A Steam Curator Who Only Reviews Games With Anime Girls

For better or worse, Valve wants Steam’s community to take care of game curation and recommendation on the increasingly overstuffed service. I do not, however, think they expected this. No one expected this. Waifu Hunter is a Steam curator who rates games based exclusively on whether or not they have anime girls in them. The…

Valve To Counter-Strike Pros: Never Bet On Matches

Recently there have been accusations (some proven) of match-fixing and illicit betting in professional Counter-Strike matches. Valve announced their verdict against the trend, bringing their ban-gavel down on multiple bigtime North American players. Now, they’ve added some stern advice: pros should stop betting altogether. In a recent post on the Counter-Strike blog, Valve explained: “Professional…

Heroes of Might and Magic III HD came out last week, but I wouldn’t recommend it. While HOMM III is still a wonderful game, Ubisoft’s new HD version doesn’t add much (redrawn sprites) yet leaves out the two expansion packs. It’s nice on iPad—some touchscreen wonk aside—but for PC players I recommend snagging the Complete…

Track: Left, Right | Artist: YG, DJ Mustard | Album: My Krazy Life Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

The Secret Reloading Animations Of Battlefield Hardline

Every time you reload a gun in Battlefield Hardline, there’s a very small chance of finding a weird and secret reload animation. The developers thought it would take a while for players to discover them, but as the game’s beta moves forward, they’ve found some rad easter eggs. This all came to light when someone…

The Internet Reacts To A Possible Zelda Netflix Series

The biggest news of the day is undoubtedly that there are plans to make a live-action series on Netflix based on The Legend of Zelda. While it’s not clear whether or not the series will happen, the very idea has people talking. Can you imagine it? Who would they cast? Hell, would it be good?…

Remember Fallout’s crazy superheroes? ShoddyCast gives us a neat machinima of one of Fallout’s more zany storylines, and it’s worth a watch.

Tips For Playing Dying Light

Hello there, fellow zombie hunters. Dying Light is upon us. Is the intense difficulty curve getting to you too? Here are the best techniques I’ve found to help get me through the night in the undead wasteland of Harran. Maybe even survive the whole next day, too! But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. I’ve…

PC Gamer has posted a list of things you should never do to your PC. The last two are especially important.

You really need to check out Sunless Sea The dread-drenched sewer ocean explorer has been on Steam Early Access for a little while, but now it’s done. It’s a mix between Sid Meier’s Pirates and your darkest lovecraftian nightmares—in other words, fantastic. Not convinced? Read how I went mad and died horribly.

Worth Reading: When Games Make Us Feel Sad, Disgusted, And Empty

We tend to hyperbolize whatever game comes along and eeks a feeling out of us besides adrenaline because the experiences are few and far between. Journey, The Walking Dead, To The Moon. It’s early days for games exploring the emotional spectrum, and I’ve got two pieces digging deep into this idea from totally different angles.…

A Game Where You’re a Drunk and Your Boss Is a Jerk

4PM came out a while ago, but I only discovered this strange oddity recently. All you need to know is there’s a horrible man in the game called Keith. Keith is a jerk. Keith is your boss. 4PM is one of those narrative game…things. It’s extremely short, and abrasive, with events happening out of sequence.…

Are you having save-game trouble with Telltale’s Game of Thrones? We’ve seen reports that Xbox One players are unable to carry over their choices from episode one, but I’m on Xbox One and didn’t have any problems. If you’ve had issues, let us know.