Jason Schreier

Watch A Bedroom Transform Into A Badass Arcade

Kotaku reader and NYC-based marketing guy Chris Kooluris turned one of his bedrooms into an arcade, and the photos are just ridiculous. Here are two galleries of the whole process. Click through to see the room evolve from Normal Bedroom to BADASS ARCADE.

Obama Isn’t Really Into His Copy Of The Witcher 2

Back in 2011, Polish prime minister Donald Tusk gave U.S. president Barack Obama a copy of The Witcher 2, because it’s pretty much the best thing Poland has ever done. Sadly, Mr. Obama doesn’t seem to have actually played it, as he reveals in this new talk recorded by Poland’s TVN24. Here’s the full quote,…

Jack Bauer Has Spent The Past Two Years Playing Batman

Last night’s episode of 24 contained two important revelations. 1) There is a mole, because we can’t get to episode 6 of any season of 24 without a mole. More on that in a bit. 2) For the past two years, while Jack has been off the grid, he’s been playing vigilante and taking down…

Twitch’s E3 Schedule Is Full Of Juicy Teasers

Let’s take a look at Twitch’s full streaming schedule for E3 2014. I’ve annotated the bits I find particularly interesting. Monday 6/9 PT 9:30am – Xbox E3 2014 Media Briefing 11:00am – Xbox E3 2014 Media Briefing Post show 11:30pm – Hotline Miami 2 (Dennaton Games/Devolver Digital) 12:00pm – EA World Premiere: E3 2014 Preview…

Watch Dogs Bug Leaves Some Players Unable To Load Saves

A number of Watch Dogs players are reporting a major bug that has prevented them from loading save games in the open-world game, which Ubisoft released for PC and consoles last week. The bug, which may or may not be related to the uPlay issues that popped up during launch, appears to make some players’…

LeVar Burton Wants To Bring Reading Rainbow To Game Consoles

By now you’ve probably seen the extraordinarily successful Kickstarter campaign for Reading Rainbow, the TV show hosted actor LeVar Burton that helps teach kids to love reading books. They’ve already raised $2.8 million for the project, which hopes to bring the show to children everywhere. Naturally, they want to make more money. And one of…

In Defense Of E3

A few weeks ago, I realized something strange and kind of disconcerting: I enjoy E3 press conferences more than actually playing video games. I know. I know. E3 is just one big marketing blob, a neon potpourri of dubstep and shooters where executives talk like robots and mega-publishers compete over who has the shiniest guns.…

No, Ubisoft Didn’t Claim Copyright On Their Own YouTube Channel

Welcome to the world of information, where viral images will blast across social media and reach tons and tons of people, so long as they’re tinged with humor, irony, or any of those other Shareable Qualities that 2014’s Viral Experts love. Sadly, these images are almost never accurate. They’re always missing some information, or some…

Rumored ‘Project Beast’ Clips Sure Look Incredible

Early this month, rumors about something called “Project Beast” started floating across the web. A number of screenshots, posted on 4chan and compiled in this NeoGAF thread, allegedly showed off an upcoming PS4 game developed by From Software, the studio behind Dark Souls Today, potentially leaked clips have emerged, and they look fantastic. Though we…

EA Shuts Down Longtime Game Studio Mythic Entertainment

EA has shut down Mythic Entertainment, the longtime video game studio most recently responsible for Warhammer Online and the Dungeon Keeper reboot for mobile platforms. When reached by Kotaku, EA sent over the following statement: We are closing the EA Mythic location in Fairfax, Virginia, as we concentrate mobile development in our other studio locations.…

Nintendo Made A GameCube Controller Adapter For Wii U

Sneaky Nintendo—at the end of a video advertising their upcoming Smash Bros. tournament at E3 in two weeks, the house of all things Mario just announced a GameCube controller adapter for the Wii U. It’s unclear how this will be sold, if it’s sold at all. Nintendo says the Wii U version of Smash Bros.…

The Newest Sonic Character Looks Silly

The new Sonic looks hilarious. The new Knuckles looks hilarious. And, fittingly, the newest addition to the Sonic Friends looks hilarious too. Meet Sticks, “a jungle badger who has spent most of her life living alone in the wilderness” that will join Team Sonic both for the Sonic Boom television series and the upcoming games…

Battlefield 3 Is Free On PC Right Now

Get it while it lasts. You can download the game for free on EA’s Origin until June 3. (This is part of EA’s Origin “On The House” program, which offers free PC games every month.)

You Can Watch Sony’s E3 Conference In… A Movie Theater

Perhaps hoping to match last year’s crazy E3 drama, Sony is taking their 2014 presser to the silver screen. You’ll be able to watch the PlayStation press conference in movie theaters across the country. Yep, movie theaters. The presser, which will be on Monday, June 9 at 6pm Pacific, will be aired in 40-50 theaters…

Tickets for PAX Prime are now on sale. Go get’em before they sell out in ten minutes.

You’ll Be Able To Play Dragon Quest VIII On iOS Soon

My old PlayStation 2 just became a casualty of apartment cleaning, so it’s delightful to see Dragon Quest VIII—one of the PS2’s best role-playing games—on the iTunes Store in New Zealand today. The New Zealand iTunes Store is typically used as a testbed for game releases on iPad and iPhone, and although the eighth DQ…

I Wish 24 Didn’t Still Feel So Predictable

Let’s start with the good: last night’s 24, like all episodes of 24, was crazy fun to watch. As always, the folks behind 24 packed 3:00pm-4:00pm full of terrorists, technobabble, and even a few trademark Bauer One-Liners. (“So I was right.”) We also got to see Jack and Audrey reunite for the first time since…

Watch Dogs Is Full Of Memes

If you’ve ever picked up a new video game and thought “Gee, I wish this had a bunch of terrible Internet humor,” this one’s for you. Watch Dogs, the open-world hacking extravaganza released today by Ubisoft for current- and last-gen consoles (except Wii U), is packed with the web in-jokes we’ve all grown to love…

What Do You Want To See At E3 This Year?

We’re exactly two weeks away from E3 press conference day—Video Game Christmas—so why not spend some time fantasizing about what we’d like to see there? For example, a few days ago I got this fun e-mail from a colleague, Andrew. Here’s his fanfic wishlist for E3 2014: Sony Press Conference: It would start with all…

The Summer Of Old JRPGs

It’s time we try something different, folks. Something old This summer on Random Encounters, we’re going to go on an adventure through old-school role-playing games. Let’s call it The Summer of Old JRPGs Over the next few weeks and months, I’m going to go back and revisit some old favorites, from the iconic (Final Fantasy…