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UncategorizedHow To Make Old Games Feel New Again
As a young lad my gaming library was pretty limited, so I needed to find ways to make those games last. You can only play a game so many times before you’ve explored every nook and cranny of it, and once that happened it was time to get creative. (Top photo courtesy of Retro Game…
By Cameron Gidari Published August 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
Mario & Luigi’s Voice Actor Is A Pretty Funny Guy
Charles Martinet, the voice actor behind Mario, Luigi and Wario, has an Instagram account. And it’s fantastic Over the past week, Martinet has been taking little figures of “his” characters on his travels through Chile, creating sketches like the ones below. Note to Nintendo/Martinet: I would watch an entire series of this. [via Mistle @…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
Online Attacks Cripple Sony’s PSN, League Of Legends, Blizzard Games
Three of the biggest gaming services on the planet have been down for parts of the weekend, with DDoS attacks hitting the servers of the PlayStation Network, Riot’s League of Legends and Blizzard’s Battle.net (affecting titles such as World of Warcraft and Hearthstone). A DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attack is when bots are used to flood…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
Sunday Comics: Ice Ice Baby
Welcome to Kotaku‘s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. Mike Fahey might be away this weekend, but I couldn’t leave you hanging. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published August 22. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published…
By Cameron Gidari Published August 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
How I Broke My Addiction To Achievements
The first piece I ever wrote for Kotaku chronicled my fun-sucking addiction to achievements. 15 months later, I’m back to tell you how I overcame that addiction. Even back then, at the peak of my achievement obsessing, my resolve was starting to crack. The grind had become too tedious, too time-consuming, and too much of…
By Cameron Gidari Published August 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
Sony Online President’s Flight Diverted After Hacker Bomb Threat
American Airlines has diverted a flight carrying the president of Sony Online Entertainment following what may have been a bomb threat by a group of alleged hackers—the same group that has claimed responsibility for a series of outages across the PlayStation Network and other gaming services this weekend. The FBI is currently investigating the incident,…
By Jason Schreier Published August 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
A 16-Bit RPG That Promises A Modern Twist
Standing out in a crowded sea of retro-style indie games is no easy task, but 16-bit RPG Elysian Shadows caught my attention recently for what it’s promising to do differently. Fashioning itself as a “next-gen 2D RPG,” Elysian Shadows isn’t shy about wearing its inspiration on its sleeve. Chrono Trigger and Secret of Mana both…
By Cameron Gidari Published August 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
Sega announced this morning in Japan that Yakuza Zero is the next title the Yakuza series, and it’s in development for PlayStation 3 and 4. There’s not much more info outside of a teaser website, but Sony promises to reveal more details at the Tokyo Game Show in September.
By Cameron Gidari Published August 24, 2014 -
UncategorizedHow To Make Your PS4 Load Times Just 10 Seconds Faster
If you’re upgrading your PlayStation 4 with a new hard drive, you’re likely deciding between a larger regular drive and a faster but smaller SSD. Digital Foundry has a side-by-side comparison of the load time performances between several different hard drive models, and the speed difference is substantial. The 240GB SSD regularly handled loading times…
By Cameron Gidari Published August 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
Poster For Heat Signature
I posted a gameplay video for Tom Francis’s upcoming space pirate game Heat Signature a few weeks ago. Natalie Hanke made this poster for the game. Click through to see more of her video game poster series: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs…
By John Struan Published August 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
3D-Printed Miniature Buildings Let You Play Sim City Offline
Ittyblox has created over a dozen buildings that can be be 3d-printed to create your own miniature skylines based on New York (above), Chicago, and Miami: You can order the miniatures here Via Joseph Flaherty You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published August 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Best Card Game I Ever Played ‘Died’ 13 Years Ago
In 2001, gaming company Decipher Inc. got dealt a hand that should have been a fatal blow to their popular Star Wars: Customizable Card Game – they lost the Star Wars license. Unable to come to terms on a new deal with Lucasfilm, Decipher watched as the Star Wars license passed to Wizards of the…
By Cameron Gidari Published August 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
When Google’s Augmented Reality Game Intrudes Into Your Real Life
Laura Michet started playing Google’s augmented reality mobile game Ingress and soon found it was filling her real life with enemies and allies….and helping her exercise: I’m not a huge fan of this game’s tutorial. I tried doing a few of the missions while wandering around the town hall and its adjoining park, but none…
By John Struan Published August 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
Far Cry 4 Villain
“Meet Yuma: Deadly tactician, general of the Royal Army, and Pagan Min’s right-hand woman.” Via Twitter and Destructoid You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published August 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
Philadelphia Made Out Of 20,000 Lego
Doctor Octoroc completed his Lego model of Philadelphia. See closeups of the art museum and other architectural highlights below: Previously: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published August 24, 2014