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Video Game Erroneously Blocked Player Named Muhammad Khan For Being On Government List
Muhammad Zakir Khan wanted to check out the beta for the MOBA-inspired Paragon from Epic Games, but when he tried to register an account, he was blocked because his name was apparently on the US government’s “Specially Designated Nationals list.” It’s been fixed, but the hell happened? Here’s what showed up when Khan tried to…
By Patrick Klepek Published January 11, 2016 -
UncategorizedThe Video Game That Changed How I Saw David Bowie
I was familiar with the work of David Bowie from a young age, but I didn’t fall in love with the man and his work until 1999. That was when I played Omikron: The Nomad Soul, a video game that changed the way I felt about David Bowie entirely. David Bowie succumbed to cancer on…
By Mike Fahey Published January 11, 2016 -
UncategorizedRainbow Six Player Gets Abandoned By Team, Still Kicks Everyone’s Ass
Rainbow Six Siege is a tactical team-based shooter where lone wolf tactics are often punishable by swift, well-deserved death. But what happens when all your teammates leave a match and you have no choice but to go it alone? For most, it’s certain doom. For one player, it was an opportunity. Ben St-Lo was abandoned…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 11, 2016 - Uncategorized
That Dragon, Cancer Knocked Me On My Ass
I’ve been wondering when a game would make me cry, and that changed over the weekend. A few games have made me teary eyed, but that’s about it. That Dragon, Cancer not only made me weep, but I had to stop playing it a few times. I’m going to talk about some of the events…
By Patrick Klepek Published January 11, 2016 -
CultureOne of the World’s Best Speedrunners Can’t Speedrun Anymore
Narcissa Wright used to be the fastest Zelda: Ocarina of Time player. Her best run was nearly perfect, the stuff of, well, legends. Cut to now: Wright has developed hand problems and can’t speedrun. She’s also decided to undergo hormone replacement therapy. Her life is fraught with change, and some of her viewers aren’t taking…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 11, 2016 -
UncategorizedA Childhood Tale of Pokémon Heartbreak
This is a story about losing your innocence, and getting your heart torn out in the worst kind of way. Also, Pokémon. Once upon a time, there was a contest held by Blockbuster—you know, the old video rental company? The rules were simple. Entrants take the best picture they can manage in Pokémon Snap, they…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 11, 2016 -
UncategorizedWatch One Man Break The Hell Out Of Secret of Mana
There are few things more satisfying than watching someone tear apart one of your favorite childhood video games. Thanks to glitches, tricks, and the power of using two controllers at once, speedrunner Yagamoth blazed through the classic Square RPG Secret of Mana in under two hours at Awesome Games Done Quick 2016 last week. If…
By Jason Schreier Published January 11, 2016 -
UncategorizedInside The NSFW World of Fallout and Skyrim Nudity Mods
On PC, Fallout 4 is an endless sea of possibility. Anything you can imagine, you can probably download as a customization and insert it into the game. Quality of life improvements. Characters from movies, TV shows, and books. Ridiculous weapons that shouldn’t exist. Oh, and titties. Lots and lots of titties. Massive NSFW warning! Fallout…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 11, 2016 -
CultureThe Ugliest Thing Snacktaku Has Ever Eaten
Earlier this week I encountered a food creation so hideous that I set up my camera in the noisy press room at the 2016 Smite World Championship and recorded a Snacktaku video so I could get it over with. Originally published 1/9/16 The main source of sustenance at the Cobb Energy Center in Atlanta, which…
By Mike Fahey Published January 11, 2016 -
UncategorizedA Game About Getting To Mars Without Resorting To Cannibalism
Not at all a spoiler: I don’t get to Mars in my most recent playthrough of Tharsis, the extremely difficult and very fun dice-based strategy game coming to PC and PS4 on Tuesday. This is not a spoiler, because getting to Mars is very hard. Players will fail. A lot. Count on it. In the…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 11, 2016 -
UncategorizedSmite Devs’ First Mobile Game Is A Quick Bit Of Fun
The idea behind Jetpack Fighter, the first mobile game from the makers of Smite, might be a hard to grasp. See, you’re this fighter, and you’ve got a jetpack. Still following? Launched last week on iOS and coming as soon as humanly possible to Android, Jetpack Fighter is a game in which a variety of…
By Mike Fahey Published January 11, 2016 -
UncategorizedGTA V Players Have Found A New Cell Phone Secret
It seems that Los Santos is still hiding some never-before-seen easter eggs. As discovered by Twitter user @KarmaIngram1, there’s actually one more secret phone number in GTA V that you can call. Dialing 1-999-367-3767 connects you to “Black Cellphones,” which for whatever reason triggers an explosion, and it also changes the appearance of your cell…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 11, 2016 -
UncategorizedIf You Have Three Hours To Spare, Watch This Final Fantasy IV Speedrun
If you have a few extra hours today, spend them watching this three-and-a-half-hour speedrun of Final Fantasy IV, an RPG that was certainly not designed to be completed in fewer than four hours. Using a technique called step manipulation to determine exactly when each random encounter will spawn, AGDQ 2016 speedrunner nocashnocash is able to…
By Jason Schreier Published January 11, 2016 - Culture
Monday Comics: That’s A Lot Of Blood
Welcome to Kotaku’s Monday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics one day later than usual. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Guest comic published January 8, with gorgeous work by Pseudonym from Cassiopeia Quinn. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie…
By Mike Fahey Published January 11, 2016 -
UncategorizedTwo Guys One Controller
A lot of cool stuff went down at Awesome Games Done Quick last week (and over the weekend), but one of the best was a “2P1C” world record on Super Metroid. Where 2P1C stands for “two players one controller”. I wanted to share this last week but Twitch’s archiving and sharing is so terrible that…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 11, 2016 - Uncategorized
Fan 3D Prints Fallout‘s Robotic Buttler
Codsworth, the robo-buttler of Fallout 4’s main character’s family in all his glory. Photographer Mark Mosinski built and printed tiny version of this personal Mister Handy and it looks fantastic. It’s one step away from being able to hover around and do its silly monologues like in the game. To contact the author of this…
By Gergo Vas Published January 11, 2016 -
UncategorizedThe WarCraft Movie Trailer Is Much Better With WarCraft II Sound Effects
The upcoming WarCraft movie’s trailer, spiced up with 20-year-old sound effects by Robert Mermet. What could go wrong? Well, ditching the “epic trailer music” and adding classic .wav lines such as “Zug-Zug” or “Ready to serve” instead won’t make the clip less epic. It’s just… different… To contact the author of this post, write to:…
By Gergo Vas Published January 11, 2016 - Uncategorized
Top 5 Lines From The X-Files Video Game Episode
Like many of you, I’ve been making my way through The X-Files over the last several months in anticipation of the new six-episode revival later this month. And this week I came upon an episode in season 7 written by acclaimed author William Gibson, “First Person Shooter,” about a VR video game. It might be…
By Phil Owen Published January 11, 2016 - Kotaku East
When Doge Is Good at Cosplay
Now, I don’t actually think these Shiba-inu made the costumes themselves. Or, at least, I don’t think they did. The amazing thing is that Twitter user C_Suzuki is able to get these two hounds to sit still for the photo. If you like Shiba-inu, check out C_Suzuki’s Twitter for more cosplay as well as photos…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 11, 2016 -
Kotaku EastDon’t Worry, a Real Dragon Ball Space Pod Didn’t Just Crash in Vietnam
Phew! I know, you might’ve have been so worried. But I’m here to tell you to relax. So, RELAX. This is not a Super Saiyan invasion. While Japanese site Toychan makes the inevitable comparison with Dragon Ball, Time explains that three metal balls, ranging in weight from half a pound to a hundred pounds, crashed…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 11, 2016