What’s The Best Gaming Keyboard?

It’s time for another edition of Co-Op, the segment where we ask Kotaku readers to nominate, narrow down, and vote on the best products in a given category. This week is all about gaming keyboards, and we’re looking forward to seeing what you all come up with, and where features like mechanical keys land on…

Funky Tecmo Super Bowl Mod Creates Street Version of Gridiron Classic

A legion of editors have kept the nearly 22-year-old Tecmo Super Bowl relevant with mods that allow the game to be played with the modern NFL or college teams. Well, did you know the series also has a 7-on-7 arcade-style version, too? It’s free. “Street Tecmo” debuted quietly about a year ago on the TecmoBowl.org…

Diablo Origami Is Glorious

These incredible figures of Tyrael and Diablo himself are the work of an avid Diablo fan, TaeHyeon Hong from South-Korea, and he made them out of nothing but paper. Hong used something called the kirigami technique, which basically involves cutting up pieces of paper and morphing them like origami figures. It’s how he created this…

Lightning Returns Video Shows A Different Class Of Final Fantasy

Got your skepticism goggles on? Okay. After months of gameplay footage and details, I’m ready to call it: Lightning Returns looks like the best single-player Final Fantasy we’ve seen in years That’s right. AsRandom Encounters fans undoubtedly know, I’m on record as disliking both previous games in the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy, which will end…

If You Can’t Pull Off These Awesome GTA Stunts, Try Using Moon Gravity

A month into its release, most everyone has figured out that every curb is an opportunity for an insane stunt jump in Grand Theft Auto V—with or without the moon gravity cheat enabled. Some of the drivers behind the stunts in this video say they pulled off these feats without using Moon Gravity, and yes,…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: DocSeuss sings the praises of the original Thief games and wonders at the direction the franchise’s newest title seems to be heading in. Josay! offers a list of do’s and don’ts of stuff that should/shouldn’t be in upcoming games and hardware. And NotGoodForYou argues that…

Check Out Xbox One’s New Friends List

It stands to reason that Xbox Live on Xbox One would adopt the basic features of social networking—following friends, activity feeds and such. Larry Hryb of Xbox Live explains how all of that works in this video of the console’s Friends app. Remember, your friends list expands to 1,000 under the new Xbox One, but…

One of the villains hunting the Dark Knight in Batman: Arkham Origins must hate water. Revealed during the game’s spotlight panel during this past weekend’s New York Comic-Con, the Electrocutioner is one of the super-assassins looking to collect a bounty on Batman’s head. It’s a safe bet that some of that electrified villain tech will…

Nothing Makes Monday Bearable Like Fresh-Squeezed Gaming Apps

Since we can’t all go back to bed, let’s play some gaming apps instead. Here are eight of the latest and/or greatest to get us started. Well, get you started at least. I’ve already played these, and once I post them I have to actively pay attention to whatever my co-workers are talking about. Grand…

Here’s what you missed during the overnight shift: GTA V’s Trevor Tells Fan To Go F**k Himself Attack On Titanic Pokémon Cosplay Loki Does A Great Owen Wilson (As Loki) Impersonation The Slightly Terrifying Alternative To Oculus Rift

That’s a lot of male protagonists! It’s hard to tell who’s having the best time in Steam user Vikster’s crowded G-Mod mash-up And don’t worry, here’s theladies edition, which is just as busy and cool as the above one. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest,funniest game-related screenshots…

China Working To “Fix” Internet Addiction, Whatever That Means

The verdict on internet addiction as an real disorder in the West has yet to come. But in China, internet addiction is treated like a real thing. That’s why China’s Ministry of Culture is looking for a way to combat it. Over the weekend, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Culture’s Business department, Tuo…

The Successor to “Duck Lips” Is “Sparrow Face”

Remember when people were doing pouty duck lips? In Japan, the pouty-faced look has evolved. The result is “Sparrow Face.” In Japanese, “duck lips” are called “ahiru-guchi” (アヒル口) or literally “duck mouth.” This week, Twitter and Japan’s biggest online forum have been buzzing over the latest forced expression, which is called “chun-gao” (チュン顔 or ちゅん顔)…

Chinese Dude Made a Robot Roommate

D.I.Y. robot maker Tao Xiangli churns out incredible creations. Bless him. Tao, in his late 30s, first became famous online in China in 2008 with his homemade submarine. Tao had created a working submarine from scrap metal. Most recently, Tao revealed a homemade robot that he started working on in 2010. As noted by Vice,…

Perverts Are Making Pokémon X/Y All Salacious

Pokémon X/Y are not sexualized games. Yet, some players keep pointing to instances that seem unintentionally so. Damn them! Both X and Y allow players to interact with their Pocket Monsters by petting them. In Japan, however, this function is one reason why some Twitter users are dubbing the game “eroi” (エロい), or “erotic,” because…

One of China’s Best Anime Spans Five Films

Every 333 years a disaster is born onto the world of man and beast. In this fictional world, this disaster is known as “Kuiba.” In our world, this disaster is probably one of the best domestically produced Chinese animations in ages. Originally released in Chinese theaters in 2011, Kuiba and was touted as the one…

Hey Internet, Hamsters Don’t Get Cuter Than This

Is this hamster heaven? It sure as heck looks like it. YouTube user Heibonkinoko loves hamsters—and loves not only making videos of his pet hamsters, but also building little playhouses for them. The results are both adorable and creative. This is wonderful. Heibonkino [YouTube viaIT Media] To contact the author of this post, write to…

Calling Pikachu “Slow” Leads to Destroyed Childhood Dreams

Pikachu is not slow! Except for when he’s crossing the street in South Korea. Courtesy of YouTube and tipster Sang, the above video is titled “Pikachu, the Childhood Destroyer.” At around the thirty-second mark, as the crosswalk is ticking down the seconds before the light changes, someone says, “Pikachu is too slow. Shit, there are…

Chinese Newspaper’s HQ Now Looks Like a Golden Penis

You might have already known that the new People’s Daily headquarters, first erected this spring, looks like a schlong. But did you know it now resembles a golden one? Chinese site iFengreports that the building is now being covered with golden paneling to reflect light and make everything think, “Oh hey, that’s a golden dick.”…

First Look at Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix

Next year, Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix will hit the PlayStation 3. Here’s your first peek. The new remix includes Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix, which was previously a PS2 Japan exclusive, Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix, which was previously on the PSP and also a Japan exclusive, and HD remastered cinematics for…