Here’s a Custom-Made $1,400 Portable PS4

It might be a pain in the ass to carry your big-screen television and PlayStation 4 around with you. So why not lug this portable PS4, instead? Dubbed the PlayBook 4, this is the work of self-taught engineer Ed Zarick, who previously did a portable Xbox One. As Kotaku UK and Eurogamer point out, the…

Six Typical Reactions To Losing An Online Match

The controller thrower guy above in Dorkly’s recent comic is not even the most frustrated one. The silent types below look a lot scarier. This is really accurate, but they might have forgotten that you could meet really cool and chill people online too. Or maybe it’s just me getting lucky with StarCraft’s matchmaking. Click…

The Pancake Dead

Pancake art is a thing. It’s just the world we live in now. That said I’m impressed anyone can coax recognisable images of The Walking Dead cast out of eggs, flour and milk. It’s the work of Nathan Shields (via Neatorama) who’s created a range of characters over on his blog Random Breakfasts Check out…

So Far, Japan Prefers the New Nintendo 3DS XL

The New Nintendo 3DS went on sale in Japan last Saturday. You could either get the regular sized one or the larger New Nintendo 3DS XL. Which did most gamers in Japan purchase? The XL, it seems. Famitsu reports that during it’s first week on sale (which is, in reality, last Saturday and Sunday), a…

Track: Bride of Crankenstein | Artist: The Melvins | Album: Hold It In Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

World of Warcraft Bugs Turn Black Characters White

World of Warcraft now has new character models. They’re a visual improvement, but for some they’ve come at a cost, with many complaining that their dark-skinned characters are now looking much lighter. Posts like thishave been popping up on the game’s forums complaining about the issue, as people installed the patch and found drastic changes…

Someone Built A “Working” iPhone Inside Minecraft

Every time I think I’m sick of seeing stuff made in Minecraft, along comes something like this to make me exhale deeply and wonder how we haven’t solved world peace yet. This is a “working” iPhone, built inside Minecraft. No, you can’t make calls on it, but it does have a combination unlock, working home…

Dead Or Alive, These Robocop Figures Are Coming With Me

Hot Toys have, I’m going to assume, gone back in time to 1987, captured Peter Weller, brought him back to 2014, shrunk him down and put him in a box. That’s the only explanation I can think of as to why this new toy looks so damn perfect. The company is actually releasing two Robocop…

2014: The Year Of Captain Toad. The upcoming Wii U game, giving the star of Super Mario 3D World a solo puzzle title, looks so cute my teeth are starting to hurt just looking at it. [via Tiny Cartridge]

The Borderlands Gun No One Can Figure Out How To Use

The Sword In The Stone, 87 bazillion gun moon explosion edition. Spoiler alert! Turn back lest ye be devoured by the sarlacc spoiler pit of planet Zephendel XII. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel‘s most talked about gun is one nobody’s using. Yet. The legendary weapon is called the Excalibastard, and here’s a YouTuber named ZiggyD admiring its…

If Disney Characters Starred In Super Smash Bros.

I’ve long held that Nintendo is pretty much the Disney of video games, and that the incredible attention to detail put in games like Smash Bros. proves it. So really, a Smash x Disney mash-up is a match made in Final Destination. The Mickey x Mario combo you see above is the handiwork of Michael…

What’s Changed In World Of Warcraft‘s Pre-Expansion Patch

The Dark Portal as we know it has closed, as Blizzard’s decade-old MMORPG prepares for next month’s fifth expansion pack. The world has changed. Your characters may have changed. Here’s what’s new before the new-new. There’s an Iron Horde Incursion world event going on, bridging the gap between the current story and the time-travelling tale…

​Destiny Gun Names, Ranked

Legendary and exotic guns in Destiny all have names. Some of those names are pretty good. 74. Viper P3 73. Crusader I 72. Hawkmoon 71. Prestige IV 70. Judgment VI 69. Vanquisher VIII 68. Cryptic Dragon 67. Praedyth’s Revenge 66. Red Death 65. Deviant Gravity-A 64. Vex Mythoclast 63. Radagast’s Fury 62. Silmar’s Wrath 61.…

This Evil Within Scene Will Look Familiar to Resident Evil Fans

In case you forgot that the creative lead on The Evil Within is the also the guy who helped birth 1996 PS1 classic Resident Evil, Shinji Mikami’s new game has a not-so-subtle reminder. Two chapters into The Evil Within, players will encounter their first flesh-eating monstrosity. As you can see, the scene is almost an…