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Watch People Play Minecraft For The First Time

Remember the first time you tried to step into Minecraft’s vast, Lego-like world? You probably found yourself wondering: “What are these pigs doing here?” or, “Why can’t I just shoot things?” or, “Uh…what am I supposed to be doing?” A BuzzFeed demonstrates, you’re not alone. In the video above, several stock gamer-types (the curious first-person…

Old School Family Games Were Wonderfully Violent

A ticking time bomb, a kid-friendly version of Russian roulette and a game about smashing a naked man’s body apart with a hammer — and they say video games are too violent? The most recent episode of YouTube series TheyActuallyMadeThat takes a look at how families passed the time at night before cellphones, computers and…

After Learning to Make Video Games, What Comes Next

You’re going to want to keep track of six video games coming from New York University’s Game Center. One of them might be a spiritual successor to the hit PlayStation 3 game Journey and another one is on track to be a great multiplayer game that blends elements of starship game FTL with Star Control…

‘Listen To Space Woohoo’

You know how they say: “In space, no one can hear you woohoo?” Or, um, something like that? Well, your Sims can! via Reddit

Destiny Review Scores May Cost Bungie A $2.5 Million Bonus

Destiny is not getting great review scores. In fact, it’s getting resoundingly mediocre review scores—as of right now, Bungie’s ambitious shooter has a 76.29% on GameRankings and a 77 on Metacritic That’s certainly not the type of critical reception Activision was hoping for when they pumped half a billion (!) dollars into this franchise, and…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Games of Summer 2014 – Inventory Management Is The True Horror • Rockmandash Reviews: Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya [Manga & Anime] • Psycho-Pass: Protonstorm’s Ani-TAY Review TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

Have a wonderful Tuesday

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Boldly Build Bases In Star Trek: Alien Domain

Coming soon to a web browser near you, Star Trek: Alien Domain is a multiplayer strategy game that gives fans of the beloved science fiction franchise a chance to stop all of that boldly going and put down some roots. Developed by SambaGames in partnership with CBS Interactive, Alien Domain doesn’t immediately strike me as…

The LEGO version of the Armored Personnel Unit from the Matrix movies can’t really get cooler than this. Niki Dregant‘s replica is a 700-piece beast and, as you can see, even in different positions, it’s perfectly the same as the ones seen in Zion during Matrix Revolutions’ final battle. A.P.U. by Niki Dregant [Flickr] Dayshot…

This Guy Just Won The Diablo III Lottery

Finding cool items in Diablo III is one thing, but having the greatest luck at the perfect moment while trying to get the number one spot on the leaderboards is just a different level of luck. Watch the short segment from Moses2265’s stream to see how lucky he was with his Wizard. He was about…

“I’ve spent a few days inside the body of an angry Hugh Jackman-lookalike.” Time commissioned award-winning photojournalist Ashley Gilbertson, known for covering the Iraq War, to use Photo Mode in The Last of Us Remastered to document the game’s events in his own way. Read about his experience here. [via Kotaku UK] [Top image via…

Balloon Attack on Titan Cosplay Is Anything But Scary

Balloon artist Bruce Carr, creator of the amazing Balloon Snake, was one of the special guests of the Omni-Expo in Orlando, and he had a special surprise for the attendees: A giant balloon version of Attack on Titan‘s Colossal Titan. His face looks just as sad as Balloon Snake’s. Watch the full clip to see…

Online multiplayer returns to Borderlands on PC. The 2009 FPS-RPG was one of the victims of this year’s big GameSpy server shutdown, which disabled online play for several PC games. Now, 2K Games has released a patch that moves Borderlands’ multiplayer to Steamworks, enabling online play once again. [via r/borderlands]

Five Years Later, Left 4 Dead 2 Is Finally Uncensored in Australia

A few weeks ago, Valve’s 2009 zombie shooter, Left 4 Dead 2, was reclassified under Australia’s new R18+ rating. Previously, the game had to be censored so it could be sold under MA15+, Australia’s then-highest rating for games. Now, due to the reclassification, an uncensored version is available to Australia. For new players, the transition…

Divinity: Original Sin’s First Free DLC Has a Cute Nod to Smash Bros.

And the accompanying update finally fixes dialogue in co-op. Thank god. Larian Studios has released the first free content update for Original Sin, and it basically has two parts: there’s the two companions DLC, which adds Bairdotr the bow-toting ranger and Wolgraff the dagger-wielding rogue to the game. Both have their own storylines, and, unfortunately,…

When Super Mario World Meets Mortal Kombat

It all began when Mario was violently murdered by Shang Tsung. It all went downhill from there. Or uphill, depending on how much you like gore YouTuber NicksplosionFX is back with yet another Mario crossover video. It’s a sequel of sorts to one of his earlier ones from two or so years ago, where Scorpion…

The Glorious PC Master Race Comes To…Civilization V

Oh Civ V modders. Don’t ever change. The last time we took a look at Civ V mods, they were sensible, realistic ones. This is neither. Monk Preston has added The Glorious PC Master Race to the game’s list of Civilizations, with its leader being (duh) Valve boss Gabe Newell. Yes, the concept of a…

Finally, A Game That Lets Me Play As A Finger

And not just any finger. A finger wearing a top hat. Antbassador is a very silly, sometimes frustrating physics-based game from the makers of the equally ridiculous Octodad. As in the world’s—nay, universe’s—foremost caring father, secret octopus sim, Antbassador sees you masquerading as something you’re not for the greater good. In this case, you’re a…

Kanye’s Head Looks Like Mario Kart Boosts, Says Internet

Kanye has a new haircut—and weirdly, people are mostly comparing it to geeky stuff. Observe: And here’s some Mario Kart footage, for comparison’s sake: Top image: Complex

What Doom Would Actually Look Like If It Was Made In The 21st Century

It was just last week we saw a hypothetical video about this. Last week! Today, we have something very similar, only this time it’s something you can actually play. Doom Reborn is a giant mod that basically brings the original Doom (and Doom II) to the Doom 3 engine. So as you can see, you…