Bill Paxton Is Just The Best 

After playing through several hours of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s Exo Zombies game mode, I’ve come to the following conclusion: Bill Paxton is pretty awesome. It all comes down to three little words. Okay, so he changed things up a bit. The essence of the quote remains. Game over indeed, Bill Paxton. Update: Now…

A Horror Game Where Aliens Abduct Your Baby

The Hum: Abductions is a horror game that looks like what you would get if you mixed P.T., Gone Home, and aliens. Meaning: it looks excellent. From the game’s website: In “Abductions”, you will play the role of Holly Sanders, a mother and wife, who is living hard days since her husband’s mysterious vanishing, months…

Track: Birdwalker | Album: Give Love | Artist: Josh Dion Band Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

The Game That Wants To Get Smaller, Not Bigger

Since 1983, the record for the smallest game of (computer) chess in the world belonged to 1K ZX Chess, at 672 bytes, a game so small you could print its code in a magazine article. It took nearly 32 years, but that record has now been broken BootChessmay not be pretty, but this isn’t an…

Facebook Went Down, FIVE People Called 911

Facebook went down for a little bit on Monday, which for most people was a slight inconvenience. Others, however, lost their shit a little. CBS San Francisco report that shortly after the service stopped working, not one, not two, but FIVE PEOPLE called 911. “Our lines are [sic] dedicated to handle life and death calls,…

How To Find Call Of Duty Exo Zombies‘ Musical Easter Egg 

As with past installments of Call of Duty‘s co-op zombie slaughter downloadable content, the first episode of Advanced Warfare‘s Exo Zombies contains a hidden song. Unlike previous installments, this one’s a bit more classy. In case the famous John Charles Dollman illustration weren’t clue enough, the song we’re hunting for is Wagner’s “Ride of the…

Grim Fandango Is Better Than Ever

Now that Grim Fandango has a remastered edition, what better time to sit back, relax, and solve a few puzzles with Manny Calavera? I have to say, replaying Grim Fandango brings back some warm and fuzzy memories. Save for the fancy new visual upgrade and far better controls, the game has overall not changed much.…

Resident Evil Revelations 2, $12 Gaming Mouse, and More Deals

Resident Evil Revelations 2 has some awesome-looking co-op gameplay, and you can save 20% when you preorder for PC today. [Resident Evil Revelations 2: Complete Edition, $32 with code 20PERO-FFDIGI-GAMESX] If you’ve somehow missed out on Telltale’s “The Walking Dead,” both seasons are only $6 today. The Walking Dead ($6) | Amazon The Walking Dead…

How To Trick Dying Light Into Giving You Loads Of Money [UPDATE]

Dying Light is a game with a lot of loot and a lot of grinding. If you’re looking for an easy way around its loot grind to maximize your time spent killing zombies for fun and fun alone, fear not: players have uncovered a handy exploit to do just that. UPDATE: Techland keeps patching this…

Dad Says He’s Mourning His Son; WoW Community Rushes To Help

Everyone deals with death in different ways. For one man, the best way to navigate a son’s death was to try to dive into his son’s interests. Yesterday, a post on Reddit popped up that described a father’s recent dive into World of Warcraft—a game that his son loved, but that he was having trouble…

Spotify is coming to PlayStation, Sony just announced. It’ll replace Music Unlimited on both PS3 and PS4 starting in a few months. More details over on the PlayStation Blog

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Sure Seems Like The Newest Metal Gear Lets You Smoke Weed

Here’s a small detail that seems to have slipped everyone’s radar. Like many Metal Gear Solid games, the Phantom Pain lets you smoke. Only this time, the game says that the cigar contains a “medicinal herb.” While this “medicinal herb” could be just about anything, The Game Theorists argue that the fact the herb alters…

Reptile Returns In Mortal Kombat X, And He’s So Dreamy

The tongue, the acid spit, the evisceration — so adorable. The very first secret Mortal Kombat character is the latest combatant revealed for Mortal Kombat X. How far our little palette-swap has come since his clandestine Mortal Kombat debut. From hidden character with a combination of Sub-Zero and Scorpion’s powers to his own person or…