To anyone wondering about the dash mechanic:
You can't dash through an enemy until you've sufficiently weakened it first. The enemy will change color and have little particles flying around it when it's ready for a dash. Also, depending on the color, dashing through will impart temporary powerups to Beck, as denoted by…

The enemies can only be taken out with a dash after being weakened by regular shots. You can tell they're vulnerable to a dash when they change color and start having those little particles float around them. Also depending on the color, you may receive different temporary power-ups upon dashing through them (denoted…

I never seriously thought that Capcom would make her a broken character. It would've been shooting themselves in the foot with Ultra's biggest audience.

The praise for SF4 mostly comes from the competitive scene, which obviously focuses far more on multiplayer than singleplayer modes. Said scene cares a great deal about balance updates, since what seem like minor changes to most people can affect high-level play drastically. New characters, even when technically a…

I like when Kotaku AU is featured here because Mark Serrels seems like a cool dude.

You might be the only person I've ever seen to imply that Littlebigplanet's platforming is better than a Mario.

I actually get a stronger SNL vibe when the sax first blasts in on the title screen theme. I keep thinking "TRRAACY MORRGAAN" or some other random cast member.

I absolutely love whenever there are context-specific changes to music that happen seamlessly, which is something Nintendo games are especially great at. Muted underwater segments, the rock guitar inside the lightning clouds of Cloudtop Cruise, the added layer of beats when you're in the lead (my favorite example of…

I much prefer this duo

There's a distinction to be made between "Fox News", the national cable channel, and a regional Fox affiliate's local news. This is an example of the latter. While Fox News the channel is full of bullshit, so is most local news from just about any network.

The top gif has made me realize that even if from an attractive lady, a sudden unsolicited kiss will likely cause me to recoil instinctively

I think you were typing too fast.

Beefin' him up made him more visually distinct. What's not to like?

Ah, good ol' Famistu. Purveyors of all the latest juicy Nintedno news.

Since the general public does not yet have familiarity with the tracks, the tiny snippets of gameplay footage are far too brief and give very little opportunity for a viewer to follow what's happening at any given moment. The splitscreen only makes it worse.

To answer your question, yes, this is the latest Mario Kart of many to have the blue shell item, however it is also the first game to have a crazy horn item that can negate the blue shell with a loud area blast.

I read it in high school like a decade ago and remember getting my mind blown by his breakdown of the "this is not a pipe" thing.

You are most assuredly correct. However the book goes into a little more detail about some general stylistic differences between western and eastern comics too!

For anyone who is interested in these nuts n' bolts and would like to know more about how comics communicate as a medium, check out the book "Understanding Comics" by Scott McCloud! Below is a demonstration of how much time can pass in a single panel, based on guiding the reader's eye over text (which is somewhat…

This is nearly the equivalent of "Yeah, I kinda knew that they wouldn't let me pass out these informational abortion pamphlets inside the cathedral...but still"