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The ‘Yelp For People’ App Is A Terrible Idea That Won’t Go Anywhere

A story went viral last night about an upcoming smartphone app named “Peeple,” which bills itself as being like the popular review service Yelp, except for humans instead of bars and restaurants. People are horrified by this idea. I don’t think we need to worry, though, because I seriously doubt much will come of it.…

Neil Gaiman’s Goodbye to The Sandman Ends Exactly the Way It Should

The end of the universe is nigh. The domino that starts existence rapidly spinning towards oblivion is a long-ago crime-of-the-heart by The King of All Imagination. Now the pain is rippling outwards and threatening billions of innocent lives and there’s only one perfectly way to save it all. This week sees the release of The…

Brave Man Plays Every GTA Clone He Can Find On The App Store

Holy moly. There are a TON of hilariously bad if not somewhat broken GTA clones on mobile. YouTuber Jerma985 took the bullet for us and actually played through a bunch of those mobile knock-offs. You can see him wrestle with and laugh at these games in the video below. SHOCKINGLY, many of these games are…

31 Movies For Hardcore Horror Fans

October is the month I watch horror movies the way kids eat candy. For years, my wife and I came up with a list of movies and named the whole thing Shocktober. A while ago, we started sharing the list, and that’s what I’m here to do today. If you’re new to horror, check back…

Our Favorite Games From September

Kotaku tries a lot of games, both good and bad. This list contains all the good ones we played last month. Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer Patricia tried to break the new Animal Crossing by designing the ugliest houses possible. She didn’t succeed, but she had a great time. You can buy the game for…

Someone’s Making A Working Copy Of Pokémon Red In Minecraft

Well, this is pretty damn incredible. What you’re looking at above is a screenshot of an ambitious project undertaken by RedditorMagib1, who is using command blocks in Minecraft to rebuild Pokemon Red in its entirety. The result is a working Game Boy of sorts, which is pretty bonkers to think about. “This is meant to…

Dying Light Creators Respond Amazingly To Fan’s Drunken Rant

After Twitter user c0mpl3x1ty had a few drinks, they booted up Techland’s open world zombie game, Dying Light. An electrical engineer by day, they noticed a problem: there should be no way for the city to generate power. It’s all wrong! But when I contacted Techland, they revealed a huge secret about the game. Because…

The Story Behind The Dota 2 Spell That Won $6 Million

“They really shouldn’t have won that…” A single area of effect spell in Dota 2 paved the way for an American team to win the International this year, a first for the championships. It was a dramatic moment but, to some viewers, it also didn’t feel like a very special moment. Like an open goal…

Facebook was kind enough to remind me that the League of Legends World Championship is officially underway. You can watch the games as they’re played on Riot Games’ Twitch account. We’ll have a lot more to say about the games over the coming month. GL HF!

New Star Wars Comic Shows Luke Skywalker Growing Up on Tatooine

It may seem like he was a whiny kid who was bored all the time but, according to a new online comic, Luke Skywalker had adventures before he ever set foot in a space ship. Begun by writer/artist Hong Jac-ga in Korea earlier this year, Star Wars: Story Before The Force Awakens is the tale…

Here Are My Best Mad Max Screenshots. Show Us Yours.

Someone smart recently told me that every video game should have a photo mode. Now that I’ve finally become obsessed with one, I agree. I can’t stop taking screenshots in the new Mad Max game. And that was before I even discovered the filters. Here are my best shots so far: Clearly I am a…

Metacritic Gets A New Competitor

Metacritic, an aggregation tool used in equal part by forum trolls and multi-billion-dollar publishers, has long dominated the review world. Now there’s a new site that hopes to take its place. Meet OpenCritic, a sleek new website that hopes to replace Metacritic as the world’s most trusted game review roundup. Unlike Metacritic, OpenCritic is designed…

Square Enix Cancels Horrible Deus Ex Pre-Order Program

Remember that awful pre-order scheme that the publisher of the next Deus Ex game cooked up? The one that urged fans to plunk down money in advance with the possibility of having the game to come out four days early? Well, Square Enix wised up and ended the shenanigans. In an announcement this morning, Square…

That’s Some Damn Good Dark Souls Pixel Art

Digital artist Zedotagger is really good at making animated demakes of Dark Souls. The tone remains faithful to the series while it’s turned into scenes from an imaginary 90s game. A blocky Hawkeye Gough is her latest work above, and here’s more below in a similar style. They could have all been awesome opening or…

Pokémon-Themed Game Boy Is A Kanto Region Map

Not every Pokémon-themed handheld has to be covered with Pikachu. This lucky fan-made Game Boy Color for example has the entire region of Kanto painted on its front by Belgian graphic artist Vadu Amka The purpose of this creation was to give the illusion that it’s an old and mysterious artefact found in the ruins.…

Darth Vader Is Pretty Good at Unreal Engine 4 Demos

He’s chillin’ in some winter ruins, havin’ a good time. CryZENx, the creator of this demo, which is the latest in a series of pretty UE4 demos featuring random characters, obtained the Vader model from SoulCalibur 4, then did the model rigging and cloth animations while importing in the engine. The model was then placed…

New Animal Crossing Amiibo: Blathers & Resetti

Nintendo Japan just announced four new Amiibo. Among them are Blathers and Resetti. Blathers. And Resetti. There’s also Amiibo coming for Kicks and Celeste. They’ll be out in Japan on December 17.

One Game’s DLC Costs $3000 (And That’s On Sale)

Everyone likes to complain about how developers try to nickel and dime their audience with paid downloadable content. But this game takes the cake. It’s insane. I put the question to Mark: how much is too much for DLC? He got a bit miffed at the DLC for Dragon Age: Inquisition, but that’s only in…

At Least Mirror’s Edge 2 Has Got The Music Right

I’m one of those people who could forgive Mirror’s Edge’s sins. It remains one of my favourite games, one I still play regularly, and a big part of that is down to its soundtrack. EA made a big blog post todayabout the composer for the upcoming sequel, which is normally the kind of PR fluff…

PC Gamer’s Christopher Livingston wanted to know if you could build an entire Cities: Skyline metropolis underneath a highway off-ramp. Turns out that’s poor urban planning.