Welcome to the Best of Kotaku, where I round up all of this weekās best content.
Just remember, Mario was the first. The above image is courtesy of The Coolsumist. Iām officially on vacation for about a week and a half! Woo! Iāll see you guys on the other end of next week.
Now letās move on to reading this weekās best content, courtesy of us.
Tina Amini (me!) flies to Seattle to learn all about Bungieās first post-Halo project. MoreĀ Ā»
https://lastchance.cc/nine-more-surprising-hours-with-assassins-creed-iii-5985021%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Stephen Totilo reconsiders his time with ACIII after reviewing it for us. MoreĀ Ā»
https://lastchance.cc/the-case-of-the-disappearing-kickstarter-5985076%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Jason Schreier tells us about the Kickstarter that earned $10,000 but then just disappeared. MoreĀ Ā»
https://lastchance.cc/crysis-3-the-kotaku-review-5985181%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Kirk Hamilton was let down by Crysis 3, especially by comparison to Crysis 2. MoreĀ Ā»
https://lastchance.cc/metal-gear-rising-revengeance-the-kotaku-review-5985250%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Evan Narcisse enjoys the swift slicing movements in this Metal Gear game. MoreĀ Ā»
https://lastchance.cc/thanks-for-all-the-memes-ps3-5985243%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Brian Ashcraft reminisces about all the memes we got thanks to the PlayStation 3. MoreĀ Ā»
https://lastchance.cc/whats-most-impressive-about-nvidias-new-1-000-graphics-5985262%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Mike Fahey checks out Nvidiaās latest graphics card, the Kepler-based GeForce GTX Titan. MoreĀ Ā»
https://lastchance.cc/lets-look-at-what-sonys-past-console-reveals-could-say-5985087%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
AndrĆ”s Neltz takes a look back at Sonyās reveals of the PS3, PS2 and PS1 to estimate what they might reveal for the PS4. MoreĀ Ā»
https://lastchance.cc/let-s-rank-the-civilization-games-best-to-worst-updat-5985186%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Luke Plunkett rates his favorite and least favorite Civ games. MoreĀ Ā»
https://lastchance.cc/theres-no-shame-in-liking-a-game-for-your-own-reasons-5985142%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Patricia Hernandez enjoys games beyond what they were made for. MoreĀ Ā»
Kirk makes all his other Fire Emblem characters jealous. MoreĀ Ā»
https://lastchance.cc/apologies-if-we-wasted-your-time-with-that-preview-5985143%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Stephen shares his thoughts on video game previews. MoreĀ Ā»
https://lastchance.cc/this-is-how-we-get-more-black-people-in-video-games-5985340%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Evan Narcisse commemorates Black History Month with an article discussing the serious lack of diversity in video game characters, and some possible remedies. MoreĀ Ā»
https://lastchance.cc/source-the-ps4-will-be-out-this-november-and-youll-be-5985356%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Jason shares a ton of new PS4 info for us, the night before Sonyās big, official reveal. MoreĀ Ā»
https://lastchance.cc/some-tips-for-playing-metal-gear-rising-since-it-does-5985395%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Evan shares some tips on playing the latest Metal Gear, since the game itself does a terrible job of explaining things to you. MoreĀ Ā»
https://lastchance.cc/yes-i-am-an-anti-aquaman-bigot-5985449%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Owen Good is not a fan of Aquaman. MoreĀ Ā»
https://lastchance.cc/sony-will-announce-the-playstation-4-tonight-heres-eve-5984538%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Jason rounds up everything we know about the PlayStation 4, just hours away from the official reveal. MoreĀ Ā»
https://lastchance.cc/sony-announces-the-playstation-4-coming-this-holiday-s-5985759%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Jason tells us all about the new PlayStation, officially revealed during Sonyās big conference. MoreĀ Ā»
https://lastchance.cc/the-best-and-worst-of-sonys-big-playstation-4-reveal-5985809%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Luke lists out the best and worst of Sonyās big reveal. MoreĀ Ā»
https://lastchance.cc/sonys-wildest-plans-for-the-ps4-how-likely-are-they-5985914%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Jason sizes up how likely Sonyās cloud gaming and other online plans for the PS4 are. MoreĀ Ā»
Quintin Smith has five German-style board games suggestions to spice up your collection. MoreĀ Ā»
https://lastchance.cc/the-incredible-rise-and-fall-of-a-hacker-who-found-the-5986239%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Stephen tells us the fascinating story of the infamous hacker SuperDaE. MoreĀ Ā»
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