Evolve Wins ‘Best of Show’ At E3 2014

As voted on by 28 outlets and Kotaku, here are the official Game Critics Awards winners of various E3 2014 awards, a good chunk of which were stolen by Evolve and No Man’s Sky, unsurprisingly. Best of Show Evolve (Turtle Rock/2K Games for PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One) Best Original Game No Man’s Sky (Hello…

We were so intrigued by the World War I adventure game Valiant Hearts that we reviewed it twice. Sort of. Luke reviewed it for us last week. Stephen (that’s me!) just reviewed it for The New York Times. Read the latter review here if you didn’t already pick up the paper.

If Dota 2 Heroes Played Counter-Strike

What would happen if we put Dota heroes in a match of Counter-Strike? Who would get the first kill? Bets on who would win? MaritimeTR ☆ DotA 2 & SFM Animations ☆ brings us this unlikely mash-up of Valve games, and the results are pretty funny. P.S. NyxNyxNyxNyxNyxNyxNyxNyx Dota 2 Nyx Assassin Voice [MaritimeTR ☆…

Deals: The New Samsung 850 Pro SSDs, Everything 4K, PC Pre-Orders

Samsung’s 840 Pro SSDs have long set the high water mark for consumer SSD performance, and now it’s getting a sequel. The 850 Pro promises read speeds of up to 550 MB/s, and write speeds of 520MB/s, and you can preorder yours at a discount right now on Newegg. [Preorder Samsung 850 Pro SSD] If…

Can You Tell Generic Cereal From The Real Thing?

“It’s the same exact thing, only it comes in a bag” my father used to tell me about generic versions of popular breakfast cereals. Was he a rotten liar? This blind taste test proves him right. Or possibly wrong. Some of them feature different shapes. Others carry distinctly different textures. Light coming through a plastic…

Virtual Reality Mod Lets You Change The Camera Angle On Your Life

We’ve all had that moment, the one where something in real life looks so deliciously game-like that we just wish we could dive in right there and start playing. Say you’re walking through a parking lot on a hot summer day, feeling bored. Next thing you know, you’ve lost yourself in a fantasy where you’re…

Eight Rainbow Road Theme Songs In One Glorious Mashup

Rainbow Road is the final track in the final cup of Mario Kart 8. It’s been that way for Mario Kart’s entire history. Each version of the circuit track has been loopy, insanely colorful, and disorienting—with music to match. YouTuber TheEternalSushi has combined eight of the title songs from past and current versions of Rainbow…

A Blueprint For A 70 Square Foot Cat Paradise

Nintendo recently turned Mario into a cat. Now you can turn your cat into Mario. Sort of. If you’re the kind of person who wishes your feline pet could be more like Nintendo’s iconic plumber, then this playset diagram might make your dreams come true. It comes courtesy of artist Timothy Ridley and the folks…

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24 Recap: Get Ready For World War III

PREVIOUSLY ON 24: The president’s dead… no wait, he’s alive, because this show has no balls; Chief of Staff Mark Fuckface betrays Jack to the Russians; Chloe betrays Jack to run off with her BFF Adrian Snowden; CIA agent Navarro betrays everyone; there’s an override device that can control every weapon in the world; Jack…

BioWare’s First Gay Male Party Member Debuts In Dragon Age Inquisition

BioWare has been hooking up players with non-player character party members in its games for more than a decade, but there’s not been a strictly male-seeking-male option available until Dragon Age Inquisition‘s Dorian. In a character profile recently posted to the Dragon Age Inquisition website (via Eurogamer), writer David Gaider discussed the sexuality of the…

Nobody Was More Excited to Play DOOM For the First Time Than id

This old John Romero home movie is worth watching if you’ve not seen it before as it shows that id blew their own tiny little minds playing DOOM This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK. It’s a 1993 home movie first posted by Romero about five years ago recording a studio tour, including 20 minutes…

Japanese Photo Trend: Pretend Toothaches

It certainly seems like Japan always has a new photo trend. Some of them catch on, while others fizzle out. The latest one to grab people’s attention? Fake cavities. Earlier today, the photo below hit the internet, with Twitter user Okoge writing, “Does everyone have cavities?” The image has since been retweeted over twenty thousand…

We Love Lilly’s Amazingly Terribad Pokémon Art

Pokémon just wouldn’t be Pokémon without a rival to constantly challenge you. Thus, even drawing game Pokémon Art Academy has a rival—a girl named Lilly. But while I thought I was the worst artist in the world, Lilly proved me wrong. Her art is terrible—so terrible, it loops all the way back around to wonderful.…

Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi is working on a new role-playing game. Called Terra Battle, it is slated for smartphones. Details are currently scant, but Sakaguchi reveals more about the game in the upcoming issue of Famitsu.