This awesome version of Mario was done by José Emroca Flores. You can buy his prints here if you’re as in love with them as I am. This week’s best image is brought to you by the help of Svalt Gamized
Moving on to our Best Of content this week, we kick things off as usual with a comment from the community.
If you want to see the list of nominations (and other random conversations) you can head to my most recent nomination post that goes up every Friday here
https://lastchance.cc/put-your-judgmental-faces-on-for-comment-of-the-week-5914918%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Want to suggest an article, comment, tweet, or any other content on Kotaku to be featured for a weekly Best Of nomination? Drop me a line at [email protected] with the subject line of “Best Of Nomination.” Or any other subject line that will help me sort through and search for them. I’m not too picky.
The Best Comment From The Community
This week’s best comment comes to you from halfrobo, for an appreciative comment. Here’s a snippet:
https://lastchance.cc/493655682%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Two other comments were of note to the community. The second comes from Paradox me, who wins by reasons of hilarity:
Their phony Gundam has become self aware!
The third nomination sees more hilarity, in reference to a pair of Diablo socks:
Do I have to be online to wear them?
The Best Video Game For Girls, Or Whatever
https://lastchance.cc/she-tried-to-make-good-video-games-for-girls-whatever-5913019%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Patricia Hernandez explains the efforts of one woman video game developer to make good games to suit girls. More »
The Best (Worst) User Interfaces That Ruin Bathrooms
https://lastchance.cc/the-bum-in-the-unlocked-bathroom-how-bad-user-interfac-5913296%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Tim Rogers looks into the intricacies of user interfaces, and compares them to real-life experiences. More »
The Best Explanation of How We Can’t Escape Violence In Video Games
https://lastchance.cc/is-all-this-violence-really-what-video-games-are-made-5913421%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Kate Cox recognizes why people can’t separate mainstream video games from only being violent. More »
The Best (Worst) Ending to Batman: Arkham City
https://lastchance.cc/harley-quinns-revenge-is-batman-arkham-citys-bad-new-e-5913913%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Stephen Totilo really rather stick with the original ending than the new one in Harley Quinn’s Revenge. More »
The Best Review of a Disappointing Resistance Experience
https://lastchance.cc/resistance-burning-skies-the-kotaku-review-5913946%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Stephen reviews Resistance: Burning Skies, but he’s not impressed with the Vita title. More »
The Best Analysis of Sony’s E3 2011 Promises
https://lastchance.cc/one-year-later-did-sony-keep-their-e3-2011-promises-5913941%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Kate investigates the promises Sony made at last year’s E3 to see which were kept and which were broken. More »
The Best Sidekick That Makes Batman Better
https://lastchance.cc/why-robin-makes-batman-better-453101030%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Evan Narcisse explains why Robin’s presence in the Batman mythos isn’t a bad thing, as some critics believe. More »
The Best Things About Max Payne 3 That We Want In GTA V
https://lastchance.cc/5-things-grand-theft-auto-v-should-lift-from-max-payne-5914093%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Kirk Hamilton has a few suggestions for Rockstar, from Rockstar. More »
The Best, Adorable Diablo III
https://lastchance.cc/diablo-iii-is-adorable-5913977%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Jenn Frank shares a different perspective on the experience of playing Diablo III. More »
The Best Analysis of Nintendo’s E3 2011 Promises
https://lastchance.cc/one-year-later-did-nintendo-keep-their-e3-2011-promise-5914095%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Tina Amini (hey, that’s me!) investigates the promises Nintendo made at last year’s E3. More »
The Best Video Game Industry Scoops
https://lastchance.cc/quantic-dreams-infraworld-xbox-music-and-more-assorted-5914087%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Superannuation kicks off a new column here at Kotaku with some industry scoops. More »
The Best Tera MMO Log
https://lastchance.cc/tera-mmo-log-part-four-the-political-process-begins-5914029%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Mike Fahey gets political in his latest Tera MMO log. More »
The Best (Most Touching) Story of Ingrained Gaming Vernacular
Patricia shares an emotional story of a Gears of War 3 battle. More »
The Best (Worst) Things About Max Payne 3 That We Don’t Want in GTA V
https://lastchance.cc/5-things-rockstar-should-leave-out-of-grand-theft-auto-5914365%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Kirk warns Rockstar away from repeating these mistakes. More »
The Best Video Game Tied Into A TV Show
Stephen fills us in on a video game that can impact a TV show, and vice versa. More »
The Best Analysis of Microsoft’s E3 2011 Promises
https://lastchance.cc/one-year-later-did-microsoft-keep-their-e3-2011-promis-5914443%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Kate looks into the promises Microsoft made at last year’s E3. More »
The Best Video Game That Invades Syria
https://lastchance.cc/invade-syria-a-video-game-tested-that-5914673%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Michael Peck talks about the video game that portrays Syrian conflict from a Western standpoint. More »
The Best Pro Gaming Controller
Kirk gets friendly with an Xbox controller that puts the original to shame. More »
The Best Anime Ode To Jazz
https://lastchance.cc/from-the-creators-of-cowboy-bebop-a-dreamlike-ode-to-y-5914624%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Kirk is enthused about new anime called Kids on the Slope, which is all about growing up and jazz. More »
The Best Review of a Beautiful Vita Game
https://lastchance.cc/gravity-rush-the-kotaku-review-5914819%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Evan enjoys jumping and flying around the world of Gravity Rush. More »
The Best Call For Better First Impressions
https://lastchance.cc/rpgs-need-to-quit-making-such-bad-first-impressions-5914867%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Jason Schreier wants RPGs to have better introductions. More »
The Best Questions You Asked A Game Developer
https://lastchance.cc/ask-a-game-developer-anything-dlc-bad-video-game-writ-5914983%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
5th Cell’s CEO and creative director is back answering questions about on-disc DLC, bad video game writing, and more. More »
