The Best Kind Of Ezreal Ult In League Of Legends

Sometimes there are moments in League of Legends when everything lines up so perfectly that you end up knocking down all five of your opponents like the helpless bowling pins that they are. This is the story of one such moment. Context: Ezreal, the blond-haired dude seen above, is a ranged fighter in League of…

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A Great Tool For Making The Leap To Dota 2

Let’s say you’ve dabbled in League of Legends, but have always been afraid to give Dota 2 a shot. Sure, all the characters are free in Dota, you might say, and it supports rad mods, and it has a super sexy new client, but…isn’t it supposed to be really fucking hard? Boy, have I got…

Laserlife: The Kotaku Review

I felt like I needed a third eye to play Laserlife. That’s a good thing. Laserlife demands that you look at all of the stuff going on inside its searing psychedelic levels but react to only some of it. The giant flowers snatching miniature stars out of the void? Pay them no mind. The undulating…

FIFA 16 vs PES 2016: Which Is Better?

The King is dead. Long live the King. For almost as long as I’ve been comparing these two games—traditional “reviews” seemed increasingly pointless as the years wore on, especially since people generally only wanted to know which of the two they should side for—one has been outright better than the other. EA’s FIFA, flush with…

That Time Microsoft Ran A Live Game Show On Xbox 360

Anyone recall Xbox Live Primetime, Microsoft’s push to do game shows on Xbox Live? No? That’s probably because 1 vs. 100, based on the television show of the same name, was the only one Microsoft ever produced. Yes, that actually happened. Xbox Live Primetime was announced by former Xbox executive Robbie Bach at CES 2009,…

The Closest Thing To A New Star Trek Game

The days of unique Star Trek simulators, based on The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine or Voyager are long over, but a superb model of the USS Enterprise from TNG, made by Jason B in Unreal Engine 4, shows how a Star Trek game like that would look today. Jason B remade not just the…

A Game of Thrones Style Intro For World of Warcraft

Interestingly nobody did a World of Warcraft version of the Game of Thrones intro yet, despite the fact that Azeroth’s map is similar to Westeros. Animator Marc Ottensmann is here to close this hole with his fantastic clip. First we see the orcish capital Orgrimmar and the cliffs of Thunder Bluff shaping up, then after…

A Spectacular Minecraft Rant About Boats

Boats in Minecraft, due to their durability (or lack thereof), have been nigh impossible (or at least highly aggravating) to use on anything but the open sea for years now. One player took to Reddit to vent a bit on the matter. And thank goodness he did. Redditor AllPurposeNerd wrote down his thoughts in a…

Man Draws Silent Hill Let’s Play After Recording Mishap

Your typical Let’s Play has commentary and gameplay. This is not your typical Let’s Play. Niconico user Furu Terrazzowas playing through Silent Hill 2, but due to a recording screw up, he ended up only with the voice file but lost the visuals. So, instead of simply doing it all again, scrapping his work, he…

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Video Game Voice Actors Are Thinking About A Strike

SAG-AFTRA, the union which looks after voice actors (among loads of other jobs), is mulling over whether to strike in order to obtain better conditions for its members. Top image by Gareth Dutton Specifically, they want it enshrined in contacts that there’s better protection and pay for when a role requires physically demanding voice work…

The Adventures Of Young Brienne Of Tarth

Arthur Bozonnet is a freelance concept artist and illustrator from France. If you play Hearthstone, you might have seen some of his work. You can see more of Arthur’s stuff at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save…

The Five Rules Of A Very Successful Indie Game Creator

Matt Hall is, by almost every definition of the word, ‘successful’. 50 million downloads and $10 million later, Crossy Road is probably his most high profile success, but it’s one of many. Of the seven games Matt has released on iOS, a mind-boggling five have made it to the number one spot. How does he…