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Half-Life 2: The Kotaku Review
Half-Life 2 has my favorite moment in any game. It’s this: I never played the original Half-Life, so I didn’t understand a lot of what was going on in Half-Life 2’s opening minutes. Half-Life 2 makes it clear from the get-go that something is wrong: your sudden appearance on the train after G-Man’s eerie monologue,…
By Riley MacLeod Published July 22, 2016 -
CultureOverwatch Game Interrupted By Wild Flock Of Mercys
Today on Highlight Reel we pessimistic horses, confusing skull clubs, wild Mercys, Battlefield plays, and much more! Watch the video then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below. Subscribe to Kotaku on YouTube for more! Rainbow 6 Siege…
By Chris Person Published July 22, 2016 - Uncategorized
The Biggest Website For Pirating Games Is Probably Doomed
You might not want to admit it, but chances are you’ve visited Kick Ass Torrents, the most popular way to download video games (or anything, really) illegally. Its owner was recently arrested, but that doesn’t mean Kick Ass Torrents is dead. Today, it came back online…for now. Kick Ass Torrents has been at the top…
By Patrick Klepek Published July 22, 2016 -
UncategorizedGetting Confused In Games Can Be A Good Thing
Asemblance and Inside are wonderfully haunting games that love to confuse the player. While this might be annoying to some, I think it’s pretty great. In this video, we’ll take a look at how games can design for confusion and how that can radically change the experience. Note: I make reference to controller use in…
By Heather Alexandra Published July 22, 2016 - Uncategorized
The Best Monsters In Pokémon Go, And How To Find Them
All Pokémon are not created equal: some are definitely better than others. If you’re serious about creating a formidable team, or if you want the satisfaction of having some of the best monsters available in Pokémon Go, you’ve come to the right place. The Silph Road is a collective that is one of the leading…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 22, 2016 - Kotaku East
Japan Tries Leveling Up Quickly In Pokémon Go
Pokémon Go has only be out in Japan for a few hours. Players need to catch up as soon as they can! Some have come up with some ways they think they can. The goal is fooling the smartphone’s sensor so Pokémon Go would register steps and distance travelled to hatch eggs and earn XP.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 22, 2016 - Uncategorized
Dragon Ball Z Manga And Anime Compared
Dragon Ball Z’s “Final Atonement” episode is one of the most famous moments in DBZ history. Let’s see how the manga and anime stack up. Via Redditor jumpshot22 come these amazing GIFs: You can see another one right here. It’s fascinating to see how they compare, and it’s incredible to see how much impact the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 22, 2016 - Kotaku East
Pokémon Go Banned At A Religious Shrine In Japan
One of Japan’s oldest and most important Shinto shrines Izumo-taisha has banned visitors from playing Pokémon Go. This comes as the game finally got its Japanese release earlier today. Izumo-taisha posted an official Pokémon Go ban onits website, stating it was prohibited to play the game inside the shrine as well as on its surroundings…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 22, 2016 - Kotaku East
Unofficial Totoro GIFs Make The Internet A Better Place
These are not official GIFs. They were made by Australian animator CL Terry, and they are terrific. Terry is on a quest to make an animated GIF everyday for one hundred days. These Totoro GIFs, via Curazy, are the result of that project. That, and a good sense of humor. You can see more on…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 22, 2016 -
UncategorizedNvidia’s New $1200 GPU Is Just Silly
Didn’t Nvidia just release the GTX 1080? Not sure why they felt the need to go topping it already, but hey, they just did. This is the Nvidia Titan X. Here are the specs: · 12-billion transistors · 11 TFLOPs FP32 (32-bit floating point) · 44 TOPS INT8 (new deep learning inferencing instruction) · 3,584…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 21, 2016 -
UncategorizedReporter Busted Playing Pokémon Go During State Department Briefing
US State Department spokesman John Kirby was trying to talk to the press earlier today about the efforts to combat ISIS, but one reporter had more important things to do. CNN reportsthat the unidentified culprit was busted by Kirby mid-talk, interrupting his terrorism briefing to say “You’re playing the Pokemon thing right there, aren’t you.”…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 21, 2016 - CultureCosplay
Oh, This Is Some Excellent Cosplay
Andreas Krupa, aka eosAndy, is a cosplay photographer from Germany. His work is fantastic Not that the cosplay here isn’t incredible by itself! Some of the world’s best, like Maul, are pictured here doing their thing in costumes that look like they walked right out of a video game. It’s just that on top of…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 21, 2016 -
UncategorizedWelcome To The Dorky Future Of VR Arcade Games
Hey, remember that cool zombie VR warehouse we told you about that Sega Japan was going to open? Where players could walk around with guns strapped to their backs and blast zombies? It’s open. And it’s…well, see for yourself. Here’s how it was sold! Up top, though, you can see the hesitant, dorky reality. Here’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 21, 2016
