In Real Life, Super Mario’s Galaxy Would Explode

Shocking as this may be to hear, video games aren’t always realistic. But just how unrealistic are they? A group of physicists took a look at Super Mario Galaxy recently, and their findings show the true extent of the iconic plumber’s disregard for the laws of nature. The tongue-in-cheek study “It’s a-me, Density!,” published in…

Dancing With The Stars Mario Routine Is Actually Great

Last night on Dancing With The Stars, a talent show for adults, contestants Sadie and Mark put together this Mario freestyle routine that’s way more fun than you might expect from a TV show called Dancing With The Stars. Come for the Mario; stay for the samba. (h/t Caleb)

Two Weeks Later, Halo Multiplayer Is Still A Mess

Welcome to 2014, where it is apparently unreasonable to buy a video game and expect it to work properly. One of this month’s biggest culprits has been Halo: The Master Chief Collection, a compilation of Halo remakes that’s been infested with bugs since it came out two weeks ago, with the most prominent problems surrounding…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Share The Load: Memorable Supporting Characters • Far Cry 4 and Exploitation Cinema’s Influence on Games • Final Fantasy Road Trip: Final Fantasy 3 • How Destiny Sucked Me Back in TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

First-Person Walking Shows Just How Good Grand Theft Auto V Looks

With all the gunfights, heist prep and car chases in Grand Theft Auto V, it can be hard to appreciate just how lovely Los Santos is. So, one player decided to stroll through the sprawling West Coast gameworld, all peaceful-like. No punching, no stabbing, just moseying. What you’re seeing in Rapskilian‘s sped-up walkaround video—captured off…

Pokémon As Undead Monstrosities

The purple poisonous Weezing with its connected heads isn’t the nicest looking Pokémon out there, but JRCoffron’s and Stephen Oakley’s fan-piece makes it look like something from Doom or an 80s horror movie. Facing something so grotesque, poison would be the last thing to worry about. JRCoffron made an undead Pikachu too. Not sure I’d…

I Can’t Get Enough Video Game Banjo Music

Banjo Guy Ollie‘s quest to cover video game’s greatest music has only just now reached the “Still Alive” stage, but then his choice of instrument isn’t exactly cutting-edge. Don’t worry, he’s got a whole bunch of video game music under his banjo strap. I’m a huge fan of banjo music that goes beyond the “dueling”…

You Don’t Simply Jump Into This Giant Iron Man Suit

Artist Seungjin Woo‘s redesign of Iron Man is rather large and getting into it might require a bit more coordination than doing it with the regular one. You can see the scale of it by looking at the tiny Tony Stark sitting there comfortably. Here’s the full pic with extra cogwheels and gloomy buildings to…

Reuters reports that Sony’s planning to focus on maximizing profits from its image sensor business and, more importantly to us, the PlayStation 4. To cut costs, they will limit their TV and smartphone lineup, hoping to boost profits for their video game division by at least 25%, to as much as $13.6 billion.

Report: Square Enix Is Making a New, Unannounced RPG for Consoles

The game’s not a remake, it seems. And since Final Fantasy XV has already been announced, it’s not that. So what could it be? If this Japanese game magazine leak is true, we’ll know soon enough. According to a supposed early Famitsu leak (via CS Blog), Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda apparently mentioned that the…

This Fighting Game Has a Modern Anime Fan’s Dream Cast

What do the characters of Sword Art Online, Black Bullet, The Devil Is a Part-Timer!, The Irregular at Magic High School, and Valkyria Chronicles all have in common? They’re all ready to beat the living hell out of each other in Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax Like Jump Ultimate Stars or J-Stars Victory VS, Dengeki Bunko…

Cheeky and Somewhat NSFW Projection Mapping

We’ve seen an array of projection mapping. There’s been Gundam projection mapping, Attack on Titan projection mapping, Sega sand projection mapping and Osaka Castleprojection mapping. But now, this man’s effort is something to really get behind. Note: This article contains content some readers might find objectionable. At Japanese comedy blog Omocoro, writer and fart cannon…

Music gamer wedding cakes sure are romantic. This photo comes via Twitter user HicShe

Dark Souls II Is Coming To PS4 And Xbox One

So you want to check out the newest Dark Souls, but you’re just too lazy to unplug your new console? Namco Bandai’s got good news for you—the fiendish Dark Souls II is coming to PS4 and Xbox One in April. The newly announced compilation package, which is called Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First…

New Book Is A Sega Fan’s Dream Come True

No kidding around here. Sega Mega Drive/Genesis: Collected Works is one of the best video game books I have ever read. I’ve written about it before, mostly because it looked like a nice coffee table book about one of my favourite video game systems. But my copy arrived on the weekend, so yes, I can…