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Track: Upward Over The Mountain | Artist: Iron & Wine | Album: The Creek Drank The Cradle Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

The Original 151 Pokémon, As Delicious Pancakes

The most important meal of the day, now with way more nostalgia. Here’s drdancake, going through the entire roster of Red and Blue in order to make dozens of pocket-monster shaped pancakes. Because why not. All of the tastiness, without any of the guilt that comes with eating actualPokémon. A win in my books! 151…

Why The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask Still Matters

One of the most frequent criticisms lobbed at the Zelda series is that it’s always just the same game, over and over again – that people who love it were indoctrinated as children and are incapable of seeing it for what it is. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK I have heard this not…

The Internet Reacts To Star Wars: The Force Awakens

The seventh Star Wars film officially has a name now—and the internet has a surprising amount to say about a subtitle. Mostly, there are a lot of jokes out there. It’s hard not to poke some fun at the title, which manages to be both grandiose and generic. If nothing else, “The Force Awakens” opens…

Nice Threads, Sand Dude

Crush Visual is a design team whose members have worked for clients like Ubisoft and EA, as well as Hollywood studios like Legendary and Columbia. You can see more of Crush’s work at their studio site To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them…

Evolve Players Figured Out How To Make Friends With The Monster

Evolve pits four players against one in a brutal fight to the death. That is, unless you decide to start jumping rope with the monster. We’ve also got clips from the latest installment of the Call of Duty series, Advanced Warfare. And an excellent discoverysomeone made in Destiny. Watch the video above, then link any…

Just Chillin’

Piotr Jabłoński is a freelance artist from Poland, whose work looks like it came straight out my dreams for what the next line of threeA figures should look like. You can see more of Piotr’s stuff at his Behance site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re…

All The Single Mutants, All The Single Mutants

I like this Wolverine. Instead of getting all mopey about losing Jean, he’s out there enjoying the single life.

Track: Church of the Technochrist | Artist: Closure in Moscow | Album: Pink Lemonade Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

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Baskin-Robbins Creates Camouflage Ice Cream. Good Luck Finding It.

Celebrating the military community all November long, Baskin-Robbins’s flavor of the month is First-Class Camouflage. It’s right there. Follow the arrow. First-Class Camouflage is a delicious blend of leaves, tree bark and sand — oh wait, it’s chocolate, salted caramel and dyed cake — served in a waffle cone or bowl decorated so we can’t…

The World’s Best Avengers Cosplay Only Includes One Human

Because someone needs to be in charge. Cosplayers are Omelette, Bebop, Barley, Twinkie & Lucy. Oh, and Omelette’s mum. Omelette the Corgi [Blog] The Corgi Avengers: There Should Be No Leashes on Us! [GaS]

How McDonald’s McRib Sandwiches Are Made

Is it that time of year already? Of course it is, I’ve already had three limited-time only McRib sandwiches since they came back a week or so ago, and there are more in my future. It’s probably a good time to find out how they’re made. Responding to a strong detractor of Micky-D’s ground pork…

Maybe You Don’t Have to Hunt Monsters in Evolve After All

Evolve — the game where you and three friends hunt a player controlling a monster — is in public alpha right now. We’ve got a look at how it plays when things go right, and when they go very wrong Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and…

Sweet Dreams, Ygritte

Victor Adame Minguez is an artist who has most recently worked on Era: The Consortium,an indie RPG currently up on Kickstarter You can see more of Victor’s art below (and at his DeviantArt page), while you can check out Era: The Consortium here To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re…

Kid Dresses As Jawa, Steals Hearts, Not Droids

You know a costume is awesome when it lets you forgive someone for taking a video in portrait mode. Chris Hirano made this outfit for his daughter for Halloween, and in addition to looking great it also had some neat effects like a soundboard so she could shuffle around making authentic jawa noises. Whether she…

The Week In Games: The Call Of Spacey

We’re into the home stretch, 2014! This week kicks off with the annual Call of Duty release extravaganza, followed immediately by one of the biggest release weeks of the year. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare drops on a Monday. It was technically dated for Tuesday, but pre-order customers were getting it Monday, so now everyone…

Sunday Comics: They Hired A Dog

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 October 31. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published October 27. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

This Week In The Business: The Conscience Of The Developer

QUOTE | “Only the developers’ conscience should define what type of game they want to make, and its level of cruelty, indecency and moral corruption.” – The Astronauts’ Adrian Chmielarz, talking along with other developers about whether there are lines that games shouldn’t cross Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week ……

Think Shadow Of Mordor Is Too Easy? Try These Out.

Difficulty is always a thorny issue in video games. One gamer’s crushing slog through a dungeon is another’s mindless loot grind. People are particularly divided about Shadow of Mordor’s difficulty right now: some find it too hard, many others too easy. The latter group has begun some interesting experiments. I am not in the “too…