The Complicated Legacy of The Original Angry Video Game Nerd

A little over a decade ago, one of the first gaming-related videos was uploaded to YouTube. It wasn’t a Let’s Play or a reaction video. Rather, it was a nearly 10-minute long takedown of an awful NES game by James Rolfe, AKA the Angry Video Game Nerd. Initially meant to be a joke among friends,…

CSR Racing 2 Does Its One Thing Better Than Before

When it debuted back in 2012, CSR Racing’s bite-sized bouts of drag racing were just the right amount of driving excitement for mobile gamers. CSR Racing 2 keeps the action brief, but gives players a little more control over a lot prettier cars. While games like Real Racing 3 and the Asphalt series aimed to…

Keep Watching The Week-Long Summer Games Done Quick Charity Speedrun Marathon 

It’s time again for the very best reason to stay inside with your eyes glued to a screen in the middle of summer. The best speedrunners in the world gather for Summer Games Done Quick, a nonstop seven-day speedrun marathon benefiting Doctors Without Borders Summer Games Done Quick and its January counterpart, Awesome Games Done…

The Official Studio Ghibli Hamburger Is Pitch Black 

You know you’ve been waiting. I sure have. And here we are, an official Studio Ghibli burger. This is a Makkuro Burger or “Pitch Black” Burger, and it takes its name from Makkuro Kurosuke, the soot sprites from Studio Ghibli films like My Neighbor Totoro. Starting July 7, a Ghibli art exhibit will open atTokyo…

Windows 10 Update Makes For A Good Speedrun Prank

During SGDQ 2016, the charity speedrun event to benefit Doctors Without Borders, speedrunner Blood Thunder saw his BioShock playthrough get a sudden interruption: a Windows 10 update. You can watch what happened next here. But, as Eurogamer points out, Blood Thunder was actually trolling organizers Games Done Quick (and Microsoft?) with a tongue-in-cheek prank. The…

Dragon Ball Turned Into A Traditional Japanese Woodblock Print

This makes perfect sense. According to AnimeAnime and Unsodo, this hand-carved Dragon Ball art marks the anime’s 30th anniversary and is limited to only 200 prints. Like the Star Wars prints Kotaku previously covered, these were done in the woodblock printing method that has been used in Japan for hundreds of years. Considering how woodblock…

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There’s Already Horizon Zero Dawn Cosplay

On the one hand, it’s normally weird when people cosplay as someone from a game that might suck. On the other…both Horizon Zero Dawn and its main character in particular look cool as hell, so this is 100% understandable. Cosplay here is by Raven, who made the whole outfit by hand, including the stitching on…

Look At These Destiny Action Figures

This glory is what $190 of action figure will get you, Destiny fans. Following on from last year’s Titan, here are shots ofs 3A’s Warlock and Hunter figures, which are being released in three flavours: one each for 3A’s store, Bungie’s store and other retailers. The 3A and Bungie versions will ship with four weapons…

Blizzard Taking Overwatch Cheat Maker To Court

Blizzard is suing German company Bossland over its sale of an Overwatch cheat program called Watchover Tyrant, which does things like reveal enemy player locations on a radar. As TorrentFreak report, this isn’t the first time Blizzard has gone after Bossland; the two have had a long-running battle over cheat programs in games like World…

The WWE 2K Commercials Are Loaded With Easter Eggs

Whatever 2K Sports is paying their marketing department employees, it’s not enough. The WWE 2K games get mixed to positive reviews, but the promotion of those games is consistent, first-rate, and exemplary. Whoever makes the games’ commercials has a masterful grasp on why fans love the WWE. A huge part of the abiding love that…

Nice Pants, Spotter

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Should Tekken Keep Its Ridiculous Joke Characters?

Kuma is a veteran fighter in the King of the Iron Fist Tournament. For six official tournaments, two non-canon tag tournaments, and one crossover tournament, he’s been an aggressive force. But now, it seems that Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada is hesitant to let the bear compete in Tekken 7. In an interview with Siliconera that…