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Excited Counter-Strike Player Will Not Calm Down

We’ve all been there once or twice. Sometimes games are exciting. Sometimes we scream. This Counter-Strike player, though, is really into it. Nearly every shot, every bomb plant, and sometimes for no real reason at all. “OH SHIT. HOLY— OH MY GODDDD THAT WAS AMAZING.” Screaming, yelling, hollering. He never stops. Reckless Pug came across…

Kiki’s Delivery Cosplay

Hey, it’s Tombo, from Kiki’s Delivery Service. The world needs more Kiki’s cosplay. Cosplay by Semashke, photo by Rhainė

Wanna know when a Steam game you can’t afford is on sale? Steam Alerts lets you pick a game, set a price, and wait until the stars align—at which point you’ll receive an email. It’s a handy tool for people who don’t have time to incessantly scour Steam with their own eyeballs, which is everybody.

How To Make Edible Team Fortress 2 Food And… Drinkable Pee

Team Fortress 2 isn’t all guns and people screaming about the extent to which they are or are not on fire. Sometimes there’s food, too. But—no, no, stop trying to put your hand through the monitor—you can’t eat it. Or, you couldn’t. But now you can with these recipes, only one of which is for…

Show Us Your Horrible Mess Of Video Game Cables

Electronic gadgets are cool. Knotted, tangled cables are not. Yet rarely will you find the one without t’other. Maybe you’ve done a good job of hiding your cable mess. But it’s still there, slumbering in the dark, flexing slowly of its own volition, using the long weeks and months to turn in on itself until…

GTA Monster Truck Pops Car Like A Pimple

On today’s Highlight Reel we have baby tanks, magic rockets in Battlefield, confused monsters, crushing monster trucks 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. Watch Dogs –…

Wizard Cat, Skilled In The Arts Of Cat Magic

Ari Targownik is an artist at S2Games, where he’s worked in games like Heroes of Newerth and the upcoming MOBA Strife. You can see more of Ari’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…

The Week In Games: Our Home Is Our World, Our Life

There are plenty of neat new games coming out this week, and while none of those is the Homeworld Remastered Collection for PC, I am sure they are nice. Or something. Whatever. Spaceships. Lasers. Space itself. Trails of light. Conflict. Strategy. Imagined space bunnies. Homeworld had it all, and as long as nothing goes horribly…

Sunday Comics: Alligator Vasectomy 

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 February 21. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published February 16. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

New Tricks Help Runners Shatter The Halo Legendary Speed Record

As of November of last year the world record time for completing Halo: Combat Evolved on Legendary difficulty was 1:29:59. In this video a group of four speedrunners demonstrate techniques that shave a full 22 minutes off of that time. A group effort by a group of Halo speedsters which includesformer Legendary record holder Andrew…

This Week In The Business: Taking Aim At Metacritic

QUOTE | “Nobody here ever bothers about Metacritic. We think of it as irrelevant, quite frankly. We only concentrate on what the users think.” – Rebellion CEO Jason Kingsley, explaining why they don’t worry about Sniper Elite getting low scores from reviewers Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE |…

Guy Hitches Ride On Motorcycle, Refuses To Get Off

On today’s Highlight Reel we have confused NPCs in Sleeping Dogs, Smash Bros. character reveals that are super believable, sniper shots, jet backflips 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.…

The Latest Counter-Strike Anti-Cheat Measure? Inspecting Players’ Homes

“Knock-knock.” “Who’s there?” “Counter-Strike police. Open your door. We’re here to inspect your computer for cheats.” Pro Counter-Strike has a cheating problem. Dishonesty and illegal tools have cast a dark cloud over a bright, growing spectator sport. This, though, might be the most intense solution proposed yet: random testing ala physical sports, but for video…

Katsucon, The…Music Video

This is super corny, but somehow it, still works. Nice editing!

How Pokémon Are Actually Caught

We’re trying something a little different today on Fine Art. Instead of showcasing the work of someone who makes games, we’re looking at the art of someone who works around games. Stephen Maurice Graham is an illustrator who has worked for publications like Vice, GQ and The Sunday Times. He does a lot of video…

“You Are Getting Old” reminder: people are now grown up, looking back fondly to their childhoods and cosplaying as Kim Possible (and doing an excellent job!). Cosplay by Danielle Beaulieu, photo by Jaycee Photography (viafashionably geek).

Ask Dr. Nerdlove: I Just Want Casual Sex!

Hello, Internet! Welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating advice column that managed to rescue Quickclaw and Rhonda in Pitfall II. That’s right! ATARI 2600, BABY. (ahem) This week, one reader is getting tired of being constantly told he’s “too nice” to date – so how does one become more exciting to potential partners?…

Because This Site Needs More Battleships

I don’t know what it is about battleship paintings, but I love ’em. They make me think of sitting under one in a wood-panelled room, in front of a fireplace, sipping on expensive booze and puffing on a big ol’ pipe. These images are by Dmitry Vishnevsky, a freelance artist who works in the video…

Doors, The Ultimate Counter-Strike Enemy

And now, repeat after me the hallowed words of our people: “Aaaaagghhh nonononoooo! …God damn it.” Here’s the full video of a situation I’m sure at least a few of us have encountered, courtesy of Sergey Menshykov: You’re reading Steamed, Kotaku’s page dedicated to all things in and around Valve’s stupidly popular PC gaming service.…

Murderous Nintendo Cosplay

Nice to see 2013’s best Smash Bros. jokes finally have the cosplay they deserve. Cosplay by Moderately Okay Cosplay, photo by Mig Photography World