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What’s Your Favorite World of Warcraft Moment?

Don’t say Leroy Jenkins. Personally? The first time I picked up World of Warcraft about six or so years ago, I ended up spending hours with two friends leveling our characters up to 10 in one sitting. We were stuck—addicted to the grind and to seeing what new abilities we could learn and what new…

Zelda Was A Badass In This Classic Nintendo Comic

There was a Zelda animated series, and it was terrible. Let’s not dwell on it. But if you ever wondered what would happen if the same art style ditched the excuuuuuuuuuuuse me’s and played things a little straighter, you should know that such a thing actually exists. It’s The Legend of Zelda comic, released in…

Dude Builds Civ Wonder In Front Of Actual Wonder

When Peripatet was in Jordan visiting the ancient wonder of Petra, he had only one thing on his mind

The Secret Behind Terrific Cosplay: Big Arms

This is Yasemin Arslan—who does not have big arms—doing a hell of a job cosplaying as Overwatch’s Tracer. You may notice, though, that she’s kinda floating in the air. Like magic. How’d she pull this off? “PhotoShop, duh” is only half the answer. The other half is the way Arslan and photographer Beethystaged the shot.…

The Week In Games: Episode Duscae

This isn’t the Week in Games you wanted but fear not, there’s a demo for the Week in Games you wanted included in this Week in Games. How many people with absolutely no interest in Final Fantasy Typo will be picking up the game this week just to get their hands on the demo for…

Sunday Comics: You’re Useless

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 March 12. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published March 9. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

This Week In The Business: A Young Man’s Game

QUOTE | “It has become harder and harder for me to find jobs, and particularly after I got past 50 years old.” – 59-year-old designer David Mullich, talking with other game industry veterans about the pervasive age prejudice in the game industry Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE |…

Someone Recreated GTA V‘s Los Santos In Cities: Skylines

Rome wasn’t built in a day, but I’m starting to get the impression that Cities: Skylines players could’ve made it happen. The game’s only been out for a few days and someone’s already made an eerily accurate recreation of Grand Theft Auto V‘s Los Santos. Steam user grockefeller created a mod that adds the impressively…

When You Go To War, Be Sure To Drive A Couch

Today on Highlight Reel we have Battlefield: Hardline couches, indestructible NPCs, juvenile bugs in H1Z1, heist teamwork in GTA V and 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: Hardline –…

Valve Is Not Psyched They Got An ‘F’ In Customer Service

Not too long ago, I stumbled across a curious fact: Valve, maker of the world’s biggest PC gaming service, was given an F by the Better Business Bureau. Other major gaming companies largely have A’s. The culprit? Poor customer service. According to the BBB’s page on Valve, people have filed 717 complaints about Valve and…

Not All Great Cosplay Comes From Characters You Know

One of the most talentedartists I’ve ever featured in my Fine Art series on Kotaku is Dan LuVisi. What does that have to do with cosplay? Let me explain. LuVisi has a graphic novel series called Last Man Standing. There’s a ton of potential in its sci-fi world, and some fantastic art (not to mention…

Valve VR Demo Is Like A Hyper Detailed Myst

Fantasy games have become known for their vast, usually green expanses, ripe for exploration. Valve’s virtual reality setup, however, only lets you walk around areas the size of a small room. The solution? A very interesting take on fantasy influenced by Myst, among others. This demo of Cloudhead Games’ The Gallery: Six Elements is all…

The Struggle To Release “Indie” Games Inside Ubisoft

Yoan Fanise spent 14 years working at Ubisoft, and during that time—some of which was spent working on the blockbuster series the company is famous for—he was also somehow able to release one of the smallest, bravest games we’ve ever seen from a major publisher. That game, Valiant Hearts, is both a war game and…

First-Person Mod Lets You Walk Cities: Skylines‘ Streets

First-person? In a city builder? It might sound strange, but there’s nothing quite like getting your city humming along to a perfect, efficient rhythm and then having a leisurely look around. Now you can see all of Cities: Skylines‘ smallest details. The mod, along with thousands of others (already!), popped up today, one day after…

A Moment Of Appreciation For EVE Online’s Starship Design

It’s widely known to the outside world for its politics, but EVE Online is also a rather pretty video game, especially when it comes to the unique and varied design of its spaceships. Capitalising on this — and, you know, the huge amount of people actually playing the game — Dark Horse are releasing a…

The Steam Controller Is Actually Decent Now

When Valve unveiled the first prong of their living room invasion, the Steam controller, it was unique, but also hella wonky. Since then, it’s been through multiple revisions and overhauls. The result? Something not quite as good as a mouse-and-keyboard, but close. Back when I first tried the Steam controller, it was all haptic feedback…

The Worst Place To Build A Dam

Today on Highlight Reel we have bumbling CounterSpy enemies, poor civic planning in Cities: Skylines, sad cats in GTA V and 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. Counterspy – Johnny…

Food for thought.

Tell Us Your PAX Love Stories

Walk around a PAX convention and you’ll see more than just video games: you’ll see tons of bonding. Cosplayers gather together for pictures, developers visit each other’s booths, and, sometimes, even new love blooms. There are plenty of opportunities—both orchestrated and serendipitous—to meet new friends and new loves. Did you meet any new romantic interests…

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