Kotaku 'Shop Contest: What's In The Box? The Winners!
A mysterious Christmas gift. A disappointed-looking man. These were the gifts I gave our image manipulating community last week. What they've given us is in return is pure holiday magic.
How to Set Up and Get to Know Your New PC, Mac, Android, or iPhone
You've unwrapped your presents and received everything you'd hoped you'd get. But now what? We've got you covered this holiday season with several guides to help you get acquainted with your brand new gadgets.
Holiday Greetings from 7 Game Developers
'tis the season, and Kickstarter's game dev community is making sure none of us forget it. In the past weeks, they've been sending out holiday wishes with their project updates, sometimes including some rather nice art.
How To Bring More Holiday Cheer To The Sims 4
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Well, it's about that time of year when you get to see a lot of your family. Your virtual family, that is. Despite The Sims 4's many warm and fuzzy qualities, though, the game doesn't come with a ton of stuff to help put you in the mood for the holidays. Modders to the rescue!
It's The Fan-Made Animated Shovel Knight Holiday Special
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Sometimes you love a game so much you've just gotta create a short animated holiday special based on it, and so we have Wind-up Dog Animation's short but sweet Shovel Knight Animated Holiday Special.
Kotaku 'Shop Contest: What's In The Box?
This is not an expression one wants to see on Christmas morning. What could possibly upset this vaguely Chris Evans-ish model so? That's up to this week's 'Shop contest participants.
Kotaku 'Shop Contest: The Ultimate Video Game Holiday Sweater
With only ten days to go before Christmas, knitters around the globe anxiously chew at the end of their needles, trying to come up with the perfect video game-themed holiday sweater. I believe we can help.
Let's Swap Black Friday War Stories
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Every year I tell myself I'm just going to sit at home and wait for online sales. Every year I'm at Walmart at three a.m., combing their electronics sections in case someone missed one of the cheap-ass televisions that sold out minutes after they opened. Surely I am not alone. What gaming goodies did you end up buying?
Christmas Comes Early To LEGO Land With Santa's Workshop
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With a mere one-third of the year remaining until Christmas, it's time for all of the good LEGO-loving boys and girls to find out which Winter Village set Santa's leaving under the tree this holiday season. We're getting the full Santa's Workshop, baby.
RG3 Gave The Redskins' Offensive Line Xbox Ones for Christmas
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Without anything else to hand off for the rest of the season, benched Washington Redskins franchise quarterback Robert Griffin III rolled up to Redskins park earlier this week with a sedan full of Xbox One consoles for the offensive line that let him get sacked 38 times this year.
Watch the crazy activity of a UPS truck parking lot during the holidays
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We're at the peak of the busiest delivery season of the year. To prove how mad it is, Animal New York recorded this insane 24-hour time-lapse of a UPS parking lot packed with truck trailers behind its office in Hell's Kitchen—"Due to space constraints, this plays out like an real life game of Tetris."
A Helpful Explanation Of Where Holiday Traditions Come From
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I'm sure you've always had a sneaking suspicion that the story of Christmas past is quite a bit different from the story of Christmas present. But how about Chanukah and Kwanzaa?
The Last Thing You'll Ever Eat
Turducken? Turducken is nothing. Behold Cthulken. Or Craturktopus. Perhaps Turkrakon. Whatever you call this dark combination of turkey, crab legs, bacon and Elder God, it is the one true Last Supper.
Gift Ideas for the 10 Major Species of Science Fiction Fan
Buying presents for the science fiction and fantasy fan in your life can be a major challenge — because no two fans are the same. It's just not a one-size-fits-all proposition. Some people love Star Trek, others love Superman. So here's our gift guide for the 10 major species of fans!
It's Not Too Late to Celebrate National Eggs Benedict Day
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Every year on April 16, folks across the country set aside their differences and roll out the poaching pits, shiny brass vats used to craft one of the integral components of the most expensive breakfast item on the menu outside of a steak. If you put Eggs Benedict inside of a steak, it wouldn't be Eggs Benedict, now…
Christmas Was Very, Very Good to Angry Birds
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Of the estimated 17.4 million new Android and Apple phones and tablets unwrapped on Christmas day, nearly half snagged a copy of Rovio's bird-powered physics puzzler. It sure pays to be nearly synonymous with mobile gaming, doesn't it?
What Did You Get For Christmas?
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Merry Christmas everyone! It's Christmas day! Is it snowing outside? Is your cat currently cuddled in your lap? Are you eating pie?
It's the Most Festive Struggle for Survival Against Killer Robots Ever
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It might be the most hardcore game on Facebook, but that doesn't mean Stomp Game's mecha-Diablo Robot Rising is too cool to celebrate the holidays. It just celebrates in a hardcore fashion.
Pringles Pumpkin Spice, Cinnamon Sugar and White Chocolate Peppermint:…
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What do the holidays taste like to you? Is it the dark and playful taste of chocolate and peppermint? The warm, inviting sweetness of cinnamon and sugar? Or maybe it's pumpkin spice, a traditional baked favorite that's made a big splash in the snack game lately?
Police Say Christmas Gaming Drove Woman to Attack Children with Butcher…
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Allegedly enraged over her five-year-old son's playing of a video game he received as a Christmas gift, Jutrina Tillman of Phoenix, Arizona, dragged the young boy into his bedroom and began to strangle him before threatening to kill him and his 13-year-old sister with a butcher knife.