For $100, You Can Turn A Cockroach Into Your Personal Cyborg

I don’t know whether this tech is fascinating or truly horrifying. Probably a bit of both. The Roboroach is a small kit that you attach to the back of a cockroach. By “microstimulating” the bug’s antennae, you’re able to literally drive the thing. I mean, I know it’s “just” a cockroach. And that the device…

Scammer Accused Of Ripping Off Over 100 Kickstarters

Someone going by the username “Encik Farhan” stands accused of ripping off around 100 Kickstarter campaigns, exploiting a loophole in the supply chain that’s leaving a lot of small-time creators short of needed funds. So just what was the accused trying to do, and how did they do it? First, “Encik” identified a Kickstarter campaign…

The First Major Movie To Be Dubbed In Navajo Is…Star Wars

Star Wars has been translated and dubbed into dozens of languages, but recently it became available in one you don’t normally see on a DVD menu: Navajo. Following a push by the Navajo Nation Museum, and with the stamp of approval from Lucasfilm, the film can now be screened with a complete and (relatively) accurate…

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A Video Showing How The PS4 Dashboard Actually Works

Last week, Microsoft gave everyone a very handy tourof the Xbox One’s dashboard. Sony has yet to do the same, but in this video from a PS4 event in Hong Kong, we get the gist. You’re going to want to skip to 4:45 in the video above, and while the demonstration is in both Japanese…

Watch A Guy Unbox A Real PS4

Hey, it’s Francis! Someone went and sent Francis a regular, retail PS4, which he opens in this video like a kid at Christmas. If you’re here for his customary RAGE videos, sorry. This one’s literally about taking the same kind of PS4 you’ll be able to buy later this month, opening it up and plugging…

The Week in Games: Playtime for PlayStation

The PlayStation 4 arrives this week, bringing with it a raft of games, some of which already have released on existing consoles. Knack and Killzone: Shadow Fall are notable PS4-only titles. For those sitting out the PS4’s launch, XCOM‘s splendid Enemy Within expansion hits Tuesday, along with Capcom’s DuckTales Remastered Tuesday, Nov. 12 XCOM: Enemy…

25th Anniversary Akira Hits Blu-ray On Tuesday

Don’t know how this flew under our radar, but the 25th Anniversary Edition of Akira will ship out Tuesday in a beautiful Blu-ray/DVD combo set with a “Hypersonic” 24-Bit, 192kHz Dolby TrueHD remaster of the Japanese Audio Track. Currently around $10 off its MSRP. [Amazon] Follow Kotaku Deals on Twitter to never miss a deal.…

Buy 2, Get 1 Free Games, Including PS4 at Amazon, Target, Toys R Us

New, used, last-gen, next-gen, pre-orders, whatever you want, it’s all buy 2 get 1 free, or to put it another way, $40 for new release or pre-order titles. Get shopping. [Target] Update: Amazon will have Buy 2, Get 1 Free select Playstation 4 Games starting Tuesday 12pm ET. Details here. Target’s online selection is limited…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Make ‘Shop, Not Warcraft

‘Shop Contest all-star uscg_pa and I were chewing over ideas on Friday morning—I thought his suggestion might be a little too open-ended; he said he had awesome ideas ready to go. Then at the last minute someone at Blizzcon went and cosplayed the Warcraft-playing troll from South Park, and now we have this week’s exploitable.…

The guy who brings you Brawl in the Family every week in Sunday Comics wants to bring you a video game—on Wii U even, if his Kickstarter meets a stretch goal. Tadpole Treble is a rhythm game that Matthew Taranto and his brother, Michael, have been working on for a couple of years. It’s already…

Let’s Watch The Avengers: Age of Ultron—in Skyrim

When I think of awesome video game voice actors who play multiple characters—sometimes in the same game—I first think of Mark Cripps, whose fatally smug Throthgar in Skyrim at the Movies has entertained generations of fans. What, you thought I was gonna say Nolan North? Cripps and his Tyrannicon gang (Chris Hardwick and Anthony Ingruber,…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: One Big-Ass Xbox: the Winners

This week’s challenge: take an enormous stunt Xbox One laying in a Vancouver parking lot and turn it into something profound. A dirty dozen answered the call—they’re all inside, alongside overall No. 1 arniejolt! AboboInSloMo arniejolt docherty (a callback to this contest) Eight-Bit Generation Imp JBrr JDonneR93 r1ggs Ryan89_19 sciteach uscg_pa VaughnWhiskey Velduanga To contact…