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The Week In Games: A Large Order Of Kirby
Why wait until Friday for Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, when you can wait until Friday for Kirby and the Rainbow Curse and The Order: 1886 as well? No Sony. No, no no. Friday is Nintendo’s day. Why you gotta encroach? Tuesday, February 17 Dead or Alive 5: Last Round — PS3, PS4, Xbox 360,…
By Mike Fahey Published February 15, 2015 - CultureCosplay
If you google “Sexy Sonic”, it’s not long until you hit images of Manzi DeYoung. Which is probably more information than you ever thought you needed to know about them, but Motherboard has a neat feature article where they interview Manzi for the story behind the costume (and the concept of “sexy something” cosplay itself).
By Luke Plunkett Published February 15, 2015 - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: They’ll Never Find Waldo
So science thinksit’s cracked the code for finding perennial hider Waldo every time? Oh we’ll see about that. It’s time to hide Waldo where they’ll never, ever find him. So they’ve found the optimal search algorithm for finding out where the bespeckled world traveler might be lurking on any given page. That just means we…
By Mike Fahey Published February 15, 2015 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: The Indescribable Allure of Avatars • Kairosoft Stole All My Free Time Again with Anime Studio Story • Some Reasons You Should Watch Danger Man • How This War of Mine Helped Me Understand My Refugee Mom • A Really Short Review of the New Nintendo 3DS…
By András Neltz Published February 15, 2015 -
UncategorizedHow To Create A Convincing Fake Smash Bros. Rayman Leak
A “leaked video” showing Ubisoft’s mascot character being selected in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U stirred rumors of suprise Nintendo DLC over the weekend, at least until YouTube’s Artsy Omni posted a clip showing how he faked the whole thing. With an odd Rayman trophy already present in the latest installments of Smash Bros.,…
By Mike Fahey Published February 15, 2015 - Uncategorized
Heroic Doom Mod Adds 37 Instagram Filters And A Selfie Stick
After almost 22 years Doom is finally finished thanks mod-maker Linguica’s “InstaDoom”, which adds 37 InstaGram filters to the game and swaps out the fabled BFG with a selfie stick. Available as a free download over at Doom World, “InstaDoom” gives players of the classic shooter a chance to take the battle to the next…
By Mike Fahey Published February 15, 2015 - Culture
Sunday Comics: The Ocarina Of Time Management
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 February 9. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published February 9. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
By Mike Fahey Published February 15, 2015 - Uncategorized
Transformer‘s Most Fearsome Combiner Team Finally Gets Its Due
Today at Toy Fair 2015 in New York City, one of the Transformers most imposing figures—the Constructicon combiner Devastator—finally has a physical toy worthy of his reputation. Check out the first official pics, along with shots of the new Defensor, Ultra Magnus, Cyclonus and more. Hasbro’sCombiner Wars line of Transformers Generations figures is one of…
By Mike Fahey Published February 14, 2015 - Uncategorized
Now They’re Never Getting Nintendo TVii In Europe
Which service was Nintendo TVii again? Oh yeah, the cable/program guide thing. In case anyone in Europe was waiting for that Wii U service to launch, you can officially stop waiting now—Nintendo of Europe has given up because it’s too hard. It’s one thing to take a single country and get all of its cable…
By Mike Fahey Published February 14, 2015 - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: A Live-Action Legend Of Zelda: Winners!
Inlast week’s ‘Shop Contest our image-manipulating community went on a quest to create the perfect live-action Legend of Zelda TV series on the heels of new of a collaboration between Nintendo and Netflix. The winning entries are better than anything those two could put on not-TV. The winning-est entry of them all this week belongs…
By Mike Fahey Published February 14, 2015 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Elihu’s Four in February 2015: What We’ve Lost (And Subsequently, Found) [Bastion] • Reframing Accessibility and Inherent Miscommunication • Reality Check: Nintendo Is Awful • About That Law & Order: SVU Episode TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By András Neltz Published February 14, 2015 - Uncategorized
Star Wars Bladebuilders Let You Craft Your Own Impractical Lightsaber
And you thought the lightsaber from the Episode VII trailer was dangerous. Announced today at Toy Fair in New York City, Hasbro’s Star Wars Bladebuilders line finally allows fans of the series to invite new ways to chop their damn hands off. Fans of toys and Star Wars have been waiting for this to happen…
By Mike Fahey Published February 14, 2015 -
UncategorizedDissidia Final Fantasy Takes The Fight To Japanese Arcades
Announced this weekend at the Japanese Amusement Expo, Dissidia Final Fantasy takes Square Enix’s franchise-wide fighting game from the PSP to the arcade with three-on-three battles between a horde of iconic characters. While more information is expected later this year, the first trailer (thanks Kev!) gives us a good idea of what Japanese arcade goers…
By Mike Fahey Published February 14, 2015 - Uncategorized
The Saturday Stream Plays Dying Light Because It Can [Finished]
Having not played any of Dying Light or read any of the helpful tip articles explaining how to get started with the free-running zombie survival game, I decided it was the best possible gane to stream while trying out new tech. Probably not. We’ll see. The new tech in question is the ability to put…
By Mike Fahey Published February 14, 2015 - Culture
This Week In The Business: He Hates These Cans
QUOTE | “I’m going to stop doing press and I’m going to stop talking about games completely.” – Veteran designer Peter Molyneux, responding to the “terrible and awful, emotional time over the last three days” after he admitted failing to deliver his Godus Kickstarter promises Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week…
By Steve Peterson Published February 14, 2015 - Culture
Don’t Terrorize The Giraffes, Please
Squad and Yanzl turned the San Francisco Zoo into a Counter-Strike map. I’ve been to that zoo. I really like that zoo! I don’t know how to feel about this. At least it appears that all the animals have scampered to safety behind soda machines and potted plants, as is nature’s way. The Steam Community…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 13, 2015 - Culture
Valve Adds ‘Pre-Release Reviews’ To Steam
Steam user reviews are, on a lot of occasions, hot garbage. That hasn’t stopped Valve from trying to separate the wheat from the chaff (or the wheat and chaff from Farming Simulator meme jokes, as it were), though. The latest step? The introduction of a “pre-release” review badge, mostly for Evolve. OK, at this point…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 13, 2015 -
CultureGTA Dog Forgot How To Dog
On today’s Highlight Reel we have dogs falling down, exploding helicopters, hitchhikers and more! Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out, like and subscribe the original videos via the links below. CS:GO Epic Fail – Sergey Menshykov Dying Light – Ouch! –…
By Chris Person Published February 13, 2015 - Uncategorized
Good Job With The Graffiti, Dying Light
Video games have got a graffiti problem. So much video-game graffiti is dumb, unrealistic, or hamfisted. Considering that I’ve gone out of my way to criticize games that get graffiti wrong, it seemed worth taking the time to high-five a game that gets it right. Dying Light developer Techland could’ve very easily screwed up the…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 13, 2015 -
UncategorizedIt Ain’t Easy Being A GTA Superhero
The stuff we see in superhero movies is usually the action, or things relevant to the story. What about everything that happens in-between those moments? What is that stuff like? One GTA machinima series finds out. Here’s the story of Commandoflauge‘s “Pigman,” a superhero in GTA that has it tough. He’s not that fit, for…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 13, 2015