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Dungeonmans Is My Favorite Game About Dungeons, Man

Over Christmas and New Years I spent time catching up on games I’d missed throughout the year. But there was one game I became totally engrossed with: Dungeonmans Dungeonmans is a proper roguelike, the kind filled with turned-based fighting, scrolls and horrible death. But each death isn’t so bad, as loot you bring back to…

It’s 2015 And There’s A New PSP Game Coming Out Next Week

Who says the PSP is dead? Oh, everyone? Including Sony? Right, right, because the PSP is dead and has been for like five years now. BUT HEY, that won’t stop the folks at publisher XSEED Games from releasing a new PSP game next week anyway. Above: the trailer for Brandish: The Dark Revenant, an action-RPG…

Meet The Guy Who Hides Zelda Treasures Around Austin, Texas

If you’ve been walking around Austin and paying attention, you might have seen a Zelda-themed treasure chest hiding just off the beaten path. It’s not the only one, thanks to a local street artist who just wants to add a bit of adventure to your daily routine. “Ez” (pronounced ‘easy’) lives in Austin and took…

The New Mortal Kombat Comic Isn’t Even Bad in a Good Way

It’s one thing to have low expectations for a comic book spinning off of a video game. It’s entirely another to have the project come in under those expectations. Unfortunately, the new Mortal Kombat X digital comic out this week does the latter. Look: like many fighting games, the story driving Mortal Kombat‘s to-the-death fights…

$10 Off Your Monster Hunter 4 Preorder, Razer Naga Epic, More Deals

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate is back down to $30, and you really can’t beat 25% off a Nintendo preorder. [Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, $30] Related: The new Razer Naga Epic Chroma gets its third discount and lowest price so far. [ Naga Epic Chroma, $115] If you still haven’t picked up a PS4 camera, here’s…

It Only Takes 18 Lines Of Code To Clone Flappy Bird

They may be quick and dirty, but that’s why Flappy Bird clones are such an inviting outlet for programmers looking to hone their craft. One such person has managed to resurrect the lost (but never forgotten) mobile gaming wonder with a fierce economy of technical language. Destructoid recently came across a crappily named Flappy Bird…

Tetris Mastermind Beats The Game With All Blocks Invisible

You have probably played Tetris. You have probably watched people play Tetris. You have almost surely not watched people play Tetris like this. During the Awesome Games Done Quick speedrun marathon this week, a group of puzzle masterminds tore through various versions of Tetris: The Grandmaster, pulling out all sorts of tricks to show off…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: How Historically Accurate is Skyrim? Part 3 • Game of the Week—”Evacuate? In Our Moment of Triumph?” [SW: TIE Fighter] • Ani-TAY’s OP/ED A Day Initiative – The First Week • topgearFTW’s Top 5 Games of 2014 • Pokémon One a Day Series Two: Meganium TAY Classic—TAY…

Final Fantasy Theatrhythm: Curtain Call is getting some new DLC tracks—starting today you can get songs from Xenogears and even Seiken Dentetsu 3 (a Secret of Mana sequel that was never released in North America) for $0.99 each. Full list here.

Tiny Home-Made Computer Runs Doom Too

It’s good to know that whenever the apocalypse comes, Doom will still be there with us even in the middle of a nuclear winter. You just need some random techno-junk and the necessary skills—like the ones modder Lutz Latta already has—to assemble a computer capable of running the game. He used Intel’s tiny Edison system,…

Virtual Reality Exercise Bike Is Almost Like Going Outside

With 3D movement and Oculus Rift support, Norwegian Activetainment‘s fitness bike, the “Ebove B1” (via Prostetic Knowledge), can help put some fun into the rigorous monotony of training. Install some mechanical fans and it’s almost like going for a real ride. I wouldn’t ruin the experience with a generic cycling simulator like the one in…

Eight Gorgeously Redrawn Cartoon Characters

The extremely talented Sakimichan is at it again—recently, she set her sights on a few non-anime cartoon characters, drawing them in her signature highly detailed style. The seven pics are down below. If you’d like to see more of Sakimichan’s work, make sure to visit her DeviantArt page here Note: Some of these pics could…

Crazy Genius Builds a Word Processor in Minecraft

The ingenuity/insanity of some people never fails to amaze me. The scale of the workings used to make this 5×10 character display, using only redstone, is dauntingly huge. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK Created by Koala_Steamed (via PC Gamer), this thing can load saved files, does upper- and lower-case, numbers and symbols, and…

League Of Legends Is Building Its Own Network To Kill Lag [Update]

Like any other game on Earth, League of Legends suffers from lag. Being the biggest game on the planet, though, means LoL can actually do something about it, and is launching an ambitious plan to build its own network. UPDATE – Riot tells Kotaku that, while this announcement concerned the US specifically, “we are currently…

The Definition Of Boss

How can you see this and not have this song go through your head?

Speedrun Interrupted By Marriage Proposal

Hey, guy! People are trying to play awesome games here, quickly! What’s the big idea, gettin’ all emotional and stuff! But seriously, this is very, very sweet. This speedrun of Mischeif Makers earlier today was brought to a stop when Jackafur gets down on one knee and proposes to his girlfriend Kittyrawr. Her response? Best…

Zombie Studios, opened all the way back in 1994, has closed its doors. Best known for its work on the original Spec Ops games and Blacklight series, Zombie also did a lot of licensed stuff, from Zork games to Saw. For once, the reason for a studio closing down is not “run out of money”…

Classic Metal Albums, Redesigned

So many skulls! So much black! So much blood! Let’s imagine a world where, instead of trying to look badass, metal albums wanted to look more like…jazz albums. This collection of fantastic images is the work of Brazilian artist Rafa Melandi, and takes some of the best damn metal albums of all time – Master…

Valve Rejects Team Fortress 2 Map, Fans Release It Anyway

It’s always a shame to see hard work go to waste. After nearly 40 versions from a pair of dedicated fans, Valve scrapped CP_Snowplow from Team Fortress 2‘s “End of the Line” update. There’s a silver lining to this dark cloud, though: you can still play the map. Right now. This video from ValveTime outlines…

One (Likely) Reason Big Video Games Are Releasing Broken

Last year was marredby a number of major video games releasing in varying states of disrepair. Whether it was online woesor hilarious bugs, it was not the best year for the developers responsible, nor was it for the consumers stuck with busted games. Why, though, is it happening? Why are companies risking their credibility and…