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UncategorizedThe Perfect Weekend For A Waterslide. Maybe Not This One.
You must be exactly this height and weight to ride this ride, or else. Using the keen powers of sadistic evil automatically bestowed upon a person upon booting up RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, Redditor DaHrakl created the ultimate waterslide. And by “ultimate” I mean “final”, as only a very sprecific subset of park visitors would be…
By Mike Fahey Published May 24, 2015 - Culture
Sunday Comics: Go Forth In Style
Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published May 22. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published May 19. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
By Mike Fahey Published May 24, 2015 -
UncategorizedTil Morning’s Light Explores The Softer Side Of Adventure Horror
If Erica Page can’t battle her way through a haunted mansion filled with horrific beasts and break an ancient curse before sunrise her life is forfeit, her soul trapped for all eternity. Doesn’t that sound like fun? In my experience a game that begins with the protagonist trapped in a haunted house can go one…
By Mike Fahey Published May 23, 2015 - Uncategorized
This Week, Destiny Got A Hell Of A Lot Better
Everyone loves a redemption story. On Tuesday, Destiny’s second major expansion, House of Wolves, went live. I’ve been playing all week and, good news: Not only is House of Wolves superior to its preceding expansion The Dark Below, it feels like the wholesale upgrade that Destiny desperately needed. The story so far: In September of…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 23, 2015 -
UncategorizedBad Lip Reading Assembles The Redneck Avengers
Remember the chilling scene in the first Avengers movie in which Loki tells Black Widow to run to Piggly Wiggly to get him Skittles, cigarettes and Big League Chew? Oh wait, that’s Bad Lip Reading’s Redneck Avengers. Bad doughnuts, spurned incestuous love, bad pig—I know a lot of you were worried by Joss Whedon’s departure…
By Mike Fahey Published May 23, 2015 -
UncategorizedFive Minutes With The Aperture Science Heuristic Portal Pinball Device
Because Aperture Science would never release something as plebeian as a pinball table. Coming next week to Zen Pinball 2, Pinball FX 2 and whatever other pinball platforms Zen Studios has running about causing trouble, Portal Pinball reunites fans of Valve’s first-person puzzler with the likes of GLaDOS, Wheatley, Atlas, P-Body and the ever talkative…
By Mike Fahey Published May 23, 2015 - Uncategorized
The Witcher 3 Benchmarked: The New Crysis
Around this time four years ago The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings impressed critics with its opulent and demanding PC graphics, rich environments and storytelling, along with innovative combat mechanics. Selling nearly two million copies in its first year, the game was a great success for CD Projekt Red so it came as no surprise…
By Steven Walton Published May 23, 2015 -
UncategorizedPersona 4: Dancing All Night In Women’s Clothing
It’s wouldn’t be a proper Persona 4 spinoff without tons of crazy costumes. Last week Atlus revealed swimwear for the ladies. This week, something much more entertaining. With a little over a month before Dancing All Night’s Japanese Vita release, Atlus demonstrate’s the cast’s amazing ability to make any outfit work, from swimwear… …to Yu,…
By Mike Fahey Published May 23, 2015 - Culture
This Week In The Business: Rest In Peace
QUOTE | “I think the old publishing model has died, where it’s just a bunch of suits and they’re doing marketing. It’s changed dramatically.” – Stardock CEO Brad Wardell, explaining why developers need a full partner to help bring games to market Elsewhere in the business of video games this week… QUOTE | “eSports is…
By Steve Peterson Published May 23, 2015 -
UncategorizedPoor Halo Player Gets Lured Into A Six Man Teabagging Trap
…ouch. I’ve played a ton of multiplayer shooters over the years, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen griefing like this clip from Halo: The Master Chief Collection. Condolences, blue player. Red team/Rauppy are huge jerks!
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 22, 2015 -
CultureNeon Struct Is The Stealth Game I’ve Been Waiting For
Should I care about Neon Struct? Absolutely. What it lacks in complexity, it makes up for with pure stealthy satisfaction. It’s the original Deus Ex meets the original Thief. I’ve been wanting to play another stealth game like this for years. What’s it about? The short version? Open-ended sneaking. You can’t really fight, but you…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 22, 2015 -
UncategorizedDestiny’s New Secret Area Is Very Exclusive
Destiny’s new mode, Trials of Osiris, went live today. With it comes a new social hub that only the best of the best can visit. Trials of Osiris is a very difficult 3v3 elimination mode where players can revive teammates. Once everyone on a team dies, however, the round is over and the opposing team…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 22, 2015 -
UncategorizedUFC Stars Hate How Much They’re Spending On Clash of Clans
We can hone our bodies and minds until they’re razor sharp—perfect tools of fistic destruction—but in the end we all fall to the same foe: mobile game microtransactions. Just because you spend 8-10 grueling hours every day training to punch other dudes in the face for a living, that doesn’t mean you can’t also find…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 22, 2015 -
UncategorizedWatch A Bloodborne Troll Trick A Ton of People Into a Nightmare Pit
Talk about a devilish prank. Watch as Corps Peau Rate tricks a ton of people into being thrown into a trap in the Nightmare Frontier portion of Bloodborne. First, he gets people to trust him. Then, he deceives them into being pushed off a cliff by Patches the Spider. Below, unexpected terrors await all these…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 22, 2015 - Uncategorized
The 27 Best Batman Artists
Pretty much everybody knows what Batman looks like: pointy ears, menacing cowl, voluminous cape and big bat symbol on his chest. But the Dark Knight’s been around for more than 75 years, with hundreds—maybe even thousands—of people drawing the iconic superhero through the decades. So let’s round up some of the people who’ve been behind…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 22, 2015 -
UncategorizedWorth Reading: The Way Games Are Using Kickstarter Is Changing
The weekend is close, which means it’s time for another installment in Worth Reading, our weekly round up of the best games writing from the past week. Update (4:50 p.m.): Hey, everyone! The headline for Worth Reading has been changed. How come? Previously, it was written as “Some Kickstarters Are Lying About Game Budgets,” which…
By Patrick Klepek Published May 22, 2015 -
UncategorizedGTA Player Says He Hired Cheater To Rescue Him From…Another Cheater
Sometimes, you have no choice but to fight fire with fire. That is essentially what a man called Rev Drucifer has been telling me over the last couple of days. Drucifer only plays one game: Grand Theft Auto. Specifically, GTA Online, the multiplayer version of the extremely popular GTA V. He really loves the game;…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 22, 2015 - Uncategorized
Destiny‘s Newest Helmet Is An Instant Boss-Killer
Meet the Celestial Nighthawk, one of Destiny’s newest helmets and perhaps the most lethal boss-killing device in the game. Nighthawk, an exotic hunter helmet that was added to the game with the House of Wolves expansion earlier this week, offers one very interesting unique perk: BIG GAME: Golden Gun fires one shot, delivering 6x damage,…
By Jason Schreier Published May 22, 2015 - Uncategorized
As promised, the League of Legends players who are fed up with Riot’s overpriced skin recolorings known as “Chroma Packs” have launched a database for custom fan-made chromas. You can download the custom content, which change the color of a champion’s outfit in-game, here.
By Yannick LeJacq Published May 22, 2015 -
UncategorizedMario Kart, Mad Max Mash Up Works Way Better Than It Should
Oh, what a lovely day. Let’s thank the cinematic genius sundbergkr for YouTubing what we were all thinking: that a Mad Max: Fury Road version of Mario Kart would be spectacular. Still need convincing? Watch the trailer for Mario Kart: Fury Road and try telling me it’s not the greatest thing ever: I hope Nintendo’s…
By Yannick LeJacq Published May 22, 2015