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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 -
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