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You Really Shouldn’t Google “Pokken” Images Right Now
Pokkén! It’s Pokémon meets Tekken, so hey, that’s a clever title. Maybe. And you might be interested in the game, but whatever you do, don’t google “Pokken.” Seriously, don’t. “Pokken” is not only the name of the upcoming Pokémon arcade fighter, Pokkén Tournament, but also the Dutch word for smallpox. And here, via Interglot, is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 28, 2014 - Uncategorized
Minecraft–Doctor Who Partnership Results in Awful Pun
“Doctor Who is set to become ‘Blocktor Who’ when characters from the series arrive on the Xbox 360 edition of Minecraft in September.” Ugh. The above line is from BBC Worldwide’s official Doctor Who website, where it sits on top of an article presenting an upcoming skin pack for Minecraft’s Xbox 360 version. The pack…
By András Neltz Published August 28, 2014 - Kotaku East
Don’t Be Silly, Hello Kitty Is a Cat
Earlier today, numerous websites reported that Hello Kitty is not a cat. That’s not only an oversimplification, it’s also not quite true. Hello Kitty is a feline—just an anthropomorphic one, Sanrio told Kotaku. The whole Hello-Kitty-is-not-a-cat thing was set off by an L.A. Times article on an upcoming Hello Kitty at the Japanese American National…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 28, 2014 - CultureCosplay
Finn Hearts Haribo
Cosplay by Stacey Rebecca, photo by So Say We All
By Luke Plunkett Published August 28, 2014 - Culture
Mario, Board Games, Beer…Deep Space Looks Like Fun
Devon Fay is an environment artist who has worked at Blizzard, Neversoft and Infinity Ward. His Call of Duty space stuff is fantastic, but it’s the homages to Alien/2001 (like the pic above) that I just love. From the carpet to the board games, it really nails that Ron Cobb feel. You can see more…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 27, 2014 -
UncategorizedRevel In The Horrors Of A Subway System
Because I am the kind of person who looks at actual subway posters as though they were works of art, last week I picked up a game called Mini Metro, which is basically a puzzle/sim game where you build your own subway system. There’s no brown dirt of grimy tracks, though. The whole thing is…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 27, 2014 - Uncategorized
id Software Lives Dangerously, Decides To Change Classic Quake
Quake Live is a free-to-play variant of Quake III Arena, a legendary arena shooter released more than a decade ago. Fans, then, were furious when they found out major gameplay changes would be coming in a new update. They demanded answers. Now id has given them. The biggest changes—made as part of a newly released…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 27, 2014 -
UncategorizedYou Too Can Be A Young, Crappy Luke Skywalker
Sure, he killed a buncha bad guys later, but Luke Skywalker wasn’t always a badass Jedi. He spends much of the first film wandering around like a useless dork, which is exactly the kind of Luke Sywalker this new VR demo will have you simulate. Using an Oculus Rift and a couple of motion controllers,…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 27, 2014 - Uncategorized
Who The Hell Is Watching Porn On a 3DS?
PornHub released a bunch of graphs yesterday breaking down what platforms people are viewing their service on. Among other curiosities (there are humans in 2014 watching porn on Windows NT and Blackberry phones), the company showed what gaming systems are most commonly, um, used. The leading two stats seem weird. I’m going to assume they…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 27, 2014 -
UncategorizedInternet Prank Goes Too Far, Sends Schools Into Lockdown
“Swatting” is a “prank” that involves calling the police on Twitch streamers for bogus crimes. They get arrested mid-stream, one (anonymous) person in the whole damn world has a good laugh, and nobody else wins. This time it got way out of hand. Jordan “Kootra” Mathewson, founder of popular streaming collective The Creatures, was streaming…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 27, 2014 - Uncategorized
Most Pics In IKEA Catalogues Aren’t Photos, They’re 3D Renders
Swedish furniture behemoth IKEA has very nice, very large catalogues that I had thought contained hundreds of very staged, very nice photos. Turns out that assumption was only half right. Over the past few years, IKEA has been replacing photos – which can be expensive and laborious to set up – with stunningly lifelike computer…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 27, 2014 - Uncategorized
“Social Justice Warrior” T-Shirt Design By Olly Moss
Olly Moss designed a Social Justice Warrior tee and posted the high-res file so you can print your own. You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published August 27, 2014 - Uncategorized
“Superstition, myth, and religion offer rationales that fill in the empty spaces between performance and results.” That’s Ian Bogost being his transcendent self in an excellent essay on the Flappy Bird sequelSwing Copters for The Atlantic. Much like his earlier piece on Flappy Bird, this comes highly recommended. Also: have you been playing Swing Copters?…
By Yannick LeJacq Published August 27, 2014 -
UncategorizedFully Functional Lego Band Plays Depeche Mode
Sorry, music industry. We’re replacing you with a bunch of small plastic robots with cups for hands. Yep, those lego people are playing actual music—all on their own. Or, well, with the help of sophisticated machinery and the tiniest bit of magic, but you know what I mean. The song in question is “Everything Counts,”…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 27, 2014 - Uncategorized
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