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One Way To Make Some YouTube Videos Way Creepier

The code that puts a first-person-shooter avatar and reticule on top of random uploaded videos doesn’t appear to be publicly available. That’s probably a good thing because it makes everything much more stomach-churning. YouTube Shooter is the work of intermedia artist Kent Sheely, who’s also swapped the old-school Nintendo Zapper for actual guns in a…

Just Be Glad You Don’t Have Roommates (With Portal Guns)

If you’ve ever lived with one or more roommates, you know that things can get a bit messy and tense. Now just imagine the kind of jerk pranks would get pulled if you both had Portal guns. Oh sure, it’d be tons of fun at first — until you get cake thrown at your head…

Super Smash Bros. Wii U, Shadow of Mordor, The Boondocks [Deals]

You’re buying Smash Bros. for Wii U, so you may as well save some money. Preordering on Newegg gets you $5 off MSRP, and if complete your transaction with Visa Checkout using promo code VISACHECKOUT you’ll get the game for 50 bucks. [Smash Bros. Wii U] We don’t generally lean in on credit card-specific deals,…

​Hollywood Is Planning To Make An ‘Epic’ Sci-Fi Movie About Tetris

It’s being developed by the producer behind the Mortal Kombat films from the ’90s. A post from the Wall Street Journal‘s Speakeasy blog outs the upcoming film adaptation of Tetris, with Threshold Enetrtainment honcho Larry Kasanoff saying that there’s going to be an big story: “It’s a very big, epic sci-fi movie… This isn’t a…

How The Dead Space Saga Lost Its Way

The Dead Space series was riding high after the release of Dead Space 2 in 2011, having become one of the most highly-rated horror series of all time. Even today, people still praise Dead Space 2 as an incredible horror game. Unfortunately, Dead Space 3 was poorly received. What happened? How did Dead Space go…

How Ridiculous You Sound Arguing For Your Favorite Technology

Android versus Apple, PlayStation versus Xbox…it really doesn’t matter. All those arguments usually come out sounding just about as silly as any discussion defending any major corporation would. Which is to say: why? Warialasky’s fruit fanboys in the video above make a few references to actual complaints people have shouted over at each other in…

​Why Cosplayers Dress Up

People all over the world love looking at and performing cosplay. But it’s still relatively rare to hear the motivations and stories that spur folks to craft their elaborate costumes. A new documentary series aims to do just that. Cosplay Boom comes from producers Todd Kenreck and Meagan Sadler, who’ve been spending much of the…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Dex’s Review: Genesis of Aquarion & Aquarion EVOL • Protonstorm’s Music Awards for Summer 2014 Anime • Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1: The TAY Review • Assassin’s Creed IV: An Individual Review TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

Adding DBZ Sound Effects to Glitchy Games Rules

Time to go into the time machine back to the distant past of 2012! Translation: here’s an old-ass YouTube clip that I still think is funny. Miau Coin took footage from a glitched-out, tilted cartridge of WCW/nWo Revenge for the N64 and added Dragonball Z music and fighting noises. It’s all too apropos. Enjoy it…

Pharrell’s New Music Video Is Part Anime, Part Video Game

Hat connoisseur and vampire songwriter Pharrell Williams, best known for his smash hit “Happy,” is also a giant anime fan. Earlier this year he collaborated with the virtual pop singerHatsune Miku. And today he released this video: Produced by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami, the video, which juxtaposes half-naked anime girls with lines like “Imma hold…

The much-anticipated next part of the Longest Journey saga comes out on October 21st. Dreamfall Chapters, Book One will have PC and Mac versions hit Steam on that day, with a PS4 version to follow next year. Find out more here

Another Damn Assassin’s Creed Game Just Snuck Out

Let’s see now, there’s Assassin’s Creed Memories, Assassin’s Creed Unity, Assassin’s Creed Rogue and the recently-announced Assassin’s Creed Chronicles. That’s not nearly enough Assassin’s Creed. How about a new 3D action-adventure game for the iPad? Available for free download today in the Australia and New Zealand iTunes App Stores, with a planned international release date…

What It Feels Like To Play Against Protoss Players In StarCraft II

Channelman manman‘s video won’t blow away the preconception that Protoss, in the current state of StarCraft II, is overpowered. In his comparisons, he first shows Protoss units attacking as they usually do, and then with their abilities modded and humorously exaggerated. Number one is pretty much my favorite, with all those Stalkers and their “Blink…

Halo: Reach‘s UNSC Savannah In LEGO Form

There might not be official Halo LEGO sets, but with its size, builder Nick Brick’s fan-build of the UNSC Savannah from Halo: Reach probably would be the crown jewel of such a series. Check out his gallery of the ship: And you can see the additional Sabre and Pelican ships in detail in the builder’s…

Watch Minecraft Worlds Generate Before Your Very Eyes

The Customized world type was one of the new features introduced by the big 1.8 Minecraft update earlier this month. It has a lot of settings you can tinker with to generate exactly the kind of map you want, provided you know what they all do. If you don’t, then this video might help. In…

That’s Gotta Hurt

This is a pretty standard finishing move from Shadow Of Mordor

Fans Are Remaking Ocarina Of Time (In 2D)

We’ve seen people make static maps, sure, but this is something else entirely. This is an attempt to bring the entire game of Ocarina of Time from the 3D world of the N64 to the 2D world of the SNES (or, well, the PC). It’s nothing if not ambitious. There’s a day/night cycle, a downgraded…

Yes, Even Duke Nukem Is Art

In this case quite literally, as artist Aram Bartholl explores in his exhibition called Hurt Me Plenty, which uses games like Duke Nukem 3D and Doom as a case study in perspective and immersion. In this clip, Bartholl takes you on a tour of the exhibition (whichis running in Berlin until November 1), explaining the…

If Iron Chef Was Made By Studio Ghibli, And Was A Video Game

Battle Chef Brigade is a video game stew that’s one part Iron Chef, one part brawler, and one part Hayao Miyazaki. My childhood, basically. It looks glorious, and now I am very hungry. The game is on Kickstarter right now, but whatever—I’ll tell you about The Requisite Stuff in a moment. For now, just watch…

The comment is from my Shadow of Mordor review