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Twitch is Still Playing Pokémon
Huh, would you look at that, Twitch is still playing Pokémon. They’re all the way to Black and White 2. The 600+ viewers are far from what it once was but it’s still pretty impressive. They also have random matches of Pokémon Staduim 2 running that people can bet on. Watch live video from TwitchPlaysPokemon…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published July 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
Tumblr, Youtube, And Reddit-Themed Pokeballs
Jonathan Le Drappier’s collection of Pokeball illustrations include Pokeballs for Tumblr, Reddit, and Youtube, and also translucent Pokeballs revealing the Pokemon inside: See more Pokeballs in Jonathan’s gallery Via IG You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published July 16, 2014 - Reviews
Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Stealth: The Kotaku Review
It’s getting harder and harder to believe there was once a time I made fun of Razer products. They used to be the worst. The most prominent example of everything wrong with PC peripherals. Silly designs, ridiculous and garish colour schemes, ungh. So many bad memories. The last few years though have seen the company…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2014 - Culture
Art For A Very Good Cause
Kevin Kanai Griffith is an artist who has worked at Blizzard on games like Diablo III. He is also suffering from a rare form of cancer known as Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma (ASPS) To help raise funds for Kevin’s battle against the cancer, a ton of his fellow games artists have got together to create…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2014 - Uncategorized
Well, I laughed. By Michael Kleinman
By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2014 - Uncategorized
Some YouTubers Might Be Breaking The Law
In the past week, two excellent features have been written on the state of YouTube personalities in video games. One by Mike Rose on Gamasutra, the other by Simon Parkin on Eurogamer. They raise a number of important, albeit messy questions about the practice of these folks getting paid by publishers. You really need to…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2014 -
UncategorizedSometimes A Game Only Needs To Show Me A Gif
I’m all for heady video-game concepts, but sometimes all I need to see is a gif and I’m in. The game in the gif above is an in-development PC action-RPG called Death’s Gambit, which developers White Rabbit describe as “an challenging action rpg where you explore a alien medieval planet filled with horrors, beasts, and…
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UncategorizedDriving A Real Car Could Soon Be Just Like Playing A Video Game
Heads-up displays in cars are nothing new, but Jaguar wants to blow right past simply displaying a crude speedometer on your windscreen. They want to turn your car into a video game. This clip shows off the company’s virtual windscreen concept, and while they’re bullshitting about this being footage of it “in action”, it’s still…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2014 - Uncategorized
Yo, Fred Durst Is Streaming Call Of Duty On Twitch
2014, you are a strange and wonderful year. Streaming right now on Twitch is Fred Durst, who 15 years ago as the frontman for Limp Bizkit was one of the most famous people on the planet. Today, however, he is a man playing Call of Duty: Ghosts, struggling with HDMI outputs and generally sounding like…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2014 - Uncategorized
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By Kirk Hamilton Published July 16, 2014 - Uncategorized
Limited Edition Sunset Overdrive Poster Revealed
Mondo, which up until now has been famous for producing highly desirable posters based on movies and TV shows, enlisted Matt Taylor to create this limited edition poster for Sunset Overdrive. Hopefully quality posters for video games will become a trend. I posted closeups below: The poster will be available at Comic-Con, and possibly later…
By John Struan Published July 16, 2014 - Uncategorized
Watch Dogs Players United In Their Loathing Of One Minigame
Watch Dogs has been out for a little while now. Some people have beaten up on it for various things, while others think it’s a perfectly fine time. But there is one thing most of us seem to agree on: That drinking minigame is the worst It’s bad enough with a controller, but it’s far…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 16, 2014 - Uncategorized
There are no rooftop guards in Assassin’s Creed Unity? Cool. That’s going to make this next game feel very different. This official tidbit (that we missed…a month ago) is part of a handy round-up of ACU facts that you can read over at the Assassin’s Creed subreddit.
By Stephen Totilo Published July 16, 2014 - Uncategorized
After ten years, EA is pulling the plug on The Sims 2. Today the company said that it “will no longer be providing any new content or making any additional technical updates” for the game. The good news is that if you’re still playing the 2004 installment to pass the time until The Sims 4…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 16, 2014 - Uncategorized
A Space Game Where You Play As A Wormhole
I’ve played as aliens, space ships, and astronauts in plenty of games before. But a wormhole? Now that’s novel. If you have fifteen minutes to spare, I highly recommend giving You Are A Wormhole by Aleks Sennwald a try—it’s a charming little game about being lonely. Every so often, an entity will reach your corner…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 16, 2014 -
UncategorizedGame Of Thrones‘ Most Enduring Fan Theory, Explained
Some fan theories wilt and die while others linger and persist. One Game of Thrones theory—you probably already know which one—just seems too good not to be true. Warning: This theory contains spoilers for both the TV show and books, and possibly for some things that haven’t even happened yet in the books, so don’t…
By Chris Person Published July 16, 2014