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#chess
Cube-Based Chess Set Adds Modern Confusion To Timeless Difficulty
My chess strategy doesn't extend too far beyond pulling my knights out first, because that's what the computer games always do against me. But with this cube-based set, I'd probably need a strategy just to remember which piece is which. [Gizmodo] -
#officialkotakuforum
Talk Amongst Yourselves '10
We interrupt this New Year's Day to bring you a new Talk Amongst Yourselves. Thank you, reader Cave_Man, for nominating this month's classic, 1851's Washington Crossing the Delaware, by Emanuel Leutze. Do as Washington did, readers, and discuss video games. More » -
#snuggie
Bathrobe Jumpsuit is the Final Word in Snuggie Technology
You can keep your neck snuggie and baby snuggie and space snuggie. Real ballers know that the Snuggle Suit is the be all and end all. [Gizmodo] -
#clips
Happy Holidays From Kotaku
It has been a wonderful, wonderful ride, the double Os. After all, they saw the birth of Kotaku. They also saw the inception of our now annual holiday card. -
#topten
The Ten Most Influential Women In Games Of The Past Decade
Gaming Angel's founder Trina Schwimmer's list of women in games includes ten people who have helped change the game industry from the inside. While it's not all inclusive, it is a very sound list. More »
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#decades
Microsoft's Lost Decade in Mobile
10 years ago, you could buy the HP Jornada 548 with a color screen, which let you listen to MP3s, surf the web, check your email, and keep a calendar. It had a touchscreen. It ran Windows. It was awesome. [Gizmodo] -
#gadgets
Shine On, You Crazy Gadgets
I spent this decade hunting for the perfect gadget. I never thought I would end up with tech as good as this. But it's not the tech that interests me the most anymore. [Gizmodo] -
#qotd
How Many Times Have You Broken Your Phone During Your Two-Year Contract?
When thinking about the cost of a cellphone, we consider the phone itself and any service plans, but what about the price of misuse? How often are we finding ourselves paying an unsubsidized price to replace phones under contract? [Gizmodo] -
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#space
Mysterious Lunar Base Hole Explained
"We discovered a vertical hole on the moon," says JAXA's Junichi Haruyama. A mysterious tube so large and deep that it can shelter a future moon base. Until the creatures inside kill everyone, which is what happens in these cases. [Gizmodo] -
#xmen
DIY Wolverine Claws Seized During Postal Crackdown
A wannabe Wolverine is crying somewhere in the UK, because these homemade claws of his were seized by border agents as part of a crackdown on illegal goods shipping into the country. Guess he'll just hope for a mutation now. [Gizmodo] -
#diy
How To Build The World's Most Useless Machine
No, this isn't an instructional guide on how to build a TwitterPeek. This device is even more useless. Impossible? Hardly. Check out the video. Then hit the following link for the complete set of build instructions. [Instructables via Neatorama] [Gizmodo] -
#wrapup
Kotaku's Most Popular Posts Of 2009
When 2009 is said and done, the Kotaku readership will have viewed the site more than 600 million times this year, an impressive mountain of clicks, comments and—based on this year's most read posts—lecherous gallery ogling. More » -
#home
LED Shower Bathes You In Cascading Light (and Lots of Water)
Visentin's LED shower heads are pretty stunning, that is, until you realize that, not only are you completely naked in front of your guests, but you're also splashing water all over the living room. [Visentin via Trendir] [Gizmodo] -
#crime
Apple Refuses To Send Stolen iPhone Back To Rightful Owner After Repair
When your stuff gets stolen, FILL OUT A POLICE REPORT. Consumerist reader Alisa is figuring this out the hard way after Apple received her stolen phone for repair. Even though it's clearly hers, they refuse to return it. [Gizmodo] -
#sports
NCAA Football — Where My High School's Name is in the Game
At my high school - among the smallest in North Carolina - we aren't known as the "Rams" or the "Cardinals." We're "The Buckin' Elks." And Brad Nessler says that name - all of it - in NCAA Football 10. More » -
#clips
The Legend of Zelda: The Wedding: The Video
Kotaku reader Kyle was nice enough to share the private, nerdier moments of his recent The Legend of Zelda themed nuptials with the rest of us, showing off the amazing Zelda cartridge cufflinks conceptualized by his bride. Now there's video. More » -
#photoshop
Single Photo Tutorial: How to Make a Mask With Photoshop
Get it? Get it?? Yeah, I bet you got it. [tumblr via tumblr via Super Punch] [Gizmodo] -
#television
New Year's Marathoning: Video Games or TV?
The last and first day of the year for me has always meant spending way too much time in front of the TV. Be it playing video games until I pass out or watching televised marathons, I consider it a guilt-free over-indulgence. More » -
#goodbye
So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish
After nearly a year and half of being Kotaku's San Francisco Correspondent and default token girl*, it's time for me to say goodbye. GamePro is whisking me away to that fabled land of print journalism I've heard so much about. More » -
#zeitgeist
Top 10 Most Popular Articles of 2009
Dear 2009, thank you for all the stories, the good and the bad ones. Here are the top 10 most popular articles. Now we have to say good bye forever, because 2010 and the new decade are here. So long! [Gizmodo] -
#modernruins
Real-Life Lost Relic Found Over and Over Again
No, we're not tripping through time with Desmond. The derelict and overgrown plane found in Lost has become a prevalent symbol for a deserted island that's anything but. It also seems to be just as prevalent in the real world. [io9] -
#nsfw
These Shadow of the Colossus Tans Might Be A Lil' NSFW
Crossing one more game off the Things To Be Moe-fied list is this doujin tribute to Team ICO's PlayStation 2 classic Shadow of the Colossus, a sixteen strong collection of less furry, far cuter colossi that's borderline maximum risky. More » -
#decades
Laptops in the Year 2000 Were the Smartphones of Today
Now I want you to close your eyes and squint really hard. Because I'm going to tell you about a time that feels ancient, a time when Sony made some of the baddest laptops around. [Gizmodo] -
#science
Thorium, the Next Uranium
Wired has a fairly epic look into a material that could make nuclear power both clean and safe called thorium—named after the Norse god of thunder. Of course, scientists recognized its promise back in the 1950s. [Gizmodo] -
#pranks
How To: Execute the Ultimate Phone Prank With Skype
Here's an old gem of a trick for anyone feeling lonely, vindictive, or very drunk this New Year's Eve: with Skype, you can connect any phones in the world, and listen in on the results. Man, what a decade. [Gizmodo] -
#hostagesituation
Iraqi Kidnap Victim Subjected To PlayStation
British hostage Peter Moore will soon be returning to the UK from Iraq, after spending the last six months of his two-and-a-half year period of captivity with only satellite television, a laptop, and a PlayStation to keep him occupied. More » -
#dealzmodo
Gadget Deals of the Day
Cop these bargains before the calendar clicks into the next decade. Get an eMachines 22" monitor for $99, check out the Sony DSLR with extras for $700, and snag an Ani DiFranco MP3 to groove to this evening. [Gizmodo] -
#wallpaperroundup
Wallpaper Roundup: Ringing in the New Year
New Year's Eve is upon us, ring it in with some New Year's-themed wallpaper. Judging by the wallpapers we found, 2010 is going to be all the neon and sparkles the futurists of yesteryear promised us. [Lifehacker]
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