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Here’s How Rare Hearthstone Cards Actually Are
When someone buys $50 (or more) worth of Hearthstone cards, they inevitably do some simple math to figure out each card’s rarity. But those numbers aren’t actually useful for figuring out your chances of getting a legendary or golden card next time. If you aren’t familiar with Hearthstone, it’s a collectible card game similar to…
By Steve Marinconz Published June 5, 2014 -
Why Super Mario Bros’ Level 1-1 Is Perfect
There are lots of great examples of level design out there, but the example probably most frequently referred to is the first level of Super Mario Bros. In 5 minutes, this video will explain why. Extra Credits is a long-running show covering various issues in the gaming world, and they just started a new show…
By Steve Marinconz Published June 5, 2014 -
Being A Tree Is More Exciting Than You Might Think
One of the magical things about video games is how they can let you experience a life you’ve never known. Like being a sentient animated tree! How To Be A Tree started as an experiment by Jimmy Andrews, to see what would happen if you applied physics to a simple rendering of a branching structure.…
By Steve Marinconz Published June 4, 2014 -
Team Fortress 2 Meets One Of The Most Violent Games Around
Hotline Miami 2 is sure to be one of the most violent we’ll play this year, but it’s even more violent when recreated in 3D with characters from Team Fortress 2. YouTuber Nonamesleft recreated the ‘Dial Tone’ trailer for Hotline Miami 2 using Valve’s Source Filmmaker tool, and it looks amazing. Here’s the original for…
By Steve Marinconz Published June 4, 2014 -
Aiden Pearce Doesn’t Need Legs To Hack The Planet
Tipster Stephen sent in this video after trying to use the White Hat Hacker outfit in Watch Dogs. Apparently it makes Aiden’s legs disappear, like my favorite GTA Online glitch Has anyone else had this problem in Watch Dogs? Have you found a way to fix it? Watchlist is where we show off gameplay of…
By Steve Marinconz Published June 4, 2014 -
See How Much Faster Your Wii U Gets You Into A Game
The latest update to the Wii U adds a Quick Start menu, which lets you select a recently used game or app to load before the console even boots up. Take a look at how it works with Kotaku Editor-in-Chief Stephen Totilo. Note that the feature doesn’t actually make games load faster, it just saves…
By Steve Marinconz Published June 3, 2014 -
Flappy Bird Is The New ‘Hello World’
Yesterday, Apple announced a new programming language called Swift for building iOS apps. Less than 24 hours later, someone has already used it to build a Flappy Bird clone. If you aren’t familiar with Hello World, it’s basically what programmers traditionally use to demonstrate a programming language or test a basic system, since it’s a…
By Steve Marinconz Published June 3, 2014 -
John Oliver Wants To Harness The Power Of Internet Trolls
Yesterday on Last Week Tonight, John Oliver gave an excellent explanation of why you shouldn’t trust Comcast, no matter what they say. He also realized that the solution to the problem resides in the comments sections of every website on the internet. If you aren’t familiar with the issue, net neutrality is the idea that…
By Steve Marinconz Published June 2, 2014 -
The Best Way To End A Round In Titanfall
At the end of each round of Titanfall, the losing team has to get to the evacuation ship and escape, while still being chased by the enemy team. The safest way to do it? Eject straight from your titan into the ship as it warps away. ejecting into the evac ship via Reddit Watchlist is…
By Steve Marinconz Published May 30, 2014 -
Gunshots And Explosions Make For Great Music
Youtubers JackFrags and Boyinaband worked together to make a song exclusively from Battlefield sound effects, and I really like the result. The song was made with sound effects from the game, similar to this minecraft song. You can check out more Battlefield videos from Jackfrags here and more boyinaband here BATTLEBEATS [JackFrags]
By Steve Marinconz Published May 29, 2014 -
Nintendo’s Family Tree Is Massive
Nintendo is 125 years old, and they’ve been making games since before arcades as we know them even existed. You build up quite a family tree in all that time, and someone traced all of it, back to the start. Vin Lauria is a freelance graphic designer who also has a fondness for history and…
By Steve Marinconz Published May 29, 2014 -
The Most Interesting People In Watch Dogs: Batman, Templars, Celebs
One of the features in Watch Dogs is the ability to get a bit of information on the random citizens you pass by in the world. Well who could pass up filling all those descriptions with easter eggs? So here are some of the best easter eggs I could find, put your own finds in…
By Steve Marinconz Published May 29, 2014 -
The Most Realistic Military Simulator Now Has… A Go Kart Mode
For April Fool’s Day, the good people at Bohemia Interactive made this video showing off a new go kart feature in ArmA 3. Well you can’t do something that silly without people asking you to make it real, so what choice did they have? The original video is a play on the Jean-Claude Van Damme…
By Steve Marinconz Published May 29, 2014 -
Firefox Looks Like Space Invaders For Some Reason
Firefox recently released a new version that adds some new features, and now there’s a Google doodle-style animation on the Firefox start page. To see it just open up Firefox and go to the Firefox start page (the one with a google search bar, for me at least). There was at least one other animation…
By Steve Marinconz Published May 29, 2014 -
The Windows In Watch Dogs Look Into An Alternate Reality
There’s a secret world hidden behind the windows of Chicago in Watch Dogs In future Chicago, one computer program controls everything in the city, from the power grid to rocking horse rides. There are other strange things about the city as well, like how every window reflects some mysterious bizarro city made almost entirely of…
By Steve Marinconz Published May 28, 2014 -
How To Pronounce The Names Of Chinese League of Legends Pros
It’s difficult for native English speakers to pronounce Chinese names that use sounds they’re not used to using. This video can give you an idea of how to at least get close. Games in Asia put together this handy video explaining how to pronounces the names of some of the biggest Chinese League players so…
By Steve Marinconz Published May 27, 2014
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