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Awesome Games Done Quick‘s latest speedrunning-for-charity marathon has concluded with over $1.1 million raised (and donations still being accepted) for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. You can check out the highlights, browse through every run or simply watch that marriage proposal over and over.

Charity Speedrunner Has Mastered One of My Favorite Games Ever

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars was the first role-playing game I ever played, and it took me years to beat it when I was a kid. Then this guy did it in under three hours. This week’s Awesome Games Done Quick 2015 charity speedrunning marathon has featured some really cool runs, including…

Playing Vanquish One-Handed Has Never Looked So Easy

One of the most impressive things I’ve seen yet during Awesome Games Done Quick 2015, the speedrunning marathon for charity, is disabled gamer “halfcoordinated” demolishing Platinum Games’ Vanquish with only one hand. He prefaced his run by explaining that one-handed is his normal way of playing. He suffers from Hemiparesis, which causes weakness on the…

Battlefield 4 Player Didn’t See That Chopper Coming

On today’s Highlight Reel we have lucky gun throws in Counter-Strike, random raining cars in Far Cry 4, photobombing helicopters in Battlefield 4 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.…

A Collection Of Dark, Beautiful Sci-Fi Art

Alexander Mandradjiev is an artist based in LA who works in both games and film. A lot of artists these days, regardless of what they’re working on, make the most of their digital tools to make everything look clean, and smooth. What I love about Mandradjiev’s stuff, aside from the dark and heavy tone, is…

Track: Teardrop | Artist: Massive Attack | Album: Mezzanine Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Ask Dr. Nerdlove: How Do I Start Over?

Hello, Internet! Welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating advice column dedicated to helping you jumpstart your dating life with a New Game +. It’s the dawn of a new year and that makes it a perfect time for a fresh start. This week, we have a letter from someone who wants to do…

The Best Musical Tributes To The New Super Smash Bros. (So Far)

Super Smash Bros. has incredible music, and plenty of it. It’s no wonder, then, that the game’s legions of fans have been playing around with it. There are countless remixes, covers, and chopped and screwed versions of Smash songs online already, with more undoubtedly to come. Here are some of our favorites. Many thanks to…

Spare The Time To Appreciate The Art Of Strategy Games

Strategy games on the PC aren’t – Civilization aside – known for their sense of style (though some are trying to change this). I may be biased because I’ve spent so much time staring at it over the past few years, but I think Crusader Kings II is one of the prettier examples. It may…

Far Cry 4 Player Kills Eagle With Exploding Bear

Well that’s one way to take care of Far Cry 4‘s eagles! Also on Highlight Reel today we have car tornadoes, unfortunate Assassin’s Creed deaths and the cops of GTA V showing some improvised skateboarding. Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out,…

Jelly Babies And 14 Other British Snacks You Should Try

While Snacktaku tends to focus largely on foods available in the U.S. or Japan, we must never forget that the world is filled with wonderful things to put in our mouths. Things like Jelly Babies, Aero bars and the rest of the British candy showcased in the latest vid from Anglophenia. British actress and writer…

McDonald’s Serves Up Cosplay in Taiwan

Maid outfits. Flight attendant uniforms. People dressed as Dragon Ball characters. Nothing quite says the new year like cosplay at McDonald’s. As reported on website Getjetso a few years back, staff at one McDonald’s in Taiwan dressed up on New Year’s Eve. The images spread like wildfire online, and now employees at other McDonald’s locales…

The Return Of The World’s Greatest Family Guy Cosplayer

Real Life Peter Griffin, the world’s greatest Peter Griffin cosplayer and impersonator, hit the big time last year. Now he’s back, and we get to meet the man behind the man. This video, shot by BOOM! Big Pants, documents Peter’s (real name: Robert Franzese) visit to the New York Comic Con last year, and we…

Final Fantasy VII, Redesigned

If you don’t like belts and crazy hair, Final Fantasy VII’s aesthetic might not be to your liking. Here, then, are some artist’s ideas on what Final Fantasy VII could look like. These pics were done by the community at Brainstorm, just like the Batmanimages we posted last year. The rules were they could take…

The Metro Sleeps Safely Tonight

Rostislav Zagornov is a Ukranian concept artist who works in both video games and film. You can see more of Rotislav’s work at his ArtStation page 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” button in the top-left…

GTA Cop Pulls Player Over Like A Damn Terminator

Today on Highlight Reel we have a new way to play Fallout: New Vegas, some lucky shots in Battlefield 4, a bubble city in Destiny and one incredibly dedicated supercop in GTA V Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out, like and…

Track: Grace Kelly | Album: Life in Cartoon Motion | Artist: Mika Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Watch The Week-Long Awesome Games Done Quick 2015 Marathon Right Here

The 2015 Awesome Games Done Quickmarathon kicked off yesterday, with an entire week of non-stop gaming speedruns benefiting thePrevent Cancer Foundation. This year the assembled speedrunners are playing *checks schedule* everything. The action kicked off at noon Eastern time Sunday with a run through Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze and finishing off on Saturday evening…

In Space, No One Can Hear Your Gnarly Missile Jumps

We last featuredNick Carver’s work in 2012, when he was still involved in what would become Blizzard’s Overwatch. He’s since moved onto something with more robots in it. While still at Blizzard, in his spare time he’s now working on a project called Bounty Hacker, which will hopefully one day be a video game but…