You may think that if you’ve played one version of 2048, you’ve played them all. But have you played a musical version that teaches harmony? I didn’t think so! 2048, the hugely popular open-source game inspired by a clone of Threes, lends itself to creative re-interpretation. But of all the myriad versions strewn about the…
Dark elves are pretty sweet, you know? They’re like elves, only cooler In Skyrim, dark elves—known in The Elder Scrolls lore as the Dunmer—were relegated to a ghetto in a single city. But if you played Morrowind, you got to interact with them a whole lot more often. That’s because Morrowind the game is set…
Tired of “Videogames”? Thanks to a new Chrome extension from engineer Doug Tabacco, you can now replace every instance of the one-word usage of “videogames” with the two-word “video games.” Although whatever your browser says, the one vs. two-word debate will rage on…
You know what game was actually pretty damned good? Batman: Arkham Origins. You wouldn’t know it by looking around online. While the game does have its supporters, a cursory tour of the Internet gives the impression that most Batman fans thought it was a disappointment. Released last fall, Origins had a lot working against it.…
I really liked The Last of Us, but if you ask me, it could’ve used a couple more elaborate musical numbers to lighten the mood. What if, for example, Ellie had been able to play violin? Violinist Taylor Davis agrees, and she’s put together this musical rendition of Gustavo Santaolalla’s unforgettable theme. Dance, Ellie! Dance…
Gaming PCs are like snowflakes: Sometimes they melt. Also, no two are exactly the same. We already know that our readers generally prefer Nvidia graphics cards to AMD, but I’m curious about more specifics. Also, I just built a new PC, so I’ve got parts on the brain. My rig isn’t as super-powered as the…
Good news, fighting game fans: Skullgirls Encore will be coming to PS4 and Vita later this year.
If you liked Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc and weren’t already psyched for the sequel, this new trailer should do the trick. See you soon, Monokuma.
It sucks when someone destroys your Titanfall mech. But it sucks even more to safely eject, only to be blown from the sky by an eagle-eyed opponent. This video from FrothyOmen goes over some advanced ejection techniques, including how to set yourself spinning in the air to make yourself harder to hit, as well as…
Late last week, the makers of the new RPG Divinity: Original Sin sent out one of their regular update reports. They had patched out some bugs, fixed some crashes, and oh yeah, they’d turned off global chat because too many people were being jerks. “We switched it off for now as there was just a…
The excellent Shovel Knight already feels like it was time-warped in from the late 1980s. Why not give it a period-appropriate tips video? The always-enjoyable My Life in Gaming has dedicated their latest “VHS tips video” to Shovel Knight, complete with tracking fuzz and Overly Articulate Announcer Guy. Happily, for all the kitschy packaging, there…
A common line of thinking among modern video game fans goes something like this: Games have gotten dumber. Simpler. Game developers are sanding off the weird edges, dialing back the stats, making everything controller-friendly and aiming for the lowest common denominator. But if that’s true, how do games like Divinity: Original Sin exist? Check the…
Sony has completed their big E3 mural. The the man standing in George Washington’s place is none other than Mr. Joey Chiu, better known as the first guy to buy a PlayStation 4. Congratulations, Mr. Chiu. Say hi to the Minecraft guy for us.
A Spy in H.A.R.M.’s Way: This stylin’ No One Lives Forever fan art by Kristoffer Vela has me all the more psyched about the likely PC re-release of one of my favorite game series. We miss you, Cate!
Who knew Pokémon could be so fashionable? This dress from Poprageous purports to include “literally EVERY Pokemon character.” From the look of the dress, I’m guessing that means they included all 151 well-known Pokémon, and not the full 700+, but I haven’t counted. Regardless, that is a lot of Pokémon to fit on a single…
It’s no big secret that in Mario Kart, you can start each race with a turbo boost by punching the accelerator at the perfect moment before the race begins. The question is: How do you get the timing right? The starting boost in each Kart game works a little bit differently. In Mario Kart 8,…
Sometimes it feels like the idea of a video game “dry spell” is a thing of the past. Other times, there really aren’t that many new games and it’s time to dig into the backlog. Here at the start of July, it feels a little more like one of those latter times. Then again, the…
The PlayStation Vita has come a long way in the last two and a half years. Sony’s handheld console has navigated a winding and sometimes uncertain route, often deviating from whatever we thought its original course would be. And yet somehow, these many months later, it has landed in a pretty good place. When Sony…
Everyone loves video game town themes. They’re so relaxing; there’s no need for tension or strife, because we’re safe at home. We don’t have to fight battles or solve puzzles; it’s time to take it easy. The Pallet Town theme from Pokémon Red/Blue/Yellow is a particularly relaxing town theme, and it’s made all the more…
With each new Mario Kart game, it’s the same deal: Some tracks are good. Some tracks aren’t that exciting. And some tracks are amazing. Mario Kart 8 is no different. Some of us on staff at Kotaku have been talking/arguing about which track is the best and why, and we thought we’d see what you…
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