TIME Looks at the History of Consoles—Including the 5th-Gen ‘S–tshow’

The launch of the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 this year rounds out the eighth console generation, as good a time as any to look back on the seven preceding it, in this three part video series by TIME. Some familiar faces offer their insights on the overcrowded “shitshow” that was the fifth console generation.…

Pranksters Almost Voted An Erotic Game As Our Readers’ Game of the Year

Well, that was close! Thousands of loyal Kotaku readers voted in our Game of the Year poll last week, and they have chosen The Last Of Us as their favorite game of 2013. But what’s the game in the number two spot? The one that missed the top spot by just 24 votes? Why, it’s…

He Forged Fire Emblem‘s Falchion, Then He … You Get the Idea

Video game smithy Tony Swatton has, for the past year, forging blades from Kingdom Hearts, the Legend of Zelda, God of War and even Adventure Time. Closing out 2013, he tackles a project fans have been clamoring for all year: Chrom’s Falchion from Fire Emblem: Awakening. This took a lot of work as Tony explains,…

He Played Missile Command for Nearly Three Consecutive Days

Earlier this year, Victor Sandberg broke Missile Command‘s all-time world record—a mark that had stood since 1982 and was believed to be unassailable. This weekend, he shot for another goal most thought unreachable. In the end, it was. Sandberg didn’t make it to 100 hours of gameplay on a single credit—which would have been 16…

So That’s Why Superheroes Wear Their Underwear On The Outside

Why did Superman wear his frilly red underthings on the outside of his body stocking? The fine folks at Today I Found Out offer this simple, sensible explanation. Technically the answer is they do not wear their underwear on the outside. If it’s on top, then whatever is underneath it becomes underwear, so really their…

Dying Light, Mad Max, DC Graphic Novels, Free Hugo [Deals]

The holidays are basically over people, time to save some money on 2014 pre-orders. Grab Dying Light and/or Mad Max for $10 off, and enjoy the added security of pre-order low price guarantee, not to mention the fact that Amazon won’t charge you until the game ships. Amazon has Kindle versions of some of the…

Awakened In 2013: first, we imagined what the new wall-merging mechanic might look like in an older, classic Zelda game. Today, we’re going to imagine what a 2013 remake of Link’s Awakening might look like—here’s a rendition by artist Jonatan Iversen-Ejve. (Via Tiny Cartridge)

The Stylish Way To Play Your NES

Dave Nunez sure likes 3D printing stuff, and his latest project was no small undertaking. Inspired by his desk lamp and a pile of spare parts, he came up with the design for this ‘NESPoise’ system, and it sure is pretty. The same guy who created the tiny Xbox One, Dave has a 3D printer…

Did anyone actually choose Uplay? The “Thank you for choosing Uplay” message that pops up every time a game is launched from within Ubisoft’s game control service gets funnier every time I see it. Redditor Purkle agrees.

America Pays More For Slower Internet and Less Capacity

The average Internet connection speed in the United States may be well more than what’s needed for multiplayer gaming or watching streaming video. But the country’s infrastructure still lingers well behind what other nations enjoy, according to a slew of recent studies. It’s a textbook your-mileage-may-vary setting, of course, but the average U.S. connection speed…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Amongst Yourselves, our reader-written blog: E1Salvador rounded up the 10 best answers to some random questions, including Luminous on starting Pokémon and Spacegar on the Iron Chefs. Dexomega just up and reviewed Gundam 00: A Wakening of the Trailblazer And Steve Bowling examines whether Nintendo is hungry or desperate. Don’t…

A reader asked why I left BioShock Infinite out of my top 10 games of the year. Good question, especially since the game got hit with some rough backlash. I liked the game! Over the weekend, I explained the omission. Read my take right here. Warning: vague spoilers for the game.

Stereo Pixel-Art GIFs Sure Look Like Classic Adventure Games

Remember Dark Seed, Harvester, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream and all those other horror point-and-click adventure games from the 90s? These giffy photos, taken and edited by photographer David Alexander Slaager, have absolutely the same atmosphere. These could be great backgrounds for a horror adventure game, or serve as homage to a…

A Moment Of Silence For The MMOs That Died In 2013

With their reliance on a large, stable online player base to survive, every massively multiplayer online game is destined to die — the only question is when. Will they last ten years, like Disney’s Toontown Online, or die in beta like The Mummy Online? Here’s to the MMOs that didn’t make it past 2013. The…