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Someone Asked Harrison Ford Who Shot First
Don’t tell me you wouldn’t ask the same question if you had the chance. During a Reddit AMA over the weekend, the veteran actor was asked all kinds of stuff, including what his most-requested line is (“Get off my plane”) and what it’s like rescuing people with a helicopter. The most useful question, though, came…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 13, 2014 - Uncategorized
It’s Dangerous To Go Alone, Take One Of These
Don’t leave home without a Pokemon Previously: NBA teams redesigned with Pokemon-themed logos You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published April 13, 2014 -
UncategorizedPost-Apocalyptic Interactive Novel Funded At Kickstarter
The Seed is a post-apocalyptic Choose Your Own Adventure-style interactive novel that will be playable on PC, Linux, Mac, and iPad. Learn more and download The Seed wallpapers below: The Seed is set in an irradiated, depopulated Russia, and will feature moral dilemmas, crafting, map, and inventory, as well as 50 possible endings. It is…
By John Struan Published April 13, 2014 -
UncategorizedLadies And Gentlemen, It’s Magician Randy Pitchford
Did you know Gearbox Software founder, president and CEO Randy Pitchford started out as a professional magician in Hollywood? He unleashed his magical powers at the Gearbox panel at PAX East earlier today, and the world trembled beneath his might. Like any good Hollywood magician, Pitchford stole this trick from a fellow magician — Penn…
By Mike Fahey Published April 13, 2014 - Culture
The Week In Games: Let’s Make Hero Babies
You can have your Trials Fusion and your Final Fantasy XIV for the PlayStation 4. This week I’m making babies in Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars. It’s part Japanese role-playing game, part dating sim, set in a society where teenagers branded by god visit church to sire children. It’s not nearly as suggestive…
By Mike Fahey Published April 13, 2014 -
UncategorizedBest Game About Being a Spider Gets a Sequel with a Real-World Twist
Five years ago, Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor became an instant classic in the iPhone games library. The moody, wordless experience turned players into multi-legged predators wending their way into creepy environments and a foreboding meta-story. That game’s sequel won’t just be debuting on iOS; it’ll be on Android, PC, Mac and Linux. It…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 13, 2014 -
UncategorizedDoing The Dirty Simpsons With Family Guy‘s Quest For Stuff
Racism, sexism, homophobia, pedophilia — all the horrible things that makes Family Guy what it is are present in Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff, plus some free-to-play mechanics some might find offensive. Noticing that EA’s The Simpsons: Tapped Out was making an incredibly exaggerated million dollars per second, executives at Fox tapped developer TinyCo.…
By Mike Fahey Published April 13, 2014 -
UncategorizedYou’re the One Writing the Story in This Weird, Beautiful Sci-Fi Game
Usually, games that happen beyond Earth’s atmosphere take you to planets teeming with life. Meeting creatures with tentacles where hair or hands should be or with strangely angled mandibles isn’t uncommon in sci-fi games. But, none of that happens in Elegy for Dead World, which we got a chance to see at PAX East this…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 13, 2014 - Uncategorized
The New Longest Arcade Game Run In History – Over 85 Hours
On the morning of Wednesday, April 9, Ohio arcade champion John Salter slipped a quarter into his Armor Attack arcade cabinet. By the time he finished playing late Saturday night, he’d broken two major video game records. In an event streamed live on the website of “Video Game Media Personality” Patrick Scott Patterson, Salter spent…
By Mike Fahey Published April 13, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Cosplay of PAX East, Day 3
Thank you, unknown cosplayer, for your furry tribute to the best thing about Call of Duty: Ghosts. This Riley get-up up top isn’t the fanciest outfit in the world but it still got a lot of laughs and recognition as passersby gawked at Ghosts’ canine hero. Just goes to show that you don’t need to…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 13, 2014 - Uncategorized
It Really Is A Disney Magical World
G’mornin’ to you too, Mickey Mouse.
By Mike Fahey Published April 13, 2014 - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Ninja Tongue-Twister
No one expected ninja tongue Pokémon Greninja to show up in Super Smash Bros. for the Wii U and 3DS. I’m guessing there are many other places no one would expect him to show up. I’m thinking our Photoshop Gym Leaders can demonstrate. You guys probably saw this coming. How could I possibly resist a…
By Mike Fahey Published April 13, 2014 - Uncategorized
Homeworld Remastered Gets The Collector’s Edition It Deserves
During Gearbox Software’s PAX East 2014 panel this morning, fans got a quick peek at the incredibly limited starship that’s coming in the equally limited collector’s edition of the Homeworld Remastered. So pretty. Apparently this USB-powered statue is filled with so many bells and whistles the production process involves hundreds of hands, hopefully attached to…
By Mike Fahey Published April 13, 2014 - Uncategorized
Sunday Comics: Dogmeat Was Killed.
Welcome to Kotaku‘s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published April 7. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published April 7. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
By Mike Fahey Published April 13, 2014 - Uncategorized
All NBA Logos Redesigned With Pokemon
Micah Coles gave all NBA teams (plus the Sonics) Pokemon-themed redesigns: No, he won’t be selling t-shirts: Previously: SNES Commercial Featuring A Young Paul Rudd You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published April 13, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Outlaws of Secret Ponchos
Characters for Secret Ponchos, a Western-themed online combat game. See them in action below: Secret Ponchos takes place in a dramatic Wild West setting, full of tension, stylization and attitude reflective of a graphic-novel. In a town crawling with bandits, murderers and bounty hunters you are an outlaw with a bounty on your head and…
By John Struan Published April 13, 2014 - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Hide The Megalodon: The Winners!
Last week I tasked our image manipulation experts with hiding an enormous prehistoric shark from the vengeful players of Battlefield 4. Judging by the volume of entries we received, there isn’t a single visible megalodon left in all of creation. Another week where there were so damn many good entries, and while Der-Kleine’s eventual triumph…
By Mike Fahey Published April 12, 2014