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The Best Civilization VI Mods
Civilization VI is a very good video game, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for improvement. Since the game’s launch in October 2016, fans have been working on mods that do everything from make the game look better to improving the creaky AI to speeding up your trips through the user interface. Below you’ll…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 21, 2017 -
The BestsThe 12 Best Games for the Wii U
Hail, ye Nintendo faithful! Loyal folk that you are, a Wii U rests beneath your TV. The console never quite hit its stride and has now been replaced by the Nintendo Switch, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t still some good games for it. Check out the list below for the games that make the…
Kotaku Staff Published March 16, 2017 -
The BestsThe Best Planet Coaster Creations
Planet Coaster is a game that’s at its strongest when you’re building stuff. And unless you’re very talented, the stuff you build probably won’t be as cool as this stuff With such healthy Steam Workshop support, user-created content is an important part of the Planet Coaster experience. From minor cosmetic touches to new rides to…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 24, 2016 -
The BestsThe Best Australians In Video Games
Here’s the thing about most Australian characters in video games: their stereotypical depiction would be almost offensive, if Australians ever gave enough of a shit to be offended in the first place. Most big games are still made in the US, and in America a particular stereotype of Australia exists that has lingered since the…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 19, 2016 -
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The Best Video Game Control Pads
There have been many different ways of playing video games on a console (and sometimes PC) over the years. Some have been better than others. How do you figure that out? For starters, I think you need to distance them from the console they were part of. The PlayStation’s original controller was not as sexy…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 24, 2016 -
The BestsThe Best Sid Meier Video Games
Veteran designer Sid Meier has over the years been behind—or at least lent his name to—some of the greatest games of our age. Some of these, like Civilization, you’ll no doubt be very familiar with. Others, whether through their age or obscurity, maybe less so. This piece originally appeared 12/7/15. Meier’s story is a great…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 16, 2016 -
The BestsThe Best Console Commercials Of All Time
Trailers for video games are a weird beast, as misleading as they can be esoteric. Free from the burden of trying to directly sell you a piece of art, commercials for video game hardware are often a lot more fun. While most console sales are (surely) made through stuff like company loyalty, word of mouth,…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 3, 2016 -
The BestsThe Best Video Game Trailers
Over the past decade, video game trailers have gone from blurry little montages bundled on magazine cover discs to a multi-million dollar industry that exists almost entirely separate from the actual games they’re representing. This post originally appeared 1/26/16. They’ve become perhaps the single most important part of video games marketing, and just like we…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 7, 2016 -
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The Best Scene In Star Wars: The Force Awakens
There are a lot of good scenes in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. This one is my favorite. It happens a little over 30 minutes into the movie. Immediately after meeting, nervous ex-stormtrooper Finn and scavenger-with-a-destiny Rey have been thrown into a desperate battle for their lives, first fleeing a TIE Fighter attack on Rey’s…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 5, 2016 -
The BestsThe Best (And Worst) April Fools’ Day Jokes For 2016
April 1. For some, a day of shenanigans. For most, a day of clenched teeth and tested nerves. To sort the former from the latter, here’s a roundup of the best (and worst) April Fool’s gags for 2016. Originally run March 31. Time to put these babies to bed and rest easy for another year.…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2016 -
The BestsThe Best Final Fantasy Summoning Animations
Since Final Fantasy III fans of Square’s storied role-playing series have been calling forth primal forces to do their often devastating bidding. Some are more impressive than others. While I appreciate earlier entries in the series for granting fans the power to summon creatures from mythology and beyond to add some extra power to our…
By Mike Fahey Published March 14, 2016 -
The BestsThe Best Video Game Shotguns
You can judge a first person shooter almost entirely on the strengths of its shotguns. A good video game shotgun is a bold and challenging weapon; a bad shotgun is a feather duster at a distance of more than a few feet. A good shotgun makes you feel like a champion, capable of taking on…
GB Burford Published February 29, 2016 -
The BestsThe Five Best Batman Movies
When Tim Burton’s Batman hit movie theaters in 1989, superhero adaptations were a risky gamble that few movie studios would approach. Twenty-seven years later, films based on The Dark Knight are pretty much a given. But which ones are the best? Originally posted 2/5/2016 These days, it seems like there’s a new cinematic adaptation based…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 7, 2016 -
The Bests2015’s Best In-Game Map? Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
Let us praise a thing that matters a lot in video games: the quality of an in-game map. Zooming in, let us heap praise upon 2015’s most magnificent in-game map, the one that appeared in Assassin’s Creed Syndicate. The video above is all the proof you need. This map is great. Shall we count the…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 30, 2015 -
The BestsThe Best JRPG Of The Decade (So Far)
There have been many JRPGs released over the past five years, and many of them are great. Only one can be safely labeled the best. Said JRPG is called Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, and despite the awfully generic title, it’s a stellar game, one that calls back to SNES and PS1 classics…
By Jason Schreier Published November 18, 2015 -
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The 10 Best Horror Video Games
If you’d like to be scared shitless tonight, you’ve come to the right place. Horror is a bit like comedy. What scares one person might not scare another person. Have you tried explaining why a joke is funny? It’s a bit like explaining why a monster is scary. But there’s something undeniably attractive about horror,…
By Patrick Klepek Published October 28, 2015 -
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The Best Metal Gear Cosplay
Loads of people have cosplayed as characters from Metal Gear over the years. But these guys are, I think, the very best of them. That’s a big statement, and one which I’ll admit can only be based on cosplay I’ve actually seen myself, so if you think I’ve missed something extraordinary,let me know (or comment…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 8, 2015
