Covering Yourself with 460,000 Bees Looks Terrifying

In Chongqing, China, beekeeper She Ping thought the best way to promote his honey business was covering himself in hundreds of thousands of bees. Seems to have worked, no? “Bee bearding” originally started in the 19th century with beekeepers attracting live bees to their faces and “wearing” them as beards. Now, it’s spread to full…

Japanese Building Gets Covered in Attack on Titan

Projection mapping sure is cool. And recently, it’s become increasingly popular in Japan. Hence, this Attack on Titan projection mapping event in Kawasaki, Japan. The event, called “Attack on the Real,” showed an animated clip projection mapped onto JR Kawasaki Station. Japanese site Gigazine was on hand, and in the clip below, you can check…

New Mighty No. 9 Character Designs

The latest Mighty No. 9 update features several new character designs. See more below, as well as video of Keiji Inafune redesigning a character: Inafune was not satisfied with the figure with the shield and redesigned it to make it less humanoid: That design turned into this: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku…

Star Wars Propaganda Posters

Two of the Star Wars propaganda posters Russell Walks created for the Star Wars Chrome Perspectives trading card set. See more below: You can see all 20 designs at Russell Walks’s site Previously: Make your own Star Wars Hexaflexagon. You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos…

Let the age of Bravely Default cosplay commence. Great costume, even if Linda Le has got her characters all wrong (Agnes as a vampire? My Agnes was a performer!)

Abandoned Malls Look Like Sad, Empty Video Games

There’s a Facebok group called Dead Mall Enthusiasts. It’s a fascinating collection of photos people have taken of abandoned malls across America. There are all kinds of socioloical reasons why that’s interesting, but what’s really got me is how they look like a video game artist’s portfolio come to life. Left 4 Dead. Dead Rising.…

A Look At The Monument Valley Sketchbook

Cult of Mac posted several pages from the sketch book of Ken Wong, designer of Monument Valley. Previously: Posters and Video Game Fan Art by the Designer of Monument Valley You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Developers Discuss Next-Gen Growing Pains

It’s been six months since bouncing baby PS4s and Xbox Ones started landing on doorsteps, and things are still… transition-y. Titanfall runs great on Xbox 360, Borderlands is staying last-gen, and PS4 is getting a Last of Us port. What do you think? Are you optimistic, or are you regretting your purchase? Personally, I think…

Prosecco The Dolphin And More Video Game-Themed Drinks

A look at Loading Bar’s new video game-themed drinks menu. See the entire menu below: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Life-Size Lego Titanfall Shotgun

Nick Jensen, who made a Lego Titan, is back with another Titanfall creation—an EVA-8 Shotgun. See more photos below: Previously: Titanfall-Themed Climbing Wall You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Why Does This MMO Seem So Much Better Than The Stuff We Get?

Black Desert, the Korean MMO that as a fantastic character creation system, is more than just a pretty game, you know. Judging from the trailer below, which showcases some battle mechanics, it also plays differently than many of the MMOs that we know. It’s almost like something out of an action RPG—Kirk compares it to…

Watch The New Film Noir Batman Short By Bruce Timm

DC just aired Bruce Timm’s new Batman short “Strange Days” featuring Batman versus Hugo Strange and Solomon Grundy. Watch the short below: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Watch Dogs On PC Looks Fantastic

Yeah, this is little more than an advertisement for Nvidia tech. But the clip also gives us a look at Watch Dogs running on the PC, and it looks great Of course it does. It’s a trailer. It’s running as nicely as the game can possibly run. But still! Even if you can only get…

TV News Steals Cosplay Footage, Thinks Thai People Are Japanese

Using cosplay images without crediting the photographer is not cool. It’s a lot worse, though, when a European news program steals some cosplay footage, edits it then falls into the ol’ “all Asians look the same” trap. This story ran recently on Spain’s Telecinco 5. It’s about Tokyo’s fashion culture, and seems to be little…