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Help Me, I Can't Stop Playing Cookie Clicker
4.10.2021
It was September, 2021 when it started. Kotaku editor-in-chief Patricia Hernandez asked me to handle a post, a story about a clicker game on Steam getting patched to allow cheating. What a fun, novel notion, certainly worthy of a story. No problems there. That was how my problems with Cookie...
I Hate Myself, But I Love Taco Bell's New Chicken Sandwich Taco
26.9.2021
Taco Bell has a new chicken sandwich that’s also a taco, but is also not a taco or even really a sandwich. It’s weird. Yet, even weirder than all that is that I.. like it? Read more
Viral Steam Game Patched To Aid Cheating
9.9.2021
I’m still playing Cookie Clicker instead of writing about Cookie Clicker because I need a good screenshot. That’s what I’m telling myself. It’s a convincing argument—I’m going to use it if Patricia starts asking where this post is. What would really help would be some sort of auto-clicker cheat...
Pokémon Oreos Would Be Cooler If Nabisco Workers Weren’t Striking
8.9.2021
This morning, Oreo announced a new variation of its popular sandwich cookies decorated with Pokémon characters. But while I love me some cross-brand synergy, I’m also a little wary of scarfing down on a crunchy, chocolate recreation of Pikachu’s face when striking Nabisco workers have asked...
Eight Very Convincing Reasons To Make Better Video Game Horses
24.8.2021
There are two reasons I am posting about this list called “8 Common Horse Mistakes I Want Game Developers to Stop Making”. Number one, it’s a good list. Number two, it comes from a video game horse-themed website called The Mane Quest.Read more
We Dwell in Possibility Is A Game About Queer Paradise (And Also Butt Plugs)
8.7.2021
We Dwell in Possibility is a garden simulator by Robert Yang, a New Zealand developer who’s known for his queer sex games, and renowned graphic artist Eleanor Davis. The collaboration makes a notable shift from Yang’s previous work but maintains a similar vision.Read more
Far Cry Needs More Sausage Rolls
28.6.2021
I know Watch Dogs just had a game set in London, but it had made-up store names. If Ubisoft are going to do British video games, they need to do it right.Read more
Chicory: A Colorful Tale Is Already One of the Best Games of 2021
25.6.2021
Chicory: A Colorful Tale is special in the same way that Undertale was special. Both games disarmed you with their charm and humor before murdering you with a story full of warmth, love, and knee-shattering poignance. Chicory could not have come at a better time for people who need to learn how...
KFC And Anime Kaguya-sama Keep Flirting On Twitter
25.6.2021
In Japan, Kentucky Fried Chicken is a cultural institution. People not only love it but the Colonel’s chicken has been linked with Christmas for decades. And KFC, it seems, likes anime Kaguya-sama.Read more
The True Crime Story Of A GameFAQs User Who Just Wanted More Mountain Dew
24.6.2021
In 2008, GameFAQs user EpitaphILIP had an idea: what if, instead of buying a cup of soda at Taco Bell and merely drinking it, he bought a refillable cup, built a contraption leading from the cup to a container hidden in a messenger bag and proceeded to pour a whole ton of Mountain Dew.Read more
A big change is coming to Cup Noodle
4.6.2021
If you’ve ever bought Cup Noodle, you are familiar with the plastic sticker that’s used to close the lid after hot water is added.Read more
How Demon Slayer Energized A Japanese Canned Coffee Brand
26.5.2021
Japan is famous for its canned coffee. But with consumption on the slide, canned coffee makers needed to wake up sales. They found it: Anime.Read more
This Cell Phone Cooking Game Has Me Irate Over Its Slander of New York Cuisine
9.4.2021
I spent so much money on a phone not because I need to have the latest technology in order to live my life and communicate with other people. It’s because I need something that can hold all the memory taken up by the obscene amount of games I have download, even though they are all essentially...
Forget CG, Japanese Drink Company Shows The Magic Of Practical Effects
9.4.2021
Drink maker Pocari Sweat has many a number of terrific commercials over the years. This latest one, which uses a bunch of practical effects, is one of its most impressive of late.Read more
Raise a glass to Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2, which turns 21 this year
5.4.2021
“If I die before I wake, at least in heaven I can skate. ’Cause right now on earth I can’t do jack without The Man up on my back” —OPMRead more
Make the Perfect Cup at Your Preferred Temp With 26% off a Ninja Hot and Cold Brew System
28.3.2021
Ninja Hot and Cold Brew System | $170 | AmazonNinja Hot and Cold Brew System | $170 | Bed Bath & BeyondRead more
Where Did Gamer Snacks Come From, Anyway?
27.3.2021
There are snacks, and then there are snacks for gamers. Through chalky chemical combinations of dubious repute, they will somehow make you aim better in Fortnite. How did we reach the point where snacks for a hobby that takes place primarily on the couch are basically workout supplements? On this...
Where to even begin with the ongoing Cinnamon Toast Crunch Shrimp Tail Saga of 2021?
24.3.2021
You always find love where you least expect it. The same goes for shrimp tails. At least, that’s the case for Jensen Karp, a TV writer who took to Twitter this week to complain that he found shrimp tails, as well as what appeared to be rat droppings and dental floss, in his box of Cinnamon Toast...
The Rise and Fall of 'Bro-gurt,' the Macho, Ab-Obsessed Snack for MEN
23.3.2021
In 2013, a blonde-haired woman in a “sexy nurse” costume (low neckline, high hemline) worked a booth at the Food Expo of Natural Products, pitching a new option: Powerful Yogurt. She offered passers-by ultrasounds of their stomachs so they could “find their inner abs,” the brand’s tagline....
Coca-Cola Is Launching A Vending Machine Subscription Service In Japan
18.3.2021
Like Coke? A lot? Well, according to Nikkei (via Gearoid Reidy), the drink maker is rolling out a special subscription service in Japan.Read more