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Vault of Glass vs. Crota’s End: The Destiny Comparison We Had To Make
If you’re still playing Destiny these days, if you’re in deep enough to obsess over tiny details and require advanced tips, you’re probably no stranger to the game’s two raids. Destiny‘s first raid, The Vault of Glass, was the best thing about the game back when it first came out. It was a mysterious, challenging…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 26, 2015 -
UncategorizedHow To Protect Your Information From The Internet
Do you know how much of your personal information is floating around? It’s more than you think and very easy to find. Phone numbers, home addresses, email accounts. As my recent story about gamers who got swatted showed, anybody can become a target. You don’t have to be someone with a million followers. Social networks…
By Patrick Klepek Published January 26, 2015 - CultureCosplay
That’s a damn fine Wrex. Cosplay by Thoroly-Good, photo by Fluffy Ltd,
By Luke Plunkett Published January 26, 2015 - Uncategorized
Former Doctor Who to Play One of Marvel’s Creepiest Villains
Of all the many bad guys in the Marvel Universe, the one that’s always disturbed me the most has been Zebediah Kilgrave, otherwise known as the Purple Man. The guy’s superpower is make people do whatever he says. Gross, no? And now he’s going to be played by David Tennant, one of the most affable…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 26, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Biggest First-Person Shooter Battle Ever Had Over A Thousand Players
1,158 players. 5,089 vehicles destroyed. 53,729 kills. Big numbers, is what I’m saying. Over the weekend, community site PlanetSide Battles managed to rally 1,158 players to smash the Guinness world record for single largest online first-person shooter battle. Their game of choice was, of course, PlanetSide 2, SOE’s MMOFPS about angry people in purple pajamas…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 26, 2015 - Culture
The Original Legend of Zelda Beaten In 30 Minutes, A New World Record
Watch in awe as someone demolishes old-school Legend of Zelda on the NES as fast as possible. According to How Long To Beat, a typical Zelda run takes about ten hours to beat. This speedrun by Darkwing_Duck_sda, though? 30 minutes and 29 seconds. The next Zelda record, according to Zelda Speedruns, is also held by…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 26, 2015 - Uncategorized
Dying Light, Wii U Bundle, Final Fantasies, and More Deals
Dying Light’s release is imminent, preorder the PC version for $48 preorder Dying Light ($48) | GreenManGaming | Use code 20PERO-FFDIGI-GAMESX The Wii U Bundle you want is close to its Black Friday price low, grab it while you can. Wii U Mario 3D World Bundle ($260) | eBay If you’re stuck inside this winter…
By Shane Roberts Published January 26, 2015 - Uncategorized
If Doctor Doom Was a Character in Destiny…
He’d look a lot like this cosplay. Pretty much exactly this. “Doom has no need of your exotics. Doom is his own exotic.” One of 2015’s first big fan conventions happened this past weekend, bringing some great costume-crafting with it. Ever wonder what the Fantastic Four’s greatest enemy would look like if he favored kick-ass…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 26, 2015 -
UncategorizedLatest GTA IV Mod Reminds Us That PC Games Always Look Best
The PC version of GTA V might be just around the horizon, but PC gamers are still happily modding GTA IV to make it look incredible. Here’s the latest update to the well-known iCEnhancer GTA mods, which, while not finished, still makes the 2008 game look like it was actually released in 2015. Kind of…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 26, 2015 -
UncategorizedDestiny Players Embarrass Opponents With Gimmick Matches
Watch as a team of Destiny players win matches despite having handicaps. This match, for example? It’s melee only. No shooting. The team still wins. By a lot. It’s amazing to watch this set of Destiny players bob and weave around the enemy team, especially as the other team tries to frantically shoot down the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 26, 2015 -
UncategorizedResident Evil Modders Have Removed The Game’s Doors
If there’s a new Resident Evil, there will eventually be a mod to remove (or mitigate) the series’ iconic door animations. The latest update to the original game has now joined the club, thanks to a modder named Sectus, allowing people to move from room-to-room a few seconds faster. One of the most popular Resident…
By Patrick Klepek Published January 26, 2015 -
UncategorizedIt Takes Nine Minutes To Break Down The Amazing Super Mario Timeline
There are a lot of Mario games out there. Though most of these games aren’t particularly story heavy, some people have still set out to try to place these games in chronological order in an effort to make a single Mario timeline. Here’s the latest crack. If you include every single Mario game you can…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 26, 2015 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Why the HoloLens is a greater thing than you might think • A New Sub-genre of Music Is Growing in Japan • Under the Dog Loses Producers • A Visual Novel Fan’s Opinion on Eroge • Spacemon – A Pokémon Tabletop Story, Vol. 2: Chapter 1, Chapter…
By András Neltz Published January 26, 2015 -
UncategorizedI Played The Witcher 3 And I Still Have Some Doubts
“Eh, it was a video game,” I flippantly told a friend shortly after I got back from a recent Witcher 3: Wild Hunt preview event in San Francisco. “I don’t know. It was alright, I guess.” I’d had a nice enough time tracking down supernatural beasties (and regular, non-supernatural arsonists) and snarling my way through…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 26, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Beginning Of A Beautiful Live-Action Naruto Battle
Fighting filmmakers Epic Rivals teases its upcoming live-action Naruto short film, with the most perfect Tenten and Neji ever prepare to test their might. I love a good live-action fighting short, and Epic Rivals, creators of last year’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles-as-humans videohave certainly established their pedigree. It’s also great to see Tenten and Neji…
By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2015 -
UncategorizedEight Crazy Hacking Scenes That Shouldn’t Exist
Hack the planet! And I thought Hugh Jackman’s dancing scene with the 3D cubes from the 2001 movie Swordfish was weird, this recent video from Dorkly proves some movies and TV shows had much crazier scenes with hackers doing the impossible. Here are eight of them where typing fast and not hitting Enter or Space…
By Gergo Vas Published January 26, 2015 - Uncategorized
World Shark? World Shark. It was built by Planet Minecraft’s Zeckou, who calls it a live coral reef, which explains the little floating fish and jellyfish. It’s also deceptively big. Check below for the hi-res version of the three pics and the obligatory in-game shots, and click here for the world download As I said,…
By András Neltz Published January 26, 2015 - Uncategorized
A Limited Edition PS4 Just Went for $128,000
A super special PlayStation 4. A good cause. An internet auction. You better believe this 20th Anniversary PlayStation 4 just went for well over a hundred grand. Sony held a charity auction online in Japan for the first serialized anniversary console (it’s number one out of 12,300). The auction recently came to a close, drawing…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 26, 2015 -
Kotaku EastTaiwan To Fine Parents of Kids Who Spend Too Much Time on Mobile
I used to think that Taiwan was less archaic and draconian than the Chinese mainland. Turns out I was wrong. Taiwan’s ETTV reportsthat last Friday, Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan, think Congress, approved new regulations that would fine parents of children under the age of 18 are using electronic devices for extended periods of times. The heaviest…
By Eric Jou Published January 26, 2015
