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UncategorizedMushroom 11 Is the Weirdest, Coolest Platformer I’ve Ever Played
Mushroom 11 deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Portal, World of Goo and super-clever, mechanically-driven games. There’s nothing else like it. It’s hard to even imagine how such a wonderfully bizarre idea came into existence. Like all good physics games. Mushroom 11 challenges players to solve the Rube Goldberg-ian logic of its…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 15, 2015 -
UncategorizedA New Cheat Is Wrecking Competitive Destiny Matches [Update]
A new exploit has turned up in competitive Destiny, and it sucks. Update 7:15 PM: Bungie has addressed the cheat in their latest Weekly Update, saying that they’re working on disabling the bug. They’ve delayed Trials of Osiris until they’ve got it cleared up. Earlier this week, someone figured out a way for people playing…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 15, 2015 -
EsportsThe Pentakill That Won The Latest League Of Legends World Championship Game
Taiwanese League of Legends team Flash Wolves was widely expected to beat European opponent Origen today in the World Championship quarter finals. The first game has probably changed some people’s perspective on the match up, thanks to an Origen landing a pentakill so efficiently they made it seem…casual. 30 minutes into the match, Flash Wolves…
By Yannick LeJacq Published October 15, 2015 - Uncategorized
Steam’s Big Dinosaur Game Is Becoming More Like Pokémon
In Pokémon, capturing and battling monsters was only a part of the experience. Serious training often meant breeding creatures that could create more formidable beasts. Soon, you’ll be able to do something very similar in Ark: Survival Evolved…but with dinosaurs. According to the developers on the Steam forums, dinosaur breeding has been pushed live to…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 15, 2015 -
CultureSplitscreenMario Maker Gets A Rivalry For The Ages
This week, a part of Patrick Klepek’s soul died. RIP. You see, Klepek has spent the past few days slamming his head against a devious Mario Maker level created by Giant Bomb’s Dan Ryckert. On Tuesday night, just after 2am, he beat it. But we’ll never truly understand how much he lost along the way.…
By Jason Schreier Published October 15, 2015 - Uncategorized
Some players were able to accidentally download the Dark Souls 3 stress test last week, but that won’t mean you’re playing it this weekend. Fans on the Dark Souls 3 subreddit are reporting From Software isn’t opening the floodgates, and you’ll still need to be selected from a random lottery. I didn’t get in, sadly.…
By Patrick Klepek Published October 15, 2015 - Uncategorized
This Week’s New Chewbacca Comic Is Great
Nobody’s letting Han Solo’s co-pilot win in the first issue of his new comic book series. Chewbacca attains victory all by his own furry self. Chewbacca #1 is the latest addition to Marvel Comics’ growing line of Star Wars comics. Like Darth Vader, Star Wars, Lando and the others, it takes place between Star Wars…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 15, 2015 -
UncategorizedWitcher 3 Sends Taxman After Players Who Used Exploit
There were some exploits in The Witcher 3 that let people harvest hides and pearls for gold. If you used them to make a quick buck, well, the game’s developers know. And they’re sending someone after you. WhatsMyGame posted this video today from his playthrough of the new expansion, Hearts of Stone, and it shows…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2015 - Uncategorized
Badass World of Warcraft Mount is Totally Worth Running Old Dungeons
The tiny patch 6.2.3 is about to hit the World of Warcraft test realms soon, and while there won’t be any dramatic changes to the game, Timewalking Dungeons will get a pretty cool-looking reward. Timewalking, a feature that let us revisit old 5-man dungeons at level 100, was introduced in patch 6.2, and while running…
By Gergo Vas Published October 15, 2015 - Uncategorized
Enthusiasts Created A Giant Roman Empire Display From LEGO
British collective Brick to the Past built a historical LEGO display that’s probably one of the largest ever made. It’s a recreation of Hadrian’s famous wall at Rome’s northern frontier. The display has two sides. A Roman side behind the wall with a temple, a bathhouse, milecastles and a beautiful town. And there’s a Celtic…
By Gergo Vas Published October 15, 2015 -
UncategorizedPatient Man Walks Across Every Grand Theft Auto Game
Driving is for the weak. Reader Conor decided the other day to traverse Grand Theft Auto the hard way: by walking. Across not one of the games, but all of them He walked “the longest distance corner to corner” across each of the game’s maps, recording the entire journey along the way (which you can…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2015 - Uncategorized
Darkest Dungeon, Red Hook’s unique (and dark) dungeon crawler, one of the most popular (and darkest) Early Access games on Steam, finally got a release date for its full version: January 19, 2016 To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]
By Gergo Vas Published October 15, 2015 - Uncategorized
Charmander is Bigger Than I Remembered
Looking at Pokémon on a tiny handheld screen messes with your perception, I guess. Maybe watching the anime would’ve helped. In any case, this lifesize (ie. 22 inches tall) Charmander was lovingly handcrafted by Nazegoreng, a plushie maker from Australia. It’s not the first Pokémon she’s made. Before we look at a few more, here’s…
By András Neltz Published October 15, 2015 - Kotaku East
Here’s How You Make Anime Bonkers
How can an anime of yesteryears survive in the fast-paced, highly competitive modern age? That’s the issue that six brothers face in the first episode of Mr. Osomatsu, and their solution is hilariously insane. The new season of anime has started and right off the bat things are looking insane. One of the new anime…
By Toshi Nakamura Published October 15, 2015 - Kotaku East
A Wonderful Movie About the Hardships of Making Manga
Bakuman the movie is based on the manga of the same name by the creators of the popular Death Note manga series. The story is about two high school classmates who set off to become manga creators for Weekly Shonen Jump, the biggest name in the manga world. The movie is fantastic. Moritaka Mashiro is…
By Toshi Nakamura Published October 15, 2015 - CultureCosplay
Damn, This Gundam Cosplay Is Clever
Bravo. Well done. *applause* Japanese Twitter user Punival created a RX-78 Mobile Suit costume based on the Ver.Ka display model (below). You’d think that would be cool enough, but it isn’t! Punival went to Tokyo’s Odaiba and took these photos: [Photo: PUNIVAL] [Photo: PUNIVAL] [Photo: PUNIVAL] Top photo: PUNIVAL To contact the author of this…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 15, 2015
