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Mass Effect Babies Present Adorable Dialogue Choices

Owen Good — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:00:00 EDT

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After passing by a restaurant named Wecks, artist Andy Helms immediately thought of a familiar exchange in Mass Effect, made about 20 times cuter. Full size at bottom. More »

Minecraft's Little Brother Learns a Hard Lesson About Silverfish

Owen Good — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 17:30:00 EDT

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It's impossible to watch this and not think of Randy Parker, Ralphie's brother from A Christmas Story. C'mon guys! C'mon! Hey! That's not funny! Guys! More »

Captain America Makes a Decent Proposal at Comic-Con

Owen Good — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:30:00 EDT

The Living Legend proposed to his girl yesterday at Marvel's Comic-Con 2011 booth. (Given the setting and costumes, these appear to be actors rather than civilian cosplayers, but the proposal is genuine.) As seen by Comic Book Therapy [h/t Daniel K.] More »

Team Fortress 2, by Heavy, Age 5

Owen Good — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:30:00 EDT

The mangled syntax and childlike enthusiasm of Team Fortress 2's Heavy is very much reminiscent of a five-year-old's view of the world, the obvious inspiration for this crayon drawing about his friends and teammates. More »

On Deck For Millionaire Gamer: Starting a Family

Owen Good — Thu, 06 May 2010 18:20:00 EDT

When Katy McGilberry of Semmes, Ala. came home from work Monday to find her husband, Wade, surrounded by cameras, holding a ridiculously large check for a ridiculously large amount, she felt like she was going to have a baby. Literally. More »

Mario 1Up Quilt, as Made by a Dude

Owen Good — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:30:00 EST

Two years ago, longtime reader Jacob C. was expecting his first child, a daughter. "I wanted her to have a handmade video game quilt, unrivaled in awesomeness as only they can be." Problem is, neither he nor his wife quilted. More »

Last Minute Video Game Valentines for the Soon-to-Be Single

Owen Good — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:30:00 EST

If you are just now making Valentine's Day plans, son, you are hosed. But these cutie-pie cards from Valve and Capcom might - if minimally - defray the ass-beating you've got coming. More »

Gears of War 2 Sends Us a Bloody Valentine

Owen Good — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:00:00 EST

Epic took more than 20 suggestions for experience bonuses in a Valentine's event and Cliff Bleszinski and Rod Fergusson chose three. Epic's Valentine's Day "date" with Gears of War 2 will run between Feb. 8 and Feb. 14. More »

Link Baby Costume, This Time with Baby

Owen Good — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:00:00 EST

Update: This is the same as this Link baby costume. Maker The Happy Seamstress tells Kotaku she was commissioned to do it for this kid. So that's Cute x2. As seen on Nintendorks, by reader Kevin H. More »

Popping the Question in Super Mario World

Owen Good — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:00:00 EDT

If her "awwww! Yes ... !" reaction doesn't melt your heart, then that little dog jumping and wagging his tail when they kiss will definitely finish you off. More »

Capcom Babies Brought into a World of Swag

Owen Good — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:40:00 EDT

Seems Capcom USA (driving down the 101, San Mateo here we come ... ) has seen an employee baby-havin' boom lately. To properly indoctrinate the next generation, their offspring are romping around in Capcom-themed onesies with the drop-seat dumper flaps. Ha-POOP-en!!! More »

A Post-Apocalyptic Marriage Proposal

Owen Good — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:00:00 EDT

This is the most touching marriage proposal involving the word "motherfucker" - and a spiked baseball bat - I've ever seen. A woman enlisted the help of Fallout's modding community to build a level in which she popped the question. More »

'Dawwwww' is Not in Scribblenauts, but 'Plush' Is

Owen Good — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:00:00 EDT

Crafts-maker Rosemary Travale hadn't done video-game related work in about three years, and this week's release of Scribblenauts inspired her to bring main character Maxwell to plush life. Look, he even has a little-bitty notebook and pencil! More »

Link Outfit Makes Cosplayers of Unwitting Infants

Owen Good — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:00:00 EDT

This is one part dawwww, two parts badass. Part one, it's an adorable infant's Link costume. Part two: that's a BABY BOTTLE QUIVER on the back. Part three: It's made by someone called "UpKnitCreek." More »

Hacked Ms. Pac-Man ROM Wins Hand in Marriage

Owen Good — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:00:00 EDT

There seems to be no end to the ways gamers propose to their brides. A North Carolina man successfully popped the Q with using a hacked Ms. Pac-Man ROM and a modded cocktail table cabinet. More »