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Korean Schoolgirls Wearing Backpacks Made of Junk Food
Forget rucksacks. You want a snack pack. And you want it built with your favorite cookies, chocolate and potato chips. Well, I sure do. Recently in South Korea, photos of these junk food bags have been appearing on numerous websites, with, apparently, teens making them for each other as birthday presents. Though, it’s possible some…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 20, 2014 - Uncategorized
New Official Propaganda Posters For The Hunger Games: Mockingjay
The seven new propaganda posters promoting The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 are all terrific, but the one-legged tattooed lumberjack is probably the most memorable: The posters are by Ignition Creative. Via IMP Rewards You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published June 19, 2014 - Reviews
Aliens: Colonial Marines Was This Disappointing
Funny Aliens: Colonial Marines review at Steam: I’ve had my heart broken several times in my life. Once, on Christmas Day 1989, I eagerly ran downstairs and gasped at the sight of what was clearly a crudely but lovingly wrapped skateboard. A skateboard that I had wanted ever since I had seen Marty McFly cruise…
By John Struan Published June 19, 2014 - Uncategorized
A Gallery Of Concept Art From Doublefine’s Broken Age
Nathan Stapley posted a gallery of concept art from Doublefine’s Broken Age to celebrate the game’s iOS release: Previously: Broken Age wallpapers. You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published June 19, 2014 - Uncategorized
Three New Mortal Kombat Fighters
This is D’Vorah, one of the three newly revealed Mortal Kombat X “kombatants.” Check out Kotal Kahn, and the Ferra/Torr team below: These were posted at Facebook without any further information You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published June 19, 2014 - Culture
The Witcher 3 Art Is Very Bewit-I’m Sorry
Marek Madej is a concept artist at CD Projekt, the developers of The Witcher series. In addition to his contributions to that series (and in particular Witcher 3), he’s also done card games, board games, film and album cover work. You can see more of Marek’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page. To…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 19, 2014 - Uncategorized
FTL: Faster Than Light Modded To Run A Marriage Proposal
While his/her loved one was in the shower, a Redditor patched her computer’s version of FTL: Faster Than Light to turn it into a marriage proposal with multiple dialog options: Via R/Best of You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published June 19, 2014 - Uncategorized
$900 Blade Runner Gun Looks Totally Worth It
Yes, you read that right. This costs $900, not $90. But whatever. If it means I can walk around muttering “enhance” and shooting at robots, I’ll pay it. Limited to just 50 pieces worldwide, it’s as faithful a reproduction of Harrison Ford’s sidearm as we’re ever going to get, with each component exactly the same…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 19, 2014 -
CultureCosplayCosplay Panorama Turns Humans Into Superstars
Attendees at Sydney’s Supanova convention last weekend got to try out something pretty neat: a 360-degree camera rig just like the ones E! uses on the Oscars red carpet. The results are pretty cool. Cosplayers acting out can sometimes look a little naff, but the way this freezes them in the middle of a pose…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 19, 2014 - Uncategorized
Ubisoft Explains Why Watch Dogs On PC Had Hidden Graphics Files
Earlier this week, Watch Dogs made headlines after modders discovered hidden graphical files that transformed the game to something that more closely resembered the dazzling E3 demo presented in 2012. Today, Ubisoft took the time to explain why these files weren’t used—and responded directly to accusations that they “downgraded” the game. From the official Watch…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 19, 2014 -
UncategorizedWhy 2014’s Battlefield Is ‘Just Avoiding’ Uncomfortable Topics
Adding police to a series about large-scale warfare can create some… odd scenes. At the E3 demo for EA’s mega-budget cops and robbers game Battlefield Hardline, we saw action more commonly relegated to a warzone. Countless explosions and military-grade weaponry in the streets to stop a… truck robbery. Buildings crumbling. Havoc. No civilians. No one…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 19, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Snowpiercer Comic Is Pretty Damn Good
Snowpiercer is a very, very good movie. It’s not an original concept, though, being based on 1982 French comic Le Transperceneige. Which, despite being regarded as something of a cult classic, has only now been translated into English. Titan has translated and published not just the original Le Transperceneige, but its 1999 sequel (which was…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 19, 2014 - Uncategorized
Pokémon’s Officer Jenny, Reporting For Duty
Every officer Jenny might look the same in the Pokémon anime, but when it comes to cosplay, it’s way easier to pick out the unique quirks that a cosplayer brings to the uniform. This officer Jenny by Siren’s Belle, for example? Way different than another officer Jenny we’ve featured before in a round-up—and you don’t…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 19, 2014 - Uncategorized
One Brave Reporter Went Inside America’s First Video Game Rehab Center
Video game addiction has never received an authoritative classification in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the American Psychological Association’s criteria-setting publication on all things related to mental illness. But that hasn’t stopped Americans—health-conscious and prone to cultural panic people that we are—from addressing it in other ways. Books have been written…
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 19, 2014 -
UncategorizedWe Tried PlayStation Now–Here’s How It Went
Back in January, Sony announced Playstation Now, a system that lets you stream older Playstation games. It’s in beta now, so you can finally watch it in action. The overall Now experience was really smooth. You can skim through the library and get games up and running really quickly, and they work well once they’re…
By Steve Marinconz Published June 19, 2014
