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UncategorizedFew Could Resist The Charms Of Deadpool At FanimeCon 2014
Good thing that Shiklah wasn’t with him this time Anime fans and cosplayers came together last weekend to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the FanimeCon anime convention in San Jose, California. Of course D Piddy, who shot his very first Deadpool video at FanimeCon 2012, couldn’t stay away. I just feel sorry for the Jenga…
By András Neltz Published May 30, 2014 - Kotaku East
Pizza Hut Is Releasing a Caramel Marshmallow Pizza in Japan
I have three words to say to this pizza: Get in my belly. Wait, that’s four. Pizza Hut is releasing a special Morinaga Milk Caramel and Marshmallow pizza as part of the candy’s one hundredth anniversary. Below, you can see photos, courtesy of website Gigazine. Just look at it. No dammit. Out of the box.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 30, 2014 - Uncategorized
Pokeball Engagement Ring Box
Paul Pape is currently specializing in custom made engagement ring boxes, including this pokeball. Read on to see more of his designs, including Minion, TARDIS, and Sorting Hat boxes: You can see more of Paul’s designs at his Tumblr You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos…
By John Struan Published May 30, 2014 -
CultureTotal Recall17-Minute Metal Epic Covers 40 Years Of Video Game History
The conclusion of three years of work, this is FamilyJules7x taking us on one hell of a musical journey, as he thrashes out metal versions of the theme songs to most of gaming’s greatest games. It’s quite the feat musically, sure, but I’m actually more impressed by the amount of research that went into this.…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 29, 2014 -
UncategorizedCrypt Of The Necrodancer DDR Dance Pads
Crypt of the Necrodancer is a dungeon crawling rhythm game that can be controlled with a keyboard, game pad, or dance pad like the ones you see above. The game will be featured at Indiecade Annex in Austin tomorrow. I posted video of someone playing it with the dance pad below: Via Davey Wreden You…
By John Struan Published May 29, 2014 - Uncategorized
If Only Nintendo Made Wii U Controllers This Nice
Nintendo has released some pretty nice Wii Remotes in recent years, but their Wii U controller lineup is nowhere near as eye-catching. Continuing the work they’ve done with the Xbox One and PS4, then, here’s Evil Controllers with a line of custom Wii U Pro Controllers. Some are in custom colours, others skirt dangerously close…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 29, 2014 - Uncategorized
It’s Link, Just Not As You Know Him
Sketch Dailies is a website/exercise where every single day, artists from around the world – many of them top professionals – get together and contribute drawings based on a theme. Yesterday’s theme was “Link”. While some took it as a chance to simply bring their favourite character to life, others got a little more creative,…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 29, 2014 - Uncategorized
Wolfenstein, As Told By Steam Reviews
We liked the new Wolfenstein. But what did the average person think about the game? We dove into Steam reviews to find out. Turns out, folks on Steam are fond of The New Order too. But amidst the positive reviews, there are also a number of funny, absurd, or eyebrow-raising reviews, too. Here’s some of…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 29, 2014 - Uncategorized
The World’s Oldest Video Game Publication Is Closing [UPDATE: Maybe Not?]
It’s been announced that publisher Future has plans to close a number of its video game sites, among them CVG. Games websites open and close all the time, and people losing their jobs is always a sad thing, but this one hits particularly hard because of CVG’s long history. A history longer than any other…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 29, 2014 -
UncategorizedGuy Makes Pyro Backpack, Shoots Flames Everywhere
Pyro from X-Men isn’t one of the best known characters in the Marvel universe, but that doesn’t mean his backpack mounted flamethrower isn’t cool as all heck. And for our amusement, one tinkerer decided to bring it to life. Watch inventor Colin Furze (the same guy who made retractable wolverine claws) takes on a nerdy…
By Chris Person Published May 29, 2014 -
UncategorizedWatch Dogs Would Make A Pretty Solid Bollywood Movie
Watch Dogs has been out for all of two days, but Ubisoft’s hacking-themed open world game has already proved a big inspiration for one Bollywood movie. The film is called 18.11, and judging from the trailer, it doesn’t have much to do with hacking and the surveillance state except as it applies to terrorism and…
By Yannick LeJacq Published May 29, 2014 -
UncategorizedGunshots And Explosions Make For Great Music
Youtubers JackFrags and Boyinaband worked together to make a song exclusively from Battlefield sound effects, and I really like the result. The song was made with sound effects from the game, similar to this minecraft song. You can check out more Battlefield videos from Jackfrags here and more boyinaband here BATTLEBEATS [JackFrags]
By Steve Marinconz Published May 29, 2014 - Uncategorized
Internet Porn Comments, As Depicted By Lego
People say the darnedest things on porn comment sections.On their own, the comments can be a source of amusement. But “reenacted” in a more innocent context with Lego, the comments become hilarious. Alex Eylar decided to take comments from r/gonewild, a subreddit where folks post amateur porn, and paired the comments with Lego. The result…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 29, 2014 - Uncategorized
Nintendo’s Family Tree Is Massive
Nintendo is 125 years old, and they’ve been making games since before arcades as we know them even existed. You build up quite a family tree in all that time, and someone traced all of it, back to the start. Vin Lauria is a freelance graphic designer who also has a fondness for history and…
By Steve Marinconz Published May 29, 2014 -
UncategorizedWatch Dogs on Xbox One vs 360 vs PS3 vs PS4 vs PC
Watch Dogs is out on both current and last gen systems—and while all versions of the game play the same, each version looks slightly different. IGN brings us this graphical throw-down, where we can see how each version of the game fares against one another. Overall, as you might expect, the current generation looks the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 29, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Most Interesting People In Watch Dogs: Batman, Templars, Celebs
One of the features in Watch Dogs is the ability to get a bit of information on the random citizens you pass by in the world. Well who could pass up filling all those descriptions with easter eggs? So here are some of the best easter eggs I could find, put your own finds in…
By Steve Marinconz Published May 29, 2014
