The League of Legends tournament allowing one LGBTQ person per team has apologized and removed its widely criticized restrictions. “We’ll also be keeping our promise of having an open dialogue with all parties as we plan this and future events,” the group said.

Making Yoda Out of Wax Isn’t Easy

Madame Tussauds, the famous wax museum, is bringing Yoda to life—er, wax—for an upcoming Star Wars exhibit. If you thought it was easy to make a Yoda wax statue, then you are a crazy person. It’s not! Via New Launches, Madame Tussauds uploaded a promo video to YouTube. And while most of the video is…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: The Dude Fallacy • My Manly List of Manly Men of 2014 • You Should Try: The Fall • Ani-TAY Reviews: eden* – They were only two, on the planet • Uncharted 3 Embodies Everything Wrong With Modern AAA Gaming TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY…

Metal Gear Ray Pops Up In The Weirdest Place Possible

[“Rules of Nature” lute version playing in the background] That’s a perfect medieval Metal Gear by Deelekgolo created in Besiege

A Short Film About RPG Characters Who Actually Tell The Truth

Saving Throw’s short shows an adventuring party of four, trying get by in real life while following RPG rules. Swapping gear with party members or getting away with a stupid name suddenly become the biggest problems. To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

Honest Trailers Nails Everything About Hearthstone And Its Community

They certainly did their research on Hearthstone streamers. Here’s Smosh’s honest trailer, full of truth about deck building, luck and Magic: The Gathering. Deep down we probably all knew these, but they won’t stop us playing the game. Copying powerful decks is mentioned in the clip, but we really shouldn’t feel guilty about that. Just…

Portal 2’s Long Fall Boots Can’t Be Far Off

There’s been a couple of takes on shock-absorbing feet-tech in the Portal-verse. Now, someone’s trying to make impact absorbing footwear for real. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK Meet the Enko running shoe (via Engadget): a trainer with two built-in pistons that’s the result of 12 years of work by engineer Christian Freschi. Those…

Teen Stabbed While Gaming with Friends Late at Night

In Gifu, Japan, a sixteen-year-old young man was visiting a friend’s house to play video games when a neighbor told them to keep it down. That’s when things escalated. Chunichi Web reports that the sixteen-year old was up late playing video games at a friend’s house. At around 2:10am, 38 year-old Shigetaka Ishimoto allegedly barged…

The Short, Sweet Comedy of Being Married to an Otaku

Marriage is hard. It’s even harder when one of you is an otaku and the other is not. I Can’t Understand What My Husband Is Saying is the story of Kaoru and Hajime. Kaoru is an average young woman in her late 20s, employed as a typical office worker. Hajime, on the other hand, is…

League Of Legends‘ Latest Character Skin Is Damn Cool, Damn Expensive

Meet DJ Sona. She doesn’t just look radically different from her old self/selves, she also sounds different. Using her mighty technicolor turntable, she can alter League of Legends‘ entire soundtrack. Oh, and she has multiple forms. The only drawback? A possible deal-breaker of a price tag. DJ Sona is a new League of Legends ultimate…

Very 90s Commercial Has Guitars And…Stuff

The acting, the wardrobe, the guitars, the first half of this fake commercial is about as 90s as it gets. Only… Look, just don’t watch this at work.

A Game About Taking Selfies As A Skeleton. That’s It.

You are a spooky, scary skeleton. You take selfies. That is the whole joke. It’s fucking fantastic. OK, there’s a bit more to it than that, but not much. Spooky Selfies is a free game where you walk—or, you know, skulk—around a graveyard and take selfies. It’s simple and dumb and, for roughly two minutes…

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