Half-Life Speedrun Breaks World Record at Just Over 20 Minutes

After months of theorycrafting and planning, speedrunner quadrazid and his friends were able to run through Half-Life—a game that’s anything but short—in 20 minutes. And the fact that it’s almost 10 minutes faster than the previous world record shows how perfectly executed their run was. You can see the entire speedrun above, it’s just amazing.…

Taiwanese League of Legends Pro Gets Charged for Insulting The Police

A Taiwanese man was recently charged with obstruction of police business after badmouthing police officers on an online forum. First reported by Taiwan’s CNA News and Apple Daily, Taiwanese celebrity gamer Zhang JiaHang of League of Legends fame was approached by the district court of Taichung Taiwan. Zhang was charged with something along the lines…

That’s a Perfectly Executed Slam Dunk… in Kerbal Space Program

Performing a Space Jam!-style ultimate dunk with an asteroid is not how you finish Kerbal Space Program, but that’s how it should end. It probably took hours and hours of quicksaving and retries for SweetieKat to pull this off, since even getting into orbit is a challenge in this game. Kerbal Space Slam! [YouTube, via…

Father Allegedly Let Son Die While He Played Online Games

Tragic news out of South Korea. A young father allegedly let his two-year-old son die due to negligence. The reason? The father was apparently spending all his time gaming. According to Yonhap News (via tipster Sang), a 22 year-old man with the last name Chung had been living apart from his wife due to financial…

Here’s a trailer to remind you that Final Fantasy XIV officially makes the jump to PS4 today. Note that if you’ve already got the PS3 version of FFXIV: A Realm Reborn, you can get a free upgrade to the PS4 version. Here’s how

Japan Invents Disposable Masturbation Toy for Men

Japan is famous for making things smaller. Thinner. And more compact. Sex toys are no exception. Note: This article contains content some readers might find objectionable. IT Media reports that adult goods company Tenga is releasing a ballsy new product called “Pocket Tenga.” In short, it’s a disposable masturbation sleeve that is bundled with lubrication.…

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This Would Make A Good Gaming Tattoo

Magic illustration by Adrian Garcia Trevino. You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

James Cameron’s Guilty Pleasure Is The First Resident Evil Movie

Usually celebrity Ask Me Anythings on Reddit consist of one word answers and people avoiding the hard questions. James Cameron’s Ask Me Anything was not like this. It was awesome and, surprisingly he spent a fair amount of time talking about games, mainly virtual reality. But perhaps the funniest, most out of the blue moment…

Below Looks Lonely, So Lonely

In case you’ve forgotten all about it since its debut at least year’s E3, Below is an upcoming roguelike from some of the guys (Capy, not Superbrothers) who made Sword & Sworcery. This is the game’s PAX trailer. If you’re like me and kept clicking “play” over and over just to hear the music, know…