modern-shooters-take-themselves-too-seriously-5943247
Patricia wants to know what happened to the Hitlers in mech suits in shooters. More »
Here’s How The Wii U Could Make RPGs Better
https://kotaku.com/heres-how-the-wii-u-could-make-rpgs-better-5943215
Jason has ideas for what the Wii U could do with JRPGs. More »
The Triumphant Resurrection Of A Vanishing Video Game Move
https://kotaku.com/the-triumphant-resurrection-of-a-vanishing-video-game-m-5943409
Kirk misses leaning in games. More »
The Wii U Start-Up Screen Is Like Nothing Ever Seen On Consoles Before
https://kotaku.com/the-wii-u-start-up-screen-is-like-nothing-ever-seen-on-5943417
Jason talks to Reggie Fils-Aime about what you’ll first see when you boot up the Wii U. More »
Resident Evil: Retribution: The Kotaku Movie Review
https://kotaku.com/resident-evil-retribution-the-kotaku-movie-review-5943398
Matt Hawkins tells us how Retribution is the film most like the video games its based on. More »
