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New Steam Hit Is Basically Horror Hide And Seek

I just got done playing a few matches of Dead Realm, and I’m shaking. Admittedly, it could be the fact that I’ve consumed waaaay too much coffee in the past couple hours, but the multiplayer horror game’s tension definitely got to me. Currently in Steam’s top ten best sellers, Dead Realm is basically hide and…

Clicker Games Are Suddenly Everywhere On Steam

It all started with Clicker Heroes. Or maybe Adventure Capitalist. Now things are getting out of hand. In the past few weeks, there’s been a veritable explosion of clicker games—that is, games where you mostly click on stuff until it dies to progress, slowly but surely leveling up to improve your clicking prowess—on Steam. Among…

Watch A Speedrunner Break The Hell Out Of Earthbound 

Did you know that if you press the right buttons in the right order, you can manipulate Earthbound’s random enemies into doing whatever you’d like? No? Now you know. Last night, as part of the annual Summer Games Done Quick marathon, speedrunner Aurilliuxshowed off some of the incredible things he can do in the classic…

Ask Dr. Nerdlove: Help, I’m Hopeless With Women And I Hate Myself

Hello, Internet! Welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating column to graduate top of its class from Transylvania Polygnostic University. This week, we have a question that comes up a lot: How do you keep your lack of dating success from curdling into resentment in your soul? What does it take to break out…

Redditor Badwxlf made a BioShock cake for a friend, even doing some research before baking it—by grabbing the three games during the Steam Summer sale and taking screenshots while playing. It has a Big Daddy and a Gatherer’s Garden vendor made out of Rice Krispies, so it’s probably delicious. More photos below. Dayshot is an…

Track: X-Ray Visions | Artist: Clutch | Album: Psychic Warfare Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

An Evangelion Masterpiece

Kyonghwan “Tahra” Kim is a freelance concept artist and illustrator from Korea. Good thing he’sgot a book collecting his work already, because it saves me asking for one. You can see more of Kim’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big…

Damn.

Mad Max: Fury Road meets Fallout 4. It’s a predictable mash-up, but fucking hell, ✪ King Mrakobez did it up in grand style. The Steam Community Showcase is a regular look at the cream of the Steam community’s boundless crop. Art, videos, guides—whatever. Each installment highlights a specific piece or person. If you find anything…

It’s Yennefer of Vengerberg From The Witcher 3

We’ve seen some good Witcher cosplay lately—unsurprising, given the love folks have for the characters and their snappy outfits—but you don’t see many people trying to take on Yenn. Cosplayer Niamash doesn’t give a shit, though, and along with photographer Catherine Badulina took it on and killed it in this shoot. You can see some…

Evel Knievel Is Jealous, GTA Stunt Guy

Today on Highlight Reel we have last-second Rocket League saves, really cool GTA stunts, floating Grim Fandango NPCs and much more! Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out, like and subscribe the original videos via the links below. Battlefield 4 – Ain’t…

Notorious Team Fortress 2 Hacker Says He Regrets What He’s Done

A couple days ago, the Team Fortress 2 community came across a video of a notorious hacker getting a taste of his own medicine. They were ecstatic. Responses ranged from “serves him right” to “fuck that guy.” The hacker goes by the handle Max Box, and—despite the fact that he’s created a veritable infamy factory…

Track: Where Ya At | Artist: Future, Drake | Album: Dirty Sprite 2 (DS2) Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

The Hidden Power Of Oreo Thins

Here at Snacktaku we don’t usually condone playing with your food, but Nabisco’s new Oreo Thins make it too easy. In this video I uncover two secrets. The first is that the new skinny Oreos have the ability to connect together like building blocks to create complex shapes. This might seem like a trivial discovery,…

Watch The Weeklong Summer Games Done Quick Charity Speedrun Marathon 

Forget the sun. Forget the beach. Hang out with us and watch more than 140 video games being speedrun to benefit Doctors Without Borders during the 2015 Summer Games Done Quick Marathon. Easily one of my most eagerly anticipated annual events, the summer companion to January’s Awesome Games Done Quick tournament is an excellent reason…

I Love What You’ve Done With The Place

Ian Jun Wei Chiew is an artist currently working at Sony’s Sucker Punch. In the past he’s worked on games like Forza 6 and a bunch of other stuff that hasn’t even been announced yet. His art is…well, just look at it. So fresh and so clean. You can see more of Ian’s work at…

The Swindle‘s Randomized Stealth Is Loads Of Fun

Should I care about The Swindle? Yes. It’s randomized stealth, a heist game that could last you until the end of time (but probably won’t). What’s it about? It’s the past-present steampunk future, and in 100 days The Man is gonna deploy a security system so advanced that cool-ass heisters with cool-ass heist zeppelins won’t…

The Most Entertaining Speedrun For A Game You’ve Never Heard Of

On the left we have aspiring voice actor Patrick “Patty” Cullens, aka PCULL, whose mother may or may not have been murdered by a windmill. On the right is MrWeables, who possibly lives in a rustic castle with Will Ferrell. They’re playing a game you’ve probably never heard of, and they’re hilarious. Part of the…

Tetris Grandmaster Takes On The Weirdest Game Mode I’ve Ever Seen

In its most vanilla, near-ubiquitous form, Tetris is already a near perfect video game that challenges you to be smart and fast in increasingly hard fashion. The stuff that gets thrown at you in an ultra-hard arcade version is mind-blowing. Blocks that need to be cleared twice. A stack that flips around. Let’s watch one…

The Art Of Game Of Thrones: Season 5

Karakteris a German studio who have been working with HBO on Game of Thronessince the show’s inception. They’ve just sent along some of the stuff they did for season 5, which means snow zombies One of the things the team did was to for the first time create their concepts as 3D spaces, which meant…

Track: Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See | Artist: Busta Rhymes |Album: When Disaster Strikes Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.