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EsportsLeague of Legends, Turned Into Final Fantasy VII… Has Potential
Would it be possible to transform League of Legends into a JRPG, specifically, Final Fantasy VII? The answer is yes! Thanks to Brazilian YouTuber Pato Papao, we now have a highly detailed LoL / Final Fantasy crossover fan-video, with the appropriate dances, moves and skills. There’s also plenty of extra little tidbits for those who…
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Video Games, Reimagined As Classic Paperback Novels
Digital artist Zachary Knoles really touched the spot when he redesigned video games and its characters as aged, dusty covers of classic paperback novels. Given the complex story of Xenogears, it would be quite an interesting read as a sci-fi novel from the 80s. Here’s more of his work: Kerrigan from StarCraft II now looks…
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Tearaway Makes Half-Life…Cute?
Rise and shine Mr. Freeman! Your Tearaway remake probably wouldn’t survive City 17, but at least it’s cute! Tearaway‘s character editing tool comes in handy if you want to remake yourself or any video game character, which is of course always irresistible. Besides a pretty neat Link and Gordon Freeman above, Tearaway players already recreated…
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Nailing the perfect landing in MMO flight game War Thunder? Not a problem! World War II fighters worked just like skateboards anyway and anyone could do a few flips before landing. Dayshot is an image-based feature, that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and art that we can find. Send…
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Nintendo’s 3DS Louvre Guide Is Even Better With Iwata And Miyamoto
Nintendo has announced today the release of Nintendo 3DS Guide: Louvre for the 3DS eShop, and to celebrate this, Satoru Iwata tried the app out with the ever-smiling Shigeru Miyamoto in Nintendo’s latest Mini Direct, in a quite empty Louvre. As the Mini Nintendo Direct shows below, you can basically use it as a real-time…
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The Best-Hidden Doctor Who Easter Eggs in Gaming
It’s not just the 50th anniversary Doctor Who special that’s packed with easter eggs and references; apparently, video game developers are also in love with Daleks and the TARDIS. The fine folks at DYKGaming collected the 11 best Doctor Who-related easter eggs and wrapped them up in the video above. My favorite ones are these…
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It’s Easy To Cross The Line With Skyrim Mods
Once you’ve installed a few, there’s no going back. Eventually, you might end up with a setup like this, breaking the game’s lore and theme as badly as possible. Even Sven, one of the NPC followers, realizes that something’s not right. Dayshot is an image-based feature, that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest,…
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CultureThe Internet Reacts To The New Persona Games
Persona 5 and a bunch of Persona spin-offs were finally announced this weekend, and the internet is already packed with cool reactions to the announcements. Let’s take a look at some of those reactions, shall we? Those chairs in the P5 teaser made everyone’s imagination run wild. As well as the unexpected Vita spin-off, Persona…
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Battlefield 4 Jet Swap Shows Everyone How Teamwork is Done
Now, that is one impressive Battlefield 4 moment right there. One guy comes in low with his jet and jumps out while his teammate jumps into the abandoned plane and moves on (the GIF shows both players’ view). Switching jets like this really requires superb skills and teamwork. It’s even better to watch the full…
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Terry Crews Hijacks The Xbox One Launch With Unstoppable Force
The PS4 got its own mascot right before its launch last week, thanks to Antonio Banderas and NeoGAF. You just know the Xbox One had to be next. No Banderas or emotional reactions this time, though. NeoGAF forum users picked actor and former NFL player Terry Crews and his raw powers to create the proper…
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Team Fortress 2‘s Medic Just Got Some Extra Powers
The Medic from Team Fortress 2 recently got some nifty new items as part of Valve’s Two Cities update, shown off in a pretty cool official animated short. Gotta love that exploded Heavy getting reanimated. Here’s the full clip: Mann vs Machine – The Sound of Medicine [YouTube] To contact the author of this post,…
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Esports
Meet League of Legends‘ newest playable champion: Yasuo, the Unforgiven, a martial artist who uses the power of wind to defeat his opponents. He sure has some pretty exciting skills, especially his wind wall ability, which blocks all enemy projectiles—something that’ll likely cause ranged heroes many headaches. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every…
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Conan O’Brien Tries To Understand World of Warcraft, Fails Miserably
Conan O’Brien took a trip to this year’s BlizzCon to play World of Warcraft‘s next expansion and to try to understand one of the most popular MMOs out there. But he also stepped in as a commentator for the World of Warfract Arena Global Finals with, well, not much knowledge of the game at all.…
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Pac-Man just became a bit more badass, after custom toy builder KodyKoala assembled this Pac-Man Monster Truck. It’s just the right thing to do with a harmless Pac-Man bank and an old RC toy car. KodyKoala made it available on his Etsy page, along with the rest of his crazy custom toys. KodyKoala’s Pacman Monster…
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Channing Tatum Spoofs Van Damme’s Epic Split… With Food Carts
Do you need further proof that Jean-Claude Van Damme’s still got it? Well here’s Channing Tatum, who tried to copy the split-master’s iconic trick, but with food carts and on the set of 22 Jump Street. You probably saw that ending coming. Here’s the full clip, without any Volvo trucks involved: Jenko’s Epic Split [YouTube]…
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This glitch in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn will get your character stuck in MMO emote hell, as you can see in the above GIF. To get similar results with a frozen upper torso, type “/sit,” then press the emote and the “w” buttons simultaneously. If you get lucky, you won’t fly away completely.…
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Kotaku East
The Most Dramatic Dinner Plates Will Emphasize Your Meal
How to transform boring french fries and pancakes (the pancake below is actually not that boring) into the most dramatic part of your dining room? The obvious answer is to serve them on special manga plates that’ll make your meal part of the—heavily emotional—panels. Just make sure to place the appropriate food on them properly,…
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If Disney Princesses Were Final Fantasy Characters …
We’ve seen classic Disney heroines as Street Fighter characters, but they’d make an even more outstanding and complete party as Final Fantasy characters, with all the essential jobs assigned to them. Digital artist Geryes took the most iconic Disney princesses, and reimagined them with belts and zippers, as if it were designed by Tetsuya Nomura…
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And the “Most Stylish Gunship Takedown” in Battlefield 4 award goes to?… Blitzeh, who launched an ATV with C4 into the sky without mercy and aimed for those choppers above. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and art that we can find. Send us…
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