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Can You Tell Generic Cereal From The Real Thing?

“It’s the same exact thing, only it comes in a bag” my father used to tell me about generic versions of popular breakfast cereals. Was he a rotten liar? This blind taste test proves him right. Or possibly wrong. Some of them feature different shapes. Others carry distinctly different textures. Light coming through a plastic…

Track: Adeltron| Album: Instruments | Artist: The Extremities Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Strategy Game Gathers Bright Colors, Deploys Pretty Art

Earlier this year, we took a look at a very pretty strategy game called Duelyst. Anton Fadeev is one of the artists working on that game. I don’t care how this game ends up playing. I could just look at this stuff all day long and be happy enough. You can see more of Anton’s…

Highlight Reel: June 30, 2014

Today’s gaming highlights: Speedruns, sneaky knives, and more! Speedruns BubblesDelFuego gets a new world record Fallout 3 run in 23:55 Andy shows off a Link To The Past glitch that doesn’t actually save any time, but looks cool: Battlefield 4 Xetanees and a friend spend over an hour doing something completely ridiculous: Farfletched gets the…

​Which Mario Kart 8 Track Is The Best?

With each new Mario Kart game, it’s the same deal: Some tracks are good. Some tracks aren’t that exciting. And some tracks are amazing. Mario Kart 8 is no different. Some of us on staff at Kotaku have been talking/arguing about which track is the best and why, and we thought we’d see what you…

Doritos Mystery Flavors Revealed — “Spicy Street Taco” Wins

Earlier this year Snacktaku reviewed the three mystery flavors released for the Doritos Jacked line of corn chips. Now the names are officially revealed, and my favorite is retired in favor of my next screen name, “Spicy Street Taco”. First off, let’s see how accurate my taste buds were. I’ll give the bag color, how…

Fallout 3 Beaten In Under 24 Minutes, A New World Record

Watch as speedrunner BubblesDelFuego jets across the capital wasteland, all in the name of speed. Bubbles manages to beat the game in an astounding 23:55, beating the previous record of 24:20. The previous record for an “any percentage” run was also held by BubblesDelFuego, by the way. He beat his personal best, though you can…

Track: Greyish Tapering Ash| Album: Rivers Arms | Artist: Balmorhea Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Giving Bayonetta A New Haircut, Outfit

“Bayonetta’s not the kind of girl who’d show up with the same hairstyle for her sequel”, writes artist Mari Shimazaki. “A girl can be known to change her hairstyle depending on her mood, so I guess Bayonetta was in the mood for something short.” Shimazaki, who designed Bayonetta in the first place (and has also…

Sunday Comics: Gogeta Versus Quesarito

Welcome to Kotaku‘s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published June 28. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published June 23. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

Time For A Final Fantasy VI Speedrun

This is it: Summer Games Done Quick is nearly complete. It’s time for the final (and hopefully most exciting) run: Final Fantasy VI I’m gonna (try to) stay up all night watching—join me, will you? I’ll be chatting in the comments below, and you can watch the stream live right here: (And check out the…

Track: Flood II | Album: Floodland | Artist: The Sisters Of Mercy Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to—and gaming to—at the moment.

If You’re Going To Be A Cannibal, You’ve Got To Count Calories

Here at Snacktaku we’re all about portion control, so when science tells us a fully-cooked human cadaver would contain roughly 81,500 calories, we reach for the freezer bags. In an article for Popular Science magazine, which continues to try to get us to call it PopSci so it sounds cool (you are cool, Popular Science),…

Summer Games Done Quick: Watch It All Right Here

If you’re not spending this entire week watching people play video games really fast, what are you even doing with your life? Summer Games Done Quick, the annual speedrunning marathon that raises money for charity, started yesterday, and the streaming continues all week, finishing off with a late-night Final Fantasy VI speedrun that will end…

This Week In The Business: Putting The ‘F’ In Free-To-Play

QUOTE | “I was so fed up of people telling us we should do free-to-fucking-play, in-app-fucking purchases, whatever the fuck that is, and that consoles were dead. So fuck all of those people and their fucking shitty stance.” – Graeme Struthers of Devolver, talking about why he’s happy to see next-gen consoles doing well Elsewhere…

Track: Brief Encounter | Album: Still Life | Artist: Dawn Golden Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to—and gaming to—at the moment.

Highlight Reel: June 27, 2014

Today’s gaming highlights: New world record speedruns, defusing bombs right under terrorist noses, and more! Speedruns BananasaurusRex gets a new world record in 1001 Spikes, coming in at 17:31.91 Yesterday we posted about this Super Mario Bros speedrun. It tops the old world record time by about a second with help from a Bullet Bill…

Track: Big Beast Artist: Killer Mike, T.I., Bun B, Trouble Album: R.A.P. Music Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

That’s one hell of a Dhalsim. Cosplay by Michael Vincent, photo by WJS

It’s Kinda…Hellboy Meets Jet Set Radio Meets Tank Girl…

Adrian Meribault is a freelance artist who teaches through Cultura, and has worked in both video games and tabletop gaming. You can see more of Adrian’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page. To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper),…