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Sony recently attempted to trademark the term “Let’s Play” for reasons unknown, but the trademark was denied. Let’s Play is an incredibly popular, borderline ubiquitous term on YouTube and elsewhere. The company has an opportunity to appeal, and haven’t responded to our requests for comment. Contact the author at [email protected]
By Patrick Klepek Published January 12, 2016 - Uncategorized
The LEGO Classic TV Series Batcave Has All The ’60s Batman
Slide-able Batpoles! A Batmobile with a clearly labeled “Emergency Bat-Turn Lever!” Cesar Romero’s Joker, complete with makeup’d over ‘stache! An official “DICK” LEGO piece! Kapow! Whamm! Zooomm! The classic Batman television series hit the airwaves on January 12, 1966, so LEGO has put together a 2,526 piece tribute to that monument to campiness in the…
By Mike Fahey Published January 12, 2016 -
UncategorizedWhat Happened When I Brought Kylo Ren Into Fallout 4
I think maybe Kylo Ren has a taste for blood after the end of The Force Awakens… OK, so, the video above is the culmination of a few hours of messing around with mods in Fallout 4. Specifically, I downloadedKylo Ren – Adam Driver 2.0 from Nexus Mods, and it gave me a character that…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 12, 2016 - Uncategorized
Pokémon Turns 20 Years Old, Gets A New 3DS To Celebrate
Damn. Has it really been that long? What you’re looking at above is the upcoming commemorative 3DS releasing on February 27th, which is also the date when Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow are re-releasing on the Nintendo eShop as digital downloads. Naturally, the 3DS bundle will come with Red and Blue pre-installed, and they’ll also…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 12, 2016 -
UncategorizedLEGO Rainbow Six Siege Is Pretty Accurate
A whole round of Rainbow Six environmental destruction with LEGO counter-terrorist operators, made by YouTubers Blacksheep Pictures It’s a stop motion video with some proper Tachanka and Glaz action (pretty cool minifigs by the way). They did a great job translating the gameplay properly. The only difference is the smiling LEGO heads. To contact the…
By Gergo Vas Published January 12, 2016 -
UncategorizedWatch Mortal Kombat X‘s Four New Kombatants Get Their Fight On
How I’ve missed you, Bo’ Rai Cho. Alien, Leatherface, Triborg—those guys want to kill me. You just want to get drunk, throw up on me and maybe fart in my face. It’s like they made my older brother a Mortal Kombat character. Good old Bo’ Rai Cho is one of the four new fighters coming…
By Mike Fahey Published January 12, 2016 -
UncategorizedStarCraft II Mod Lets You Play As… Drunk Dwarves
It’s made using StarCraft II’s map editor, but the only things that reminds us of StarCraft in Dwarven Combat are the floor tiles and maybe the chat. Everything else is based around dwarves (who are drunk, of course) fighting each other. Dwarven Combat is a smart little arcade game in StarCraft II made by a…
By Gergo Vas Published January 12, 2016 -
UncategorizedToday’s Feat of Minecraft Engineering: A Working Submarine
Admittedly it looks and moves more like a worm (it’s even partly made of slime blocks), but hey, it’s underwater and it keeps you dry. A bit proof of concept-y, but it’s a Minecraft submarine. Designed by Minecrafter Alex_you, the sub is constructed out of slime and redstone blocks and glass, with glowstone for lighting…
By András Neltz Published January 12, 2016 -
Kotaku EastNorth Korea Is Now Faking Video Footage, Apparently [Update]
For years now, we’ve seen bad North Korean Photoshops. Now, according to Reuters, experts say the hermit kingdom is faking video clips. Late last week, North Korean television released footage of the alleged rocket launch from December, which was supposed to show off the country’s ability to fire ballistic missiles from subs. The footage is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 12, 2016 -
UncategorizedPyramid Head’s Giant Blade is Unwieldy, but Devastating in Real Life
No household item stands a chance against the Great Knife, even if it takes a while to swing, or angrily poke with. Man at Arms, purveyor of real-life pop culture melee weapons, chose the iconic Silent Hill villain’s iconic weapon—the variant that “looks like a giant Rambo knife,” as they put it—as their next project.…
By András Neltz Published January 12, 2016 - Kotaku East
The Box Boy Sequel Makes An Already Great Game Even Better
One of the things I love about Nintendo is how they occasionally, with little to no fanfare, release inexpensive first-party titles on the Japanese eShop—especially as the newest of these titles is Box Boy: One More Box, the sequel to one of last year’s best games Like the original Box Boy, One More Box is…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published January 12, 2016 - Culture
When A Final Fantasy Artist (And Neil Gaiman) Did Sci-Fi David Bowie
I know Mike already wrote a piece on the sad passing of David Bowie, but for tonight’s Fine Art I wanted to talk about/show something as well, one of the cooler times the great man’s work intersected with both video games and comics. In 2004, an unlikely pairing saw comics superstar Neil Gaiman and renowned…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 11, 2016 - CultureCosplay
Octonauts Cosplay!
It’s the best, because Octonauts is the best. Cosplay by pineappleundies
By Luke Plunkett Published January 11, 2016
