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The Metal Gear Franchise, Sorta Explained In Under 12 Minutes
Metal Gear lore is remarkably complicated and goofy. Michael Huber at GameTrailers tries to quickly sift through it all and distill it down to the main points. I think it pretty much works! There’s a ton of noise in these games (I mean Para-Medic talked about movies so much, and that one guy kept shitting…
By Phil Owen Published August 22, 2015 -
Alpha Protocol Is The Great RPG Of Last Gen
In the “objective video game review” sense, Alpha Protocol is pretty much the worst. It’s super irritating to play, and every time I speak with somebody from Obsidian, the studio that made it, they just shake their head. But on the Phil Owen “Was This A Big Waste Of Time?” Scale, however, Alpha Protocol comes…
By Phil Owen Published August 22, 2015 -
Welcome To The Philtaku Weekend of Positivity
Hi, it’s me, Phil Owen. The mean guy. I’m going to be hanging out here on this cool web site all weekend, and I’m going to try something new. As many of you know, I’m kinda a negative person. After my last stint here as guest editor, dear leader Stephen Totilo made a profound suggestion…
By Phil Owen Published August 22, 2015 -
Watch Me Play Super Mario Maker
Today, I am going to attempt Mario Maker’s “100 Mario challenge,” a mode where you are given 100 lives to clear a set number of courses created by other players. Who knows what I will find? (Probably not the princess. She’s never at the castle. Jerk.) If you’d like, you can watch me undertake this…
By Patricia Hernandez Published August 21, 2015 -
Witcher 3 Mods Have Gotten Weird
Juggalo Geralt says hello. Witcher 3’s new mod tools might leave something to be desired, but that hasn’t stopped modders from injecting the game with a cackling dose of fuckweird. Let’s look at a few of the less… expected mods that have come out in the past week. Geralt face fusion This one lets you…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 21, 2015 -
Riot’s Jeffrey Lin has amended his statements about how ranked League of Legends players will be punished for having chat restrictions or temporary bans this season. On Twitter and in a new ask.fm post, he said that only a specific subset of ranked players won’t be eligible for 2015 rewards. Read the full update here.
By Yannick LeJacq Published August 21, 2015 -
Pac-Man 256 Is Endless Pac-Man With A Fun, Glitchy Twist
Walls have always been an important part of Pac-Man. Your little yellow guy (or lady) is stuck in a maze with some deadly ghosts. The walls of the maze frame the action and give it structure. So… what if one of those walls didn’t exist, and the maze became endless? That’s the idea fueling Pac-Man…
By Kirk Hamilton Published August 21, 2015 -
The Fascinating Story Behind Nintendo’s Biggest Flop
It’d be really nice if it was Friday, right? You’re in luck! Not only is it Friday, but that means another installment of Worth Reading, our weekly roundup of the best games writing around. Hey, You Should Read These “How the F.B.I. Made ‘Winners Don’t Use Drugs’ the Arcade Motto of the ‘90s” by Sean…
By Patrick Klepek Published August 21, 2015 -
Offworld takes a look at how gaming terms have influenced Chinese slang, and it’s a fascinating read.
By Patricia Hernandez Published August 21, 2015 -
“SEGA is currently not planning to release the PS4 version of Phantasy Star Online 2 outside of Japan,” a representative for the company tells Kotaku. Still no word on the other versions, which they announced for U.S. release back in 2012 but haven’t said a thing about since. Sorry, guys.
By Jason Schreier Published August 21, 2015 -
In Eltingville Club, The Worst Nerds in the World Have Grown Up and It’s Just Awful
They bitch about character changes. They make fun of other fans for not knowing as much as they do. They hate on cosplay. Look in the mirror and pray that you are nothing like the babymen of the Eltingville Comic Book, Science Fiction, Fantasy Horror & Role-Playing Club. I first encountered the four guys of…
By Evan Narcisse Published August 21, 2015 -
The Five Biggest Problems With Twitch
Twitch is a popular service, and there’s a good reason Amazon paid nearly $1 billion for it. But as a streamer and viewer, I’ve come to realize it’s not perfect; there are lots of problems, actually. It’s not an exaggeration to say Twitch is largely responsible for popularizing (and democratizing) the live streaming of games.…
By Patrick Klepek Published August 21, 2015 -
Riot’s Idea For Punishing Ranked League Of Legends Players Seemed Harsh [UPDATE]
UPDATE (5:30 pm): Riot’s Jeffrey Lin has issued a follow up statement to the one this post originally covered, saying that he had made “a huge blunder” in his ask.fm post about the developer’s plans for the 2015 season rewards. While he originally said that all League of Legends ranked player who received any kind…
By Yannick LeJacq Published August 21, 2015 -
Arkham Knight PC Is Still Broken And Will Be For A While
We’ve been waiting for Warner Bros. to release a huge patch for Batman: Arkham Knight on PC to address the game’s huge technical shortcomings, but it’s not coming for another “few weeks.” Last we heard, it was supposed to come out this month. If you’re not familiar with what went wrong with Arkham Knight on…
By Patrick Klepek Published August 21, 2015 -
Even If You Don’t Like Football, Watch The Madden 16 Commercial
You might have wondered, after last year’s incredible Madden Season commercial, how EA Sports would top themselves. Wonder no more. For Madden NFL 16, which comes out on Tuesday, EA got a bunch of actors and football stars—miss you Rex—to participate in what might be the most preposterous commercial ever made, complete with dinosaurs, tragic…
By Jason Schreier Published August 21, 2015 -
Marvel’s Putting Cosplayers on the Covers of Its Biggest Comics
Usually, superhero cosplay goes in one direction: from the pages of a comic book out into the real world. But a bunch of cosplayers will be winding up on the covers of series featuring the Marvel characters they dressed up as. Pretty cool. The House of Spidey just announced a suite of covers as part…
By Evan Narcisse Published August 21, 2015 -
Pokémon Fighting Game Pokken Tournament Is Coming To Wii U
Pokken Tournament, previously only available on arcades in Japan, is coming west for Wii U. The Pokémon Company announced the news today at the Pokémon World Championships in Boston, assuring fans that the fighting game will get a worldwide release on Wii U this spring. Like the arcade version, this will be developed by Tekken…
By Jason Schreier Published August 21, 2015