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As seen on a Home Depot apron. [Thanks irishpnk323] More »
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Life-Size Claptrap from Borderlands, as Tweeted by Gearbox's Mikey Neumann [via Hot Blooded Gaming] More »
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Kotaku reader phNord's concept based on Shigeru Miyamoto's recently confessed fetish. More »
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Last night the Springfield, Ore., Game Crazy treated about a dozen people to tailgate food and a Madden tournament. Despite the hype, the launch memories many of them shared had little to do with the highest-selling franchise of all time. More »
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Stealing a page from Jezebel (and GameSpy), I'd love to hear which game character would play you in the video game of your life. More »
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Last year this building - around the block from E3 - was plastered with Robert Downey Jr. in blackface for "Tropic Thunder." Now it sports the visage of Bret Michaels Snow from Final Fantasy XIII. More »
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This incredibly deep flowchart nails the entire spectrum of decision-making Ken presents to 98.7 percent of those who play Street Fighter - especially jump backwards-Hadouken! More »
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What is it with gamer girls sewing gifts for their guys? Sounds like arts-and-crafts meets Stockholm syndrome. Reader Alex K's sis-in-law crocheted these adorable Left 4 Dead guys as a token of her (alienated) affection. More »
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Ordinarily I'd look at these Wii screenshots and think, it doesn't look like much (get those spiders!) but it'll probably look great on the core consoles. Then I remember it's not being made for them. More »
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So there was the Periodic Table of Game Characters, and that spawned numerous imitators and spinoffs. Now we've graduated to the Periodic Table of Controllers: Console peripherals on top, handheld controls at the bottom. More »
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Here's three new screenshots of Witcher: Rise of the - WAIT A MINUTE, IS THAT BOOBIE? More »
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Yesterday our sister site Lifehacker posted a collection of eye-popping desktop wallpapers they found, and it is too good not to share over here. More »
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The cooperative multiplayer fun of the PC version of CDV's action role-playing game Sacred 2: Fallen Angel is alive and well in the upcoming console versions, and we've got the screenshots to prove it. More »
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Here's another roundup of multimedia laffs culled from the Interwebs. I make no representations of the freshness/expiration/ enjoy-by dates of any of this, only that I consider it gaming germane, and, at minimum, grimace-inducing. More »
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A gamer's fourth Xbox 360 red-ringed, and a veritable who's-who of consoles turned out to pay their respects and show their anguish that so many are dying so young, and so senselessly. More »
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Gizmodo is gonna think I am copying their homework but, seriously, you gotta see these two dogs dressed as a Wii and a Wiimote for Halloween, and these poor sons of bitches (literally) do not look happy about it. Looks like they are having less fun playing Nintendo hardware than this guy did. More »
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Running with the "[game] is nothing more than a [really bad act]-simulator for kids," SomethingAwful's Forum Goons came up with about 21 real-world skill simulator concepts, as an alternative to shootin', murderin' and killin'. The entries range from the mundane to the raunchy (as most things do on SA). See! Dr. Mario and the DS can teach you how to beat the piss man and get a high paying job that involves the safety of others! (Or, just take echinacea and goldenseal and drink water like hell the weekend before). Two others on the jump, loads more at the link. More »
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Well, it's noon, that means we can break out the porn. I have to wonder what Juan over at Kezins is doing in his spare time, if he has room for this kind of research. Actually, check that, I don't want to visualize what Juan does in his spare time. Anyway, he's put together a gallery of the 50 best cosplay cleavage shots - which is a lot harder than googling "cosplay cleavage" with moderate safesearch off. (I know, I tried.) I just can't not show you this. So, even though there is no nipple, this is NSFW, NSFgirlfriend in the room, NSFviewing at the kitchen table because your moms moved the computer there after she found and deleted your stash, all that. Three others on the jump, with a link the whole shootin' match. Update: Kezins crashed [10/26: SINCE REPAIRED]. I tried giving you a cached site but that didn't work. But have no fear! Heather, our friend in the first picture, sent two others (she wasn't too happy with the one we chose. Says it was 4 years old). And so here you are. Everyone say nice things to Heather or I will kick your asses. Don't ask how, dammit, just sit there and be threatened and enjoy these pictures. The second one is on the jump. More »
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So you guys have had enough of Sarah Palin, in the interest of equal time, let's poke fun at Barack Obama, whose decision this week to advertise in several video games is either cool, weird or creepy, depending on your politics. Humor site College On the Record came up with eight more games that could use Obama branding. I think the Metal Gear Solid 4 Hope Tank is a smashing idea and should be recreated in real life. The full gallery is on the jump. More »
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If Haze didn't float your boat, and it didn't float many, Free Radical's right back atcha with TimeSplitters 4. Of course the game has been officially officially known for some time, but FR put up three concept art scans on the official website earlier this week. The chainsaw nun above is one. You can also get a look at some blinged out four-wheel cat ("Cat Racing: Underground") and a dismembered Monkey/Frank n' Furter transvestite robot on a torture rack. If those descriptions don't send you over, I mean, what will. Check also the homage trailer to LucasArts/Revenge of the Sith with Vader's role reprised by, what else, a monkey. Free Radical Design - TimeSplitters 4 [via and thanks to Popzara for noticing the new content.] More »
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Oh, you might think this is soooooo kewte but really, I see about a dozen child protective services cases in this post by Screwattack. It's a gallery of cosplay kids and since they all appear younger than 6, I'm guessing they were not fully participating in these sartorial choices. You know, dress your kid like Master Chief, you're just asking for a neglect inquiry. More »
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I usually try to wrap up Saturdays with some laughs so, here's this and two other funny pics I found through the week. On their own, maybe not worth a post but together, hey, it's the weekend, so here's a funnies page for you to spread on the living room floor. Remember, if you're a Madden gamer and want in on the KFC (Kotaku Football Conference), that announcement will be at 1 pm MDT (3 pm Eastern, noon Pacific) More »
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Although I probably should leave anything in Japanese to Bash, pictures speak any language, and there are nearly 150 of them of Fallout 3 that have hit the Internet following the Zenimax Asia expo (Zenimax owns Fallout developer Bethesda.) Tipster Brother None, the forum admin over at No Mutants Allowed, writes: "Apparently the people viewing Fallout 3 in the ZeniMax Asia showing in Taiwan did not take their NDAs very seriously." Apparently so. We have a gallery of 28 screenies on the jump, with a link to the entire set. More »
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This picture (full size on the jump) is so massive its going to collapse on itself and form a black hole of win. The image is taken from the TF2 "Meet the Spy Sniper" trailer (at 0:28). It was the clear winner in a one-upsmanship photoshop contest at the Facepunch Studios Forums, about two weeks ago. (Warning, some of the other pics are pretty tasteless.) More »
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So on the bio on the new TF2 baseball card for Pyro (updated Thursday on the Team Fortress blog) there are five masculine pronouns and one reference to Pyro being a dude. And then the kicker, "if he even is a man." And now let the bitching and bickering begin again. Valve knows what it's doing here, and isn't going to stop. Well played, Valve. (Full size on the jump) More »
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Before you trundle out your "old/not news" trolls, and in the interest of full fuckin' disclosure, yes, I know this pic went around some sites in April, but not here. And I deem it cool enough to post, so there. And it's not a cake. More »
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This picture (full resolution after the jump) is not a cosplayer getting up to face the day as a Combine Elite soldier from Half-Life 2. It's actually a render of one into a shot of someone's bedroom. It's crazily reminiscent of this gallery, cosplay enthusiasts, in costume, hanging about in everyday settings. (The best is Chewbacca in the kitchen). More »
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Am I the only one looking at this with an OCD urge to rip back the controller and go hit the first coinbox? Come on, this is World 1-1. And it's painted on a concrete wall, although Mr. Juandrful over at Kezins doesn't say exactly where. More »
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Alert reader Jonny L. was watching the bonus features disc that came with Metal Gear Solid 4, thought he spied something funny, backed up a few frames, and grabbed the above: Why, that looks like an Xbox 360 devkit on someone's desk at Kojima Productions! More »
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So faithful reader TheGameCritic was at the WizardWorld Chicago, which he describes as a "comic/pop culture convention of sorts." He saw Boba Fett walking around, he saw some kids playing Guitar Hero, he got an idea and he made it happen. More »
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Well, if you've got a serious formalwear fetish and like to watch women fight in 'em, Soul Calibur IV is your game. Meet Ashlotte, who sports a Death-Star-under-construction dress and a battle axe that must weigh twice as much as she does. More »
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With great apologies to the late Hunter S. Thompson, for the out-of-context riffing. More »
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On a rainy, dreary day that's atypically warm for a Midwest November afternoon, our doorbell rang for what we were sure to be another political petition or overzealous neighbor worried about the state of our gutters. But instead we received our Limited Collector's Edition review copy of Mass Effect. Here are the details: More »
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As I arrived at the Austin Game Developers conference on Wednesday morning, I had a little free time to take some pics of the convention being set up as well as the sights around the Austin Convention center. Marvel at random (hopefully) animal bones, birds, and people waiting in line! More »
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Man, there don't look like there are a whole lotta Wii's behind that grumpy UPS man as he hands over the first box to the Atlanta Best Buy guy. At least the guy cheered up when he saw what was inside that box. Brian Crecente More »
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Mr. FedEx man just made me grin. More »
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I arrived home Thursday night to discover that Microsoft had sent me an HD-DVD player for the 360 along with a selection of movies. I haven't had a chance to really check it out yet, but here's some early pics of the box, stuff inside, movies and the odd similarities between the HD-DVD movies and PS3 games. More »
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Let's make a girl gamer calendar. OK, what do we need, let me think. Girl in white teddy: Check. Girl with battle axe: Check. Girl with whip: Check. Girl dressed up as a devl: Check. Girl with a gun: Check. Girl doing anything even remotely gaming related: Naw. More »
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No, not literally. More »
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