Awesome Gauntlet Surprise Hiding In LA Park

Elysian Park, near Dodger Stadium in LA, isn’t just home to dry grass. There’s also, if you’re willing to equip a map (or…go for a walk) a classic arcade surprise lurking in the trees, courtesy of a local artist. Calder Greenwood has snuck out and placed four life-size mannequins (made of paper mache, no less)…

Valve Probably Never Expected Anyone To Solve This TF2 Equation

“We’re not bread.” It was supposed to be a throwaway gag in Valve’s official video for Team Fortress 2‘s Love and War update, which launched almost a year ago. Yes, a year. It’s a video in which the whole cast is certain they’re going to die, so I suppose it’s only fitting that fans saw…

Counter-Strike Player Survives Having His Throat Cut

Anders Christian “Rullox” Johannsen, a veteran Counter-Strike player from Denmark, is lucky to be alive today after having his throat cut. Jesus. Ekstra Bladet (via Daily Dot) report that Johannsen —a former member of Viborg Vipers, but no longer a top-level player today— was attacked when he tried to intervene in an argument between a…

New To Elite: Dangerous? Try This Steam Guide

Elite: Dangerous just came to Steam, and it’s getting all sorts of new players… who are discovering that piloting a spaceship is kind of a bitch. If you keep crashing and burning and screaming, “whyyyyyy” at the space gods, this guide will help. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Elite: Dangerous is tailor-made to help players wrap…

This Might Be The Last Time I Rave About Sunset Overdrive

Sunset Overdrive, arguably the best exclusive game on the Xbox One, has now ended the way it began: with a mix of not-quite-there meta-humor and a lot of very fun gameplay. Overall, I loved this game and am grateful that its last DLC gave me a gun that drops satellites on my enemies. Yes, indeed.…

Earthbound Has Somehow ‘Sold Out’ On Club Nintendo [UPDATED]

If you wanted to grab digital code for a copy of Earthbound with your expiring Club Nintendo points, for a while, you were. For whatever reason, the game was “sold out.” UPDATE (11:45 pm): It’s back! The code fairy apparently visited Nintendo. Over at Club Nintendo, the company has outlined what you can use your…

This Sure Looks Familiar

Click on the top left corner to read. (Via Kotaku, GameSpot)

Want to watch a two-hour analysis of the entire Call of Duty series? Good news—critic Noah Caldwell-Gervais has assembled an exhaustive, chronological critique of every main COD game to be released on PC. I watched it this weekend, and enjoyed the heck out of it.

My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last Week

A weird thing about Kotaku lately is that stories we post on Friday nights have been performing really well. It used to be a dead time for us. No more! Even this GTA story blew up for us last Friday night way bigger than we thought it would (pun intended). Anyway, on to my favorites…

It Took A League Player Exactly 3,439,140 Mouse Clicks To Reach Diamond

Diamond isn’t the highest level one can achieve when playing League of Legends’ fiercely competitive ranked mode. But it’s one of the highest. Anyone who climbs that high has to put in some serious work into League. More than 3 years and 3 million mouse-clicks’ worth, according to one player’s recent measurement. Reddit user and…

Square Changes Final Fantasy Character To Show Less Butt

Mobius Final Fantasy, an upcoming 3D mobile game that for now has only been announced in Japan, has some ridiculous outfits even by Final Fantasy standards, but at least one of them was a bit too ridiculous for Square Enix. Above (via Hachima) is Wal, the hero of Mobius (formerly named Mevius), whose butt and…