Psychedelic Art Inspired By Some Very Specific Diablo References

This is a piece of digital artwork called “Halls of Viscera.” Look familiar? The “halls” and “viscera” are big hints. Ok, fine: it’s Diablo. Well, sort of. “Halls of Viscera” is one piece from an upcoming exhibition of Canadian artist Alex McLeod’swork that will go up next month in Montreal. All of the work I’ve…

​Five Months Later, This Guy Has a Pretty Sweet Legend of Zelda Sword

A while back, prop master Eric Hart made a sword for a Legend of Zelda musical. But he decided that his replica wasn’t good enough. So he made an even better one. Here’s how he did it. The video above shows highlights of a months-longprocessto turn humble wood and paint into one of Hyrule’s mightiest…

Live-Action Silent Hills Teaser Also Has A Twist Ending

Believe me, you really won’t see it coming—for better or worse. That was actually pretty impressive right up until, er, that ending. Captured P.T.‘s sickly, skeletal atmosphere nicely. Of course, I suppose it’s not all that hard to walk around your house with a camera strapped to your head and then edit P.T.‘s visual/sound effects…

A Day In The Life Of A Pizza Making Tool

There is no nobler profession than preparing circular feasts at a chain pizza restaurant. The tools of that honorable trade are liken to the greatest legendary weapons — Mjölnir, Excalibur, pizza pan tongs. One brave kitchen warrior mounted a GoPro to his weapon of choice and recorded an entire day of pie liberation. Beware, watching…

All This Racism Is Exhausting

I’ve had to be three people this week. They exist separately, in spaces that I’m better off keeping discrete for the sake of my own health. There’s the guy who checks in at Kotaku and acts like nothing’s wrong. There’s the father who makes sure his kid is smiling and growing as much as possible.…

Microsoft’s Pretty New Platformer Is Looking Great So Far

I went into Ori and the Blind Forest… well, blind. I had seen a trailer for it back at E3, but other than that I hadn’t bothered with any information. Nothing against it, I just hadn’t bothered. [This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK] I came out of my demo session with it at Gamescom…

Low Entry Fee to the 3DS Library, 10TB of Storage, EVO SSDs [Deals]

The 2DS is a very low barrier to entry to the great library of 3DS games. Today the barrier is even lower at just $100, with options. refurb Nintendo 2DS Game System with Mario Party: Island Tour ($100) | Groupon Nintendo Nintendo 2DS Crimson Red ($100) | Best Buy Nintendo Nintendo 2DS Electric Blue ($100)…

Someone Made A Drake-Mario Kart Mash-Up And It’s Great

You’ve really gotta hand it to Nintendo fans. Instead of just moping about not being able to trash talk inMario Kart 8, they keep coming up with bigger and better ways to show off their skills. Not satisfied with taunting people in-game, one player has put his Mario Kart swagger to song: It’s a parody…

How Much It’d Currently Cost To Set Up Cloud Gaming For The US People have been skeptical of how well game streaming technology can possibly work for quite some time. Early reports from the Playstation Now Beta aren’t doing much to help consumers feel better. Many folks are saying the technology just isn’t there yet,…

Ray’s The Dead, a neat-looking zombie game we covered last year, is back on Kickstarter after a failed first campaign. This time they want $30,000for the narrative-heavy zombie action adventure. Looks rad!

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They Always Make Disney Infinity‘s Toy Box Look So Good

Last year I was assaulted by trailer after trailer filled with the magical possibilities of Disney Infinity‘s Toy Box building mode, only to find the best my imagination could muster was an incredibly high plataeu to drive cars off of. My hopes aren’t quite as high the second time around. I used to love games…