Patricia Hernandez

Why You Don’t Go For Roshan At The Start of a Dota 2 Match

Most people wait a little before pitting their team against Roshan. Not these guys, though. Even though NoobFromUA‘s team doesn’t manage to kill Roshan at the start of the match, it’s still entertaining to watch them try. They got so close, too! But yeah, a good reminder that one should probably be smarter about tackling…

93 Hours In, I’m Still Not Sure If Dota 2 Is ‘Fun’

I had a conversation with my friend Will the other night. He said something along the lines of Dota 2 not actually being “fun,” that nobody really plays Dota to have fun. Maybe he was joking a little bit, but still, it’s an interesting thought—looking back on my 93 hours with Dota 2, I wouldn’t…

Kim Kardashian: Hollywood Has The Best Rival Since Pokémon’s Gary Oak

Good rivalries—the kind that get you really riled up—are hard to come by. We haven’t very many good rivalries in a video game since Pokémon Red, in my opinion. But as much as people hate Gary Oak, he’s got nothing your rival in Kim Kardashian: Hollywood. Okay, I know that might sound ridiculous—especially for those…

The Steam Achievement That Nobody Unlocked

Some achievements are too easy, at times only requiring players to do mundane things like pressing start. Some achievements pose an actual challenge to players, requiring people to earn their digital trophies. And some achievements? Some achievements just aren’t possible, no matter what a game might say. Such was the case with Christine Love’s Hate…

A New World Record For Beating Pokémon Red

Despite being criticized for being too easy, a typical play-through of any given Pokémon game might take around 8-25 hours. The world record for Pokémon Red as of July 2014, though? One hour and fifty minutes—and you can watch the incredible run here. This glitchless “any percentage” speedrun was performed byCharlie “Exarion” Armitz, and it’s…

Burglar Caught Thanks To Xbox Live

Xbox, stop robbery! Wait, what do you mean that’s not an actual Kinect command? Eurogamer reports that a pair of robbers had their burglary plans foiled thanks to Call of Duty and Xbox Live, of all things. Here’s what happened: in April, two armed men broke into a home. When they found the house was…

League of Legends With Only Voices Sounds Weird

Okay, maybe this is a bit immature, but around the ten second mark in this video, League of Legends almost sounds like porn or something. The clip comes from Taost, who encountered a strange glitch that made all sounds disappear in League of Legends—save for those belonging to the champions. The results are kind of…

People Are Using Destiny To Play Duck, Duck, Goose

I found it hard not to smile when I heard just how excited these players are to recreate a grade-school classic inside this year’s next big shooter. This charming clip comes to us via Mikey Yates, who found some strangers inside of Destiny to play Duck, Duck, Goose with him and his roomates. Aww. Destiny…

Behold, The Power of Pokémon Evolution

An entire evolution line, captured in a single animation. Awesome. And yes, there’s more than just this Charizard GIF. Made by Tumblr user Brakken, these GIFs capture the intensity of Pokémon evolution: Eevee Ghastly Dratini Machop You can check out more of Brakken’s work here. You are currently visiting Pocket Monster, a Kotaku blog dedicated…

A Pokémon-Style Game For Those of You Without A Nintendo System

It’s easy to blame nostalgia for the special place in our hearts that the original Pokémon games occupy, but Red and Blue genuinely have a lot of great elements that the modern games in the franchise don’t really offer anymore. Enter Collectems, a new game that blends what made Pokémon Red and Blue so great,…

Here’s hoping the actual concerts are Street Fighter themed in some way, too.

What Happens When Dota 2 Heroes Do Drugs

What sorts of “medicine” does the Witch Doctor carry around, you think? Surely, it can’t all be for healing purposes, right? At least, in this short by DoubleClickDota2, the Witch Doctor is packing something more than just tangos—so he decides to share his stash. And that’s when things get out of hand. Dota 2 Shorts…

TheWorse mod, which pumps up Watch Dog’s graphics to more closely resemble the visuals shown during E3 2012, has now released its final update. You can see the mod in action here, and download the final release here.

Destiny’s Beta On The PS3 vs PS4

While the final release of Destiny might differ a bit from what everyone experiences and sees during the beta, we’ve already gotten a sense of how the different versions of the game will visually compare. Obviously, something on a last-gen console won’t look as hot as a current-gen console release—as you can see in this…

Eleven Years Later, Modders Are Still Making The Original Halo Better

Halo: Combat Evolved released in fall 2003 for PC. Bungie has moved on—but the community keeps the game alive through mods. Take SPV3, for example. SPV3 is an ongoing mod that not only enhances the graphics of the original Halo, it also adds new weapons, new enemies, new vehicles, revised and extended levels/environments, and even…

Dota 2 Finals Winner Takes Home $5 Million

After a weekend of duking it out at Seattle’s KeyArena, today The International hosted the grand championship final with Newbee going up against ViCi—and millions of dollars were on the line. In a best-out-of-five face-off, Newbee has emerged victorious—nearly every match resulted in a GG from ViCi Gaming before the ancient was actually destroyed. The…

A Single Sailor Moon Episode Drawn In Over 250 Different Styles. Woah.

If you have twenty minutes to spare and didn’t get enough of today’s newest episode of the Sailor Moon reboot, then you should totally spend some time watching this parody episode of Sailor Moon. It’s kind of incredible. It’s called Moon Animate Make-Up, and it’s a project that started back in October 2013. The result…

People Sure Are Mad That Kim Kardashian’s Game Wasn’t Working

Sometime during the weekend, Kim Kardashian: Hollywood stopped working for some players. Given the game’s popularity—it’s currently the number one free game on iTunes—it’s probably not surprising that some fans got miffed that their game time was interrupted. Even so, getting death threats over something like this is kind of ridiculous. The outrage is mostly…

Some Sports Fans Upset ESPN Is Airing Video Game Tournaments

This weekend, ESPN2 aired a preview for the grand finals of Dota 2’s The International, the 10 million-dollar tournament for the very popular video game. The move is kind of a big deal—arguably, it grants competitive gaming more mainstream legitimacy. But not everyone was happy to see Dota 2 on ESPN. You can watch the…

How Team Rocket Would Abuse Pokémon In The Real World

Team Rocket as a real world corporation? Now that sounds kind of grim. Then again, in this world presented by rizenvisual, Pokémon are being exploited for a good cause: profit clean energy. Heh. Clever stuff. Pokemon Electric [rizenvisual] You are currently visiting Pocket Monster, a Kotaku blog dedicated to all things Pokémon.