Anime Makes McDonald’s Better

Don’t get me wrong! I like McDonald’s as much as the next person. I also like how much better it looks as anime. In Japan, the service at McDonald’s, and any another fast food restaurant, is generally quite good. The chain recently released a clip to, hopefully, inspire young people to get part-time jobs there.…

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Gametrailers Staff Return With New Site

In February,the long-running video game site Gametrailers was shut down. A month later, the staff have regrouped and launched a new team called Easy Allies They’ve hit the ground running, with a Twitch site, YouTube page, Twitterand—most importantly for their continued operation—a Patreon account Things will start out slowly, with plans for a weekly podcast…

Modded Deer Is Running Buck Wild In GTA V

Welcome to San Andreas Streaming Deer Cam, where viewers can watch a very special deer wander the wilds (and streets) of Los Santos. Frolicking along the sidewalk, stopping traffic, getting shot up by the cops, he does it all. The deer is actually running on a slightly modified version of GTA V, which replaces the…

Picturing A New Tomb Raider Movie

We’ve got a new Tomb Raider game series, why not a new Tomb Raider movie series? That’s the question the team behind this fan-made, live-action trailer are basically asking. The video was made by a studio called Freakin Rad; we’ve featured them before, for their awesome Halo vs Destiny clip last year

Hollywood Is A Greatest Hits Album, Played On Nostalgia Piano

If it’s worth remembering, it’s worth remembering on Nostalgia Piano. At least, that’s what Hollywood’s current glut of trailers for reboots, sequels, and franchises are telling us. This story originally appeared on Gizmodo Australia. Trailer music goes through fads and styles. It’s rare to find a truly original trailer—within Hollywood, at least, probably the last…

The Week In Games: Further Fallout 

Just when I thought I was completely done with Fallout 4, along comerobot battles to drag me right back in. Lots of cool smaller games coming out this week, perfect for filling the gaps between whatever sort of mechanical hijinks we’ll be getting into in the Automatron DLC for Fallout 4. Monday, March 21 Hyperdimension…

Women’s Counter-Strike Is Ready For A Breakthrough

While the explosive growth in popularity for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has mostly made the Fnatics and the Na’Vis of the world into esports stars, the women’s competitive scene has often been an overlooked cornerstone of the game. That’s finally starting to change as some of esports’ biggest sponsors and organizations have started to give them…

Xbox Survey Wonders If You’d Trade In Your Digital Games For Store Credit

Refunds notwithstanding, digital video game purchases are normally a one-way street, but what if they weren’t? A question from a recent Xbox survey asks gamers if they’d part with their digital acquisitions for 10 percent store credit. The image belowpopped up on Reddit yesterday, and the hypothetical it presents is interesting. Trading in a $60…

Happy 10th Birthday To My Favorite Elder Scrolls Game 

“These are the closing days of the third era, and the final hours of my life.” So spoke Sir Patrick Stewart as King Uriel Septim VII in the opening moments of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, foretelling the end of his adventure and the beginning of a million others. That powerful opening monologue, with its…

Sunday Comics: Another Planet Doomed

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 March 18. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published March 14. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…