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Player Beats Super Mario World With The Lowest Score Possible

Normally, people play games to get high scores. But, when games are designed to give you points for whatever you do, there’s just as much challenge in playing a game without getting any score at all. Check out this fascinating run of Super Mario World by switchpalacecorner: they manage to beat the game with a…

By Patricia Hernandez Published February 9, 2015

Discounted Gaming Gift Cards, Mechanical Keyboards, and More Deals

If you own a game console, this is basically free money. 10% off PlayStation Gift Cards | Best Buy 10% off Xbox Gift Cards | Best Buy 10% off Nintendo eShop Cards | Best Buy Bonus: We’ve seen 12 months of Xbox Live for $40 recently, but how’s 13 months sound? [13 Month Xbox Live…

By Shep McAllister Published February 9, 2015

The Man Behind Some of the Best Cosplay Gear in the World

A badass Mass Effect rifle replica. Creepily realistic Skyrim bad guys. Armor and weapons from loads of beloved video games. Bill Doran’s Punished Props studio makes all of those things. And, man, it doesn’t sound relaxing at all. Bill Doran is a guy that other cosplayers look up to, someone who manages to craft fictional…

By Evan Narcisse Published February 9, 2015

Danganronpa is a wonderfully weird and subversive murder mystery series, so it makes sense someone would eventually cross it over with wrestling. Enter Danganwrestling, where we learn John Cena’s most coveted secret: he looooooooves anime. As luck would have it, that might actually be true A few episodes are already live, actually. Here’s the first…

By Patrick Klepek Published February 9, 2015

Evolve Impressions: ‘Just One More Round’

Evolve can be simplified in many ways, and you’ve probably heard them all before. It’s a first-person shooter. It’s like Left 4 Dead, four players banding together, but you’re up against a Tank—played by a fifth player—each round. It’s one big boss battle, over and over. But the details that go into the new game,…

By Tina Amini Published February 9, 2015

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: How to Make The Legend of Zelda TV Series Work • Elihu’s Four in February 2015: It’s Out of This World [The Bureau: XCOM Declassified] • Parasyte Continues to Impress • Anime Theme Song Roundup by Ani-TAY – Week 6 • Nintendo, I Have Some Questions TAY…

By András Neltz Published February 9, 2015

Cancelled Justice League Game Pops Up Again, Looks Bizarro

Let’s be real: the Green Lantern project that was also supposed to be a Justice League game didn’t look like it was going to set the world on fire. But it’s an interesting footnote in the history of superhero games, one that would’ve featured some of the most popular fictional characters ever created. The newest…

By Evan Narcisse Published February 9, 2015

Guy Turns His PS1 Into Final Fantasy VII‘s Midgar

Well, that’s one way to play the classic JRPG: With a miniature version of Final Fantasy VII‘s capital city on top of the console. MakoMod‘s creation, which took 10 months to complete, might look rusty and dark, just like Midgar, but the modified PlayStation and reads discs perfectly. The creator shared a gallery on his…

By Gergo Vas Published February 9, 2015

World of Warcraft‘s Next Patch Adds Racing Mini-Game

Warlords of Draenor‘s first big content patch is shaping up nicely, and besides a new quest hub, redesigned crafting, a selfie camera and some new Garrison features, one of the new additions will be a racing activity. The race’s final version will be added to the Darkmoon Faire island, WoW‘s ever-growing, mini game-filled theme park.…

By Gergo Vas Published February 9, 2015

Scar from The Lion King is one dapper gentleman in Hyung86’s Disney University fanart series. In-universe, he teaches political science, and is a fan of classical music, English literature, and… Jeremy Irons films. Of course. Look below for Professor Scar in his full glory, and over here for more from Hyung86 Dayshot is an image-based…

By András Neltz Published February 9, 2015

After Two Decades, I’ve Finally Outgrown Mortal Kombat’s Violence

It’s taken Mortal Kombat X to show me how much I’ve changed since 1992. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK See, back then I was in love with a new arcade game they’d just installed in the cinema at Sheffield’s Meadowhall shopping centre (this was before the proper arcade was even built). It looked…

Ian Dransfield Published February 9, 2015

Guy Swatted In Front Of 60,000 Viewers While Playing Runescape

Joshua Peters, a US Air Force vet who hangs out on Twitch playing video games, was the victim of a swatting hoax last week, during which his home was stormed and the police reportedly pointed guns at his brothers. Streaming as Koopatroopa787, Peters had around 60,000 people watching him play Runescape when the raid took…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 8, 2015

So Long, RadioShack, And Thanks For All The Sweet/Shitty Box Art

RadioShack is gone, but it is not forgotten. Amidst all the weekend obituaries for a company that had already been dead for years, though, people seem to have forgotten one thing: the company’s legacy of making its own supremely dorky box art. I mean, get a load of the fonts! The placement! Some of them…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 8, 2015

Transformers Commercials So Old They Weren’t Even Called Transformers

Hardcore fans already know this, but Transformers weren’t always Transformers. The biggest animated series of the 80s was actually cobbled together following a 1983 partnership between Hasbro and Japanese toy company Takara, who had already released some transforming toys — many of who you might recognise — called Diaclones and Microman. The deal meant Hasbro…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 8, 2015

Crazy Russian Jumps 98 Feet Off Building. While On Fire.

So, you know how in Assassin’s Creed, the hero can jump off massive buildings, do a little flip in the air and somehow land alive? Turns out you can do that in real life, too. Even if you’re on fire. Of course, there are a few conditions you need to satisfy in order to pull…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 8, 2015

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

Netflix and Nintendo may be making a live-action Legend of Zelda television series. Not if we make it first! I guess they’d probably still continue on with theirs if we made one first, especially considering ours will just be a series of images created by you folks imagining what their series might look like. There…