Trailers On Repeat

What? It’s time for the nightly off-topic open thread on Kotaku? I guess I can pause this Dark Souls trailer and whip up a post for folks to chat in. But this trailer must be re-re-re-re-watched!

You ever have one of those trailers, whether it be for a video game or movie, that forces you to pore over every detail? The kind that you’ve watched dozens of times, hoping to unearth some new nugget of information—that’s what I’m talking about. Boy, did I watch that Star Wars: Episode I trailer a lot. Let’s hope Dark Souls goes a little better.

If you want to talk about movie trailers, video games or any of the following things, now’s your chance.

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