Video Games Charity Raises Over $10 Million

That’s not a typo. That’s ten million dollars Gaming for Good, a charity established and fronted by celebrity gamerBachir Boumaaza, aka Athene, has this week passed the significant milestone. At time of writing the group’s tally stands at $10,035,284. If you’ve never come across Gaming For Good before, it works like this: developers and publishers…

​Vote For Kotaku‘s 2013 Reader’s Choice Award

We’re nearing the end of our Game of the Year conversations here at Kotaku. This year, we opened up nominations to readers, and figured that we might as well also let readers vote for their own choice from among the nominations. Below, find a poll for each of the games put forth in our nomination…

She Sings the Songs of Skyrim: Check out this cool Daily Dot feature on Malukah, the now-viral singer/songwriter behind a number of beautiful video-game songs.

RG3 Gave The Redskins’ Offensive Line Xbox Ones for Christmas

Without anything else to hand off for the rest of the season, benched Washington Redskins franchise quarterback Robert Griffin III rolled up to Redskins park earlier this week with a sedan full of Xbox One consoles for the offensive line that let him get sacked 38 times this year. It’s the season of giving, even…

No Cat Should Be Without A Mario Warp Pipe Climbing Box

Cat Mario, meet Mario cat. Redditor Collinferal had a friend with a bored cat. With $140 in materials and his carpentry skills, he made her a magnificent Mario-themed toy that will keep said cat occupied for minutes. As the owner of two cats, I am constantly looking for ways to keep my feline friends from…

The Funniest TV News Screw-Ups Of 2013

“I’m Ron Burgundy. Go f**k youself, San Diego.” I know, it has nothing to do with video games. But this 2013 TV news blooper reel from NewsBeFunny is just too good not to share. I can’t begin to name a favorite. Steve captured a few highlights in GIF form: [Via SuperPunch]

Rockstar Support is replying to as many people as they can about the GTA Online money hackers. No news since Tuesday, but the gist remains the same. Hackers are gifting people unwanted gobs of in-game money, seemingly making recipients vulnerable for game bans. Rockstar’s position, since Tuesday, from their Support Page, is what they’ve had…

Games Criticism Is Flawed And/Or In A Golden Age.

Two views on the state of games criticism over at The New York Times. Here are excerpts: Laura Parker’s essay Game Theory: BioShock Infinite and Video Game Reviews BioShock Infinite aimed to be a game that engaged its audience by posing questions about human nature. We know this because we were told as much. But…

Will Paying For Video Games Become a Weird Thing To Do?

I happily pay for video games. You might, too. But so many people enjoy the increasingly popular free-to-play model of video games. So many people don’t pay to play. Is gaming going to be reaching a moment when many, many potential gamers just don’t want to pay. I tossed this idea into a conversation I’ve…

Cards Against Humanity is sold out again. This time, they have a good explanation for how it happened. Designer Max Temkin wrote about the process of trying to predict Christmas sales, and why marketing reports aren’t very helpful.

Here’s what’s going on Talk Amongst Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Barely a creature is stirring in the post-Christmas TAY-verse, but we’ll soldier through. We’ve got Tommy Pickles’ look at A New Beginning, the adventure game about how horrible we are. Dexomega reviews Mobile Suit Gundam 00, and Habboi shows off the lovely gifts sent to…

Nintendo Online Services Broken Now, Continuing Christmas Malfunctions [UPDATE]

Nintendo’s online store isn’t working for many gamers at the moment—not on Wii U or 3DS—making it essentially impossible to use many of the systems’ core online services. So this is why I couldn’t update the Netflix app on my parents’ Wii yesterday! And it’s why a lot of Nintendo gamers are pulling their hair…

We Must Never Forget The Horror Of Dragonball Evolution

“America’s worst insult to Japanese culture since Hiroshima” might be going a bit far, but otherwise Screen Junkies‘ Honest Trailer treatment of the abysmal Dragonball Evolution is spot-on. I guess the idea was to take the basic premise of the manga and anime series and convert them into material that would appeal to a broader…

You Can’t Have A New Smash Bros. Game Without Zelda

A staple of the series since Melee, Princess Zelda returns for her third consecutive Super Smash Bros. appearance on the Wii U and 3DS. High-definition has been very, very kind to our princess. Zelda[Official Super Smash Bros. Site]

See What These Japanese Game Developers Resolve for 2014

As 2013 draws to an end, we look forward to 2014. And with a new year, comes new resolutions – even for game developers. Japanese gaming magazine, Weekly Famitsu, asked 100 game developers what their key phrases resolutions for 2014 were. Take a look at what some of them had to say. Daisuke Ishiwatari –…

That Lightning Returns Aerith Costume Wasn’t Meant for Everyone

One of the highlights of Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is all the costumes you can play around with. Aside from the costumes included in the game and the DLC costumes, Square Enix also has a limited Aerith from Final Fantasy VII costume and weapons. Well, it was supposed to be limited. The Aerith costume…