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Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: The Indescribable Allure of Avatars • Kairosoft Stole All My Free Time Again with Anime Studio Story • Some Reasons You Should Watch Danger Man • How This War of Mine Helped Me Understand My Refugee Mom • A Really Short Review of the New Nintendo 3DS…

How To Create A Convincing Fake Smash Bros. Rayman Leak

A “leaked video” showing Ubisoft’s mascot character being selected in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U stirred rumors of suprise Nintendo DLC over the weekend, at least until YouTube’s Artsy Omni posted a clip showing how he faked the whole thing. With an odd Rayman trophy already present in the latest installments of Smash Bros.,…

Heroic Doom Mod Adds 37 Instagram Filters And A Selfie Stick

After almost 22 years Doom is finally finished thanks mod-maker Linguica’s “InstaDoom”, which adds 37 InstaGram filters to the game and swaps out the fabled BFG with a selfie stick. Available as a free download over at Doom World, “InstaDoom” gives players of the classic shooter a chance to take the battle to the next…

Transformer‘s Most Fearsome Combiner Team Finally Gets Its Due

Today at Toy Fair 2015 in New York City, one of the Transformers most imposing figures—the Constructicon combiner Devastator—finally has a physical toy worthy of his reputation. Check out the first official pics, along with shots of the new Defensor, Ultra Magnus, Cyclonus and more. Hasbro’sCombiner Wars line of Transformers Generations figures is one of…

Now They’re Never Getting Nintendo TVii In Europe

Which service was Nintendo TVii again? Oh yeah, the cable/program guide thing. In case anyone in Europe was waiting for that Wii U service to launch, you can officially stop waiting now—Nintendo of Europe has given up because it’s too hard. It’s one thing to take a single country and get all of its cable…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: A Live-Action Legend Of Zelda: Winners!

Inlast week’s ‘Shop Contest our image-manipulating community went on a quest to create the perfect live-action Legend of Zelda TV series on the heels of new of a collaboration between Nintendo and Netflix. The winning entries are better than anything those two could put on not-TV. The winning-est entry of them all this week belongs…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Elihu’s Four in February 2015: What We’ve Lost (And Subsequently, Found) [Bastion] • Reframing Accessibility and Inherent Miscommunication • Reality Check: Nintendo Is Awful • About That Law & Order: SVU Episode TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

Star Wars Bladebuilders Let You Craft Your Own Impractical Lightsaber

And you thought the lightsaber from the Episode VII trailer was dangerous. Announced today at Toy Fair in New York City, Hasbro’s Star Wars Bladebuilders line finally allows fans of the series to invite new ways to chop their damn hands off. Fans of toys and Star Wars have been waiting for this to happen…

Dissidia Final Fantasy Takes The Fight To Japanese Arcades

Announced this weekend at the Japanese Amusement Expo, Dissidia Final Fantasy takes Square Enix’s franchise-wide fighting game from the PSP to the arcade with three-on-three battles between a horde of iconic characters. While more information is expected later this year, the first trailer (thanks Kev!) gives us a good idea of what Japanese arcade goers…

The Saturday Stream Plays Dying Light Because It Can [Finished]

Having not played any of Dying Light or read any of the helpful tip articles explaining how to get started with the free-running zombie survival game, I decided it was the best possible gane to stream while trying out new tech. Probably not. We’ll see. The new tech in question is the ability to put…

Good Job With The Graffiti, Dying Light

Video games have got a graffiti problem. So much video-game graffiti is dumb, unrealistic, or hamfisted. Considering that I’ve gone out of my way to criticize games that get graffiti wrong, it seemed worth taking the time to high-five a game that gets it right. Dying Light developer Techland could’ve very easily screwed up the…

It Ain’t Easy Being A GTA Superhero

The stuff we see in superhero movies is usually the action, or things relevant to the story. What about everything that happens in-between those moments? What is that stuff like? One GTA machinima series finds out. Here’s the story of Commandoflauge‘s “Pigman,” a superhero in GTA that has it tough. He’s not that fit, for…

All The Ways I Killed People As The Son Of Satan

Lucius is a sad-looking little boy. He’s also the spawn of Satan. The original Lucius pretty much followed the plot for The Omen: you’re the son of Satan, now go and kill everybody in your house one by one. Think Hitman, but as an evil demonic kid. Despite being somewhat fun, it felt very restrictive…

Spider-Man Joins the Avengers Early in This Fan-Made Movie Mash-Up

This week’s big comic-book movie news was the deal that lets Marvel use Spider-Man in their upcoming big-budget superhero movies. So here’s a well-done mash-up that re-imagines the Avengers‘ chaotic Manhattan battle sequence with a little extra wall-crawler in the mix. Presented by ScreenCrush, the remix is the work of mash-up creator Sleepy Skunk and…

Why Peter Molyneux’s Godus Is Such A Disaster

“You know what Peter Molyneux’s like,” an ex-22Cans employee told me while trying to sum up the infamous designer’s tendency to make enormous promises and then just kinda… forget about them. “You try to hold onto his words and they slip through your fingers.” Molyneux—who has long had a reputation for making promises he never…

Player Adds Holograms To World of Warcraft 

Here is World of Warcraft’s user interface, completely redone so that it looks more futuristic. It’s damn cool. Granted, having this “hologram” style displayed here by valkyrie s may not always be the most useful in battle, but still! I can already see this on the Oculus Rift. If you’re curious as to how this…

How Pokémon Surprise Trainers On Valentines Day

Relax. It’s probably just a mega stone. For those of you that are confused: the 3DS lets you have themes. And apparently, certain themes make opening up a new game kind of funny, as evidenced by this screenshot by @FlatFootFox. There are other non-Pokemon examples, too, like this one from @Electivirus: Ha.

MMA Fighter Throws Hadouken At Opponent, Then Beats Him Up

There are so, so few opportunities to throw a hadouken unironically. “During an MMA fight” is one of the preciously rare moments to channel your inner Ryu and feel like a total badass—as long as you’re actually in the fight. Shane Campbell saw such a window during a recent bout with Derek Boyle. Here is…

Evolve Glitch Basically Creates 5 Versus 1 Mode

In Evolve, each of the four player classes is supposed to play a specific role in hunting down big, brutal monsters, with the various hunter types playing specific roles to help the team win. So when a glitch lets two support characters spawn and create a five-man team instead of the usual four-man squad, it’s…

The always hilarious Smash YouTuber Lythero has a new video showing Kirby doing his best Boo impression in a “fight” against Luigi. As one fan put it on Reddit: “Anyone who played Luigi’s Mansion will absolutely love this!” See more of Lythero’s great stuff here