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Creepypasta Wiki Issues Statement Saying Slender Man Isn’t Real
The tragic events in Waukesha, in which two young girls are accused of stabbing a friend, have brought internet myth Slender Man into the mainstream spotlight. So much so that the Creepypasta wiki, unofficial home to stories involving the character (and others like him), has had to issue a statement confirming that he is not…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2014 - Uncategorized
Study The New Batmobile At The Arkham Knight Official Site
The Batman: Arkham Knight official site now has a new mini-site allowing you to study the Batmobile from all angles: You’ll need a forum login to access the mini-site You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published June 3, 2014 - Uncategorized
One Of Gaming’s Greatest Questions Has Finally Been Answered
Some Twitter jokes are elaborately patient affairs. Others are a little more accidental. The account belongs to FIFA Youtuber Duaineml0, who I guess set up a Twitter account in 2009, forgot all about it then joined for real a year later with a new account that he actually uses. Only to later remember that he’d…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2014 -
EsportsBooth Falls On Pro Gamer’s Head, But He Still Wins
Pro StarCraft II player Koh “GuMiho” Byung Jae was playing in Korea the other day when he suffered a pretty drastic technical mishap: the booth he was sitting behind collapsed, hitting him in the head and sending his monitor flying into his face. It looks like it him him pretty hard, so his stunned look…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2014 -
CultureCosplayGodzilla Cosplay Crushes Cities With Its Brilliance
Sean Sumagaysay’s Godzilla outfit is one of the most technically impressive pieces of cosplay I’ve ever seen. Not only does he look like the giant monster, but thanks to the design of the suit he can move like it too. While images make him look like an expensive statue brought in to market the release…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2014 - Culture
The Best Video Game Art Of 2014 Is A Treat For The Eyeballs
Every year, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) and the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) get together to select the very best in professional video game art. Here are their picks for 2014. They’ll form part of the Into The Pixel exhibition, which is held every year during E3. Just like it will this…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2014 - Uncategorized
How To Record Videos On A PS4
There’s nothing quite like seeing a once-in-a-lifetime moment in a video game and realizing it’s too late to go back and get a video of it. It’s over and gone, lost forever. Womp, womp. Both the PS4 and the Xbox One promised to help gamers avoid that scenario by including hardware that’s constantly recording a…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 3, 2014 -
UncategorizedSee How Much Faster Your Wii U Gets You Into A Game
The latest update to the Wii U adds a Quick Start menu, which lets you select a recently used game or app to load before the console even boots up. Take a look at how it works with Kotaku Editor-in-Chief Stephen Totilo. Note that the feature doesn’t actually make games load faster, it just saves…
By Steve Marinconz Published June 3, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Forest, As Told By Steam Reviews
While The Forest hasn’t been in early access for very long, players already have lots to say about the hot new survival horror game that’s tearing up the Steam charts. Turns out, despite the mystery and occasional gruesomeness, there’s also a lot of hilarity to be found in The Forest. While Steam reviews might not…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 3, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Game That Saved Me From Driving Drunk
It had been the worst day in a string of very, very bad days. I was desperate and angry and sad and getting drunker by the second. I hugged a bottle of vodka like a safety blanket, but it gave me nothing in return. No sympathy, no warmth. “Maybe I’ll just go for a drive,”…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 3, 2014 -
UncategorizedMario Kart Has A New Controversial Technique Called ‘Fire Hopping’
Discussions around Mario Kart 8 are getting heated as the moment, as players have discovered a new technique some are calling “Fire Hopping.” While you can see Fire Hopping in action in the footage below by MK8 Records, basically, it’s something that allows players to maintain a speed boost via hopping. Fire Hopping is possible…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 3, 2014 -
UncategorizedGoat Simulator’s Patch Notes Are The Best
A whole bunch of stuff, like hats and multiplayer, gets added to Goat Simulator today—all for free. While that’s cool, you’ve gotta read how the developers, Coffee Stain Studios, are describing the update. From Goat Simulator’s patch notes over at Steam: Added local splitscreen multiplayer Added a new map, try it out in the “custom…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 3, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Legend Of Zelda Didn’t Make The LEGO Ideas’ Cut
Fans of Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda franchise and LEGO toys breathlessly waiting for the results of the LEGO Ideas Winter 2014 review results can exhale now — the results are in, and Link won’t be appearing in plastic brick form. Wes Talbott’s submission to the LEGO Ideas (once CUUSOO) program did Zelda fans proud.…
By Mike Fahey Published June 3, 2014 - Uncategorized
One Year Later, Did Sony Keep Their E3 2013 Promises?
Back in June 2013, it seemed like Sony pretty much stole the show from Microsoft with their E3 briefing. But do their promises still hold up now, almost a year later? Following yesterday’s look at Microsoft’s big press conference from last year, it’s time to examine Sony’s. Sony went for a mostly balanced look at…
By András Neltz Published June 3, 2014 - Uncategorized
Flappy Bird Is The New ‘Hello World’
Yesterday, Apple announced a new programming language called Swift for building iOS apps. Less than 24 hours later, someone has already used it to build a Flappy Bird clone. If you aren’t familiar with Hello World, it’s basically what programmers traditionally use to demonstrate a programming language or test a basic system, since it’s a…
By Steve Marinconz Published June 3, 2014 -
UncategorizedWhat’s Wrong With The Movie Gravity? Ask Neil deGrasse Tyson
When a movie is too scientific for Cinema Sins to handle, they call on noted astrophysicist and host of Fox hit Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, Mr. Neil deGrasse Tyson. Science made me not want to see Gravity. Having been a fan of that particular means of explaining how reality functions for decades now, I was…
By Mike Fahey Published June 3, 2014 -
UncategorizedI Just Heard A Mario Kart Joke In My PS4 Game
Lego Marvel Super Heroes contains all sorts of great cameos. It also includes a Mario Kart joke, made by the Human Torch, right before you go to Thor’s home realm of Asgard where they’ve got a rainbow bridge. I heard this while playing the PS4 version of the game over the weekend, and I captured…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 3, 2014
