The Absolute WORST Way To Lose In Mario Kart

Whether you’re just playing for fun or you’re in it to win it, Mario Kart 8 is a game that stirs the competitive spirit. And then, sometimes, you end up losing to somebody who just happened to get a bullet at the last minute. IT’S NOT FAIR.

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EA Will Remove Ray Rice From Madden 15

EA will remove all presence of disgraced NFL running back Ray Rice from Madden 15 in this week’s update, stripping the former Ravens star from all roster lists in the latest edition of their annual football series. Fox’s Mike Garafolo reports that Rice, who was released by the Baltimore Ravensand indefinitely suspended from the NFL…

LEGO Batman 3 Is Getting A DLC Season Pass. I’ve Got A Better Idea.

Today Warner Bros. announced the first-ever season pass for a LEGO game, promising players six downloadable content packs and more than 40 new characters for $14.99. What they should really be doing is bundling their DLC with Minifigs and selling it in stores. If folks want to spend $2.99 apiece only for the six promised…

GoldenEye Watch Face Makes Me Really Want A Smartwatch

Thank goodness for hungry children, because if not for them I’d be blowing $250 on a Moto 360 right now for no other reason than to load it with the watch face from GoldenEye 007. Android enthusiast site Phandroid brings this snappy GoldenEye watch face to light. Dubbed the “Secret Agent Watchface” by its creator…

A Good Game for Griefing

Playing IDARB made me feel a tiny, tiny little bit like a NBA player at the free throw line when fans are trying to mess with his focus. Except, in this case, what they did gave me diarrhea. On its face, IDARB—short for It Draws a Red Box—is a super-simple action/sports/platforming hybrid where up to…

Returning to Middle-earth is going to take a little longer for Xbox 360 and PS3 owners. It’s just been announced that the release date for last-gen versions of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor has shifted to November 18 (November 21 for Europe). PS4 and Xbox One versions will still be coming out on September 30 (October…

Building LEGO With An Excavator Takes A Lot of Skill

Someone give this Finnish man named Juha-Pekka Perämäki a giant mecha. He’d control that just as easily as he controls this giant excavator. Marvel as he builds a small LEGO truck with it, without mashing the poor figurine’s head or any of the pieces. Here’s his cockpit view. I don’t even see the pieces. Building…

Former Power Ranger Actor Charged with Alleged Robberies

Thirty-two year-old Yasutomo Ihara had a career of acting in Power Rangers and Kamen Rider television programs and movies. He was one of the guys dressed up in a suit, doing the fight scenes and stunts. And now, he’s in trouble with the law for a series of alleged robberies. According to Sankei News, Ihara…

Let’s look at Persona 4 Ultimax as a Visual Novel, Not a Fighting Game

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, sequel to Persona 3, Persona 4, and Persona 4 Arena, is a fighting game. However, unlike many fighting games, it comes with a robust story in the form of a 14-hour visual novel. And since we’ve looked at Ultimax as a fighting game already, it’s only fair we look at it…

Danganronpa 2’s Japanese Cast is an Anime Fan’s Dream

Danganronpa 2 hit Western shelves this week, and while it has an English voice track, which fellow Kotaku author Kirk Hamilton tells me is “decent with a few standouts,” the Japanese voice cast is—let me assure you—an anime fan’s dream. Character: Hajime Hinata Is played by: Minami Takayama But you probably know her as: Conan…

Square Enix Will Stream Final Fantasy for Smartphones in Japan

Tokyo-based game maker Square Enix is rolling out its own cloud-based streaming service called Dive In. According to 4Gamer, Dive In is slated for iOS and Android and will kick off next month by offering three games: Final Fantasy VII International, Final Fantasy XIII, and murder mystery game Season of Mystery：The Cherry Blossom Murders In…

Here’s One Thousand People Doing the Ice Bucket Challenge

Not sure if this can be topped, but supposedly, over a thousand people in Xiamen, China gathered to dump ice on their heads in the name of ALS research. This, wait for it, throws cold water on the previous record. According to Guinness World Records, 428 people simultaneously dumped ice water on their head on…

The Dudesons vs Minecraft

This might be the tamest thing I’ve ever seen Finnish pranksters The Dudesons take a swing at. Nothing explodes, nothing bleeds and the only things broken are some (impressive) cardboard Minecraft suits.

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