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The Best Steam Theme

Sometimes, The Bests covers the big stuff. Other times, like today, it’s the small stuff. Confession: I ask a lot of my platforms and services. I don’t just like them to work well, I like them to look good while doing it. So Steam has forever been in my bad books: it works just fine,…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 16, 2015

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The 13 Best World War Two Movies

It’s a war that spanned the globe, blew holes across three continents and directly touched the lives of billions, including filmmakers, actors and their crews. So yeah, there have been some pretty good movies made about the Second World War. Many have been terrible, sure, but some have been amazing, worthy of not just being…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 15, 2015

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The Best Anime And Manga For Beginners

Anime fandom is a fortress of obscure slang, iconography, and inside jokes. After 16 years of fandom, I’m quite comfortable with it. But what about curious outsiders who don’t care to memorize, say, the differences between each and every Sailor Moon adaptation? For them, I keep a list: Anime and Manga for People Who Don’t…

Juliet Kahn Published April 14, 2015

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The Best (And Worst) April Fools’ Day Jokes For 2015

Ah, April 1. It’s a day where loads of things on the internet will make you groan, cry and smack your face to your palm. Other things, though, might actually give you a chuckle. Let’s take a look at some of the best (and worst) of these extremes. Now that the day is done, let’s…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2015

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The Best (And Weirdest) Cities: Skylines Creations

We’ve seen road porn, we’ve seen useful mods, now let’s take a look at the best of the most obvious kind of Cities: Skylines creations: buildings and maps. The game’s vanilla building selection is…weird, throwing together European, American and Asian architecture in a way that means your city never really feels as cohesive (at least…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 18, 2015

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The Best Cities: Skylines Mods

Cities: Skylines is a very good video game, but in my review, I noted it had a few problems. I also noted, however, that most of those could probably be fixed with mods, and that’s exactly what’s already happening. And no, I’m not talking about road porn. Or buildings (I’ll cover buildings and maps very…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 17, 2015

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The Best Optimus Prime Transformers Figures

“Freedom is the right of all sentient beings” reads the quote from the original Optimus Prime’s bio cards, a sentiment without which we wouldn’t be here today, leaving him off of a list of the best transforming Optimus Prime toys. That’s right, the original Optimus Prime toy, introduced to North American children with the Transformers…

By Mike Fahey Published March 15, 2015

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The Best (Licensed) Video Game Soundtrack Of All Time

Vice City was a time machine powered chiefly by its incredible sountrack

By Luke Plunkett Published February 10, 2015

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The Best League Of Legends Cosplay

It’s the biggest game on the planet, with (probably) the biggest following to boot. So yeah, there are people all over the world dressing up as League of Legends characters, and they are doing a damn fine job of it. This gallery collects some of the best examples of League of Legends cosplay from across…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 4, 2015

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The Best Anime Series On Netflix

Yes, there are a bunch of older classics on the streaming service, from Trigun to Samurai Champloo. But the best anime on Netflix is something fresher. And it’s not Attack on Titan. Sorry, Attack on Titan fans. That series starts real strong, but its middle is full of so much fat and unnecessary padding that…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 26, 2015

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The Best Video Game Art Book

Video game art books aren’t just a pretty face. While a collection of concept and promotional art is a nice treat for hardcore fans, the best ones go beyond the superficial and also tell the story of how a game was made. Maybe not the nitty-gritty of its entire development, from bugs to sound design,…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 21, 2015

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The Best Far Cry Game

Don’t look now, but the Far Cry series is almost twelve years old. With four main games and a collection of expansions and spin-offs, there’s a lot to look at when surveying the series, but only one of those games is the best And the best Far Cry game is Far Cry 2 Let’s get…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 19, 2015

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The Best Video Game Controller For The PC

Over the last decade, as more and more console titles have found prettier homes on the PC, and more and more indie action games hit the big time, the controller has become just as important as the mouse & keyboard for playing games. But out of the countless options available to PC gamers, which one…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 15, 2015

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The Best Handheld Zelda Game

Ask people to name their favourite Zelda games and they’ll invariably start with console titles. Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time, Majora’s Mask, Wind Waker, Breath of the Wild. The handheld Zelda games, most of which are excellent, are often left off the list. From the old Oracle games through to Link Between Worlds,…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 13, 2015

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The Best Skyrim Mods

Skyrim was released over three years ago! In video game terms it’s a senior citizen, and by all rights should be long gone. But it’s still insanely popular, in large part down to the variety of game-changing mods available for it. From UI tweaks to texture overhauls, thanks to mods users are able to customise…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 12, 2015

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The Best Civilization V Leader

There are dozens of leaders to choose from every time you sit down to play a new game of Civilization V, each with their own sets of perks and bonuses. Some are good, some are OK, some are terrible, but only one is the overall best, and that leader is Elizabeth. The thing with most…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 8, 2015

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The 12 Best Games For the PlayStation 3

Count yourself fortunate if you have a PlayStation 3. You’re in for a good time. If you want a solid PS3 game library, start with the games below. Naughty Dog’s violent, heartfelt, emotionally exhausting epic The Last of Us is the studio’s crowning achievement, and easily one of the most impressive games on the PlayStation…

Kotaku Staff Published July 8, 2014

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The 12 Best Games on the Wii

The Wii’s in a weird spot in its life cycle. Nintendo’s announced a successor and fans of the new eagerly await more details of the inbound system. But someone gave you the current system. Maybe that someone was you. What do you do once the parties are all over and Wii Sports has worn out…

By Evan Narcisse Published January 24, 2012