Dude Builds Civ Wonder In Front Of Actual Wonder

When Peripatet was in Jordan visiting the ancient wonder of Petra, he had only one thing on his mind

The Best Optimus Prime Transformers Figures

“Freedom is the right of all sentient beings” reads the quote from the original Optimus Prime’s bio cards, a sentiment without which we wouldn’t be here today, leaving him off of a list of the best transforming Optimus Prime toys. That’s right, the original Optimus Prime toy, introduced to North American children with the Transformers…

The Week In Games: Episode Duscae

This isn’t the Week in Games you wanted but fear not, there’s a demo for the Week in Games you wanted included in this Week in Games. How many people with absolutely no interest in Final Fantasy Typo will be picking up the game this week just to get their hands on the demo for…

“Why Am I Missing An Arm?” Is An Important Question To Answer

It’s even worse when you’re missing an arm, your family’s been slaughtered and your home torn apart. Find out what happens next in our live demo of Drinkbox Studios’ Severed. In the video below you’ll see our own Evan Narcisse, who managed to catch up with Guacamelee creators Drinkbox at PAX East last weekend to…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: The Video Games That Made Me An Otaku • Multiplayer is More Fun When Your Friends Act Like Idiots Together • The Horrible Sounds of Lurking TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

SpotPass Exploit Gives 3DS Owners Unlimited Special Guest Miis

While recovering from a corrupted SD card on his 3DS, YouTuber Anthony Schwader discovered a means to delete Nintendo-issued mii visitors and respawn them endlessly. It’s actually pretty simple. It works like this—use your special mii character, such as the Abraham Lincoln mii sent to promote Code Named S.T.E.A.M. in all the StreetPass mini-games you…

Origin is updating the hell out of this guy’s copy of Dragon Age: Inquisition. Hopefully Redditor theadventuringpanda will let us all know how the next game is once it’s done.

Looks Like There’s Going To Be A Final Fantasy Type-1

While Final Fantasy Type-0 HD isn’t due out in North America until Tuesday, a special ending cinematic teaser from the end of the game has hit YouTube, suggesting game director Hajime Tabata’s desire to make Final Fantasy Type-1 is being realized. While the ending cutscene, currently available on YouTube (via NeoGAF), does not specifically mention…

Talking Toasters, Pop Rocks And Other Fun Stuff Cut From Fallout 2

The sequel to Interplay’s legendary post-apocalyptic role-playing game was bigger and badder than the original Fallout, which translates into more space on the cutting room floor for discarded storylines, abandoned features, unrealized non-player characters and a fully-upgradeable, completely drive-able vehicle. VG Facts‘ Leftovers series returns to the Fallout series once more, plumbing its grimy depths…

Excerpts From an Erotic Shadow the Hedgehog/Borderlands Fan Ficton

Searching as I do from time to time through the video game crossover wonderland that is FanFiction.net, I happened to turn off the mature story filter for a split-second, during which I encountered the raunchiest, steamiest Shadow the Hedgehog-meets-Borderlands story I’ve ever read. It’s also the only one, but that’s not important right now. What…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Pokémon One a Day, Series 2: Slowking, Misdreavus, 50 Straight Illustrations! Unown + Announcement! • Naka-kon 2015: The First Day • Interview with Indiana Comic Con: Past Problems Acknowledged, Optimistic for Future in Indy TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

This Week In The Business: A Young Man’s Game

QUOTE | “It has become harder and harder for me to find jobs, and particularly after I got past 50 years old.” – 59-year-old designer David Mullich, talking with other game industry veterans about the pervasive age prejudice in the game industry Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE |…

Someone Recreated GTA V‘s Los Santos In Cities: Skylines

Rome wasn’t built in a day, but I’m starting to get the impression that Cities: Skylines players could’ve made it happen. The game’s only been out for a few days and someone’s already made an eerily accurate recreation of Grand Theft Auto V‘s Los Santos. Steam user grockefeller created a mod that adds the impressively…

The Shape That’s Everywhere In Mass Effect

There’s no getting around it: a lot of modern, graphically intense games look kinda same-y. At a glance, it can be hard to tell the difference. But show me a shot of the Mass Effect series and I’ll instantly be like, “Yeah, that’s Mass Effect.” Why? A single shape that’s everywhere Control500 spoke to series…

The GDC I Saw After One of Gaming’s Roughest Years

It’s Monday, March 2nd, the first day of the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, and I can’t help but notice a common refrain: “I’m already tired.” By most accounts, it hasn’t been a terribly brutal day, especially not by convention standards. But the developers, acquaintances, and friends I encounter seem worn down, deflated. Maybe…