Track: The Keeper (ft. Andreya Triana) – Banks Remix | Artist: Bonobo | Album: Black Sands Remixed Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

‘75,937,500 Possible Dog Combinations’

“Take control of robot dogs, aliens dogs, huskies, hover dogs, VR dogs and more.” Domestic Dog is, um, not like other dog games. Domestic Dog, to put it politely, strikes me as completely nuts. Barking mad, if you want the obligatory dog pun. But in a good way? I think? So it’s a game where…

Fus Ro Dahs It’d Take to Stop Earth Mid-Orbit It’s no surprise that physicists sometimes like video games too, but three professors published a paper in the “Journal of Physics Special Topics” discussing how much energy Skyrim‘s famous shout would actually have. Being the trivia-obsessed dude I am, I immediately wanted to know how many…

A Fallout MMO That You Can Play Very Soon

Interplay’s Fallout MMO might have been nuked into oblivion by a lengthy legal battle that Bethesda ultimately won, but that doesn’t mean all hope for massive scale wasteland shenanigans is lost. FOnline: Ashes of Phoenix is a free fanmade Fallout MMO coming next week, and it certainly looks the part. Ashes of Phoenix is set…

I’d Take An Erotic Cat Calendar Over Potato Salad Any Day

I’m just saying, you could do better And if you like what you see, don’t worry: there are still 21 days to go for the erotic cat calendar Kickstarter campaign: and Michael! is only asking for $7,500. via The Chive

We Might Be Witnessing The ‘Death of An Identity’

I’ve been working at Kotaku for nearly eight years now, and while I’ve seen some online kerfuffles over various issues in that time, I’ve never seen anything like the past two weeks. There has been so much hate. So many angry words, so many accusations, over…what? Video games? Women in video games? People who write…

Valve Taken To Court Over Its Refund Policy

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the country’s consumer and regulatory watchdog, is taking Valve to court, claiming the PC gaming giant is in “breach of the Australian Consumer Law for businesses”. It’s all to do with Steam’s refund policy for PC games. Which, if you’ve ever tried to actually use it, can be…

What Games Do You Play When You’re Sick?

I’ve been sick for nearly two weeks. Bluh. But it’s made me notice something: the games I play while rotting on my deathbed are really different from my normal fare. Do you game while sick? If so, what do you play when your brain’s drowning in fever fog and mucus is leaking from a worrying…

Size of the Attack on Sony’s Servers Throughout the past week hackers have been taking down Twitch.tv, Xbox Live, PSN, League of Legends, and Battle.net in addition to causing a lot of trouble for Sony Online Entertainment President John Smedley. Seeing so many large and brazen assaults might lead you to think that it takes…

Gone Home to Wii U? At around 6:55 of this video, Nintendo of America’s Damon Baker says that last year’scritically-acclaimed first-person adventure is coming to Nintendo’s console. We knew it was coming to some consoles. No confirmation yet from publisher Midnight City. We’ll keep you posted.

Track: Bugatti | Artist: Ace Hood, Rick Ross, Future | Album: Trials & Tribulations Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.