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Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku’s reader-run community: 7 Classic Video Games that need a remake! • Otome Novice – part 1: Shackin’ up with the Shinsengumi • Unboxing: OMEGA QUINTET LE • The Superb SHMUP Jamestown+ TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

What The Hell Is Going On In The First Five Minutes Of InsanZ?

The screenshots for “retro-survival-horror” InsanZ show off creepy creatures and awesome weapons. In the first five minutes I got toilets, cake-headed skeletons and really cheap deaths. It’s got that “psychological horror” tag, so it has permission to be batshit insane. Still, I went in eager for this: Instead I wandered maroon corridors with my head…

Cookie Monster Destroys Everything In Sesame Street Avengers

Thor’s Hammer, Captain America’s shield… they’re all gone. Cookie Monster ate them. Sesame Street created something beyond control: a Cookie Monster Hulk hybrid for their Avengers parody. The clip is about the vegetable-looking “Aveggies” and a super villain who wants to destroy healthy food. But they just can’t do anything about the unstoppable power of…

Just Cause 3 Gameplay Sure Looks Bonkers

Are you ready to destroy cars, buildings, and…sunflowers? Here’s our first look at Just Cause 3 gameplay. Hope you like explosions! Just Cause 3 is slated to blow up the PS4, Xbox One, and PC later this year. To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter@Brian_Ashcraft

GTA V Is Beautiful When You Just Sit And Watch

Not everyone who has GTA V on PC and is recording it is trying to be funny. The increased draw distance and improved lighting also makes for some very pretty transitions between night and day, as seen in this timelapse video by Tree Plays.

Valve Cancels Paid Mods For Skyrim

Well, that was fast. Less than a week after implementingthe arrangement, Valve and Bethesda have decidedto cancel their paid mods scheme for Skyrim, and issue refunds to anyone who paid for one. The deal, which would allow mod creators to sell their previously-free work on Steam (with Valve and Bethesda taking 75% of the cut),…

Custom Smash Bros. Moves Can Make Kirby A Total Nightmare

Kirby turns 23 today. Let’s celebrate the pink blob’s early twenties by looking back at the times he proved himself a worthy foe in Super Smash Bros. When I went looking around for legendary Kirby moments in preparation for his birthday, however, I ended up feeling a tad disappointed. Despite Kirby’s ubiquity in the casual-friendly,…

Even Gabe Newell Gets Downvoted On Reddit

To say that some people are “upset” about Steam’s recent decision to allow users to charge for mods would be like saying that the ocean is “wet” or that Konami is “clueless.” So when Gabe Newell went on Reddit to talk about it, things got a little… heated. As you surely know if you’ve ever…

Nintendo Emulator Developer Passes Away

If you’ve played Wii or GameCube games on the PC, chances are it was because of the Dolphin emulator. Rachel Bryk, one of the emulator’s most active contributors, has passed away. Since the news hit, the community has been sharing memories and mourning. Dolphin is what’s allowed fans to see games like Super Mario Galaxy…

Five Nights At Freddy’s 4: The Final Chapter Announced

Last week, people were freaking out about a blank image that they thought might be teasing a new Five Nights game. Everyone thought these people were crazy…but turns out, they were right! Via the official Scott Cawthon website, here’s a teaser image for the next Five Nights game. This one will presumably actually be the…

Hero GTA Player Hunts Down Cheater, Makes Them Rage Quit

How do you deal with hackers that are dead-set on making everyone’s GTA Online experience awful? You return the favor by making their life a living hell, too. As any GTA player can tell you, GTA Online is full of cheaters who break the game. Pluxar is a player who won’t stand for that shit.…

The Final Part of Broken Age Is a Bittersweet Ending to a Great Game

If the first part of Broken Age was a game about family, then its follow-up is a game about what happens when you find out that your childhood belief systems don’t work in the adult world. Warning: Spoilers follow for Broken Age, parts 1 & 2. Broken Age, Part 2 is about rude awakenings. Shay…

Mario Kart 8’s 200CC Mode Makes Fire Hopping Useless

Ever since Mario Kart 8’s second DLC pack arrived last week, fans and players have been deliberating on just how game-changing the new high-speed 200CC difficulty mode truly is. Apparently, it changes things up enough to render “fire hopping,” the game’s most controversial exploit, effectively inert. Fire hopping was first discovered shortly after Mario Kart…

Minecraft Brings Woman Main Character To Consoles

For many years, Minecraft’s only default character skin on consoles belonged to a guy named Steve. As of this week, that’s changing. Soon you’ll be able to play as a woman, too. On Wednesday, developer Mojang will release a new set of skins for a lady they’re calling Alex (pictured in various forms above). Minecraft…

My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last Week

I’ve been listing my five favorite Kotaku stories each week since mid-January, and I’ve never had as tough a time making the list as I did today. Last week was stacked with an unusually diverse set of good stories. Barely any of them involved major new releases, but you don’t need big new games to…

Three Things Other Games Should Steal From Alan Wake

Sometimes I feel like there are two Alan Wakes: There’s the game that actually exists, and the game that lives in our collective memory. I know I have fond memories of the game. That setting! That story! Those pretty, pretty lights! It was such a mystery, like getting to play through a Dean Koontz paperback…

Fan Theory: You’re Drinking Menstrual Blood In Bloodborne 

Have you ever wondered about the origin of the healing blood in Bloodborne? Someone has a theory, and it’s kind of gross. It also makes a lot of sense. As those of you that are playing Bloodborne know, blood is the cornerstone of all society in Yharnam. People drink blood for healing purposes. They also…

The Magical First Five Minutes Of Pony World 3

I know what you’re thinking. “I completely missed Pony World 2!” Hopefully the first five minutes of the threequel can get you up to speed. According to the Steam description for Pony World 3, the first two installments of Rhema Press’ colorful baby horse sim have sold over two million copies worldwide, so there’s a…

Mario Kart 8’s New DLC Is Stuffed With Inside Jokes

Nobody does self-referential humor quite like Nintendo, that’s for sure. Mario Kart 8’s new DLC is no exception to this rule. Ever since the awesome new DLC came out last week, players have been collecting the best easter egg-type findings they’ve come across in whatever spare time they have between, say, trying not to die…

Forget  CGI. Transformers Toys Have The Most Exciting Battles

Who needs CGI animated cartoons and movies when stop-motion Transformers battles can be this good? It’s a relatively ordinary day in the mixed-continuity of animator Harris Loureiro. Bumblebee and Wheeljack are on a routine patrol when they encounter some Decepticon resistance. They call for backup, and for a while it looks like the Autobots are…