‘Twitch Plays Pokémon’ Has Defeated Lord Helix

They revived a god. Now they’ve defeated a god. It was the only way. As some of you know, ‘Twitch Plays Pokémon‘ had thousands of people banding together to control a single Pokemon trainer—first, in a modified version of Pokémon Red, and later in a modified version of Pokémon Crystal. The Crystal run took a…

Lego designs by LegoJalex: Advent Children-style Cloud, Tifa and Fenrir Inspector Gadget set up for vote at Lego Cuusoo

The Saturday Morning Stream: The Elder Scrolls Online

Welcome to the first weekly installment of the Saturday Morning Stream, which is just like Saturday morning cartoons, only with more cursing. Let’s kick things off with a little romp through The Elder Scrolls Online. As mentioned in my weekend editor intro post, I am a big fan of massively multiplayer online role-playing games. That…

Your New Weekend Editor, As Foretold By Prophecy

“I’ve watched the other two, how hard can it be?” That’s what I imagine the director of The Prophecy 3: The Ascent was thinking before giving Christopher Walken hair extensions, fingerless gloves and a trumpet — not at all what I’m thinking as I begin my tenure as Kotaku‘s third regular weekend editor. In November…

The Millennium Falcon is a master of disguise

Animal size charts by SameerPrehistorica. Pictured: Blue whale Titanoboa Deinosuchus Animals chart

The Best of Kotaku, The Week of March 10

Are you guys ready for your new weekend Kotaku editor? I sure hope so! I’m certainly excited about it. But before we get into the weekend, be sure to catch up on our best stuff over at Kotaku Selects The image above is from a game called Proven Lands. Here’s a little bit about it…

Infinite Crisis “What Do You Fight For?” trailer

Random Game Concept Generator. Via BB

Chroma Squad—”All 3 Japanese TV Ads”: We are going full Japanese with this new trailer for their simulation/turn-based strategy game Chroma Squad. Literally. The trailer is fully voiced in Japanese and includes classic tenets from eastern culture such as curry rice and brightly-colored letters that blow up on the screen faster than anyone could possibly…

New pictures of the Link and Ganondorf Twilight Princess figures, listed for July 30: Link Figure Packaged in gatefold window box. $79.99 Ganondorf Figure Packaged in gatefold window box. $124.99 The Link figure measures 10” high on, sculpted base, and the Ganondorf figure measures 12”. Each is meticulously detailed and has been approved by Nintendo…

Snazzy Snake: check out the awesome reversible cover on the physical copies of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes. Here’s the front cover, for comparison’s sake.