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Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: The Haters Problem • Reclaiming the Mario Kart Throne • Five Games in 2014: Retrospectin’ • OP/ED A Day By Ani-TAY – Week 5 • Codename STEAM Impressions: My Time With Tears to Tiara 2 is Ruining My TRPG Skills • The Arrow! In Speed Painting Form!…
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Fallout 3‘s Lone Wanderer as a Silly Balloon Sculpture
He even has a proper Pip-Boy 3000. The bakery might ruin the immersion, but this is where the creator, DjDrummer, makes his balloon sculptures, though usually not gaming related ones. Here’s the Lone Wanderer in his full glory. I wonder what perks this version would have. Increased poison resistance? Silent running? Unique dialogue options? To…
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Scientifically Accurate Barney Hates Children
No educational messages this time from the purple T-Rex. You can also forget the cute songs and dance moves. ADHD’s scientifically accurate Barney, a new version of the purple T-Rex from the 90s show Barney & Friends, is simply just hungry. And although ADHD’s animation is full of blood and destruction, the original Barney is…
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Move Over Far Cry 4, This is How You Do Mountains
It’s not that Far Cry 4’s version of The Himalayas is ugly, far from it, but just look at this The map was made by artist Simon Barle of DICE, who also worked on the most recent Battlefield. It’s an Unreal Engine 4 recreation the real-life Huangshan mountain range, and it was finished late last…
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Weirdness Ensues When 32 Fans Re-Animate The Pokémon Intro
You’ve got two types of animators here, basically: the ones doing straight-up recreations of the first Pokémon opening’s iconic shots, and the ones with… different ideas. Inspired by the similar Moon Animate Make-Up project, Pokémon ReAnimated comes from an Ottawa-based group of 32 animators, headed up by Spencer Moreland, who also edited the whole thing,…
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Kate Upton Is Shilling A Terrible Game
During last night’s Super Bowl, millions watched as Kate Upton stepped out of a bathtub, donned battle armor and escaped a crumbling stronghold on horseback. The game she’s advertising is nowhere near as exciting. The game is Game of War: Fire Age from Machine Zone, and thereported $40 million advertising campaign featuring the world famous…
By Mike Fahey
