Facebook Thinks Everyone Is Dead [Updated]
If you go look at your Facebook right now, there’s a high likelihood that the social network is telling everyone you are dead. It says everyone is dead. Everyone is dead, according to Facebook. Even Zuck.
The Steam Stream Plays Murder, A Gorgeous Cyberpunk Adventure [Update: Finished]
Murder is a cyberpunk adventure with a great look and an interesting concept. Watch me play it right now.
A murder mystery unravels as the camera zooms out and changes angles
Since we’re limited by our own perspective, every story can always be told differently. People see things differently. People remember different things. People tell stories differently. Because, well, people are different. We only remember what we can, we need the full picture to see it all.
The Six Most Terrifying Serial Killer Families In History
Couples who kill together — Fred and Rosemary West, Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo, David and Catherine Birnie — get plenty of ink. But what about siblings and larger family groups whose shared viciousness leads them into committing horrifying crimes? Read on for six especially nasty examples.
Bloodborne Jerk Gets Murdered In The Most Ironic Way
Pacifism is bullshit the world of Bloodborne. Yharnam is a place where people communicate through blood and murder—and one character learns this lesson in the most hilarious way.
Swimming Pools Open Up Terrifying New Ways To Kill In The Sims 4
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the BREAKING EXPERIMENT, where all the all the Sims are harmed in the making of this video!" Oh boy.
The Sim Who Refused To Die
Over a dozen hours into The Sims 4, I'm only now starting to delve into a core part of the experience: killing your sims.
Neighbors of Xbox Burglary Victim Suffer Shirtless Scare
Crime is a constant feature of video games writing. Somewhere, someone is doing something illicit with them—sometimes comically stupid, sometimes tragic. Games and consoles are currency, objects of dispute, sometimes even weapons themselves. Kotaku's Police Blotter is here to round up the latest in games crime.
Spiked Bat Inspired by Dead Rising 2 Used in Gruesome Slaying
The heir to a €50 million fortune has confessed to killing his father with a spiked bat he said was inspired by the weapon in Dead Rising 2. Other ties to video gaming, to say nothing of the wealth involved, have helped in riveting Spain's attention to the June 30 slaying of Andreu Bennasar Coll.
Police Blotter: Someone Stole an Xbox 360 from the U.S. Open
Crime is a constant feature of video games writing. Somewhere, someone is doing something illicit with them—sometimes comically stupid, sometimes tragic. Games and consoles are currency, objects of dispute, sometimes even weapons themselves. Kotaku's Police Blotter is here to round up the latest in games crime.
Police Blotter: Knock-Knock. Who's There? Bang.
Crime is a constant feature of video games writing. Somewhere, someone is doing something illicit with them—sometimes comically stupid, sometimes tragic. Games and consoles are currency, objects of dispute, sometimes even weapons themselves. Kotaku's Police Blotter is here to round up the latest in games crime.
Police Blotter: Sorry I Slashed Your Throat, Bro
Crime is a constant feature of video games writing. Somewhere, someone is doing something illicit with them—sometimes comically stupid, sometimes tragic. Games and consoles are currency, objects of dispute, sometimes even weapons themselves. Kotaku's Police Blotter is here to round up the latest in games crime.
Police Blotter: Man Avoids Prison, but Is All Out of Bubblegum
Crime is a constant feature of video games writing. Somewhere, someone is doing something illicit with them—sometimes comically stupid, but potentially tragic. Games and consoles are currency, objects of dispute, sometimes even weapons themselves. Kotaku's Police Blotter is here to round up the latest in games crime.
Borderlands, Assassin's Creed and Tons More Coming to Minecraft's Next Xbox 360 Skin Pack
Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition is pouring on the fan service with this week's release of Skin Pack 4—providing delightfully low-res interpretations of Claptrap from Borderlands, Klei's Mark of the Ninja and The Behemoth's Castle Crashers, plus a whole lot more.
We've Hit a New Low In the 'Angry Gaming Parent Kills Baby' Story
Looking through our lamentable catalogue of stories in which a baby is killed when a parent or other caregiver has flown into a game-induced rage, most of them involve shaking. Two involved a strike to the body. In one, an infant was dropped on her head.
Indian Teen Murders Elderly Neighbor to Buy a Video Game Console
A 14-year-old Indian boy staying with his aunt and uncle in the Tamil Nadu village of Ekkadu couldn't afford the 8,000 rupees (roughly $150) to purchase a video game system, so he strangled a 69-year-old neighbor.
Unlikely Fan Fiction Crossover Battle: It's Why Tails is Fighting the Murlocs That Matters
Sometimes it's not the battle that really matters, but rather the events leading up to the battle. For instance, in 1monkeyfromhell's "The Winter of Tails", Sonic's sidekick is on the run because everyone he knows has been murdered in horrible ways.
I Can't Read Stories About Gaming Parents Shaking Their Children to Death Anymore
Chicago. Arizona. Tennesee. New Zealand. England. Now a man in Polk County, Florida is accused of murdering his three-month-old son after admittedly shaking the infant for interrupting his Xbox session. I can't read this crap anymore.
Manila Counter-Strike Match Ends in Murder
A round of Counter-Strike at an internet cafe in the Philippines capital of Manila turned deadly on Monday, when a member of the losing team was murdered after an argument over the payment of approximately seven dollars in winnings.
Man and Niece Killed for a PS3 and a Tattoo, Prosecutors Say
The brutal murders of a 7-year-old girl and her uncle were apparently spurred by a tattoo-loving gunman and a plot to pay off his next bit of ink with game consoles, according to Indianapolis prosecutors.
