Is This South Korea’s Next Dance Craze?

Forget “Gangnam Style.” Forget “Bar Bar Bar.” 2014 could be the year that we all start dancing to “Ear Attack.” By “we,” I mean “you”—or, at least, someone you know. Below, you can watch the video for “Ear Attack.” It’s a tune by a new Korean pop group called Badkidz. At the time of posting,…

Anime Delay Shows How Strict Japan Is about Drugs

Here’s a thought: If the West is too lenient regarding controlled substances, then perhaps, Japan is too strict? As reported by Asahi News, Japanese popstar Aska of the wildly popular group Chage & Aska was recently arrested for allegedly possessing stimulants, including MDMA. Increasingly, Japanese authorities have been cracking down on drugs and celebrities. Instead…

Ninja Gun

This is the arcade flyer for Ninja Gun, a game in which you shoot ninja. Check out gameplay below: Via TAFA, AM, and Jason Eisner You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Watch Dogs Parkour By Expert Freerunners

Ubisoft enlisted Devin Graham to make this Watch Dogs mini-movie featuring expert freerunners: The video was directed by Devin Graham, edited by Graham and Parker Walbeck, featuring freerunning by Chris Romrell and Robert Bennett, and a costume by Allison Dredgemaking. This is the making of video: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog…

Hey, You Can’t Park That There

Stephen Todd’s most recent professional work is, sadly, under lock-and-key, so here’s his awesome personal stuff instead. You can see more of Stephen’s stuff at his personal website To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on the “expand” button in…

Doom “Mod” Makes The Game Look Very 21st Century

It might be stretching the definition a little, but this Doom II mod is one of the most technically impressive things I’ve seen in a long time. For reference, this is what Doom II looked like upon release. While this is what the upcoming Total Chaos – Overgrowth looks like. Yeah. Wow. Some of the…

Human Transforms Into White Walker (With Creepy Timelapse)

No babies were harmed in the making of this White Walker. That’s Elsa Rhae under all the make-up, proving once again that you don’t always need a killer costume or prop to pull off some fantastic cosplay. Here’s a time-lapse of the transformation, which gets creepier the longer you stare at it. You can see…

Famous Wii Vaporware Is Back From The Dead [Update]

Sadness is a fable so old that most of our original stories on the “game” no longer exist on the internet. One of the most notorious pieces of vapourware in video games history, it was at one point a posterchild for the hardcore’s hopes for the Wii. Now it wants to haunt the Wii U…

Looking Good, Lara: The latest batch of HD PC shots up at Dead End Thrills focus on Crystal Dynamics’ Tomb Raider reboot, and are looking mighty fine. Now that I’ve played the intro of this game a bunch of times, I’m starting to think that moss on the tree trunk is the most visually impressive…

Share Your PS4 Stories

Six months ago, the PlayStation 4 was released unto the world. For a half a year since then, Sony’s angular new chunk of plastic has sat in our living rooms, letting us play games and watch movies. How’s all that going? While most of us on staff at Kotaku have our own PS4s and plenty…