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A Very Cinematic, Very Deadly Race In Battlefield 3

This video might feel familiar. And it might be because you saw one like it here on Kotaku a while back. Well YouTube creator Kutkop345 is back with another episode of Death Race and it makes the game look just as stunning as the first video did. Take a look.

Your Pick For 2012’s Game Of The Year

We’re gearing up for our Kotaku-official game of the year nominations set to be ready for your eyes next week, but in the meantime we’d like to hear your thoughts. Maybe even give you all the opportunity to have an influence on our decisions. So let’s hear your best cases for the absolute best game…

The Year In Kotaku

When you look back on all that’s happened in the gaming world—games released, scandals unveiled and surprises unleashed—it’s been a long, long year. Let’s take a look back at what that year has been like for Kotaku Pretty soon after I was hired here at Kotaku, I started doing weekly round-ups of our best content.…

New posts from Kirk Hamilton and Jenn Frank continue The New York Times’ review of games this year.

This Motion-Tracking Portal Turret Uses Your Webcam To Keep Intruders Out

Actually r4di0fly3r’s motion-tracking turret probably won’t keep intruders out. But it will startle them. And it will probably keep cats and dogs out from sheer terror of “OH GOD WHAT IS THAT.” You can download the software for your PC or Mac, or just run it off of the deviantART page since that didn’t seem…

The Year In Zombies

I didn’t notice how fairly quiet a year it’s been for zombies until doing this round-up of all the flesh-eaters this year’s media has to offer, but there were definitely some highlights that more than fill those gaps. Some duds, too, but you can’t expect such a watered down narrative to always go over so…

This Is Impressive: Super Mario Bros. 1-1 Recreated In Minecraft And It’s Even Kinda Playable

It took Gavin and Geoff of Achievement Hunter about four hours to build Super Mario Bros.‘ 1-1 level almost block-for-block in Minecraft You can watch them “play” the level from two camera perspectives. Then they’ll zoom out to show you how the level was constructed. It’s pretty neat.

Super-Chess Wins Just For Megachessatron Alone

The rules of this super-Chess game aren’t too clear, or at least their limitations are nowhere to be seen. But it’s hilariously amazing, and I would play this BBC-invented version in a heartbeat. Extreme Amazing Super-Chess! (Chess.) [YouTube via Buzzfeed]

What Did You Get For Christmas?

Merry Christmas everyone! It’s Christmas day! Is it snowing outside? Is your cat currently cuddled in your lap? Are you eating pie? Whatever you’re doing, and whatever the weather is doing, let’s take a moment to share what gifts we got this year in kinja below.

Don’t Have A Christmas Tree? Hang This Donkey Kong One Up On Your Wall.

It’s like a Christmas tree, but cooler. Designed by Carlos Leituga, this tree takes the original, arcade Donkey Kong game and morphs it a little. I never realized how perfect that level is for a tree until now. It’s on like Holiday Kong [Carlos Leituga via Save Room Mini Bar]

Here, Have Some Rockin’ Minecraft Wallpaper, Courtesy Of A Screenshot Artist

What was that? Did you say you were in need of some new wallpaper? And what? You love Minecraft too? Don’t worry buddy. Dead End Thrills—the screenshot artist—has got your back. Hit the site for higher resolutions of these beauties.

The Best Of Kotaku, This Week

Welcome to the Best of Kotaku, where I round up all of this week’s best content. Up above is a cute and, oddly, heartwarming Mario gif. It’s the adorable handiwork of Paperbeatsscissors, where you can find more cute and oddly heartwarming Mario gifs. Moving on to our Best Of content this week, we kick things…

Where Does The End Of The World Find You?

The end of the world is nigh, right? That’s what we’re told at least. But instead of packing my bags out of habit more than any real function, I’m sitting here wondering how I’d really spend my last days. Would I be cuddling the new kitty that I’m fostering? Would I be frantically calling up…

The Best Of Kotaku, This Week

Welcome to the Best of Kotaku, where I round up all of this week’s best content. The gorgeous image above is part of my favorite design for a proposed BioShock Infinite reversible box art. It’s one of six choices, but so far my second choice seems to be winning out (as of this writing). Moving…

Watching Real-Life Link Shamelessly Smash Pots Never Gets Old

This joke has been made before. Many, many times before. But I can’t resist when it involved Freddie W and the most gleeful looking Link I have ever seen. So gleeful that it looks downright evil. But who can blame a gleeful Link.

Here’s (Most Of) Team Kotaku Reunited In New York City

Well, most of Team Kotaku, anyway! From left to right, front to back: Stephen Totilo, Chris Person, Yours Truly, Mike Fahey, Jason Schreier, Kirk Hamilton, Evan Narcisse, and Owen Good. The team is usually scattered across the US, but Fahey, Owen and Kirk flew over from their respective cities to celebrate the holidays at homebase.…

New Dead Space 3 Trailer Feels Like It Was Made For A Movie

The action sequences, the background music, the dramatic sliced-up dialogue… it all feels like something I should be watching with sour patch kids in hand while waiting for my movie to start. It’s not necessarily a good or bad thing. Just my feeling. But the video above is not a movie trailer. It’s the latest…

A Borderlands 2 360 Patch Finally Fixes Rank Glitch, Lets You Redo Challenges

Remember back in September when Borderlands 2 players were experiencing a reset in their Badass ranks? Well Gearbox finally released a chunky 360 patch to fix that, and many, many other issues. Your Badass tokens will be reissued to be spent as you choose. A notable addition that comes with this patch is the ability…

I Could Not Contain Myself While Watching This Adorable Little Puppy Whimper And Fall All Over His Squishy Self

HO-LY SHIT. Guys. Guys, do you see this puppy guys. Guys, DO YOU SEE THIS PUPPY BULLDOG GUYS. My exact expression while watching little Tebow attempt to do his thing was palms at either side of face, mouth agape, happy “holy shit this is too cute for life” tears glistening on my eyeballs. Head over…

You Can Knock Back Beers In This Bar That Looks Just Like The Hobbit Pub In The Lord of the Rings

Well, if you live in or visit New Zealand, that is. The Green Dragon pub located in the tourist town of Hobbiton is now open for hairy bare-footed business. Just in time for the release of The Hobbit. It’s modeled to look like The Green Dragon Inn that Frodo and his small-statured friends frequent in…