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How To Deliver A Gas Tanker Like A Winner

In Highlight Reel today we have a load of Dying Light clips, some explosive gas tankers in GTA V, parachute skateboarding action in H1z1 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…

Everything You Know About Nacho Cheese Is Wrong

Here’s a simple question. Do you know what nacho cheese is? As it turns out, whatever it is that you use to define “nacho cheese” is probably wrong. Yesterday, Bloomberg published a mind-blowing article about the nature of nacho cheese. Get this: nobody, not even the people who make nacho-flavored things, or people who make…

No One Can Figure Out What’s Up With This Bizarre Steam Account

Recently a bunch of people stumbled across a mysterious Steam account that’s part of nearly 200,000 groups. It’s level zero and has only one friend. It’s the strangest goddamn thing. It’s also a little creepy, if I’m being honest. The account was originally unearthed by a Reddit user who was looking for an account associated…

Skyrim Mod Lets You Marry Creepy Wooden People

I do not like the implications of Skyrim‘s craftable followers/NPCs mod. Not one bit. You can create life—give birth to fully formed adult wooden children—and then marry them if you so please. I can’t believe I even need to say this, but don’t marry your wooden children, people. OK, aside from the unholy matrimony, this…

10 Reasons Why Link From Zelda is Actually Kind of a Dick

Link, the green-capped hero from The Legend of Zelda series, is one of gaming’s most enduring, best loved, and iconic creations. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK Fans have gladly followed the stoic elven hero throughout the years on his journeys across the land of Hyrule from their humble 8-bit beginnings, to save the…

Nintendo’s Kick-Ass 1966 Board Game

Before they made video games, Nintendo made loads of other sweet stuff. One of the sweetest was this Ultraman board game, which has art that looks as awesome today as it did in 1966. As you can see in the gallery on Before Mario, the game — released using the old “Nintendo Game” logo —…

There is a RoboCop mod for contemplative Steam puzzler The Talos Principle Because of course there is, right?

That’s Not How Fighting Works, UFC Game 

Today on Highlight Reel we have some impossible UFC and WWE moves, a fantastic Destiny save, flying sergeants in Halo 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. Hard Crota Raid…

Track: Birdwalker | Album: Give Love | Artist: Josh Dion Band Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Giant Transport Has Junk In Its Trunk

Alex Ichim is a Romanian concept artist who has worked for companies like Gameloft. His specialty is large, killer machines. You can see more of Alex’s art at his Deviantartpage. To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on the “expand”…

Dark Souls Speedrunner Breaks World Record Without Realizing It

It’s fun to watch people speedrun Dark Souls. It’s a game famous for its punishing difficulty, yet speedrunners show how it’s possible to bend the game to your will. 19-year-old Alex (aka NaxHPL) just achieved the world record for one way to complete the game, allowing him to finish it in 25 minutes and 17…

Big Hero 6’s Hiro Hamada. Cosplay by liui-aquino, photo by Razrig

Ranger is Calibre, costume & rifle by JayCosplay, photo by Charmaine Morgan (via Cosplay Blog)

The Seedy Side Of The Star Wars Universe

Gustavo Mendonca is an artist who has recently worked on stuff like Halo 5. We sawhis (sadly) abandoned work on Star Wars 1313 back in 2013, but today we’ll be looking at his whole portfolio, including some newer Star Wars stuff (though it’s for other material, not 1313). You can see more of Gustavo’s art…

GTA V Dump Truck Catches A Cop

Today on Highlight Reel we have ace helicopter flying, a killer Smash Bros. finish, water-walking cars 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 4 – Karma’s a bitch Zippy…

That’s a damn fine Wrex. Cosplay by Thoroly-Good, photo by Fluffy Ltd,

The Original Legend of Zelda Beaten In 30 Minutes, A New World Record

Watch in awe as someone demolishes old-school Legend of Zelda on the NES as fast as possible. According to How Long To Beat, a typical Zelda run takes about ten hours to beat. This speedrun by Darkwing_Duck_sda, though? 30 minutes and 29 seconds. The next Zelda record, according to Zelda Speedruns, is also held by…

Classic Board Games That Are Better As Video Games

On the sliding continuum of ‘gaming as a worthy pursuit,’ board games are respected more than video games. It probably has something to do with age and endurance — board games have been around for thousands of years, and they’ve been associated, time and again, with the leisure class. Senet, the first recorded board game…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Behind Microsoft’s Holographic Wall

This past week Microsoft debuted Hololens, a holographic Windows 10 interface that could hide a Minecraft-like game behind your walls. What else can the holographic Windows of the future help us hide? Strap on your ‘Shop Contest goggles, kids. Now before you get all excited, no porn. It’s not that it’s offensive so much as…

Sunday Comics: No Need To Yell

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 January 24. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published January 19. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…