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When You Cross Adventure Time With Smash Bros. You Get Awesome

Even with an upcoming DS game on the way, I still cannot have my fill of Adventure Time. Particularly video game versions of Adventure Time, and especially considering how insultingly short the iOS game was. If Charlie Bink could have his way, there’d be a beautiful Smash Bros.-esque game based on the brawling adventures of…

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All of Valve’s Familiar Faces In One Battlefield

Can you point out every Valve game that makes an appearance here? Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Portal, Left 4 Dead, Team Fortress 2… the list goes on. [Video spoiler] I just wish Gordon hadn’t killed Chell, especially considering how half-assed the animation on that kill was. Plus, they seem like they’d be such good friends. Valve World…

Guy Beats Super Mario Bros. Level Without Looking at the Screen

Challenged to a blind round of Super Mario Bros.—specifically, the remake in Super Mario All-Stars—one dexterous YouTuber manages to get through the level almost unscathed. I’m pretty sure the strategy here is to jump. Many, many times over.

This External Hard Drive Is Wrapped in a Shiny Zelda Cartridge

Wait, external hard drive? Yes, external hard drive. Etsy hardware creator 8BitMemory has a bunch of cartridges reworked into external hard drives, this is just the prettiest. It’s also the most elusive, because it doesn’t seem to be available in the the store anymore. You can, however, enjoy an NES controller USB hub, or maybe…

The Dorkly Weekly: Princess Peach Takes Her Revenge

You had to have known that after multiple kidnappings, Princess Peach would finally crack. It’s about time she takes her revenge on Bowser and his minions. Note to self: never piss off Princess Peach. Oh, and, NSFW for language. For more sick and twisted video game comedy, follow the link to Dorkly.com

NASA’s Mohawked Internet Sensation Could Totally be The Face of Mass Effect

If you were watching the landing of rover Curiosity on Mars this weekend through the available livestreams, your eyes may have been drawn to NASA’s mysteriously mohawked mission control staffer. The design of Bobak Ferdowsi’s mohawk is intricate, with highlights of red and fun stars dyed yellow on the side. According to The Atlantic, Bobak…

6 Helpful Tips To Make Slender Less Scary

Have you played Slender yet? It’s fairly simple, which is part of why it’s so terrifying. YouTube user DMJared put together six tips to make the Slenderman slightly less frightening. Some are more successful than others. How to Make Slender Not Scary [YouTube via Reddit]

The Best of Kotaku, This Week

Welcome to the Best of Kotaku, where I round up all of this week’s best content. It would make me insanely happy if kid Ryu and kid Ken went into an actual arcade to play as their adult doppelgangers in Street Fighter. Apparently it would also make deviantARTist randis happy, as well. Thanks to InsanelyGaming…

Max Payne’s Miserable Life Still Looks Cool

This video starts off slow, showing you just how depressed and lifeless poor Max is, but it really picks up once some of Max’s, um, “friends” come around. Max Payne’s life might be full of misery, but at least the special effects are pretty awesome. Max Payne: Bloodbath [YouTube]

The Sweetest Person You Will Ever Encounter In DayZ

Raini won’t steal your beans or kill you for your ammunition. All Raini wants to do is share her soda and tent with you. DayZ – Making Friends [YouTube via DayZ]

No One Gets Excited About Console News Anymore

1999 seemed like a much more exciting time for console news, at least according to the comedians at Mega64. Wireless controllers, backwards compatibility…these were once fascinating new features. Have consoles reached their peak? Can they really not please us anymore? What about the Ouya? Mega64: New Consoles, Then and Now [YouTube]

QWOP Creator Gives Players a New, Awkward Unicorn Quest

From the creators of QWOP, you can now gallop as a horse in an awkward dance between the K, H and J, L keys. The video above is of Kirk trying to play the game. In his defense, he couldn’t hear any audio while he was doing a screen recording, which made the game harder…

The Expendables 2: The Kotaku Review

The Expendables is all about elite mercenaries, intense action sequences and a lot of meat-headedness. Seems like it could be the perfect fit for a trigger-happy group of friends to virtually tear through an onslaught of enemies, no? The shooting would be rampant and fun. The characters would be amiable, muscular soldier types with a…

This is What It’s Like To Track Down A Serial Killer in Sleeping Dogs

You can get a pretty good glimpse at a lot of open world game Sleeping Dogs‘ features in this walkthrough led by producer Dan Sochan. Driving, conversing, hacking, and more. But you’ll also get some insight into investigations you undergo during undercover police side missions. It seems like you’ll be chasing after a serial killer…

A Weird Glitch Makes This The Best Dance Off In A Video Game Ever

I don’t even…what the hell is…ah whatever, don’t question it. Because this is undoubtedly the best dance off in video game history, thanks to what looks like some funny bugs in Arma 2. What the fuck kind of dance is that?! [YouTube via AmazingGames247]

Amaterasu Is Already Beautiful. The Papercraft Is Just To Show Off.

Amaterasu of Okami fame is a majestic creature. One that is definitely worthy of artistic mediums, far and wide. And of these art forms includes the delicate nature of papercraft, seen above by artist Richi89. You can see older shots on his deviantART page. Ammy and Chibi [deviantART via Ian Brooks]

The Shell Game Has Nothing On This Wooden Robot With Three Arms

The shell game, or cups and ball game, is largely considered to be a scam. A practice only the shadiest of street gamblers produce under the guise of an actual, winnable game. But it’s not. Not even this wooden robot will give you a fair shot. It’s probably got some sort of mechanized magnet, triggering…

Are New Yorkers As Unfazed By Zombies As They Are By Public Poopers? Lets Find Out.

New Yorkers will ignore a lot of oddities walking down the streets of the city. You have to, because you encounter the weirdest things. Like a guy licking his shoe clean on the subway. Or people who like to poop in public. It happens. But, apparently, some things do freak out some New Yorkers. And…

Watch Paranoia Become The Death of An Entire Group In DayZ

In the video above, one DayZ player decides to infiltrate a wandering group when they mistake him for a member. Once someone’s suspicions starts to rise, though, everyone freaks out. And attacks each other. Anyone could be the infiltrator! Little do they know that the real infiltrator is hanging back, waiting to finish off the…