A Song about Stupid Deaths in DayZ

Oh hey, time to spend another few days trying to get this tune out of my head. Or weeks. Yeah, weeks. You might remember “Dumb Ways to Die,” the morbidly cute and catchy internet-sensation-slash-song-slash-PSA that made its rounds online in late 2012. This here is the DayZ version, written and animated by YouTuber Sam Waterfall,…

PC Game Traps Pirates Inside An Elevator

Continuing a fine tradition of developers finding creative ways to punish pirates, Croteam – developers of the excellent Talos Principle – have decided they’ll just trap them inside an elevator. Forever. The original posts on Steam have since been deleted, since they deal with piracy, but NeoGAF user Ryo Hazuki capped one discussion while it…

What If…When We Die…We All Become Video Game Spectators…

Shenanigansen’s Owl Turd Comix looks at life, death and video games in a way that would push an artform closer to a religion. In a good way.

PSN Is Still Having Problems

Four days after an apparent denial of service attack knocked out the PlayStation Network for all of Christmas, and in the wake of a weekend during which things appeared to be working OK for most people, Sony’s online service is still unstable. About half an hour ago, we started seeing a spike of people reporting…

It’s Not Quite Super Metroid, But It’ll Do

The bad news: we haven’t seen a Metroid game in almost five years, and that’s not looking to change any time soon. The good news: Xeodrifter, which came out earlier this month for PC and 3DS, is a fine enough substitute. Well, it’s an OK substitute. A decent enough substitute. It’s margarine, basically. It’s I…

Sex Can Get Pretty Weird In The Sims 4, Thanks To Cheats

Under normal circumstances, sex in The Sims 4 is rather tame. You don’t really get to see anything, and instead of ‘sex,’ the game calls it ‘wohoo.’ But players are finding their own ways of making the game saucier—and the results are hilarious. Watch as PrettyGrumpyBear uses cheats to stage the most baffling ‘porn’ in…

Ten of Captain Falcon’s Best Moments In Melee Tournaments

Not gonna lie: watching this compilation video of amazing Captain Falcon plays made my pulse quicken. It’s just so hype! This video by EvenMatchupGaming highlights just how satisfying it is to watch a good Captain Falcon player. It’s not just that he has Falcon Punches, though those make for great moments too. Nearly everything about…

Kirk Helps Stephen Figure Out What’s Good About Danganronpa

A couple of Kotaku staffers love Danganronpa, the weirdly named Japanese visual novels/murder mysteries released on the Vita in the U.S. this year. I figured I should try one by year’s end. I knew going in that I was in for a rough time. WARNING: This post contains major spoilers about what happens in Dangonronpa‘s…

A friendly reminder: if you’re hoping to get an Xbox One for $350, you only have a few more days to do so. In a post on the Xbox Wire today, Microsoft said that the $50 discount expires this coming Saturday, January 3rd. You can almost afford a brand new game with those savings! via…

Super Smash Bros. can have a pretty high barrier to entry compared to other big Nintendo games. If you’re a newcomer to this Smash generation, I’d recommend watching this video tutorial from YouTuber blakinola. It’s the best one I’ve seen that offers an embarrassment-free primer for the game’s fundamentals. via Reddit

Mario Kart Parody Of Cheesy Pop Song Is Better Than The Original

Mario Kart 8 is a game about perseverance in the face of adversity. No matter how many different colored shells, or banana peels, or scary-looking Luigis knock you down, you’ve just gotta get back on your kart and keep racing. In other words: it’s the perfect source material for an inspirational pop song. YouTuber DrKendoCommentaries…

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Fans Make Hideo Kojima Playable in Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes came out recently on Steam, and a PC version means one thing: mods. And since a model of game director Hideo Kojima is in the game, why not make him and his model the main character? Skip to 0:59 in the video above to see the true capabilities of…

How To Make Easy Money in Warlords of Draenor

Every time a new World of Warcraft expansion comes out, no matter how much gold we had, it just vanishes overnight. New crafted armor, mounts, pets, rare toys, all waiting to be purchased. Well, there’s a simple trick to earn a bit more that involves running three particular old raids. As you can see in…