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UncategorizedMario Kart 8 Hack Launches Luigi Into Space
This is a video of a ghost version of Luigi riding around Mario Kart 8’s Rainbow Road. But don’t worry: this doesn’t mean he’s come back to haunt us all with a new, supernatural death stare Rather, the footage above shows a ghost driver pulled from a play-through of Mario Kart 8’s revamped version of…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 16, 2014 - Uncategorized
The July round-up of Kotaku reviews in today’s New York Times. Via @enMTW
By Stephen Totilo Published July 16, 2014 -
CultureHighlight Reel: Don’t Mess With Grunts
Today’s gaming highlights: The longest professional League of Legends game ever, some lucky knife throws, and a Counter-Strike terrorist who just can’t be bothered to watch the bomb. League of Legends This week, during the League Championship Series, Complexity faced off against Curse in what resulted in the longest match of professional League of Legends…
By Steve Marinconz Published July 16, 2014 - Culture
Solid Dating Advice For The Modern Geek
Love ain’t easy. We all want to meet that special someone, the person who sweeps us off our feet and agrees with us about Majora’s Mask. But how best to find him or her? And once we do, how do we make it work? Our resident dating columnist, Harris “Dr. Nerdlove” O’Malley, is here to…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 16, 2014 -
UncategorizedFive Years Later, Demon’s Souls Is Still Pretty Funny
I’ve said it before: The Souls games don’t get enough credit for their sense of humor. Sure, they’re stressful and challenging, but they can also be good for a laugh. The latest video from videogamedunkey takes a whirlwind tour through the game that started it all: 2009’s Demon’s Souls. He makes a very good point…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 16, 2014 - Culture
Lay’s ‘Do Us A Flavor’ Potato Chip Finalists Announced, Seem Delicious
After painstakingly combing through more than 14 million submissions in this year’s contest, Lay’s brand has whittled down this year’s consumer designed chip flavors to four — Wavy Mango Salsa, Kettle Cooked Wasbai Ginger, Cheddar Bacon Mac & Cheese and… Cappuccino? Hrm. Following last year’s Cheesy Garlic Bread upset, I am expecting much better from…
By Mike Fahey Published July 16, 2014 - Uncategorized
All the Masks Batman’s Worn Over 75 Years
The pointy ears, the sharp nose, the formidable jaw…Batman’s got one of the most iconic silhouettes in all of comics. But, like all superheroes, it changed a lot over his lifetime. Take a look at almost all of the ways the Dark Knight’s looked since he debuted in 1939. Look through the infographic poster by…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 16, 2014 - Uncategorized
League of Legends didn’t like my new PC
I have a shiny new PC and I’ve been downloading MOBAs (okay, dota) to it since they’re interesting and relevant, etc, and I tried downloading LoL last night and it just… I pointed it to a folder I made but it started installing files in the directory above that, and then it just kinda started…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 16, 2014 -
UncategorizedHow I Learned Link’s ‘Real’ Name
“Link isn’t even his real name,” a friend told me recently. We were talking about Zelda, and the way people reacted to the new trailer for the next big game in the series My friend is more of a Zelda veteran than I. But still, his comment seemed heretical. This is Link we’re talking about!…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 16, 2014 - Uncategorized
Deals: Cheap 4K, Cheap Solid State, FTL Advanced, Ground Zeroes
Samsung’s 4K monitor is the early winner in the 4K monitor wars, and this price is unprecedented. Considering a 4K display has the same number of pixels as four 1080p monitors, this is actually an insanely reasonable price-per-pixel. [Samsung 4K Monitor, $530] 1TB SSDs are just starting to creep towards affordability, and the excellent Samsung…
By Shane Roberts Published July 16, 2014 -
UncategorizedPlaying The Order 1886 Feels Like Shooting Through an Old Movie
You know, I didn’t think about framerate or resolution once when I got to play The Order 1886 yesterday. What I did think was that it felt like playing through an old Cinemascope movie. With at least one very cool signature weapon. I played through the Inequalities chapter that’s been previously shown, huddling behind cover…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 16, 2014 - Uncategorized
There’s Good News And Bad News About Pinball FX2 For The Xbox One
The good news — the world’s premiere digital pinball platform is coming to the Xbox One on July 31. The bad news — players will have to repurchase all of the Pinball FX2 tables they’ve already bought for the Xbox 360. The PlayStation 4 version of Pinball FX2, the pinball platform that features both original…
By Mike Fahey Published July 16, 2014 -
UncategorizedMarvel’s Next Super-Hero Surprise Might Be A Black Captain America
Yesterday, we all found out via women-targeted talk show The View that Marvel Comics’ Thor is going to be a woman soon. Today, Marvel says their next big super-hero news will be announced on parody political show The Colbert Report. What Marvel connection could Colbert possibly have? The safe bet is that they’ll be announcing…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 16, 2014 -
UncategorizedMinecraft Star Wars: A New Hope Looks As Good As Ever
Good news: there’s a fresh trailer out for Paradise Decay’s big Minecraft remake of Star Wars: A New Hope, which we’ve last heard of in 2013. Bad news: This is the last trailer we’ll get before the film comes out next year. According to Paradise Decay (aka Grahame), the project has now been under development…
By András Neltz Published July 16, 2014 - Uncategorized
I started playing Hearthstone finally
I had screwed around in the tutorial but that was it. But I finally played a few matches yesterday and now I’m…well, not hooked, but I get it now. Where can I find some basic strategies about deck building though? I still have no idea.
By Joel Johnson Published July 16, 2014
