On February 4th, 1999, one of the greatest hoaxes in video game history began. The Zelda fandom was shock by a…
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Years of neglect are eroding gaming history. Cartridges rot in garages, companies hoard demos that they will never…
I heard that having kids changes the way you can play games. Nine weeks in with one boy and one girl born a minute…
You will see fewer posts on Kotaku today, because the women on our staff are on strike as part of the “Day Without A Woman” to commemorate International Women’s Day. The strike is one aspect of a day intended to raise awareness about the value women contribute to society and the issues of inequality that they face. We…
I restarted my game at one point in order to die on the S.S. Anne, then went on to collect all 150 to see if using the Golem Strength would move it, ended up disappointed.
I had a cousin who insisted he had pikablu and gave me the long process to get it. He said it was a 1 in 5012 chance of it working and it’s at the end of the game, but the roll to determine whether you could get it happened at character creation. Uhg.
We are talking about rumors...Not scientific fact....
My favorite rumor was as a kid in the later 80s somebody told me that you could hook up two NES consoles and get say Mario to appear in Rad Racer or **insert-8-bit-racing-game-here** if you turned them on at the same time. Then a few other kids spilled similar rumors and fooled me and a lot of playground mates into…
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Track: The Kids Are Alright | Artist: The Who | Album: My Generation
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The Dragon Age games have captured my imagination like few other series have ever managed. Every quest is a roller…
You mean “HER”, if you can find HER, my revan was female.
Last year, Star Wars/toy fans were asked which character they’d like to see turned into one of the series’ fancy…
Right over home plate. Or to my e-mail address.
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Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance first appeared on the PS2 fifteen years ago today! Celebrate by watching Tony Jay voice a giant eyeball with tentacles and reliving the glory of one of the best Diablo clones available on console of all time.
Skyrim: Special Edition is a mess. It’s full of glitches, and even if the base game offers interesting stories, the…