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Goofy Dad Recreates Smash Bros. Taunts, Nails It

Forget the “mom guesses the name of Smash Bros characters” memes. Smash Bros. dads are coming out of the woodwork, and they’re improving Smash Bros. in their own special ways, too. Nick Luciano somehow convinced his dad to do a bunch of the Smash Bros. taunts in real life, and the results are hilarious. He…

The Sims Bug Abducts Men, Makes Them Pregnant

The Sims 4’s first expansion pack launched in late March with a lot of exciting promises. New careers, and corresponding workplaces! Better yet, aliens! If only we knew then what we know now. We might’ve been able to prepare for the extraterrestrial invasion and the sudden spate of unwanted male pregnancies. Shortly after the Get…

We Used Microsoft’s New App To Guess Video Game Characters’ Ages

Microsoft has shared a demo of a new web app that can allegedly guess your age from a single photo. To test it out, we asked it to guess a bunch of video game characters’ ages. Here’s what we found:

Magical Snowball Sends League Of Legends Players Flying Across The Map

Man. Is there anything better than an in-game ability so ridiculous people can’t tell if it’s a bug or an intended feature? League of Legends developer Riot added something called “Mark/Dash” to its popular multiplayer game this week. It’s a magical snowball that you can throw at enemies (the “mark”) and then teleport over to…

Kotaku Asks: Double Fine President Tim Schafer [UPDATE: Q&A Over]

Three years ago, Tim Schafer raised over $3 million on Kickstarter, and today he’s finally here to deliver what he promised: a Q&A with Kotaku Also he made some adventure game that came out in full this week. If you’re not familiar with Schafer, you’re probably familiar with the games he’s helped make, which include…

Yep, Yet Another Bad Jurassic Park Game

Jurassic World won’t hit theaters until June, but the mobile game is out now. Against my better judgement, given my experience with Mortal Kombat X’s mobile game, I decided to play it. We haven’t had a good Jurassic Park game since…Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis? That was 2003! Operation Genesis had natural appeal, letting players manage…

The Best Pro Wrestling In WWE Right Now Is Women’s Wrestling

On Monday Night Raw a few weeks ago, a loud contingent of pro wrestling fans found a new way to disrespect the women pro wrestlers in the ring. “You suck Cena!” they yelled, even though controversial World Wrestling Entertainment superstar John Cena wasn’t wrestling in the ring. Nikki Bella, the wrestler he dates, was. “You…

Ubisoft is conducting a charity drive to draw in more donations for the Nepal Region Earthquake Drive, the company announced today. The developer of Far Cry 4—a shooter set in a region inspired by Nepal—will match up to $100,00 in donations given to the Canadian Red Cross for disaster relief. You can donate here.

GTA Player Snipes Invisible Cheater, Gets Revenge

Being invisible won’t save this asshole GTA cheater from getting their head shot off. At first, things seem a little hopeless for player Hairy Hole, who is getting terrorized by an invisible player that is murdering anyone who gets in their way. But Hole decides to fight back, and after getting a sense of where…

The Japanese Cat Game We Can’t Stop Playing

At least 20 times a day, I check in on my virtual cats. I consistently have the impulse to do so, in fact. Neko Atsume, the Japanese cat game a bunch of us at Kotaku are addicted to, calls to me. It speaks to my soul, and I can’t stop playing it. You can see…

200CC Is So Fast It’s Starting To Break Mario Kart 8 Courses

The above image gives a marvelous view of Mario Kart 8 racetrack Music Park. It’s also a screenshot the player shouldn’t have been able to capture. Normally, busting outside of the normal confines of a level in Mario Kart 8 requires a) some sort of glitch or bug to be present and exploitable, or b)…

DC Comics (Sort of) Admits They Reboot Their Universe Too Damn Much

“Reality cannot survive another crisis,” says a character in the latest issue of Justice League. Dare we hope reboots are a thing of the past for DC Comics? There’s another cosmic editorial event coming to the DC Universe. No, not the Convergence that’s happening now. Another one that they’re calling The Darkseid War. Yes, they…

Game Developers Can Now Ban Steam Users

In a move that’s bound to yield some very interesting results, Valve just announced that it was changing the way it administers bans on its ridiculously popular gaming service Steam. Rather than adjudicating the entire process on its own, the company is effectively handing over power to individual game developers. Here’s how Valve explained the…

Not a huge surprise, but it’s confirmed that Dead Island 2 has been delayed into 2016. Remember, this game was supposed to be released this spring! This is a significant delay. The news was announced on Twitter, and came with a few paragraphs of explanation: We have always set ourselves a big goal for Dead…

A Scrub’s First Time With Pokémon

When it comes to Pokémon, I am a scrub. My familiarity with the series amounts to little more than “I think Digimon has the better cartoon and monster designs,” and a few hours with Fire Red half a dozen years ago. But when I recently acquired a New 3DS XL, my first Nintendo handheld, I…

This Year’s E3 Will Have A Press Conference For PCs

Here’s a bit of strange-yet-interesting news to make the wait for E3 feel that much longer: in addition to the usual press conferences (and a few showings from newcomers, like Bethesda and Square Enix), this year’s E3 will have a presser dedicated to the most powerful gaming platform in existence: the PC. Organized by PC…

That’s How You Fill A Basement With 250,000 LEGO Pieces

Here’s the basement of architect Jeffrey Pelletier and every LEGO collector’s dream. It has 153 bins and 189 drawers full of bricks, all sorted and organized by type and color. Houzz TV took a tour with the owner, who shows some of his custom buildings decorating the room (good to see the pieces are not…

Jackass, Recreated In GTA V

Oh Grand Theft Auto V on PC, will your wonders ever cease? Here’s a video by Abstract Mode showing various Jackass stunts begin recreated in the game by Trevor-O. And some stunts that would have been on the show if Jackass had to answer to the laws of video game gravity instead of real world…

Cities: Skylines, Get To The Chopper

For those tired of towering over their cities like a God, there’s this Cities: Skylines mod that lets you pilot a chopper around, shining a giant spotlight into people’s faces. It’s still in alpha, but youcan grab it here if you want to try it out.