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Watch What Left 4 Dead Looks Like Running On Your Vita
It’s not Valve-official by any means, but with the power of button mapping, playing Left 4 Dead is possible on your Vita. With dual joysticks and motion-sensing accuracy, I’d say playing a few rounds of L4D on Sony’s newest handheld device doesn’t look too shabby. Thanks Kenneth!
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A Scene From The Professional Recreated Using Team Fortress 2 Characters
This awesome scene from The Professional starring Jean Reno is pretty gripping. But it’s even cooler when done to the theme of Team Fortress 2 using the Sniper and Spy characters. Take a look at the screengrab from the movie down below for comparison. Professionals [deviantART via Blue Dog’s eyes]
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I’m Going To Bounce On Toilet Paper While Roleplaying As A Cat All Day
Are you telling me there’s an iOS game called Rainbow Tissue Cat and you think I wouldn’t choose it as my Gaming App of the Day? In Rainbow Tissue Cat, you bounce around on platforms and off the tops of birds’ heads as Mr. Tibbles who sits atop a roll of bouncy toilet paper. Meowji…
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BioWare Docs and Gaikai Founder Enter June’s Power 40 Update
Scan the column to the right of the Kotaku.com/Power 40 list and you’ll find our reorganized list of power-players in gaming, updated through the end of June, with lots of notes in each entry about why people have moved up or down. This month’s update has a lot of shifting. June is, after all, a…
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I Can Now Compare The Three Parts of the Resident Evil 6 Demo
If you picked up a copy of Dragon’s Dogma on the 360, Capcom has unlocked the Resident Evil 6 demo for you starting today. I played the one demo three times over. Or really, I played the demo in three fractions. What’s this craziness, you ask? Resident Evil 6 will let you play in three…
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Not Even Death Will Keep A Gamer Away From Their One True Love
Warning: video is slightly NSFW. Not only is this animated short beautifully rendered, but it teaches us an important life lesson, too. You can fool the Grim Reaper into playing games against you instead of taking your soul away. Gamers=1, Death=0. Thanks Oded!
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“Terrorists” Frustrated By Lack Of Steam Summer Sale Send “Threatening” Video Message To Gabe Newell
My, my. The lack of the traditional end-of-June Steam summer sale certainly has some people riled up, if this video is any indication. While gamers wait out as the early days of July pass on with no sale announcement, some want to take matters into their own hands. Like these two “threatening” terrorists, claiming they’ll…
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Kotaku Water Cooler
Welcome to Kotaku Water Cooler, the official spot for miscellaneous conversations. Today’s random posts that you’ll see below in the new discussion system are brought to you by me. So if you see random, cute animal pictures, you’ll know why. Enjoy! Photo: Shutterstock
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Who Knew Turning People Into Squares Made Them So Cute?
I wouldn’t have guessed it, but deviantART artist Theresa Cartwright has a whole gallery dedicated to proving the naysayers otherwise. They don’t just include video game characters, either. Everyone from The Last Airbender’s Aang to Breaking Bad’s Jessie appears in that gallery. Even Jessie’s meth head makeup is somehow, slightly, oddly charming in the squarified…
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The Dorkly Weekly: This Is Why You Don’t Invite Doctor Eggman To Your Wedding
Sonic finally mustered up the courage to make a proposal to Amy, and friggin’ ol’ reliable Robotnik comes in to ruin the event. Come on, Eggman. Even after that heartfelt, slightly cheesy speech, you’re still gonna cause havoc? Well, yeah. Cause he’s the villain after all. For more sick and twisted video game comedy, follow…
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I Really Want To Watch This Show About Borderlands
It’s just a teaser right now, but what a teaser it is! This Borderlands-centric show looks fantastic. If you added a hyper realistic layer on top of the FPS/RPG hybrid by Gearbox, I imagine it’d look a lot like this. Plus, they seem to have hit the proverbial nail on the head quite squarely when…
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The Best of Kotaku, This Week
Welcome to the Best of Kotaku, where I round up all of this week’s best content. First up is the image above, which was drawn just a few hours after the Pyro trailer was released. You can find more of Kovah’s work over on the dedicated deviantART page Moving on to our Best Of content…
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Warning: Dating A Jedi Might Lead To Him Force Choking Your Teddy Bear
Note: the language here is a bit NSFW, so proceed with caution. Personally I think dating a Jedi would be pretty damn cool. I’d tell my Jedi boyfriend to play pranks on people all day. But we’re through if he ever force chokes a teddy bear. There are some lines people just should not cross.…
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This Collection of Mass Effect Prints Makes For Fancy Wallpaper
I’m always on the hunt for awesome new desktop and/or phone wallpaper (until recently when I settled on forever having it be of my cat). And I imagine you all find yourselves in a similar position, too. If you fit that description and are also a Mass Effect fan, I believe I have some wallpaper…
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I Wish I Had Infinite Cabbages That Replenish My Health
A lot of these Skyrim jokes have been done before: the ridiculous ease with which you can steal from a shopkeeper right under his nose, something about arrows and knees, etc. But imagining a warrior slink down on a tree trunk to gobble up randomly produced cabbages for health is too funny to pass up.…
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Vote For Your Favorite Comment Right Here
Hello Kotaku, and welcome to the thread where you pass judgment on the heads of your fellow readers. Drop a link to the comment you liked from this week down in the new discussion system below. Vote the ones you like up, and I’ll pick from popular selections for this week’s Best of Kotaku Normal…
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Watch Stealthy Versus Not-So-Stealthy Assassinations in Dishonored
These two gameplay videos of Arkane Studios/Bethesda’s stealth-action game, Dishonored, give you a look at what Jason saw at E3 If you were curious about how exactly the stealthy and more action-oriented attack approaches might pan out, look no further than the two videos above.
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Batman’s Raspy Voice Is Good For More Than Terrorizing His Enemies
It’s also good for making that “RUM HUM HUM HUM HUM RUM RUM” noise the Batcycle makes. That, and making random pedestrians laugh hysterically. Be sure to watch until the very end. Batman – The Dark Knight IRL (In Real Life) [YouTube via Reddit]
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Wonder What Your First Wii U Experience Might Be Like? This Was Mine.
The Wii U console and its distinctive GamePad control device have been floating around convention floors and meeting rooms since its unveiling at last year’s E3. But, for one reason or five others, I hadn’t gotten my hands on one myself. At least not until yesterday, when Stephen Totilo and I wandered around Nintendo’s somewhat-recreated…
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