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UncategorizedSpend Your Sunday With Watchlist
Sunday is the time for kicking back and watching YouTube videos, so grab yourself a mimosa or other Sunday-brunch-appropriate food and see what you missed this week in the world of game videos. First up is a Titanfall glitch that lets you rodeo another pilot, and stay stuck to him even after he dies and…
By Steve Marinconz Published March 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
Super Mario Risk board game concept by Luis Huertas
By John Struan Published March 22, 2014 - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Pokemon World Cup: The Winners!
The torch has been passed — I am now officially the person to complain to if your Kotaku ‘Shop Contest entry doesn’t make the cut. Curogon’s winning entry describes exactly how I feel right now. Thirteen additional lucky finalists follow. Now you might be wondering what qualifies me to judge Photoshop art. You and me…
By Mike Fahey Published March 22, 2014 -
UncategorizedWildStar Player Versus Player Battles Looks Like A Blast
Considering Carbine Studios was founded by 17 members of the World of Warcraft development team, I can forgive the re-use of the terms “Arenas” and “Battlegrounds”. It’s the combat that matters, and WildStar‘s isn’t very much like WoW at all. With the June launch just a couple of months away, we’re finally getting our first…
By Mike Fahey Published March 22, 2014 - Uncategorized
Video game posters by Yolkia: Plants vs. Zombies The Stanley Parable
By John Struan Published March 22, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Best Cosplay Of The London Super Comic Con
Oh Sneaky Zebra, how I love the way you’ve changed boring cosplay shots into music videos filled with elaborate camera zooms. London fandom represents, in this first SZ video of 2014. I can’t flip through cosplay photo galleries these days without humming a tune and swooping my head back and forth, and it’s all these…
By Mike Fahey Published March 22, 2014 -
UncategorizedEverQuest Loot In A Minute. Lore. I Meant Lore.
Having been in operation for 15 years now, Sony Online Entertainment’s MMORPG EverQuest has built a rich and detailed history for players to ignore while they scrabble for loot. Just like I don’t spend all day thinking about world history instead of doing my job, EverQuest players have more pressing concerns than worrying about which…
By Mike Fahey Published March 22, 2014 - Uncategorized
Motorcycle Murdered By Raging, Xbox-Deprived Stepson
A 19-year-old man from St. George, Utah, faces felony domestic abuse criminal mischief charges after allegedly beating the living hell out a custom Harley-Davidson after his stepfather turned the Xbox off. According to a report filed by St. George Police Officer David McDaniel, Alec Young’s stepfather arrived at his home earlier this week to find…
By Mike Fahey Published March 22, 2014 - Uncategorized
Thirteen Years Of Halo Nostalgia In Six Perfect Posters
Deviant Artist and Halo fan Scourge07 combined his penchant for art with his passion for Bungie shooters to create a series of wonderful minimalist posters, one for each game in the series. Well, each core game at least. I do not see a Halo Wars entry, nor do I see one for Spartan Assault, the…
By Mike Fahey Published March 22, 2014 -
CultureTry The Chalupanator And Other Horrible Fast Food Mash-Ups
Are you craving a bacon-pregnant burger from Wendy’s, or one of Taco Bell’s countless variations of the same couple of ingredients? Why not have both? It’s so easy to lose sight of the bigger picture when determining which terrible yet cheap-and-tasty fast food to put in your mouth. We look at each individual restaurant as…
By Mike Fahey Published March 22, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Saturday Morning Stream Plays Infamous: Second Son (Stream Over)
You’ve read the review. You’ve seen the tips. You may have even see us stream this very game live earlier this week, but this is the Saturday Morning Stream, and we play what we like — and that’s Infamous: Second Son. Okay, so maybe I wasn’t paying attention to Kotaku on Thursday and missed the…
By Mike Fahey Published March 22, 2014 - Uncategorized
Three screens from the upcoming G.I. Joe-themed episode of Community: There’s Jeff (Joel McHale) as Wingman (yes, he has a backpack with wings), Annie (Alison Brie) as Tight Ship, Britta (Gillian Jacobs) as Buzzkill, and Shirley as Three Kids. Airing April 3. EW has more.
By John Struan Published March 22, 2014 -
UncategorizedTrailer And Screenshots From Counterspy
New trailer and gallery of screens from Dynamighty’s upcoming stylish game Counterspy: Combining the spy mythology and bold aesthetics of the 1950’s and 1960’s and set during the Cold War, CounterSpy™ focuses on the rogue third spy agency, C.O.U.N.T.E.R., that keeps the world’s super powers at bay. Just as each side of the ongoing conflict…
By John Struan Published March 22, 2014 - Culture
This Week In The Business: Virtual Insanity
QUOTE | “You really need those experiences to help people understand – most people just can’t suspend disbelief.” – Oculus VP of product and co-founder Nate Mitchell, talking about the difficulties still ahead in bringing virtual reality to consumers Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “Now we’ve got…
By Steve Peterson Published March 22, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Best of Kotaku, The Week of March 17
GDC week is over and we have no more Project Morpheus’ and Oculus Rifts to play with 🙁 But if you want to read about our impressions of both of these and catch up on other interesting articles from this week, feel free to browse Kotaku Selects The image above is by mnrART. This is…
By Tina Amini Published March 22, 2014 - Uncategorized
Photos of people trying to figure out the Device 6 puzzle at Simogo’s GDC booth.
By John Struan Published March 22, 2014 - Uncategorized
Gallery of Call of Duty: Ghosts concept art and graphic design by Thomas Szakolczay
By John Struan Published March 22, 2014