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UncategorizedWe’ve Already Found The Best Video Game Mod Of 2014 [UPDATE]
UPDATE (3:30pm): What we first thought was a bug is actually an intentional fan project, according to Telltale, the company behind The Wolf Among Us. “This is actually a fan made modification using existing game animation assets from a previous episode,” a Telltale rep tells us. (The episode in question.) Kotaku‘s headline has been changed…
By Jason Schreier Published April 15, 2014 -
UncategorizedA Delightful Look At The Opening Of The First Legoland In 1968
The Legoland amusement part in Billund, Denmark is holy ground for fans of the colorful plastic bricks. Back in 1968, when the park first opened, it was an opportunity for charmingly British narrators to say things like “sprawling landscape land of make-believe.” “But for the children, everything they see here is real. After all, they’ve…
By Mike Fahey Published April 15, 2014 - Uncategorized
Facehugger Egg Cake To Promote Alien: Isolation
This facehugger egg is cake and chocolate: Made by Choccywoccydoodah for the Alien: Isolation team Previously: Alien: Isolation posters You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published April 15, 2014 -
UncategorizedGenius And His Lego Robot Take Cheating To A New Level
Uli Kilian once set a world record by solving 100 Rubik’s Cubes while running a marathon at the same time. So he’s smart. And fit. But the smartest thing he’s done might have been building a robot to tap his iPad screen in the middle of the night so that he wakes up to a…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 15, 2014 - Uncategorized
1981 Smartwatch With A Floppy Drive And Full Keyboard
The April 1981 “Future Computers” cover of Byte magazine featured a smartwatch with a floppy drive and Qwerty keyboard. Yes, the April 1, 1981, issue: The cover illustration was by Robert Tinney and you can buy a print at his site. You can also read the entire issue at the Internet Archive. Via Time and…
By John Struan Published April 15, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Insides Of Video Game Hardware Make For Pretty Good Artwork
Consumer tech products are often imbued with a pristine, ornamental quality in our current design-crazed age. In spite of that, most gadgets aren’t exactly things that you could imagine hanging up on your wall to impress new guests. BRS Innovations, a small startup from Ottawa, Canada, wants to change that. It recently launched a Kickstarter…
By Yannick LeJacq Published April 15, 2014 - Uncategorized
Riot Police Training In A Fake Town In England
James Rawlings photographed riot police training at the Metropolitan Police Specialist Training Center in Gravesend, Kent: He describes the project: Architecture of Conflict is an ongoing project documenting environments affected by human conflict in various forms. Control looks into an environment created with the sole purpose of training the Metropolitan Police in all forms of…
By John Struan Published April 15, 2014 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Is Europe the Epicenter of Next-Gen Graphical Fidelity? • Valkyria Chronicles II is Worth Your Time • Games to Increase Your Typing Speed! • Finding True Love on the Farm • Why Don’t We Have Smartphone Reviews for Gamers? TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow…
By András Neltz Published April 15, 2014 -
UncategorizedEvolve Is One Of The Best Games We Saw At PAX
At PAX East last weekend, Team Kotaku went and played Evolve, the upcoming co-op shooter that pits a group of four hunters against one vicious monster. Yesterday, we talked about it. Here’s that conversation. Jason S. Hello, Team Kotaku. We are here to talk about Evolve, the upcoming game from Turtle Rock Studios (the Left…
By Jason Schreier Published April 15, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Plants Vs. Zombies War Goes West With More Free DLC
Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare just keeps getting better and better. Today EA drops the free Western-themed “Zomboss Down” game pack, adding two maps, eight new characters and tons of new customization items. They’re also raising the level cap for all characters from 20 to 30, which means ten more levels’ worth of challenges to…
By Mike Fahey Published April 15, 2014 -
UncategorizedProfessor Layton Would Be The Perfect Mastermind In Grand Theft Auto
Professor Layton is getting a proper crossover game this year, but the talented animators at Polaris have let their imagination run wild and put the archeologist gentleman and some puzzles into Grand Theft Auto V If you think about it, the professor’s calm, passive-aggressive behavior fits into a world full of mad criminals after all.…
By Gergo Vas Published April 15, 2014 - Uncategorized
Princess Peach Gets Her Own Damn Wii Remote Plus
I’ve managed to resist picking up the Mario and Luigi themed Wii remotes thus far, but the addition of a Princess Peach motion controller at the end of the month has the game paraphernalia collector in me twitching. Dammit, Nintendo. Showing up in stores later this month, the Peach Pink Wii remote isn’t just a…
By Mike Fahey Published April 15, 2014 - Uncategorized
Realistic Pokémon Snap Would Give Me Nightmares
Hey that’s not the Mewtwo and the Cerulean Cave I remember from the Pokémon games. This—otherwise amazing—redesign by DeviantART artist arvalis is way more creepy. It reminds me of those combat-free horror games (Outlast, anyone?), mixed with the N64 classic, Pokémon Snap I don’t want Pokémon to be real anymore. What Lies in the Cerulean…
By Gergo Vas Published April 15, 2014 - Kotaku East
Silver Spoon Is an Amazing Slice-of-Life Tale That Transcends Its Genre
I generally hate slice-of-life stories. I find them meandering and pointless. But Silver Spoon stands at the pinnacle of the genre and weaves a tale so full of life lessons, deep characters, and thematic exploration that even I can’t help but love it. [*Note: This is a review of the second season of Silver Spoon…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published April 15, 2014 - Kotaku East
LEGO Builder Creates Life-Sized Hatsune Miku Statue
Making a life-sized Hatsune Miku statue is not easy. What’s more, it takes time. Lots and lots of time. This, for example, took six months’ worth of work. Hatsune Miku is a virtual idol who also stars in a series of Sega music games. LEGO builder Chaos Brick documented the construction process. It’s not step…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 15, 2014 -
CultureJapanese Commercial Sells Curry Rice with Complete Chaos
It really, really is chaos. Good chaos. Go on, have a look. The ad is for a type of instant curry rice* (カレーメシ or karee meshi). And as with most things, the commercial better if you understand Japanese. However, even if you do not, the ad is amusing. At the beginning the kid says he’s…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 15, 2014 - Kotaku East
There’s a Wii U GamePad… Racing Wheel
The wheel, of course, is the Wii U GamePad. Makes sense! Japanese peripheral maker CyberGadget is rolling out a “Handle Stand” for the Wii U. It comes with a clamp so the GamePad can be used with racing games. If that’s not your thing, it’s also bundled with a more traditional wheel that has a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 15, 2014 -
Esports46 Reasons Why You Keep Losing in StarCraft II
Finding excuses when we lose online is something we all sometimes do. It can be frustrating, after all. Tutorial Central collected a fair amount of StarCraft II-related ones, but most of them would apply to any competitive game. Here’s their clip below: It’s hard to argue with these (here’s an example of someone who can’t…
By Gergo Vas Published April 15, 2014