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The Best Story From Destiny’s Hidden Lore
Destiny’s story has been a punchline since the game came out. Story? What story? Destiny has a story? Good joke! And yeah, okay, yeah. Fair enough. This article was originally published on September 1, 2015. Of course, there is a lot of careful world-building going on in Destiny. You just wouldn’t know it from playing…
By Kirk Hamilton Published September 1, 2015 -
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The Best JRPG City
Here is a fact: There are a lot of incredible cities in Japanese role-playing games. From the simplicity of Pallet Town to the squalor of Midgar, JRPG cities are usually interesting, memorable, and full of dressers to crack open. But when we’re determining the BEST JRPG city—and determining THE BEST THINGS is what we do…
By Jason Schreier Published August 8, 2015 -
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The 24 Best Classic PC Games
There’s never been a better time to play games on PC. Not only does the PC get the lion’s share of the best new games, PC gamers can choose from a back catalogue that makes even the most stocked console library look paltry. For a couple of years now, we’ve been maintaining a list of…
Kotaku Staff Published August 5, 2015 -
The BestsThe Best JRPG Soundtracks
JRPGs are games designed to use a bunch of talking and combat as an excuse to blast killer soundtracks at you for hours and hours on end. Which…might explain why this list of best soundtracks also looks a lot like a list of the best JRPGs. What follows are our collective picks for the very…
Kotaku Staff Published July 30, 2015 -
The BestsThe Classic Patlabor 2 Has My Favourite Anime Scene
I was re-watching Patlabor 2 the other day, and there’s a scene in that movie that I just can’t get out of my head. It’s actually the scene that made me re-watch the film in the first place; I’d pulled it up last week when trying to explain—in a conversation about why I don’t watch…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 28, 2015 -
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Studio Ghibli’s Movies, Ranked
Since its foundation in 1985, Studio Ghibli has released over 20 feature films. Some of these have become animation classics! Others have stunk up the joint. While the studio is synonymous with the works of Hayao Miyazaki, don’t forget that a number of other directors have helmed projects for Ghibli, from studio co-founder Isao Takahata…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2015 -
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Pixar Movies, Ranked
A definitive ranking of every Pixar movie ever made
By Luke Plunkett Published July 7, 2015 -
The BestsThe 5 Best TV Shows For Little Kids
One of the worst things about being the parent of a small child—I’m talking 2 to 5ish here—is the television. Green shit, sleepless nights, food spitting, all of those things are manageable, but the hours of inane TV they start to watch as they develop tiny, useless little brains? It’s the worst From shows that…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 6, 2015 -
The BestsThe Best Video Game Movies
It’s a well-worn cliche that movies based on (or around) video games are just the worst, but that’s not always the case. Usually, yes, but not always. I mean, yeah, there’s Chun-Li, and Hitman, and Super Mario Bros., and Bloodrayne, and Doom, and Need For Speed, and Alone in the Dark, and Max Payne, and…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 26, 2015 -
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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 -
The BestsThe 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 -
The BestsThe 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 -
The BestsThe 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 -
The BestsThe 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 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 -
The BestsThe 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
