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The Week In Games: What The Hell Is This Thing?
There are video games coming out this week. This is a screenshot from one of them. If you know what this thing is, you’ll probably be picking up the game anyway. If you don’t know what it is, then welcome to my world. The screenshot is from One Piece Unlimited World Red for the PS3,…
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UncategorizedKids Think The Original Game Boy Is A Piece Of Junk
When I was in the age range of the children in The Fine Bros. latest “Kids React” video, I would have gladly sold any one of them for a Nintendo Game Boy. Then again, if we’d had “Kids React” videos back when I was a child, I’m pretty sure our generation’s parents would have taken…
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UncategorizedThe Exo Suit Ushers In A New Age Of LEGO Space Exploration
Approved by the LEGO Ideas program last year and in stores next month, the LEGO Exo Suit adds a fresh crop of green recruits to the LEGO space program. Peter Reid originally submitted his EXO Suit project to the then LEGO Cuusoo program back in March of 2012, and I’ve been eagerly waiting for it…
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UncategorizedModders Begin Hacking Into Mario Kart 8
Using a browser hack to facilitate on-the-fly RAM edits, modders now have the power to rename courses and tweak musical cues in Mario Kart 8 — and this is only the beginning. Youtube user and Mario Kart speedrunner MrBean35000vr demonstrated these new abilities during a Twitch live stream this weekend. According to the description of…
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UncategorizedMighty No. 9 Gets An Animated Series And A New Crowdfunding Campaign
Having raised more than $4 million to reincarnate Mega Man as a less stagnant property, Keiji Inafune’s Comcept doesn’t need more money to deliver the game they promised. They need more money to make it better, and so a new crowdfunding campaign is born. Announced this weekend at Anime Expo alongside a shiny CD animated…
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A Retro-Style Space Shooter Inspired By X-Wing
Animated gifs showing off the cockpits from Wings of Saint Nazaire, a space sim inspired by X-Wing and Wing Commander: You can play the demo here You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
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Bioshock Infinite Motorized Patriot And Songbird Sculptures
Motorized Patriot, Songbird, and King Kong recycled metal sculptures by David James: He has more sculptures on sale at Etsy You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest Simulator 2014
Earlier this week, Kotaku‘s Evan Narcisse suggested that simulator games (goat, grass, rock) were getting out of hand. I say they’re not out of hand until our image manipulation experts have their way with them. We’ll show him out of hand. By the time our ‘shop experts get done creating the worst possible “Simulator” games…
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UncategorizedKrull Pinball Table
If you don’t know Krull, it’s a lot like the first half of Thor 2, except the weapon of choice is a magic ninja star instead of a hammer. Alas, the machine was too great—only ten were made because it was too expensive: Via The Internet Pinball Database and Tim Pelan You are now looking…
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Sunday Comics: Fireworks Safety 101
Welcome to Kotaku‘s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published July 4. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published June 30. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
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Watch The Pokémon National Championships Live, Right Here
The very best Pokémon video game and card players in the United States have converged in Indianapolis, Indiana this weekend to see who gets to lose to players from other countries in August’s World Championship. Let’s watch. Unlike other global competitions I could mention, the U.S. actually has a pretty good shot at taking home…
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Potato Salad Meets Kickstarter Goal 200 Times Over [UPDATE]
Zack Danger Brown of Columbus, Ohio wanted $10 to make some potato salad, so he went to Kickstarter. Now he has more than $2,000 to make potato salad, proving a long-standing theory here at Snacktaku — potato salad is pretty great. Update: My god. Thanks to his eloquent pitch (“Basically I’m just making potato salad.…
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UncategorizedAnd Then DJ Jazzy Jeff Had A Super Mario Bros. Remix Battle
During yesterday’s Fourth of July Jam in Philadelphia, DJ Jazzy Jeff (sans Fresh Prince) and Jeremy Ellis got into a Super Mario Bros. remix battle, accompanied by The Roots. This is a thing that happened. Philly’s Action News 6 (via Nintendo Life) posted footage of the epic DJ battle, which DJ Jazzy Jeff won solely…
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UncategorizedHalo Collection “Terminal” Trailer Brings More Arbiter Love
Debuting during a panel at this weekend’s Rooster Teeth Expo in Austin, Texas, the “Terminal” trailer for the Halo: Master Chief Collection gives Keith David’s Arbiter even more words to say, so it wins. The enemy gone good (or did he?) will play a big role in Halo 5: Guardians, to the point where Keith…
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