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The Best of Kotaku, This Week

It’s Edgar Allan PokĆ©mon! Get it? Every battle is just a bunch of fiendish ravens clawing and poking each other’s eyes out, while Edger Allan Poe jots his observations down in the form of poetry. I would very much like to read those poems.

I stumbled on this week’s image over on Reddit. Nintendo: new character? We’ve seen Ash way too many times now. No PokĆ©mon fan would be upset by that transition, right?

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/nominate-this-weeks-best-comment-5897764%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 [emailĀ protected] with the subject line of ā€œBest Of Nomination.ā€ 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

Kotaku reader General McFist wins Comment of the Week for two glowing nominations

https://lastchance.cc/how-assassins-creed-iii-will-work-on-the-wii-u-5896334%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

The first was a bit of an inside joke:

https://lastchance.cc/say-it-with-us-wii-u-wii-u-wii-u-5809523%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

Wii U Wii U Wii U Wii U!

The second is a riff on Angry Birds Space with a reference to Top Gun:

I refuse to play any of the Danger Zone missions unless there is a highway leading up to them


The Best Animated Journey Comic

https://lastchance.cc/journey-was-well-one-hell-of-a-journey-5896662%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

Zac Gorman draws a motion comic to summarize his an experience in the beautiful, serene game of Journey. MoreĀ Ā»


50 Things About Assassin’s Creed III That You Should Know

https://lastchance.cc/50-things-about-assassin-s-creed-iii-that-you-should-kn-5896386%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

Stephen Totilo lists 50 things about the upcoming Assassin’s Creed game that you should know about. Assassinating bears is among them. MoreĀ Ā»


The Best Plea For Cool Black Protagonists In Games

https://lastchance.cc/come-on-video-games-let-s-see-some-black-people-i-m-n-5897227%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

Evan Narcisse wants to see some cool black people featured in games. MoreĀ Ā»


The Best PlayStation 4 Rumor

https://lastchance.cc/the-next-playstation-is-called-orbis-sources-say-here-5896996%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

Luke Plunkett gives us the details of the rumored Orbis, Sony’s next PlayStation console. MoreĀ Ā»


The Best New Details On SimCity

https://lastchance.cc/simcity-is-more-expansive-and-detailed-than-ever-yet-r-5896976%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

Kirk Hamilton shares his opinions of the new SimCity after checking it out in San Francisco. MoreĀ Ā»


The Best Questions Answered For Guild Wars 2

https://lastchance.cc/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-guild-wars-2-5896330%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

Kotaku readers asked Mike Fahey about Guild Wars 2, and Fahey delivers the answers. MoreĀ Ā»


The Best Strategy Game Review

https://lastchance.cc/total-war-shogun-2-the-fall-of-the-samurai-the-kotak-5895455%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

Luke Plunkett shares the positives and negatives of Total War: Shogun 2: The Fall of the Samurai. MoreĀ Ā»


The Best Ways To Make A Hunger Games Video Game Work

https://lastchance.cc/5-ways-a-hunger-games-video-game-could-work-killer-kid-5896558%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

If a Hunger Games game is going to be made any time in the future, Kirk Hamilton has some suggestions for it. MoreĀ Ā»


The Best Memories of the Nintendo 3DS

https://lastchance.cc/the-nintendo-3ds-is-now-one-year-old-and-it-doesnt-suc-5896537%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

This week was the 3DS’ birthday, and Jason Schreier takes a look its progress so far. MoreĀ Ā»


The Best (Worst) Prospect For the Future

https://lastchance.cc/what-if-the-next-generation-thinks-video-games-are-stup-5895964%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

Stephen Totilo investigates what the future generation might feel towards video games. MoreĀ Ā»


The Best Case Made For Ditching Used Games

https://lastchance.cc/five-reasons-a-world-without-used-games-might-not-be-so-5897180%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

Keeping in mind that the next generation of consoles may not play used games, Jason Schreier gives us five reasons why that may not be a bad thing. MoreĀ Ā»


The Best Case Made For Keeping Used Games

https://lastchance.cc/theres-hopefully-still-a-future-for-used-rented-and-5897333%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

Luke Plunkett tackles the opposite side of the argument on used games. MoreĀ Ā»


The Best Round of Golf Played

https://lastchance.cc/a-very-moving-day-for-a-woman-at-the-masters-5897260%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

Owen Good challenges the standard after making the cut as a female amateur golfer at The Masters. MoreĀ Ā»


The Best (Worst) Possible SNAFUs of Windows 8

https://lastchance.cc/three-killer-problems-that-threaten-windows-8-5897763%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

Brad Wardell, president and CEO of software company Stardock, explains how Windows 8 can really cripple PC gaming. MoreĀ Ā»


The Best Changes To All Your Favorite Games

https://lastchance.cc/please-change-the-endings-of-these-video-games-5897787%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

Lisa Foiles changes the endings of a few other games. MoreĀ Ā»


The Best Reasons Why Americans Don’t Get To Have JRPGs

https://lastchance.cc/the-reasons-so-many-japanese-rpgs-never-make-it-to-the-30787690%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

Jason Schreier explains why many JRPGs don’t make it over to the U.S.MoreĀ Ā»


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