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GTA Player Breaks Physics With His Bike Skills
For GTA players that know how to shred, the laws of physics just don’t apply. ErasableNinja spent 2014 doing all sorts of cool BMX stunts, and now that the year is over, they’ve shared a compilation of the best tricks they managed to land. Twenty seconds into the video, I couldn’t help but ask myself,…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 27, 2015 -
Modders Are Bringing Back Resident Evil‘s Awful Voice Acting
Resident Evil‘s original voice acting was atrocious. The lines were cheesy and the delivery wooden. “Jill, here’s a lockpick. It might be handy if you, the master of unlocking, take it with you.” But it has a fond place in my heart. I didn’t blame Capcom for writing and recording new material for REmake, but…
By Patrick Klepek Published January 27, 2015 -
That New Fantastic Four Movie Trailer Looks So Familiar…
Fantastic Four trailer? Hmm. Haven’t I seen that scene before? Oh, yeah! Mass Effect 3! Or was it Halo 3? We’re going with coincidence here, right? No one’s got a trademark on pillars of light and leaning towers. Though, imagine if they did..
By Stephen Totilo Published January 27, 2015 -
A Bonkers Theory About What The Darkness In Destiny Actually Is
Destiny players spend the entire game fighting against something called “the darkness.” But does anyone really know what the darkness actually is? “Darkness” sounds more like a concept than an actual thing. Maybe that’s intentional. Maybe the darkness isn’t real in the way we think it’s real. Or at least, I’m starting to reconsider what…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 27, 2015 -
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Why It Took Final Fantasy VI to Show Me Life Was Worth Living • Pokémon One a Day Series 2: Ledyba, Ledian, Spinarak • Koda’s Top 10 Winter Anime Openings • Retrohunter’s 5 most anticipated 2015 games • What Fire Emblem: Awakening taught me about life TAY…
By András Neltz Published January 27, 2015 -
Transformers Recruits Fans To Form Their Own Giant Robot
Two years ago Hasbroasked Transformers fans to vote for a brand new character to join either the Autobots or Decepticons in their never-ending battle. This year they’re asking fans to create five robots that form into one massive monster machine. The first fan-built Transformer promotion resulted in Metroplex security guard Windblade, a female Autobotwho is…
By Mike Fahey Published January 27, 2015 -
Our First Look at the New Fantastic Four Movie Is Here
Marvel Comics’ first family has an all-new look in their next movie. We finally get a glimpse right here. The very first teaser for this summer’s Fantastic Four movie just hit this morning, showing off a slicker, more sci-fi-centric look for younger versions of Reed Richards and his band of explorers. The film is being…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 27, 2015 -
Someone Built An Amazing Dragon Ball Z Model Set
Dragon Ball Z’s second major story arc, the Namek Saga, is one of the best in the series. Spanish enthusiast Juanpe of Jerez de la Frontera didn’t recreate just one or two figures or scenes from these episodes. He basically rebuilt the entire thing as a huge, amazing diorama. Namek is the rural, nightless world…
By Gergo Vas Published January 27, 2015 -
Even More Disney Characters Go To College
DeviantArt’s Hyung86 has been hard at work on his Disney University series which, as the name implies, depicts Disney characters as members of a real-world university—whether they were originally human or not There’s been a lot of new additions to the DU family since our last look, so let’s jump right in. Don’t forget to…
By András Neltz Published January 27, 2015 -
AOL Shutting Down Joystiq
AOL is preparing to shut down the video game website Joystiq after over ten years of publication, according to people familiar with the situation. It’s unclear exactly when Joystiq will close, but we’ve heard that this is connected to a larger-scale reorganization planned by AOL, the longrunning media company that has had more than a…
By Jason Schreier Published January 27, 2015 -
If Zelda Had Final Fantasy Logos
The Legend of Zelda has its own logos. They’re great! But what if Zelda logos looked like Final Fantasy ones? Well, I guess they’d look like this. Tumblr site Shattered-Earth did a series of Zelda-meets-Final Fantasy logos in Yoshitaka Amano‘s iconic artistic style. So, The Final Legend of Zelda? The Legend of Final Fantasy? Zeldantasy?…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 27, 2015 -
Chill Out To This League of Legends Video. Wait, What?
You heard me.
By Yannick LeJacq Published January 27, 2015 -
Australia Makes Civ V History
A year after we firstgot to play the mod that brought a playable Australia to Civ V, the team behind it has beefed it up to look just like one of the game’s “proper” civs. Normally, when a mod introduces a new leader to the game, the leader screen — which for official Civs is…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 26, 2015 -
‘We Want Refunds!’ – Why Pro Wrestling Fans Are So Angry Again [UPDATE]
You’d think that the first weather-related cancellation of an episode of Monday Night Raw in the show’s 1000-plus episode history would be bad news for the WWE. But the many inches of snow aimed at Hartford, Connecticut, the location of tonight’snow-scuttled Raw taping, are a sprinkle of luck that will spare WWE the heat of…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 26, 2015 -
Blacksmiths Made Kill la Kill’s Scissor Blade Out of Actual Scissors
Being able to 3D print anything you’d like is great and all, but it’s not exactly the most fun thing a modern blacksmith can do. So in an effort to be creative, the folks at AWE me decided that they wouldn’t just make Kill la Kill’s iconic blade. Instead, they hammered down a ton of…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 26, 2015 -
Soon You Will Be Able To Take Selfies In World Of Warcraft
Maybe you love them. Maybe you loathe them. Maybe you’re taking one right now. Selfies are everywhere, because we are painfully vain creatures. And now, finally—after you begged, pleaded, groveled, and probably didn’t ask for it at all—they’re coming to World of Warcraft. People have begun discovering an item called the S.E.L.F.I.E. Camera on WoW‘s…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 26, 2015 -
Smash Bros. Players Rally In Defense Of Diddy Kong
Diddy Kong has become the most divisive character in the new Super Smash Bros. ever since competitive players picked up on the primate’s formidable fighting strength. His reign as the fighter to beat sparked a newly heated debate this week when one pro Smasher blamed the game’s community for the whole Diddy upset. The argument…
By Yannick LeJacq Published January 26, 2015
