Man’s Online “Girlfriend” Turns Out To Be Part of a Pyramid Scheme

In this day and age of technology and the internet, online dating is becoming more and more “normal.” Unfortunately, every now and again online relationships tend cause problems with one party being untruthful to the other. Well, for one Chinese man, his digital girlfriend turned out to be more than just a scammer. Originally reported…

Scribblenauts Crosses Over to the DC Universe on September 24

There will be Supermen. Yep, in the plural. Scribblenauts Unmasked, as you might recall, is 5th Cell’s newest puzzle-word game-platformer thingamajig where you conjure up a whole lot of different DC universe heroes and villains to solve puzzles. That’s heroes, villains, and various new objects; “thousands” of them, according to the description, used across the…

Korea’s Photoshop Trolls Make the Internet a Better Place

On June 26, a Korean language Facebook page called “We Do Phoshop” appeared online. The site solicited Photoshop requests, and the ensuing ‘shops weren’t exactly what askers had in mind. Or what anyone had in mind, for that matter. There’s a tradition of these kind of Photoshops online in China. People would ask “Photoshop masters”…

Report: China Is Ending Its Ban on Video Game Consoles

Since the year 2000, video game consoles have been banned in China. According to a new report, however, that is about to change. Video game consoles could soon be legal in the world’s most populated country. The South China Morning Post is reporting that the Chinese government is expected to reverse its 13-year video game…

Game Trailer Or Bad 80’s Sci-Fi Show? You Decide!

Red 5 Studios went to a lot of trouble to make some real-life outfits based on their online shooter Firefall, so it’s understandable they went and made a live-action trailer for the game’s impending public debut. It’s just a shame that it…yeah. On the bright side, Firefall is now in open beta! It’s not technically…

Hacked Mario 64 Lets Boy Smash His Own Face In

OK. So this is weird. Reddit user pourmeanother77 has edited a copy of Mario 64 so that his son’s face replaced the texture on the game’s goombas. It’s about as simple a modification as you can do to a game, swapping one file for another, but when the result was “He laughed for a good…

It’s Like League Of Legends, Only For The iPad

Brandon Kitkouski, who used to work at id Software and has also done stuff for Magic: The Gathering cards, now works at a small indie studio called Hammer & Chisel, which is working on “the only MOBA designed exclusively for tablets”. That game is Fates Forever, and while there’s not much to go on at…

Tonight’s Nightmares Are Brought To You By This Last Of Us Cosplay

The last time we saw someone go the trouble of dressing up as a clicker from The Last Of Us, it was a work of art. These guys, while also impressive, are also a little more horrifying. I’m not sure whether that’s down to the costumes or the HDR, but it’s good they remembered to…

The Internet Reacts Stupidly/Hilariously To GTAV’s New Trailer

As is becoming custom every time Rockstar releases a new Grand Theft Auto V trailer, the Tumblr gtavtrailercomments has rolled up its sleeves and lurched through the very best internet comments available on the new media And by best, I really mean worst. Oh internet. gtavtrailercomments [Tumblr]

Why Are You Here? Shigeru Miyamoto On The Ocarina Of Time

For many, Ocarina of Time is the greatest video game ever made or, at the very least, one of the most influential. In this Kotaku feature story we speak to its creator, Shigeru Miyamoto, about the making of the game we waited seven years for. “Mr Miyamoto, what are you doing? Why are you here?”…

Laharl, Etna and Flonne return to their proper headlining roles when NIS America brings Disgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness to the PlayStation 3 on October 8 in North America, September 27 in Europe. Still too long to wait.

Rockstar Might Actually Bring GTAV, Other Games To PC

Red Dead Redemption never made it to the PC. Grand Theft Auto V hasn’t been announced for PC. Such sadness. But what’s this? A personal computer-shaped rainbow on the horizon? Rockstar’s Leeds studio recently posted a job opening for somebody to “help bring our latest titles to the PC platform”. “Working together with the other…

All Twin Peaks‘ Pie And Coffee References In One Damn Fine Supercut

I finally watched Twin Peaks for the first time about a year ago. Man oh man, did that show make me hungry. All I wanted to do was drink coffee and eat pie. I can’t imagine why that was! Oh wait, yes I can—the show won’t shut up about coffee and pie, as evidenced by…

Now The Secret World Has A Snowmobile Chase, And That’s Beautiful

In the Issue #7 update for Funcom’s paranormal MMO The Secret World, the player gets to wear a tuxedo and participate in a James Bond-esque snowmobile chase. There are rockets. This is why I love The Secret World. While other, more popular MMOs layer on the pop culture references, cramming them into settings where they…

Nintendo Changes Mind, Allows Smash Bros. Streaming

Only hours after Nintendo blocked fighting game tournament Evo from streaming Smash Bros. Melee matches, the publisher has swiftly reversed its decision. A notice on SRK reads: I’ve just receive word from Nintendo that the Evo Smash Bros. Melee stream will be allowed to proceed. We will be restoring the original stream and tournament schedules.…

Little Witch Academia 2 Is Now Officially Funded. Hooray!

Well, that didn’t take long. Little Witch Academia 2 was on Kickstarter for 3 hours before being fully funded.The page lists no stretch goals, although it sounds as if they’re coming soon. Beyond that, Trigger’s Facebook page also suggests they’re looking into dubbing the new animated short. You might recall that Little Witch Academia is…

Valve Finally “Releases” DOTA 2

Guess the earlier accidental release of Dota 2 wasn’t quite a false alarm: now the game is officially out of beta.Finally! Here’s how the launch will work according to Valve: Like we mentioned before, the launch of Dota 2 is going to take on a different shape than products we’ve shipped in the past. Our…

Sweet Mother Of Beards, This A Cappella Sonic Cover Is Great

How many different ways do I need to say that Smooth McGroove‘s a cappella cover of Sonic The Hedgehog‘s Green Hill Zone music is bananas-level good? Just the one? Okay. Enjoy!

Jennifer Carter, mother of the jailed League of Legends player, recently had her petition requesting the release of her son go over 100k signatures. The family is also selling “free Justin Carter” T-Shirts here, the proceeds of which will go to Carter’s legal defense.

Geez, Thank God This Wasn’t Actually Tomb Raider’s DLC

People will try to sell you anything these days, but thankfully none of the DLC for the reboot of Tomb Raider features more brutal (if not WTF) death animations like in this video by Animation Domination High-Def “Thankfully,” I say, and yet I laughed. But I mean…death by Joffrey? Haaaa. TOMB RAIDER: ADDITIONAL DEATHS DLC…