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This Week In The Business: Making Money Making Games

QUOTE | “I feel people just don’t want to associate making games with making money. It sort of breaks the taboo of making art for art’s sake, which I think is kind of stupid.” – Game Theory president Marguerite Dibble, talking about how many indie developers seem to “romanticize poverty.” Elsewhere in the business of…

Target Destroyed — By Mom

We all know that feeling of being engrossed in a game and being interrupted by a loving mother. Well, when you’re livestreaming, the show must go on, so just let her play Dark Souls 2 in front of hundreds of viewers! Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments,…

The Games You Never Stop Playing

Like everything else in life, video games come and go. Or, at least, some do. Others stay with you for years at a time. The truly special ones never leave. What are the games you never stop playing? I started thinking about this question earlier this week when I was riding on the subway. I…

Track: I Knew You Were Trouble | Artist: Taylor Swift | Album: Red Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

​Rockstar’s Great Game About High School, Beaten Ridiculously Fast

Hey, look, an excuse to think about and watch Bully again. Every so often some high-powered shot-caller at Rockstar will say that they really want to make a Bully sequel. But it’s been all talk so far. So, fans of Jimmy Hopkins’ adventures at Bullworth Academy will have to content themselves with this new world…

Please Don’t Be Real, Doritos Flavored Mountain Dew

Nobody asked for this. Nobody. As noted by Redditor joes_nipples, Mountain Dew was apparently doing a taste test at Kent State University in Ohio for, I guess, possible drinks. Among the flavors, that included Lemon Ginger and Mango Habanero, it seems, was “Mountain Dew Dewitos.” According to joes_nipples, the liquid Doritos drink tasted “like if…

Shibuya, Sunrise And A Cool Lil’ Dog

Jakub Rebelka is a Polish artist who does comics, concept art and other illustrative work. This is some of the coolest stuff we’ve posted here in a while. There’s a hint of Mignola to his style, but it’s fused with a little 90s manga and Geof Darrow in there as well. You can see more…

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…