Well, At Least The 2DS Continues To Look Nice

As useless as the 2DS is for most people in most circumstances, you’ve got to hand it to Nintendo when it comes to the system’s colour choices. I actually bought one earlier this year (before swiftly returning it), partly because the white+red colour scheme looked so much better than the standard 3DS options. The same…

Track: Cool Baby | Album: Amplitude Original Game Audio | Artist: DJ HMX & Plural Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Kids Reacting To Old Computers Hurts My Heart So Much

Kids today, with their graphical user interfaces and high DPI mice. Why, when I was their age I was getting kicked out of Radio Shack for making the computers spew out endless streams of curse words. 10 Print “Sadness”; 20 Goto 10. If anything, this latest “Kids React” video from The Fine Bros makes me…

Here’s What Comes Inside Pokemon X & Y Happy Meals

After a seemingly never-ending run of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 junk, the promised Pokemon X & Y toys have finally arrived in Happy Meals at U.S. McDonald’s locations. I purchased a couple of Happy Meals for my children and stole their toys, just for you folks. So what is all of this junk? First off,…

The Vanishing Modem And Other Surprising Game Boy Advance Trivia

Now that we’ve learned 13 things you might not have known about the original Game Boy, Did You Know Gaming takes us into the next generation of Nintendo handhelds, the Game Boy Advance. Did you know it was supposed to have a modem? Or at least some sort of cell phone connectivity, which was a…

The Minecraft Halo Mash-Up Pack Visits Familiar Places

The upcoming Halo Mash-Up pack for Minecraft isn’t just about 40 character skins, a texture pack and music from Microsoft’s popular first-person shooter series. It’s also got an entire pre-made world, packed with iconic Halo haunts. Recognize this place? Why, it’s Blood Gulch, perhaps the best-known Halo multiplayer map of them all, thanks to it…

The Next Game From The Maker Of Papers, Please Is A 1-Bit Mystery

After winning many awards his 2013 indie masterpiece Papers, Please, Lucas Pope takes old school to the next level in Return of the Obra Dinn, a first-person 3D adventure rendered in the 1-bit style of ancient Mac games. Pope announced the new project this morning on The Independent Gaming Source forums. My next project will…

You Can’t Get These 37 McDonald’s Items In The States

If Snacktaku ever secures a substantial travel budget, the first trip I’m going to take will be based off Buzzfeed’s video of 37 exotic menu items McDonald’s only sells in other countries. Just look at that Chicken Mega Mac up there. Is that a grilled chicken-ish patty? No, it’s four grilled chicken-ish patties, special sauce,…