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UncategorizedSomeone’s Figured Out Where One Million Internet Cats Live
This goes without saying, but people love posting pictures of their cats online. They love it so much, in fact, that they’re often willing to forego little things like “privacy” and “self-respect” in favor of bringing their furry friends to the widest possible audience. A new data-driven project throws the gratuity of all this feline-flaunting…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 29, 2014 - Uncategorized
EA Announces Netflix-Like Subscription Plan On Xbox One
Today EA announced a new subscription service for the Xbox One that will give customers unlimited access to a handful of the company’s games for $4.99 a month. It’s called “EA Access,” and sounds like a sort of Netflix-style program for the company’s games. For a $4.99 monthly fee, subscribers will get access to a…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 29, 2014 - Uncategorized
Deals: Astro Gaming, Logitech Gaming, Ghostbusters Remastered in 4K
Pick up a $40 gift card with the purchase of the best gaming headset , the Astro A50 today, and check out the long list of other discounted peripherals we’ve got for you. [Astro A50] Logitech G400s Optical Gaming Mouse ($32) | Amazon Logitech G700s Rechargeable Gaming Mouse ($50) | Amazon | Nominee for best…
By Shane Roberts Published July 29, 2014 -
UncategorizedDon’t Miss Trails in the Sky On PC Today
Here is your reminder that The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky is out today on PC, it’s $20, and it’s really, really worth your time. Granted, I have a bit of a soft spot for deep, twisty role-playing games with hundreds of thousands of words and treasure chests that talk. If you prefer…
By Jason Schreier Published July 29, 2014 -
UncategorizedNew pre-rendered Assassin’s Creed Unity trailer shows our hero, the assassin Arno, rescuing a woman who seems to be wearing a Templar cross (the same lady we initially thought was an assassin. Whoops!). The game’s designers hinted at the end of this making-of video that Unity will address the schism between Assassins and Templars and…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 29, 2014 - Uncategorized
Love Child, HBO’s new documentary about a notorious case of video game addiction, first aired last night. Now that the film is out in the open for all to see, let’s talk about it! If you had the chance to see the movie, I’d love to hear your thoughts. You can read my take here
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 29, 2014 -
UncategorizedModern Combat 5 Does Nothing New, But It Does Old Really Well
If you’re craving innovation, the latest game in a series created as Gameloft’s answer to Call of Duty is the wrong place to look, but its lack of ambition doesn’t preclude Modern Combat 5: Blackout from being one of the best mobile first-person shooters going. If Activision weren’t so protective of their property and Metal…
By Mike Fahey Published July 29, 2014 -
UncategorizedA Critical Analysis Of This Sonic/Cammy Fanfic Video
A friend of mine sent me a really bizare Sonic fanfic video and I was not prepared for how entertaining it was. Here are the notes I took as I watched it. This post contains heavy spoilers about Sonic’s adventure. I can’t get over the fact that Sonic is German (Update: The creator is from…
By Chris Person Published July 29, 2014 - Uncategorized
Doom II Mod Reimagines Maps Based On Their Names
A group of Doom II modders have reimagined id’s classic shooter in a clever and often silly way: by drawing inspiration from the names of the game’s original 32 maps. The project is known as “Doom II In Name Only.” Ella Guro, its founder, said that it took 666 days to complete. Something tells me…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 29, 2014 - Culture
Someone Beat Halo In Under 97 Minutes for New World Record
And the guy playing only died seven times. Masterful! Speedrunner Andrew Halabourda set a world record for a few months ago when he beat the PC version of the first Halo game on Legendary difficulty in 1:38:57. Last night, he managed to shave off even more time with a run that clocked in at 1:36:40.…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 29, 2014 -
UncategorizedOne Of World of Warcraft‘s Newest Dungeons Is A Moving Train
I’m pretty sure the developers at Blizzard liked Snowpiercer a lot, because one of the new dungeons in the upcoming expansion will be something similar. Most of the time we’ll be fighting on a huge, moving train of the Iron Horde. Gnomes had submarines in Warcraft II, there’s the Gunship Battle in the Icecrown Citadel…
By Gergo Vas Published July 29, 2014 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Los Angeles: The TAY Review • Rockmandash Reviews: Planetarian [Visual Novel] • Great Food Debate: Pepsi v. Coke TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By András Neltz Published July 29, 2014 -
UncategorizedLose Your Mind. Eat Your Crew.
That’s Sunless Sea‘s tagline, the reason I was pretty much certain I had to play it. I’ve been quite pleased with my decision. The game puts you in the role of a ship captain in the dark, sewer-y “underzee” of Fallen London, a steampunk dystopia sunken below the earth (also a rather good browser game).…
By Nathan Grayson Published July 29, 2014 - Uncategorized
Wondering what happens when a Kickstarter exceeds its goal by $30,000? Read this candid postmortem of the RPG Unrest for a fascinating breakdown of where all that money actually goes—and why the game’s writer had to work on scripts between shifts moving boxes at a hardware store.
By Jason Schreier Published July 29, 2014 - Uncategorized
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By Yannick LeJacq Published July 29, 2014 - Uncategorized
It’s Not Easy To Be A Cop In Mortal Kombat
And it’s not because Stryker’s in-game abilities are weak, but, as Dorkly’s recent comic shows, there is only one ninja outfit in the entire Mortal Kombat universe. And they didn’t even catch Ermac. You can read more Dorkly comics here. To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]
By Gergo Vas Published July 29, 2014 -
CultureIce Cream Sandwiches Are Supposed To Melt, Walmart
If you read Snacktaku’s review of ice cream sandwiches last year, then you know I hold the combination of vanilla ice cream and chocolate wafers somewhat sacred. So when I see an ice cream sandwich that can sit outside at 80 degrees for over an hour without melting, I begin to worry. As did KIKN…
By Mike Fahey Published July 29, 2014 - Uncategorized
Video Games Are Better With Dancing Pixel Birds
French artist Kévin creates his animations in a rather unique way: by using Flipnote Studio, a downloadable application for the Nintendo DS. This makes all of his art look like something from a 90s handheld game. In his recent gallery, he takes several games and replaces the characters in them with penguins and other birds.…
By Gergo Vas Published July 29, 2014 - Kotaku East
Black Bullet Irredeemably Ruins An Otherwise Good Premise
Back at the start of the spring season, as I wrote short summaries about all the season’s then upcoming anime, post-apocalyptic tale Black Bullet was one of the anime I was most looking forward to. However, less than two episodes in I could already see that it was failing to live up to its interesting…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published July 29, 2014 - Uncategorized
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Poster Has an Unfortunate 9/11 Reference
While the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie will be out August 8 in North America, it won’t be out until September 11 in Australia. Paramount Pictures’ Australia branch showed off the movie’s poster, which is truly unfortunate. As you can see, the poster features the half-shelled heroes jumping out of a burning skyscraper. At…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 29, 2014