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Opera Singer Mom Does A Haunting Skyrim Cover

Kari Kirk is a professional opera singer, and mother. She’s also able to belt out a video game tune like nobody’s business. In the video above Kari’s son Kevin shows what his mom can do by having her sing a bit of the Dragonborn theme from Skyrim. It’s really cool to see a mother and…

Third Grader Explains Why Schools Should Have Video Games

TED talks can range from informative lectures to absurd satire. But the most TED thing ever has to be this third grader’s talk on why video games should, like, totally be in classrooms. In aTEDxUniversityofStThomas talk called ‘Individualization, failure and fun’, third grader Cordell Steiner makes some valid points about why classrooms should have more…

Realistic Cosplay Of Futurama’s Farnsworth Is Effin’ Terrifying

*coughs, sips water* Good news, everyone! The good folks over at Tested (who you may remember from their Zoidberg cosplay) created a hyper-realistic mask of Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth from Futurama, with all his ghastly proportions intact. The video above shows the exact process they went through to achieve such a phenomenal recreation. The end…

Second Life Real Estate Purchase Goes Horribly Wrong

Second Life has always been one of the strangest virtual spaces. It’s an odd mixture of totally earnest role players, professional sellers and weird-as-hell trolls. And buying or selling something in it looks like it can turn into a total nightmare, fast. The video above from YouTuber and Second Life griefer Virtual Experiencespaints a surreal…

Too Many Cooks Is Even More Catchy As A Chiptune Track

Few songs have rattled in my head as ceaselessly as the theme to the fake Adult Swim sitcom Too Many Cooks. Now you can experience the earwormy agony of that song in chiptune form! Chiptune artist Rush Coil created the retro cover above. You can grab a copy of the track here. If you still…

Pretty Sure This Is What Source Filmmaker Was Made For

Some people become heroes through combat. Others prove their worth through great feats of science or art. This hero, however, proves himself through simpler means. Above, an0nymooose uses Source Filmmaker to tell the story of a simple hero — a Saw Hero. He’s a hero for our times — a working class craftsman that makes…

A Toddler That Isn’t Half-Bad At Driving Games

One of the joys of fatherhood is sharing the thing you love with your child. If you’re a car nut, it’s never too early to have them practice on a driving simulator. Watch as this small Finnish toddler plays Richard Burns Rally with some help from his dad. And hey, the kid makes it! Now…

​Attack On Titan & Marvel Characters Getting Official Crossover

We all love watching Eren and the gang swing around in Attack On Titan, but what would happen if you added Spider-Man to the mix? Well do I have good news for you. Marvel talent scoutC.B. Cebulski announced that an official crossover is coming up between Attack on Titan and the Marvel Universe in Japan,…

MechWarrior Baby Will Destroy Your Home, Eat Your Candy

Boring baby costumes are a dime a dozen. Oh you’re a bee? A dinosaur? Big whoop, kid. Try a MechWarrior costume on for size. Ryan Bowen made this perfect father-son costume for his pint sized kid and future BattleMech pilot Geraint. The Sunder BattleMech costume is made out of a combination of PVC Pipe skeleton…

Even in a nightmarish future, you can still celebrate Halloween. Just make sure the clickers don’t catch you! Good job Aaron Lovett (via The Last of Us).

A Totally Accurate Guide To The Races Of The Star Worms Universe

Ah yes, the Star Worms universe. So full of unforgettable characters and spooky aliens. Let’s take a trip down memory lane , shall we? As a follow-up to his guide to the races in the Star Trip universe, devoted Trekkie Neil Cicierega put together a guide to the fictional alien races of Star Warp. Watching…

Fist Of The North Star For PS1 Is Better With Glitches

Fist of the North Star is a classic 80’s anime about machismo and martial arts. So, obviously, glitching out the PS1 game based on it is going to have some pretty awesome consequences. The user above uploaded 15 minutes of a corrupted version the Japanese Fist of the North Star PS1 game. We’ve seen glitches…

​A Surreal RPG That’s Too Spooky For Me

With Halloween just days away, now is a great time to get in the mood with some spooky video games. So here’s a free action RPG that harkens back to the spookiest gaming machine — The ZX Spectrum. The Midnight Station is such a strange amalgamation of ideas. In it you play as a sentient…

A Game Collection That Looks Like A Museum

High-level game collectors are an interesting bunch of people. Their drives, motivations and preferences when it comes to curation say so much about what they value in gaming. Austrian collector Andranik Ghalustians is no different. Above is GAMEBOY, a short documentary about Andranik’s impressive collection. Though he doesn’t have a firm count, he estimates that…

​We’re One Step Closer To Having A Real Transformer

Transformers! They’re the stuff of childhood dreams. And thanks to some enterprising folks in Japan, we’re one step closer to having them be a reality. You’re looking at J-deite Quarter, a 1.3-meter-tall transforming robot made by Brave Robotics, Tomy and Asratec. It’s step one in a 3-step goal of creating a 5-meter-tall, life-sized and transforming…

​Super Smash Bros. Announcer Sings The Pokémon Theme

One of the pivotal parts of the any Smash Bros. game is an over-the-top announcer, and the current Smash Bros. one is no different. And guess what? It turns out the guy can sing as well. As part of an AMA on his YouTube channel, voice actor Xander Mobus karaoked the first half of the…

Calm Down With Funky Kong As He Makes Soothing, Gross Noises​

Hey Dude. Looks like you’ve had a stressful time. Looks like you might need a bodacious bro to calm you down. Don’t worry, bruh. I’m here for you, and so is Funky Kong. Docfuture1 (AKA Topher Florance, the dude behind A semi-alphabetical listing of Black actors with speaking roles on Friends) recently made this simultaneously…

Tiny People Tripping Over Each Other

My favorite videos on the internet are the ones that are difficult to explain. “Why am I watching this? What makes this good?” This video of tiny 3D people falling down is one of those special videos. VFX artist Dave Fothergillused a crowd-simulator for Maya called Miarmy to make a horde of running people, then…

90s Sonic The Hedgehog CDs Were Pretty Sexual

Like most people in life, I listened to a lot of questionable music when I was younger. But my weird musical tastes don’t hold a candle to the stuff Sonic the Hedgehog was listening to in the 90s. Warning — this discussion of Sonic The Hedgehog contains material that some readers might find objectionable. Before…

Track: CVS Bangers Vol. 3 | Artist: DJ Hennessy Youngman CVS Bangers is an ongoing mixtape made explicitly for shopping at a CVS at night, curated by Art Thoughtz star Hennessy Youngman. For more context about CVS Bangers, go here Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to…