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  Gundam Sneakers. Because Sure, Why Not.

  While these may look like something a very bored fan would come up with in their spare time, they are real. Made by Reebok, and officially-licensed. No release info or pricing yet, but they’ll surely be limited and fairly expensive. I…kinda want a pair. Not to wear out. Just to wear around the house, running…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 12, 2014
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  Welcome To The Velvet Room

  Ilya Kuvshinov works at NARRA8, a company that makes visual novels. You might be more interested in Ilya’s fan art, though, especially if you like Persona, Metal Gear, Blade Runner or Ico. Or, you know, Crimean attorneys You can see more of Ilya’s work at his DeviantArt page. To see the larger pics in all…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 12, 2014
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  “Femshep” License Plate

  “Femshep” license plate You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

  By John Struan Published May 12, 2014
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  Cosplay So Good It Jumps Straight Off The Silver Screen

  During business hours, Manuel D’Andrea is a costume designer, crafting exquisite outfits for the screen and stage. In his spare time, though, he channels that expertise into his own cosplay, and it’s some of the best on the planet. We looked at one of Manuel’s shoots recently, but his body of work is so impressive…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 12, 2014
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  Video Game Preorders Are Out Of Control

  What you’re looking at here is not a complex scientific chart, or a guide to completing your income tax. This is how many different ways you can buy Watch Dogs and all the crap that comes with it. (click “Expand” in the top-left corner to blow it up to a more readable size) This kind…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 12, 2014
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  Snowpiercer Is One Of The Best Sci-Fi Movies In Years

  Imagine the claustrophobia and last-man standing dystopia of Battlestar Galactica married to the comedic oppression of Terry Gilliam’s Brazil. Now imagine all of that is stuck on a train. That’s Snowpiercer. In a weird twist of fate, the United States is one of the last places on Earth in which the sci-fi movie Snowpiercer (an…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 12, 2014
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  How Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Turned Itself Around

  When Counter-Strike: Global Offensive first launched back in August 2012, CS players around the world could hardly believe it. It’d been nearly eight years since Counter-Strike: Source, and the idea of a new CS was perhaps a little too much for our shootybang brains to comprehend. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK. But while…

  Mike Rose Published May 12, 2014
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  Report: Xbox Will Stop Charging You To Watch Netflix, Hulu

  According to “multiple sources within Microsoft”, Ars Technica is reporting that Microsoft is set to ditch its long-standing strategy of making users pay for Xbox Live Gold to access services like Netflix and Hulu Plus. Services users already pay for anyway. The change, if true, would likely be announced at E3. If you think that’s…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 12, 2014
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  ​What Games Are You Playing This May?

  It’s May! The sun is shining, the days are longer than ever, and that means it’s time to play some video games. I’ve been enjoying asking what games you all are playing each month, so I wanted to do the same thing for May. Rather than list all the games I’m playing (though the top…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published May 12, 2014
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  Remember When The Ninja Turtles Were On Oprah?

  Do you not remember what 1990 was like? Well here’s everything about it in one video. Maybe the new version won’t be so bad after all. For some reason, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles decided to stop fighting crime and go on a musical tour, including this stop on Oprah. They apparently found out that…

  By Steve Marinconz Published May 12, 2014
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  PS4 Livestreams Are The Best Kind of Weird

  The things people will do in front of a camera never cease to amaze, and people who own PS4s are no exception. People aren’t just broadcasting themselves playing games or having sex on the PS4. Christian McCrea, a man who created a blog that documents stuff he comes across on PS4 livestreams, is finding that…

  By Patricia Hernandez Published May 12, 2014
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  It’s A Sad Day When Fake DLC Looks Real Enough To Click

  In a world with horse armor DLC, things that game companies sell as additional content never surprises me—but it’s probably a bad sign that I clicked this particular button half expecting the “Red Boots DLC” to be real, huh? If it wasn’t obvious, this is a screenshot of the post-apocalyptic RPG that was kickstarted in…

  By Patricia Hernandez Published May 12, 2014
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  Mysterious Fighting Game Gets A New Trailer

  Necrostorm has released a new trailer for the fighting game Death Cargo, which we covered in a piece last week about the incredible allegations that the game might not exist. The new video highlights a range of different characters in addition to a fresh batch of appropriately gory deaths. In other words, it’s exactly the…

  By Yannick LeJacq Published May 12, 2014
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  ​Borderlands 2 On Vita Is The Worst Version Of A Good Game

  Remember Borderlands 2? It came out a couple years ago, everyone played it a lot and generally really liked it? Of course you do. Well, it’s back. The 2012 first-person shooter, which was hefty on its own and grew even heftier thanks to a whole bunch of post-release downloadable expansions, has come to the PlayStation…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published May 12, 2014
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  ​Forget Magic Dragons. Let’s Watch Godzilla Rampage In Skyrim.

  Godzilla is a giant lizard who breathes fire. That kinda makes him a dragon, right? No wonder he looks right at home in Skyrim. And that guy watching? Well, he’s the Dovahkaiju, of course. Modder Quechus13 takes the original version of the famous monster from the Toho flms and throws him into Tamriel, along with…

  By Evan Narcisse Published May 12, 2014
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  If Game of Thrones Were Set In Super Mario World

  My favorite Thing On The Internet today is this reimagining of the Game of Thrones intro in Super Mario World, created by YouTuber NicksplosionFX The koopa kids send their regards.

  By Jason Schreier Published May 12, 2014
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  The iMac Can’t Stop A WWII Anti-Tank Rifle

  Everyone loves the go-to “let’s shoot electronics” .50 caliber rifle, the Barrett M82, but why not mix it up? That’s why RatedRR is using this WWII-era anti-tank rifle to destroy an old iMac. From the video: The Lahti L-39 is a Finnish 20mm anti-tank rifle used during the second world war. It had excellent accuracy,…

  By Steve Marinconz Published May 12, 2014
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  The Next Avengers Game Takes On Turn-Based Tactics

  We may never get a proper, big budget action/adventure game based on the Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, but the success of turn-based social RPG Marvel: Avengers Alliance suggests fans are willing to accept substitutes. Well, here comes Marvel: Avengers Alliance Tactics. A continuation of Avengers Alliance, Disney Interactive’s Avengers Alliance Tactics for Facebook looks to follow…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 12, 2014
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  Game of Thrones Characters Would Break Hearthstone

  These Hearthstone cards created by randomnate might not be real, but that doesn’t make them any less funny. Heck, witha bit of fine-tuning to make them more balanced, they could actually work inside the game, too. Here are a few standouts from this made-up Game of Thrones deck: And while this one is actually created…

  By Patricia Hernandez Published May 12, 2014
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  Hyper-Violent Commercial For Disney’s New Darth Vader Cupcakes

  Darth Vader slaughters every pastry in sight in this new commercial for Disney Hollywood Studio’s new Darth Vader cupcakes: Via Matt Stewart You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

  By John Struan Published May 12, 2014