There’s A New Google Glass, So Let’s Shoot It With A Machine gun

The new version of Google Glass looks pretty stylish. It also holds up well when dropped on grass, concrete, and in water. Not so well when shot with a 1200 round per minute Vector submachine gun. Google Glass 2.0 vs Vector Submachine Gun [RatedRR]

Piranha Plant Recycling Dumpster

JRYU JRYU turned a dumpster into a Piranha Plant for Global Inheritance’s upcoming art show at Coachella. It’s still functional—bottles can be thrown into the plant’s mouth. Below, see prior exhibits by Global Inheritance, including human-powered slot cars and the Recyclosaurus Rex. Recyclosaurus Rex from Coachella 2013. Human-powered slot cars from Solar Decathalon 2013. Wall-E…

A Sniper Rifle Has Never Been So Romantic

Forget about the items you’ve found inside Team Fortress 2 Mann Co. supply crates—there’s no way those items are as sweet as the stuff inside this real-life Mann Co. crate. That’s because this is a special crate, created by MrHackworth when he wanted to ask his sweetheart’s hand in marriage. “After four amazing years, I…

Free Walking Dead #1, B2G1 Free Games, Playstation Plus [Deals]

Target has the $450 Xbox One Titanfall Bundle with a free year of Xbox LIVE thrown in, effectively bringing the price down to $390. This is the best deal on the Xbox One so far. This deal also applies to the “standard” Forza 5 Xbox One Bundle. Update: It’s over. The Hobbit: The Desolation of…

30 Minutes Of Being Trapped In A Nightmare

What happens when your crazy backwards music game is a commercial failure? For Matt Gilgenbach, the answer was depression and nightmares. So like any good game developer, he made it into a game, which put us in a series of situations inspired by his nightmares. Neverending Nightmares is an adventure game with no HUD, no…

Doraemon Meets Akira In This Bleak Vision of the Future

Japan has selected the adorable robot cat Doraemon as its special ambassador for its 2020 Olympic bid. And as we all know, Akira predicted the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. That can mean only one thing… From animator Aleix Pitarch comes a brief glimpse into the horrible, inevitable dystopia that will surely envelop Neo-Tokyo in a few…

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​Microsoft’s Big Plans for Xbox TV

Remember the Xbox One reveal? There was a lot of talk about TV, wasn’t there? Now Microsoft’s new console is out and all that TV-centric chatter has died down. But there’s a lot of work happening to produce and deliver original shows directly to Xbox users. Microsoft clearly wants Xbox Live to become the next…

AirMech Arena is Like DOTA For People Who Love Robots

If you’ve always wanted to have more automatons in your DOTA experience, then I may have just the thing for you. AirMech Arena is a fast-paced free-to-play MOBA that puts you control of giant killer mechs that can transform into vehicles like a military jet or helicopter. And it’s coming out for the Xbox 360…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Ani-TAY: Buddy Complex Review and Discussion • My Time Gender Bending in MMOs • The Ultimate Guide to Fishing in Elder Scrolls Online • Multiplayer Unlocks Really Suck, Don’t They? • Why I’m Bored with Adventure and Art Games TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow…

Iconic Album Covers, Recreated in… GTA V

It’s a really great way to prove how big and popular GTA V is, when someone uses it to recreate some classic album covers. Here’s PizzaBagels‘ gallery, with Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon on top and Blondie, The Beatles and The Ramones below. No Skrillex this time—must be the effect of the…

It’s Looking Bad For Peter Parker In The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Game

As if three movie villains weren’t enough, Electro and the Green Goblin are are joined by the ugliest Kingpin ever, bad-hair-lighting Black Cat and… is that Carnage? Yeah, Parker is screwed. Activision tried to sneak a little Carnage into the trailer, but I can smell a Cleetus a mile away. It helps that I was…