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UncategorizedWatch This Couple Get Engaged While Wearing Ninja Turtles Costumes
Last night was “TMNT Night” at the Fresno Grizzlies minor league baseball game. It’s only natural, then, that a dude dressed as one of the Turtles would propose marriage on the field during warmups to his girlfriend who was also dressed as a Turtle, as you can see in the video. This is just heartwarming…
By Phil Owen - Uncategorized
You Can Be A Hyrule Tourism Billboard With This T-Shirt
I’m not really a video game t-shirt guy, nor am I a Zelda guy. But I do think this shirt is pretty good because it’s slightly obtuse. Obviously we know what it means to visit Hyrule is but not everybody who might see you walking around with this design on your chest or the back…
By Phil Owen - Uncategorized
No Man’s Sky Will Hit PC, But Only After PS4
It’s been a tough few months for some members of the #PCMasterRace what with the hotly anticipated universe exploration simulator No Man’s Sky being treated as a PS4 exclusive. But it turns out Hello Games’ little project will also get a PC release. Eventually. In the newest issue of Edge—via Gamespot—the team confirmed that No…
By Phil Owen - Culture
Sunday Comics: Can’t Winning Find
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 July 31. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published July 28. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
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UncategorizedThere Ain’t No Party Like A BronyPalooza Party
The worst part of being confined to a medical scooter during BronyCon 2014 was not being able to get up and flail wildly during the two night, 12 hour live concert that is BronyPalooza. Running from 8PM to 2AM Friday and Saturday night and featuring 16 different artists, BronyPalooza highlights the community’s love of music,…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
How To Play The My Little Pony Collectible Card Game, Basically
Being a fan of trading card games and a fan of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, I’ve been picking up boosters and theme decks for Enterplay’s card game since it launched last year. Today I finally played my first game, and it was magical. After months and months of staring at cards with absolutely…
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Dead Island Movie Back On Track
Deep Silver sold the film rights for the Dead Island franchise to Lions Gate in 2011, but then nothing happened and the rights reverted to the mothership. Now, Deep Silver is partnering with indie production house Occupant Entertainment to put the film adaptation on the fast track. First reported by Deadline, there’s no set concept…
By Phil Owen - Uncategorized
Bridesmaids Director In Talks For Female-Led Ghostbusters Reboot
Though all the chatter lately has been about the status of Ghostbusters 3, Variety is reporting that Paul Feig, who helmed lady-led comedies The Heat and Bridesmaids, is being courted by Sony to produce a Ghostbusters reboot with female leads. Variety says there has been “conversation” but not negotiations, per se. The trade also says…
By Phil Owen - Uncategorized
Why Failing In Gods Will Be Watching Is As Good As Winning
There’s a new indie point-and-click game called Gods Will Be Watching out now. The Steam reviews are pretty down on it, and the critics’ reviews aren’t so hot either. But I love it for the same reasons others hate it: it’s a cruel game that dares to make you fail through no fault of your…
By Phil Owen - Uncategorized
The Last Of Us, Gears Of War, And More As Little Golden Books
Joey Spiotto’s “Storytime” show is now online. His tribute to Little Golden Books includes covers based on Metal Gear, Army of Darkness, Tomb Raider, There Will Be Blood, and much more: You can buy prints at Gallery 1988 You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and…
By John Struan - Uncategorized
A Cat Rendered On A Game Boy, And Other Sweet Demakes You Can Do
Demakes, where somebody creates a mockup of a recent game that makes it look like it was built for some old, crappier system than what we have now, have been a Cool Thing To Do lately, and now there’s an app for that. Retrospecs, a recent iOS photo app, will take your pictures and make…
By Phil Owen - Culture
Potato Salad Kickstarter Finally Concludes at $55k
The infamous Kickstarter campaign to fund the creation of a bowl of potato salad wrapped up this morning with $55,492 raised from 6,911 backers for that purpose. And with that money, campaign architect Zach Danger Brown plans to hold a music festival. Brown said in a campaign update this weekthat “PotatoStock 2014” will be held…
By Phil Owen - Uncategorized
Study: Some Gamers Hallucinate Game Sounds After Playing
A new study from researchers at Nottingham Trent University says that playing games in long sessions may have some surprising side effects, like causing you to hallucinate sounds from that game you played even when you’re doing other, non-gaming stuff. The researchers were looking into “game transfer phenomena” which includes “perceptions, cognitions and behaviours influenced…
By Phil Owen - Uncategorized
What I Bought At BronyCon
Just this silly little mouse pad. That’s all nothing else. Well… See, I needed a mouse pad because the hotel I am staying at has glass-topped desks, so my laser mouse wasn’t tracking. Thankfully one of the first booths I came across in the dealer’s room sold mouse pads for $15. The guy there seemed…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Infinity Ward Picks Up Two Naughty Dog Veterans For Key Spots
Two more important cogs in the machine at The Last Of Us developer Naughty Dog have exited the studio, with two leads making the move to Call of Duty studio Infinity Ward this week. Naughty Dog is losing lead game designer Jacob Minkoff and narrative design lead Taylor Kurosaki, who will be taking on the…
By Phil Owen - Uncategorized
Gamescom Call of Duty Multiplayer Reveal To Be Streamed On Xbox Live
Activision allots the first half of of the hype cycle for each year’s Call of Duty to its solo campaign, but when we arrive at Gamescom in just two weeks, the multiplayer half of the super hypeness for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare will begin. And you’ll be able to watch this big event from…
By Phil Owen