Make Your Own Star Wars Hexaflexagon

Star Wars Hexaflexagon by Bashir Sultani. The video below will show you how to make your own: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Ancient Ruins, Or A Minecraftian Superhighway?

Erich Vasburg is a freelancer German concept artist who not only works in games but also does stuff for card games, board games, book covers and advertising. You can see more of Erich’s work at his personal site To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can…

​Your PC Must Be This Burly To Play Watch Dogs

Watch Dogs is finally arriving next month, after what seems like 65 years (give or take) of hype, delays, doubts, and discussion. It’ll be on last-gen and next-gen consoles, but it’ll also be on PC. What kind of PC must you have to run it? Well. Today the game went up for pre-order on Steam,…

The Undertaker’s Outfit Looks Awfully Familiar

Sign that I might be too obsessed with WWE and Assassin’s Creed: I think the Undertaker is cosplaying as an Assassin’s Creed character these days. Seriously, how did I not notice this before? Or am I just imagining things now? Assassin’s Creed Undertaker Assassin’s Creed Undertaker Assassin’s Creed Undertaker I know. It’s not 1:1, not…

Disney Characters Do Really Strange Things, When You Think About It

Disney characters might be beloved, but that doesn’t mean they can’t also be weird. This becomes particularly apparent if you ever try to mimic their behavior—which, by the way, you probably shouldn’t. BuzzFeedVideo has another entry in their funny creep series, and this time they argue that some of the iconic stuff we know and…

If you like reading about games, check out “StoryBundle.” It’s a new pay-what-you-want bundle of ebooks about video games, including work from some great writers, from Geoff Keighley to Ian Bogost. You can pay whatever you want and get the first six; pay more than $12 and you’ll get three more good ones.

Are you in New York? Do you like Civilization V, and art? Stop by the Whitney museum to see Me Playing Civilization, a performance art piece that consists of… a guy playing Civilization V, seven hours a day, five days a week, until May 25th. For more about Me Playing Civilization, check out the interview…

You Are Never Too Old To Cosplay

Aww. Now I can’t stop thinking about cosplay couples growing old together, never feeling too old to hit the convention circuit to share their love of dressing up as their favorite characters. Here’s the Popeye cosplay in full: That’s love, right there. ♥ To contact the author of this post, write to [email protected] or find…

​Choose Your Own NSFW Adventures with Batman, Spider-Man and Stan Lee

The Dark Knight’s greatest enemy may not be the central antagonist of the next Batman video game but that doesn’t mean you can’t hear Mark Hamill do his rendition of the Joker anymore. This Clown Prince of Crime? He literally poops on Batman. Thanks, Robot Chicken! The return of Hamill as the Joker is only…

Nobuo Uematsu loves indies—the famed composer best known for his work on the Final Fantasy series is going to work on the upcoming strategy game Defender’s Quest 2. Cool!

Is that you, Tex Murphy? It remains amazing to me that in this, the year of our lord 2014 AD, we are getting a new Tex Murphy game. But we are, thanks largely to the magic of Kickstarter. Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure launches on April 22 on Steam and GoG, and I will…

Why I Haven’t Been Playing Last-Gen Games Much Anymore

Now that the PS4, Xbox One and Wii U are all out, you’d think it’s the perfect time to dive into games on the PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii. Games on those systems are typically cheaper and there are a ton of worthwhile titles released for them already, many of which are already in our…

Watch A Robot Destroying Threes, Live

Matthew Wegner is working on a cool-looking game, but in his free time, he built an actual physical robot that plays Threes, the puzzle game that we’re obsessed with. You can watch it playing live on Twitch right here. According to the text on the stream, he just created the robot, and it seems the…