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Huge Minecraft Desert City Was Built By One Player Over 20 Months
And it still isn’t done! Although Whiteark really is huge—it occupies a 1057 by 824 block area—the most amazing aspect is probably its rich lore. Reading over the description of each landmark or city district, you can slowly put together a history of slow expansion littered with raider attacks, of a city dominated by a…
By András Neltz Published July 24, 2014 - Kotaku East
All-You-Can-Eat French Fry Buffet Begins in Japan
I hope you’ve brought your appetite and love of french fries. Because in Japan, a fast food chain is rolling out an all-you-can-eat french fry buffet. Starting today, burger joint Lotteria is letting customers stuff their faces with as many fries as they can in sixty minutes. All that one needs to do is order…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
Updated: The Best Toys Revealed At Comic-Con
It’s time for Comic-Con and that means it’s time for lots and lots of toy reveals. Here’s dozens of my favorites of the newly-revealed toys, including a Yvonne Craig action figure, and Ripley with her power loader. There are hundreds more photos at the links below: Shovel Knight figure via Twitter Wrath of Khan Hallmark…
By John Struan Published July 24, 2014 - Culture
Stars. Stars Everywhere.
Noah Bradley is an artist who has worked for clients like Wizards of the Coast, Fantasy Flight Games and Deep Silver. When he’s not making your video, board and card games look nice, he’s working on a solo project called The Sin Of Man You can check out more of Noah’s work at his personal…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
In This, The Year Of Awesome Luigi Action Figures
Following on from the release earlier this year of a killer Marioset, this SH Figuarts Luigi is looking just as good. He is not ridin’ dirty. What he is doing, though, is jumping, posing and kickin’ bad guys, since the figure’s design allows for a massive range of movement. It’s also great that it includes…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
Look What The Creator Of Kingdom Hearts Has Done To Batman
This is what happens when Final Fantasy character designer and Kingdom Hearts boss Tetsuya Nomura gets his hands on the Caped Crusader. Part of Square Enix’s DC Comics Variant Play Arts Kai line of re-imagined figures — the first of a series designed by Nomura — this Batman is almost more of a Bahamutman, all…
By Mike Fahey Published July 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
When Science Looks Seriously At A…Star Wars Planet
Actual science writers don’t always have to write about real planets. Sometimes, when the fancy takes them, they can write about fake ones. Like, say, Tatooine, from the Star Wars universe. SciLogs got a bunch together and asked them to pick something from Tatooine and write about it, as though they were approaching it like…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
Sony Agrees To Give Away Games, Money After 2011 PSN Hack [UPDATE]
UPDATE (7/24): Sony’s sent over a statement: A proposed settlement has been reached in the class action lawsuits arising from the April 2011 criminal cyber-attacks on the PlayStation Network, Qriocity, and Sony Online Entertainment services. Information regarding the proposed settlement, which is subject to final approval by the Court, is available in the settlement agreement…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
Back To The Future Action Figure Is A Perfect, Tiny Michael J. Fox
I’ve been trying for an hour now to stuff money inside my monitor, but the damn thing won’t take it. The impending San Diego Comic-Con will see a lot of new and exclusive toys shown off, but they’re going to have to work very hard to top this effort by Hot Toys, which is a…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
Fargo was darn good, dontcha know. I just finished the first season of Noah Hawley’s FX adaptation of Fargo, and I really liked it. Much, much better than I’d thought it was going to be based on the first episode or two. Did any of you watch? If so, what’d you think?
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
Burglar Caught Thanks To Xbox Live
Xbox, stop robbery! Wait, what do you mean that’s not an actual Kinect command? Eurogamer reports that a pair of robbers had their burglary plans foiled thanks to Call of Duty and Xbox Live, of all things. Here’s what happened: in April, two armed men broke into a home. When they found the house was…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 23, 2014 -
UncategorizedReminder: Kickstarter Still Has Cool Stuff
If you’ve been shying away from backing Kickstarters for the past few weeks, I don’t blame you. Between the half-a-million-dollar Yogventures fiasco and Areal‘s increasingly confusing saga, I’ve been hesitant to commit coins to my daily coffee without concrete proof I’ll get a finished product. That said, Kickstarter still regularly hosts great stuff. Case in…
By Nathan Grayson Published July 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
Disney Infinity Baymax From Big Hero 6
Coming Soon posted 120 photos from SDCC, including this oversized Disney Infinity Baymax figure and this giant Lego Groot and Rocket Raccoon: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published July 23, 2014
