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CANDY BRAAAAAINS: | Zombie Pinata pinata filled with… goodies? (Photo by Brian Crecente) Hex-Based Hand Holding Happiness is Key in iPhone Puzzler Joining Hands https://kotaku.com/hex-based-hand-holding-happiness-is-key-in-iphone-puzzl-5816971(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); A different brand of hex-based strategic gameplay, the slick and charming puzzler Joining Hands, is now available for your iPhone or iPad. It’s a game about holding hands, a game about connecting cute creatures to achieve total happiness. 10Tons Ltd.’s Joining Hands, a $2.99 USD game available… More » Big-Headed Disney Costumes Bring Fun, Mayhem to the Multiverse https://kotaku.com/big-headed-disney-costumes-bring-fun-mayhem-to-the-mul-5816589 There’s something inexcusably adorable about taking a virtual child, stuffing them into a big-headed, full-body Disney costume and then tossing them off a cliff. But I just can’t help myself. It’s maybe after the fourth of fifth time of doing this to the nice Disney PR lady’s character in Disney… More » How’s That Uncharted 3 Beta Working Out for You? https://kotaku.com/hows-that-uncharted-3-beta-working-out-for-you-5817061 Now that the beta test for Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception is in full swing, commenter B-Money kicks off a discussion of its pros and cons in today’s triumphant episode of Speak Up on Kotaku. Uncharted 3 beta thoughts: More » Five Great New Ways To Kill Dead Rising Zombies https://kotaku.com/five-great-new-ways-to-kill-dead-rising-zombies-452567516 I learned new lessons in the art of zombie-killing in a noisy hotel suite in New York City yesterday. My textbook was the upcoming video game Dead Rising 2: More » How Rage Reflects Id’s Lengthy Legacy https://kotaku.com/how-rage-reflects-ids-lengthy-legacy-5817054 Back in 1992, id Software released Wolfenstein 3D, a title that ushered in an entirely new genre mc888 and showed developers and gamers just how immersive and visceral a video game could be. More » Why the Street Fighter that (Almost) Killed Street Fighter Deserved to Come Back https://kotaku.com/why-the-street-fighter-that-almost-killed-street-figh-5817141 After Capcom released Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike near the turn of the century, the company pretty much got out of the Street Fighter business. The series faded away for a decade and fighting games, once a marquee attraction became a side show. Good going, 3rd Strike. More » What Is Japan’s Fetish This Week? Giant Breasts https://kotaku.com/what-is-japans-fetish-this-week-giant-breasts-5816938 The 3D breasts were inevitable. After Nintendo revealed its glasses-free 3D portable, the Nintendo 3DS, it was only a brief matter of time before gamers in Japan could ogle 3D boobs them. More » We’re Talking About Act 3 of Shadows of the Damned Right Here https://kotaku.com/were-talking-about-act-3-of-shadows-of-the-damned-right-5817108 Welcome back, Game Clubbers! Today, we’re moving forward to Act 3 of Shadows of the Damned. I’m going to take a slightly different approach to this week’s discussion post: More » The Best Way to Play Co-Op in Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D https://kotaku.com/the-best-way-to-play-co-op-in-resident-evil-the-mercen-5817148 So we here at Kotaku (and by “we” I mean “the Interns”) were going to briefly demo Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D’s Co-Op gameplay for you-but being the forward-thinking young professionals that we are, we thought, why not kick it up a notch? More » This tiny zombie pinata showed up in the mail at the office today. I haven’t had a chance to bash it open yet. I think maybe I’ll give it to riches888pg the interns to go all Office Space on it. –Brian Crecente We like tips! Got tips for our editors? Want to show the world your latest creation? Ready jinda44 to anonymously share an unannounced game? Email us at [email protected]. Or leave us an anonymous voicemail at (612) 568-2581. Want a different layout? Click here for the Speak Up or Tips forums. Want a more “blog-like” look? Click the button up top next to “Top Stories.” Get more Kotaku! Want even more Kotaku? Want to know which of your friends read us? “Like” us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter