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ScribbleTaku

Kotaku AU

“My kids are obsessed with drawing right now,” said Gizmodo Editor, Alex Kidman. “You want them to do something for ScribbleTaku?”

Man, there’s no way I could pass up that opportunity! Today’s drawing comes from Alex’s six year old son!


May 27, 2012
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Gears, Gods And Giant Robots: A Look Back At One Of The Best RPGs Ever

The other day on Twitter, fellow Kotaku writer Kate Cox mentioned she had just finished Xenogears, Square’s classic PlayStation role-playing game. Since Xenogears is one of my favourite games, a classic up there with the best RPGs ever, I bugged her roughly 19,283,493,849,284,924 times to come chat about her experiences for Random Encounters. Eventually she said yes.


May 26, 2012
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Get Out Of Our Real World, Video Game Characters, You Look Too Good

Artist Jamie Sneddon’s 8-bit scapes is a collection of prints showing video game characters let loose in the real world, taking over locations like Cologne, Hong Kong and Manhattan.


May 25, 2012
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How To Beat The Worst Video Game Ever Made

While that’s a subjective boast, has any other game been so terrible that copies of it were taken out into the middle of the desert and buried? No. So I’m sticking with it.


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ScribbleTaku

Kotaku AU

Well done to Steverooni, who got yesterday’s Scribbletaku first. It was, indeed, Super Tennis — one of my favourite sports games of all time. Today’s is a little bit easier I think. I’ll be surprised if it’s not guessed super quickly…


May 24, 2012
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Game Box Nipples And Gunsmoke Moustaches

This is Game Over, a title for the Spectrum, first released in 1987. A game released amidst controversy. See, while later editions of the game would feature slightly edited variations of the box art, the original featured one of video gaming’s first wardrobe malfunctions.


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The Excitement Of Driving A Public Bus Around Tokyo. Very Slowly.


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ScribbleTaku

Kotaku AU

As I kinda expected, a bunch of folks managed to guess yesterday’s Scribbletaku, which was Shadow of the Beast! Well done to Brendan Brewer — I know your real name! — who got it first!


May 23, 2012
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Unboxing A…1986 Sega Master System


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ScribbleTaku

Kotaku AU

Aha! Yesterday’s Scribbletaku caused chaos and rage — mainly because my drawing was terrible and all out of perspective. Incredibly, someone actually got the right answer…