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A Gamer And His Avatar
This is Jason Rowe and his Star Wars Galaxies avatar from Robbie Cooper’s Alter Ego project. Old to the internet, but new to me, NPR has a feature on the collection of photographs. You can listen to the story or read the transcript here. Of Jason Rowe, it says: Mr. JASON ROWE: My condition is…
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Dark Souls II is not just about the constant trial and error and boss mechanics. You can easily go wild with its character creator and do amazing things, just like Beemo did. Mon Dieu, this one’s fancy! Dark Souls II [Steam Community] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the…
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UncategorizedHere Is The New Mickey Mouse Short Cartoon
It’s Mickey to the rescue in the latest Disney short Mickey Mouse in Fire Escape. Previously: See Minnie Hulk Out in Cable Car Chaos You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan - Kotaku East
Fans Angry After US TV Shows Are Pulled From Chinese Sites [UPDATE]
Once a upon a time, people living in China could legally watch some of the most popular American television shows online for free. That was last week. Over the last half decade or so, Chinese online video sharing websites have been slowly but surely bringing in American, British, and Korean television shows over to China…
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UncategorizedA Post-Apocalyptic RPG With Hip Hop Artists
Artist Dominick Rabrun gives us a glimpse in his video what a post-apocalyptic JRPG with hip hop artists such as Kanye West or Tyler the Creator would look like. His short clip features one of those ‘calm before the storm’ moments almost every JRPG has, and man, a game like this would have a moody…
By Gergo Vas - Kotaku East
Man Photoshops Himself Into Girlfriend’s Childhood Photos
Sure, I’ve engaged in a little bit of creeper-like behavior with a few of my former girlfriends in the past, as shocking as that may be—but this is something else. Spotted on China’s Twitter-like microblog, Weibo, and plastered all over China’s various media photo slideshows, is a series of photos of a photographer named Wan,…
By Eric Jou - Kotaku East
Chinese Man Makes $2,400 A Month Selling Smartphone Screen Protectors
Let’s face it, modern smartphones, with their giant glass screens, are in constant danger! Those glorious screens can be easily scuffed. To protect them, people often put on screen protectors—and in China, applying screen protection might actually be a profitable livelihood. Currently trending on China’s Twitter-like microblog Weibo is the story of a young man…
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UncategorizedComparing a Beautiful Racing Game With… Real Life
I guess when your game looks that good, you’re limited when it comes to comparisons YouTuber ADRIANF1esp, to showcase the graphics of— you guessed it—Project CARS, took camera footage of a BMW doing a lap on the Laguna Seca Raceway, and put it next to an in-game run on the same track, using the same…
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The $75k Pac-Man Hot Rod (And The Toy Version)
This is a Pac-Man hot rod built in 1982 by Larry Powell for a claimed $75,000. Click through for more photos, including one that’s slightly NSFW: The brief article is from the Kentucky New Era newspaper. The car was a popular companion for pin-up photo shoots: And it inspired this scratch-built model: Via Raiders of…
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The $22k Official Monster Hunter Guitar Looks Genuinely Dangerous
Celebrate Monster Hunter’s tenth anniversary with this official $22,000 guitar, modeled after the game’s Rathalos Flamesword. Click through for more information, as well as guitars based on Doraemon and Ultraman. The guitar is by ESP Guitars and preorders should be available this summer: BODY : Alder NECK : Hard Maple 3P FINGERBOARD :Honduras Rosewood , 24Frets INLAY :Lioleus SCALE :628mm(Medium)…
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UncategorizedThe Origin Of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, Starring Bruce Willis
Fresh off developing the Bruce Willis-powered PlayStation game Apocalypse, developer Neversoft used the pre-built Willis model as the first rider in the prototype for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater. That’s just one of many fun facts in Did You Know Gaming?‘s look at the king of skateboarding games. While I still maintain the sequel was the…
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The Week In Games: Spins A Web, Most Any Size
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 might be the most high-profile game dropping this week, but that doesn’t me the next seven days aren’t full of smaller gems. It just means Spider-Man gets to be in the top image. Everybody but the folks who decided the Xbox One/Vita combination was a good idea will get a chance…
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ReviewsDoritos Jacked Mystery Flavors: The Snacktaku Review
Because there’s nothing better than eating food blind, Frito-Lay has sprung a trio of mystery Doritos Jacked flavors on the public, challenging us to be purchaser, taster and executioner. I have tasted all three, and I know which two deserve to die. “There’s nothing as bold as stepping into the unknown, and crunching into an…
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The Next McDonald’s Happy Meals Have Pokémon Inside
McDonald’s has been kicking child-sized value meal ass as of late. Fresh off of a double team of Skylanders and My Little Pony and now in the midst of an Amazing Spider-Man 2 adventure, the fast food chain’s next choice is Pokémon X and Y. Not only are we getting a nice little selection of…
By Mike Fahey