Maybe We’d Be Better Off Playing Ikea’s Fake Video Games

While browsing his local Ikea for functional furniture at reasonable prices, Redditor voodoocodesnapped a shot of some of the company’s upcoming lineup of fake placeholder video games. I would pay $100 for Grand-ma’s Auto. Ikea is famous for its meatballs. Also it tends to make fake video game consoles, video games, computers, books and more…

Reminder: Claim Your Free Legendary Pokémon This Weekend

Good news, folks who are playing Pokémon Omega Ruby or Alpha Sapphire. There’s a free legendary ‘mon with your name on it right now. All you have to do is start up your game of Pokémon, and select “Mystery Gift” on the main menu. From there, choose “Receive Gift.” You’ll have to connect your 3DS…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: The Seven Anime of Winter 2015 To Watch • Thoughts on Fairy Tail • Coming To Terms With Anita Sarkeesian TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

One Part League Of Legends, One Part StarCraft. Wait, What? 

From Namco Bandai’s official announcement, “Set in the distant, space-faring future Supernova takes an innovative approach to the multiplayer online battle arena genre by adding real-time strategy elements.” That’s kind of like innovating a peanut butter sandwich by adding jelly. The MOBA genre is an offshoot of the real-time strategy genre, so when Namdai Banco…

This Week In The Business: Great Job, Sega

QUOTE | “We go to Sega and the board turned it down, which I thought was the stupidest decision ever made in the history of business.” – Former Sega of America CEO Tom Kalinske, talking about the deal he had with Sony to share in the development of a new console Elsewhere in the business…

Steam Early Access might be a drag sometimes, but it isn’t always. Here’s Eurogamer with a list of ten Early Access games that are delivering on what they promised. Which ones have you played?

If GLaDOS Narrated Pokémon’s Pokedex 

I would watch an entire show in this “Pokedex” style. The voice behind the Pokedex is just so soothing. Check out Versiris‘ “Animated Pokedex” project—this first video kicks it off with Cubone, one of the more tragic Pokémon around. Even if you’ve heard all about how much Cubone misses its mom, it’s nice to see…

Capcom Takes Co-op Out Of Resident Evil, Clever Modders Put It Back In

When Capcom revealed Resident Evil: Revelations 2 wouldn’t have local co-op on the PC, the intrepid modding community immediately went to work. The result? Local co-op on the PC. In case you haven’t been following this bizarre story from earlier this week, when Capcom put Revelations 2 on Steam, the product page promised the game…

Old Folks Aren’t Scared of Five Nights at Freddy’s

Five Nights at Freddy’s has made a name for itself by scaring the bejesus out of younger folk on YouTube. But older folks? They’re not phased by its silly animatronic teddie bears. Pfft. Watch their nerves of steel in this reaction video by TheFineBros: At worst, the jump scares make these people laugh. At the…

Worth Reading: How Real-Life Choices Influence What We Do in Games

How much thought do you give to your moral choices in video games? Do you wish you could take one back? The Western press spills a lot of ink about Japan’s views on sexuality, but ever wondered what Japan thinks about our views on violence? All this and more, so come on in… Every week…