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OK, Maybe Pokémon Shaming Is A Bit Cruel

Just like real pets, Pokémon wouldn’t be perfect. But it’s much harder to shame them for any mistakes when you can actually hear the Pokémon explaining what happened! They’re too cute! Damn you, Silly Filly Studios. Maybe we shouldn’t Pokémon shame at all. Or maybe Pikachu should stop shitting the bed. Either one would work.

​Tentacle Alien Sex Card Game Isn’t As Perverted as You’d Think

The dirtiest thing I’ve ever done on a table happened last Friday. I played a game about helping a human and tentacled alien get each other off. Tentacle porn. It’s quite possibly the perviest, most indefensible phenomena in all of geek culture. It’s also the inspiration for a great new card game that debuted in…

How Dota 2’s Map Changed, In Three Minutes

The next time you boot up Dota 2, you might notice that some stuff looks a bit different. How different? Well, Roshan’s moved, yes. There are also a bunch of smaller new paths which you’ll want to be aware of, especially since the changes might alter where you put wards and such, as well as…

Somewhere Amidst The Explosions Is A New Advanced Warfare Game Mode

We’ve seen the single-player and multiplayer modes of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. Now it’s time for a little cooperative survival. Well, eventually time. First we dance. The first minute and a half of this “Power Changes Everything” trailer is dedicated to showing us some incredibly cool visuals from the story mode and online multiplayer.…

Bayonetta 2, Logitech G700s, NES to SNES, More Destiny Deals [Deals]

We obviously prefer our discounts deeper than $5 off, but this preorder deal from Newegg is almost certainly the only prerelease discount your’e getting on Bayonetta 2, and it comes with the first game. [Bayonetta 2] NES games on your SNES. Repeat. NES games on your SNES. One of your nominations for Best Gaming Mouse…

Batman’s Vampire Son And The Joker’s Severed Head Join Infinite Crisis

The makers of Infinite Crisis continue to expand the twisted alternate reality DC Comics playground today with a brand-new tutorial mode and two of the strangest additions to its hero roster yet — Nightmare Robin and Atomic Joker. You’ve no idea how long I’ve been waiting for this game’s single-player tutorial mode. For ages it’s…

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The Secret To Keeping Old Consoles Looking New? Hair Product.

You love them and they still work but, let’s admit it, your old consoles aren’t looking as good as they used to. Like a lot of older electronics, they’ve become a sickly shade of yellow. But, it turns out that you can fix that with the same stuff used to color hair. Over on NeoGAF,…

An Accurate Summary Of Team Fortress 2 In 60 Seconds

Color changing characters, trading, and a little bit of fighting. That and YouTuber Chasming‘s take on Team Fortress 2 pretty much sums up the game and all its madness accurately. It is a submission for Valve’s annual Saxxy Awards—a contest held for the Source Filmmaker community—which is just around the corner. SFM TF2 in 60…

World Of Warcraft System Requirements Have Changed A Lot In Ten Years

We’re coming up on the 10th anniversary of the 2004 release of World of Warcraft, and Blizzard has just released the system requirements for November’s Warlords of Draenor expansion pack. Let’s compare! In the table below I compare the minimum system requirements for the original release of World of Warcraft to the minimum’s posted last…

Disney Movies In Order Of Their Historical Setting

Disney fan Aish‘s chronological chart of Disney movies really shows that they pretty much cover all ages, and that the folks at Disney were really into the 19th century. Here’s the full chart: Aish also noted the following: Excludes most of the package films. Some films, eg The Lion King, are impossible to pin down…

Store Your Treasures in Real-Life World of Warcraft Chests

As long as your treasures aren’t too big, of course. These aren’t full scale replicas. But they’re awesome nonetheless. The designer is one Heather Marie, a Pennsylvania-based craftsman, who sells the chests through her Etsy shop at $80 a piece. They are hand-made using quarter-inch pine plywood, with engraved decorative designs on the exterior and…

Of Course, Bear Simulator Will Have Lost References

Following a successful (triple-times-funded-successful) Kickstarter campaign in Spring, Bear Simulator is on its way towards release. It’s looking great so far. According to the latest Kickstarter update, which arrived after several progress updates on the developer’s blog, the game is 60-70% done. There’s no exact date yet, but it’s aiming for a pre-holidays release, with…

Australia Gets The New 3DS This Year

As per the all the new Australian focused Nintendo Direct, Australia will be the only country outside of Japan to be able to purchase the New 3DS in 2014. The console won’t be sold in Europe or the US until 2015. The Australian release date is set at November 21, 2014. I can’t remember Australia…

Super-Articulated Robocop EM-208 Action Figure

Was this version of Robocop in the new movie? Why wasn’t he featured in the ad campaign? It reminds me of cylons and the conquered heroes in Grant Morrison’s Final Crisis. Check out the full gallery of Threezero’s super-articulated, light-up Robocop EM-208 figure below: Available September 29 for $190. You are now looking at Screenburn,…

Deluxe 18″ Master Chief Action Figure

NECA released photographs of its upcoming 18″, articulated Master Chief action figure. Get a look of the weapon choices and packaging below:: The figure should be available next month. You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

FIFA Bug Makes Pro Athletes Play Like Tiny Children

Did you ever play football/soccer as a kid? If so, you’ll know that there is a single formation and tactic that’s used across the planet. Namely, everyone runs straight at the ball. It’s a tactic that’s drummed out of you by your teens, but it seems to have snuck back into FIFA 15 on the…

A Remarkably Accurate Minecraft Recreation Of Halo 5‘s Trailer

Huh. Well thisseems fitting It’s exactly what it sounds like: Halo 5‘s dusty, burlap-sack-clad trailer done up in Minecraft style by way of animation program Maya. It’s basically shot-for-shot, near as I can tell. Damn impressive, in other words. For reference, here’s the original Halo 5 trailer: This project was actually created before Microsoft’s purchase…

Science Explains How Space Battles Could REALLY Go Down

Look, since they usually involve smartass aliens, robots and magic powers, space battles have never been expected to the bastions of scientific accuracy. Still, it’s interesting seeing just how much is wrong with the epic showdowns in stuff like Star Wars. This clip, while based on a pinch of conjecture, uses science to break down…

Elite: Dangerous Is About To Get A Whole Lot Bigger

And when I say that, I mean “500 new star systems” bigger. You might remember Elite from our very own Kirk “No, Not That Captain Kirk” Hamilton’s two-week-long space odyssey, wherein he did a bunch of things both crazy and mundane. That’s kinda the point, though: Elite is a space sim, short for simulator. It’s…