This Song Argues That “Gif” Is Pronounced “Jif”

Is it Gif? Or is it Jif? Someone should write a song! Oh look, someone did. That someone is musician Jonathan Mann, who recorded this song “Don’t Say GIF” after GIF-inventor Steve Wilhit set the internet ablaze by announcing that his invention is meant to be pronounced “Jif,” like the peanut butter. Is it gif?…

You Can’t Lose In This RPG, Though You’ll Likely Travel Someplace New

Unrest is a most unusual game. There are no fail states, for one. The story continues if you fail. It’s also an RPG that takes place in ancient India—which, I don’t know about you, but that’s not a place I’ve ever visited in a game. The Kickstarter video promises a lot of unconventional ideas, actually.…

Gran Turismo Boss Enters Car Race, Quietly Uses Video Game To Help

Not many game developers are able to practice what they preach, mostly because a lot of the stuff they preach involves stuff that doesn’t actually exist. Gran Turismo series creator Kazunori Yamauchi, however, takes his motor racing seriously. Very seriously. So seriously that, schedule permitting, he sometimes races expensive sports cars. Over the weekend the…

If Only a Game With Pixel Batman and Pixel Wolverine Actually Existed…

Let us once again reflect on the beauty that comes with limitation. These blocky renderings of world-famous superhero characters manage to convey just what works about each character design, despite the lack of detail that Cyclops, Superman or Spider-Man are usually drawn with. And they leave you craving the next logical step, which would be…

Metro: Last Light PC Performance, Benchmarked

When the Metro 2033 was released in 2010 it contributed to raise the PC graphics bar making good use of the latest DirectX 11 rendering technologies such as depth of field and tessellation along with high resolution textures. Before that little was known about the developers of Metro. 4A Games was founded by Oles Shiskovtsov…

BioWare Is Sorry They Accidentally Banned All Those SWTOR Players

In the war between MMO developers and shady players looking to exploit the system, the innocent often get caught in the crossfire. Such was the case yesterday, when somewhere under 150 honest, hard-playing Star Wars: The Old Republic players had their accounts banned from play. BioWare is sorry, you guys. Several tipsters emailed us last…

Which would you rather play? I think I’d go for Ghost Dog, because not only is the idea of a Call of Duty Dog game fantastic, this mock cover by Redditor Auto_aim1 is also excellent.

You Could Kill A Super Mutant With This Homemade Fallout Weapon

The Shishkebab is one of the more ridiculous melee weapons in Fallout—I mean, it’s a freakin’ flaming sword! And GreekGadgetGuru built one like it, in real life. The thing looks crazy dangerous. If you’re the impatient type, skip to 2:50 in the video to see the thing in action. Now, compare his creation with the…

Classic Video Games With Real-Life Backdrops Are Delightful

Video games from the 8-bit and 16-bit era mixed with real life environments look awesome, and it’s a technique that lets anyone’s creativity shine. It’s something that Kotaku has covered before but it would be a mistake to not share the new ones. These superb photo edits are the recent work of acefecoo on deviantART.…

A new Retro Game Music bundle is underway, where you can get a bunch of classic game music for minimal bucks. Myst, The 7th Guest, Jazz Jackrabbit and Duke Nukem join a list of other notables, some of which have never been previously released.

Watch Donkey Kong Scare The Crap Out Of Children

To celebrate the release of Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, Nintendo spent a lovely spring afternoon scaring the crap out of children. The video (above) is quite fun. The game is good, too: Donkey Kong Country Returns was one of my favorite games for the Wii, and the 3DS version is even better, mostly because…

Xbox One Game Boxes Look Sharp

What Luke Plunkett wants, Luke Plunkett gets. This is what the official box for an Xbox One game looks like. You like? This is via official Xbox One hype man Major Nelson

Your Xbox One Games Can Be Suspended (Or Terminated)

Both the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One will bring console gaming to the present this year by allowing users to suspend the games they’re playing. Save points can be a thing of the past on these consoles. Games don’t really have to be turned “off”. We reported as much about the Xbox One a…

Used Games Aren’t To Blame For All The Video Game Industry’s Problems

There’s been a lot of chatter this week about used games, mostly spurred by the news that Xbox One games will come with one-time registration codes, meaning you can’t just swap them with your friends or trade them at a GameStop. Microsoft has promised some sort of ecosystem for used games, but the Xbox manufacturer…

Here’s The First-Ever Official Mobile Dungeons & Dragons Game

Has there really never been an official Dungeons & Dragons mobile game? No? Well then I am sure it pleases Dungeons & Dragons: Arena of War to be the first. It’s coming soon to Android and iOS, and I’m not telling you where from because it’ll only make some of you angry. Arena of War…

Monster Hunter‘s ‘Prance’ Goes On World Tour, Next Stop: Your Dreams

If ever there was a Monster Hunter gesture that deserved a dance-party video, it was the Prance. And so the guys at Explosive Alan have given us this excellent montage of pitch-perfect prancing, taking their MH characters on a tour through the world of games, cinema, television and beyond. They even stop off at the…

Daredevil Punching a Cancer Dinosaur Is My Favorite Panel from This Week’s Comics

Daredevil #26: Serious shit happens in this latest issue of Matt Murdock’s comic. Daredevil runs around scared senseless after getting his butt handed to him last issue by a physically superior doppelganger, terrified that he won’t be able to help Foggy Nelson as his best friend’s battles cancer. The reveal of the mastermind behind the…

Valve Has Crowdsourced Banning Cheaters In Counter-Strike

You might want to think twice before cheating in front of, if not being a jerk to fellow Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players now. For all you know, they might be an “investigator” capable of banning you. According to the Counter-Strike blog, Valve is debuting something called “Overwatch.” Although in beta right now, the idea is…

Comic Book Resources reports that—just weeks after a dust-up involving the banning and reinstatement of Image Comics’ Saga #12—digital comics distributor Comixology has once again pulled dozens of comics with explicit content from their iOS app, .

Get ready to lop off some heads—first-person slasher Chivalry: Medieval Warfare is having a free weekend on Steam. From now until Sunday at 4PM Eastern, you’ll be able to leap into battle and slice and dice for zero bucks. And, if you decide you want to buy the game, it’s on sale. Just watch out…