How Pokémon Battles Are More “Realistic” in the New Anime

It’s a subtle change. If you’re watching the new Pokémon anime, Pokemon XY, you might not have even noticed. But the battles are a little more “realistic.” The word is in quotes, because let’s face it, Pokémon battles by their very nature are not realistic (they are, of course, in relation to the actual game).…

Spencer Yip of Siliconera teamed up with a Sesame Street writer and a Simpsons animator to create a nice educational iOS game of their own: Nomnoms: Math Universe. As you might guess by the name, it has to do with adorable creatures, space, and math. Yes, math. Check out the trailer here

Galactic Princess Is A Space Game You Need To Keep An Eye On

Galactic Princess asks you to venture into space to rescue a princess. It’s not what you’re doing that sounds cool, it’s how you’re doing it. You have to design and build your ship, taking into account real physics. You need to hire a crew. You need to expand, you need to fight, you need to…

I’d Have Killed A Man To Go To Gran Turismo 6’s Launch

I’ve had a tumultuous relationship with Gran Turismo over the years. I used to love it. Then I hated it, bored of how sterile and lifeless it had become. Now…I appreciate it for what it is. I’ve got Forza for when I want to get behind a car and go “WWWAAHAHHHHAHAHHAH”. For those times I…

258 Of The Year’s Best/Worst Movies, All In The One Trailer

It’s been a great/good/terrible year for movies, depending on what you actually saw and how picky you are. So let’s relive the whole shebang with this clip, which combines footage from 258 movies and turns them into one very long trailer. It’s so varied. Shame this isn’t for Sucker Punch 2. 2013 Movie Trailer Mashup…

LoL Contracts Get Heavy With Players, Ban Rival Streaming

First reportedin a story on OnGamers, if you’re signed up to take place in League of Legends’ League Championship Series, your contract bans you from streaming any game that can even remotely be seen as competition for Riot’s online juggernaut. That doesn’t just apply to streaming other games alongside their LoL broadcasts. It bars them…

Amazing Pacific Rim Cosplay Made From Rat Traps, Spoons, Everything

If you haven’t seen Pacific Rim, there’s a Chinese mech called Crimson Typhoon. Well, this is the Brooklyn Typhoon. It may not be as big as its inspiration, but its made of way more interesting stuff. Built by Brooklyn Robot Works, it took 550 hours to build, and weighs in at 155 pounds. Here’s a…

Official The Simpsons LEGO Is Coming. Here’s A Look.

It may have taken decades longer than it probably should have, but official Simpsons LEGO is on the way. And while the Danish toy giant has yet to release its own promotional images of the line, which is due in early 2014, pics of some minifigs have begun leaking out a little early. Nice shots…

A History Of Movie Archers, From Robin Hood to Katniss Everdeen

In video games, it’s been the year of the bow for almost two years now. But games aren’t having all the fun – movies have been right in the thick of it. In fact, recent films like Brave and The Hunger Games have carried on a long Hollywood tradition of bows, arrows, bowstrings and arrowheads.…

Track: Difference a Day Makes | Album: Takes Time | Artist: Jim Guthrie Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Every Xbox dashboard, leading up to the current dashboard on the Xbox One—neat to see how much stuff has changed, no? GIF via(r/gaming)

First World of Warcraft Movie Actors Revealed

The World of Warcraft movie doesn’t just have a release date. It’s got a cast now as well. If you were expecting BIG NAMES on this list, you won’t find them. The actors announced by Legendary and Universal Pictures are: Ben Foster (Six Feet Under) Travis Fimmel (Vikings) Paula Patton (Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol) Toby…

Transformers Legends‘s Next Update Is Beast Wars. Hell Yeah.

Free-to-play mobile card collecting game Transformers Legends has been slowly slogging through early Transformers history for what seems like ages. Now they’re getting to the good stuff in the next update — Beast Wars. The computer animated show started off slow and built to a wondrous crescendo, attaching itself to first-generation cartoon continuity through a…

Come for the killer Tetris tune, stay for the hypnotic Tetris gameplay. As much as I liked the latest from Smooth McGroove, I was oddly transfixed by the gameplay video that goes along with it. Tetris, man.

Every Star Wars Character Is Special, Like A Snowflake

With just a piece of white paper and some scissors, you can make your very own lovely, intricate Star Wars decorative snowflakes. ‘Tis the season, after all. These templates come to us from Anthony Herrera, who has made it oh-so easy to make a kickass snowflake shaped like Boba Fett, an AT-AT, or even a…