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UncategorizedNine Inch Nails Adds Background Noise to The Darkness II Launch Trailer
Remember back in 1996 when Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails fame did the music for Quake? His music in the launch trailer for The Darkness II sounds pretty much just like that. I don’t think it’s that Trent Reznor hasn’t grown significantly as an artist in the past 16 years. Knowing Reznor is a…
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Miles “Tails” Prowler Finally Gets His Due as a First 4 Figures Sonic Statue
Now that the collectible crafters at First 4 Figures have gotten Sonic, Super Sonic, Metal Sonic, and Knuckles out of the way they can finally focus on producing a $200 statue based on the real hero of the Sonic franchise: That mutant fox thing. Racing through Mushroom Hill Zone at whatever speed necessary to catch…
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Jak and Daxter Bring More Than 100 Trophies to the PlayStation 3 February 7
Trophy hunters and platforming fans take heed! The HD-remastered Jak and Daxter Collection is coming to a store near you in a few short weeks, packed with a trio of platforming masterpieces and more trophies than you can shake a ottsel at. Ah, for the ottsel, lombax, and raccoonus-filled days of platforming paradise on the…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Is This a Handcrafted Skyrim Replica Dagger I See Before Me?
Video game replica master Bill Doran of PunishedProps turns his attentions from the stars of Mass Effect to the cold steel of Skyrim with this gorgeous PVC replica of Daedric artifact Mehrunes’ Razor. Weakened somewhat in its trip from The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion to Skyrim, Mehrunes’ Razor is still one pretty piece of pointy…
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Where Have all the Skylanders Gone, Uncle Activision?
Activision’s action figure-driven Skylanders: Sypro’s Adventure was a huge holiday hit last year, with parents buying up starter kits in droves. Now, with hundreds of thousands of children demanding additional figures, empty Skylanders displays have become an all-too-frequent frustration for haggard parents. Yes, all is going according to Activision’s evil plan. The first game to…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
What Was the Most Surprisingly Good Game of 2011?
Did you buy, rent, or steal a game last year expecting the worst only to be pleasantly surprised? Commenter DerpiestShazbot wants to know, and you’ll tell him in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. Heyo Kotakuites! So which game(s) from 2011 ended up being better than you expected? Not asking which games you thought were good…
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Talk Amongst Yourselves
Square off against your favorite cheetah-headed foe and talk about video games in Kotaku‘s official forum, Talk Amongst Yourselves. Pan1da7 continues to dominate the January TAYpics with this…this…I have no idea what I am looking at. Thanks? Join in the fun and submit your own TAYpic. Please do your best—or your worst—and share your own…
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UncategorizedFinally a Strong Contender for Best Game Starring Classical Composer Frederic Chopin
For years I’ve had to deal with those insufferable Eternal Sonata fans boasting about how their game was the only one to star 18th century romantic composer Frederic Chopin as a playable character. Guess what, Sonatees? There’s a new game in town, and it makes yours look like cheap anime RPG fluff. I really have…
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It’s Mario Versus Braid in the Ultimate Bar Conversation Battle of Indie Cred
Call him a sell-out. Call him a suit. Call him too mainstream. It doesn’t change the fact that Mario was jumping and saving imperiled females before it was cool. Ah yes, those young, hip fellows at the bar, sitting together exuding an aura of inapproachability. No one can get close enough to point out that…
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