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90s Hercules TV Star Sounds Like A Racist Old Man
Most of us would like to think actor Kevin Sorbo is, and forever will be, the shirtless hunk from Hercules. Sadly, Hercules was a long time ago. It is now 2014, and these days Sorbo sounds like a terrible person. Writing on Facebook about the ongoing unrest in Ferguson, the actor mused “Ferguson riots have…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 21, 2014 - Uncategorized
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By Kirk Hamilton Published August 21, 2014 -
CultureCosplayStar Wars vs The Ice Bucket Challenge
It’s reaching internet saturation point, the ol’ ice bucket challenge, but you can always rely on Star Wars to come through as one of the shining moments of an internet craze. Earlier this week JJ Abrams, director of the next Star Wars movie, nominated the 501st Legion – a worldwide network of Star Wars costumers/cosplayers…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 21, 2014 -
UncategorizedPenis Pill Spam Leads To Video Game Called Max Gentlemen
Yes. For real. It’s about, um, stacking fine hats on gentlemen. Max Gentlemen is a game about stacking hats while hilariously muscular gentlemen brawl and tussle and sensually wax each others’ mustaches and all the other things hilariously muscular gentlemen do. It’s free, though a quick look at the Steam page reveals a couple (thankfully…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 21, 2014 -
UncategorizedHow To Humiliate Your Foe in Dark Souls II
It isn’t enough to kill your foe after a parry in Dark Souls II. In order to really make your opponent suffer, you have to embarrass the hell out of them before snuffing them out. Redpaint did just that while dueling, coming up with a series of hilarious and elaborate tricks to do after a…
By Chris Person Published August 21, 2014 - Uncategorized
Clones of Swing Copters in Less Than 24 Hours Dong Nguyen’s follow-up to Flappy Bird was released today, and as developer Christer Kaitila pointed out, there’s already plenty of copycats. By my count there were 25 that had been published since Swing Copters was officially released earlier today, but that’s bound to increase. When Flappy…
By Dan Starkey Published August 21, 2014 - Uncategorized
Woah, Someone Is Building Pokémon Inside of Dota 2
Ever think to yourself, man, Tidehunter is pretty much just a really buff Squirtle? No? That just me? Regardless, someone is working to mash together both Pokemon and Dota, and it’s an idea that might just be crazy enough to work. It’s called DotaMon, of course, and it’s a mod that’s being developed by Sma11P1ays…
By Patricia Hernandez Published August 21, 2014 - Culture
Ask Dr. Nerdlove: Should I Pretend To Be Dumb In Order To Date?
Hello Internet! Welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating advice column that comes rocketing to you from the formless void of the 8th Dimension. This week we have a letter from someone who seems to be geeky dudes’ perfect woman… so why is she so alone? Sometimes even people you think have it the…
Harris O'Malley Published August 21, 2014 - Uncategorized
Lego Blade Runner Police Spinner
Lego police spinner from Blade Runner by Ralph S with opening doors: You can see more of Ralph’s Lego creations at Flickr You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published August 21, 2014 - Uncategorized
An Album? A Minecraft-Style Game? Both!
Wanna get people to check out your music? Make a video game out of it. The album in question is Rustie’s Green Language. I’d never heard of Rustie or his music before playing the Minecraft-inspired (at least, visually) free game, but I’m impressed by the whole production. The music is nicely varied—ranging from video-game-style bloops…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 21, 2014 -
UncategorizedYour Love Hate Relationship With Mondo Can Flourish At MondoCon
I love poster specialist Mondo (I own three posters and have tried and failed to buy many others). I also HATE Mondo (scalpers!). You feel the same, right? Our feelings can now grow exponentially stronger with the announcement of the first all-Mondo convention MondoCon. From the press release: Austin, TX—August 21, 2014—Mondo is thrilled to…
By John Struan Published August 21, 2014 -
UncategorizedThere Is No Lego Dana, Only Lego Zuul
We got an official Ghostbusters set from Lego earlier this year so, of course, someone recreated a bit of the movie in plastic block form. It’s got some special guest stars, too. Made as part of the BrickFilm stop-motion animation festival in Canada, this Lego Ghostbusters short is the work of YouTuber MonsieurCaron. You can…
By Evan Narcisse Published August 21, 2014 - Uncategorized
Solve This Puzzle To Download A The Evil Within Wallpaper
Bethesda revealed all of the achievements for upcoming game The Evil Within. Visit the official site and match the icons with the appropriate descriptions to download a wallpaper and pdf of the achievements guide. You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published August 21, 2014 -
UncategorizedMeet The People Who Are Pokémon Gym Leaders In Real Life
Every Pokémon journey has the same goal: become strong enough to take on and defeat gym leaders, Pokémon’s version of boss battles. What if you could actually fight your way through a real Pokemon league? And what if this League was actually better than the ones found in the games? To understand what I mean,…
By Patricia Hernandez Published August 21, 2014 - Uncategorized
Hard drives made in Minecraft You’d Need to Have to Store Minecraft in Minecraft I love seeing what people can do with Minecraft. From starships to functional processors, it shows the power and ingenuity of people when given a practically unlimited environment. This latest one is right up there with my all-time favorites, as a…
By Dan Starkey Published August 21, 2014 -
UncategorizedSomebody Made Minecraft In Another Game, For Once
Countless games and game locations have been remade in Minecraft. Everything from BioShock to Mirror’s Edge to, er, Ubisoft art game Valiant Hearts. Now, though, someone’s gone and done the unthinkable: create Minecraft inside a video game. Trials Fusion guru Pneumatic Bog posted a video of their creation, a custom track within the motorcycle stunting/silliness…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 21, 2014 -
UncategorizedGame Of Thrones‘ Most Brutal Battle Now Sounds Like A SNES Game
Game of Thrones plus old-school video game sound effects? Suddenly a lot of profoundly heartbreaking scenes are, um… different. Spoiler warning. Yeah, some of them are downright terrible, but it’s always a joy to see Joffrey choke to death on the vacuous nether pit where his soul should go again. Oh, and classic video game…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 21, 2014 - Uncategorized
Microsoft Says Free Xbox Live Game Download Was An Error [UPDATE]
For a while there, it looked like Xbox One owners might soon be able to download and try out even more games from Microsoft free of charge. But Microsoft says that the screen teasing this possibility was an error. First spotted overnight by Reddit users who who’ve downloaded the latest XB1 firmware beta, a tile…
By Evan Narcisse Published August 21, 2014 -
UncategorizedHere’s A Walking Dead Trailer None Of Us Have Watched Because Spoilers
Telltale just released this trailer for the last episode in The Walking Dead Season Two, the second sequence in their lovely adventure series. “The trailer does NOT SPOIL the finale,” said a Telltale rep. “But it WILL SPOIL each episode before it if you aren’t all caught up!” This is a problem for Team Kotaku’s…
By Jason Schreier Published August 21, 2014