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CultureSplitscreen
Podcast: Every Single Game* That Came Out In 2015
Let’s talk about Games of the Year. And by Games of the Year we mean literally every game that came out this year. Today on Kotaku Splitscreen, we’re going back through all of 2015 for a month-by-month breakdown of this year’s games, from Dying Light through Trails of Cold Steel. Although we didn’t hit every…
By Jason Schreier Published December 31, 2015 -
CultureCosplay
There Has Been A Cosplay Awakening
There’s already a ton of great Kylo Ren cosplay out there, but I haven’t seen one go the extra milelike Alhon has The outfit is great, but it’s the location that makes these shots so fantastic; he went outside in a “Minnesota blizzard”, which not only gets him a nice dusty effect on the black…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 29, 2015 -
Culture
Counter-Strike Player Savagely Defeated By Balloon
The world of Counter-Strike is a dangerous place. Lethality lurks around every corner. Think that birthday balloon won’t knock you dead? Think again. Counter-Strike player Slegg posted a clip of their fatal encounter with a balloon and/or picnic table on Overpass. Watch: They skip into a party so chill that everyone died (or left because,…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 29, 2015 -
CultureFallout: New Vegas Beaten In Twenty Minutes For A New World Record
Most of us probably spent hours in the first town of Fallout: New Vegas. Here, you can watch someone beat the entire thing in a ridiculous 20:47. That’s the latest world record speedrun time for New Vegas, and it was cracked by “Kungkobra.” You can watch the “any percentage” run below: It can be a…
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 29, 2015 -
Culture
Steam Problems Linger After Christmas Fiasco
You might remember that, a few days ago, Steam had a caching issue that let users see each others’ personal information. It was kind of A Thing. Since then, Steam has been in a fragile—some would argue busted—state. Steam’s gone down a handful of times since the aptly named Steam Winter Fail. On top of…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 28, 2015 -
CultureForget The Apple Watch, The Yo-Kai Watch Toys Are Here
Having already sold umpteen-bajillion units in Japan, the wildly popular Yo-Kai Watch toys have finally arrived in the States. Let us dance with them. Stephen Totilo and I both played Level-5’s Pokemon-esque Japanese sensation when the 3DS game was released earlier this fall, and weboth like what we played. It’s bright, colorful, relatively innocent fun,…
By Mike Fahey Published December 28, 2015 -
Culture
The Last Week In Games Of 2015 Ever
That’s a wrap, everybody. Hit the streets. You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay in this year. Wednesday, December 30 Beatsplosion for Kinect — Xbox One Digital Coming Soon Tuesday, January 5 Amplitude — PS4 Digital Hardware Rivals — PS4 Digital Volume—Vita Digital (Cross Buy) Did I miss anything important? Anything you’re…
By Mike Fahey Published December 27, 2015 -
Culture
The Official Awesome Holiday Gift Sharing Post 2015
As people around the world fill garbage cans and dumpsters with discarded bits of colorful paper, we take a look back at the wonderful things we gave and got during the 2015 holiday season. In other words, what’d ya get? I’ll go first. Each year I’m getting more into the giving than the getting, though…
By Mike Fahey Published December 26, 2015 -
Culture
The Doctor Who LEGO Set: What Took You So Long, Old Man?
It feels like it took forever for the LEGO Ideas Doctor Who set to arrive in stores, but—in this case especially—time is relative. It’s here now at least, and it’s fantastic. Thanks goodness for senior video game artist Andrew Clark, who combined his love for both LEGO bricks and Time Lords into one wonderful pitch…
By Mike Fahey Published December 23, 2015 -
Culture
There Might Be More To The Winter Steam Sale Than Meets The Eye
The big winter Steam sale sure appears to be Just Another Steam Sale, doesn’t it? A handful of Steam users, however, think it’s all a ruse. They believe they’ve found evidence of a secret Valve alternate reality game. It begins with the theme of the Steam sale comic: it’s about a detective named Gingerbread Jake.…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 23, 2015 -
Culture
Counter-Strike Player Takes Out Four Enemies With A Single Shot
Single-file lines. The world teaches us to stand in them, almost without thinking about it. Counter-Strike proposes an alternative: you really, really should just never do that. Counter-Strike player ggHushHush posted a highlight in which they took a Scout sniper shot at what appeared to be one enemy player emerging from a smoke grenade haze.…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 22, 2015
