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A Shooter That Forces You To Cheat

Think back to playing Goldeneye multiplayer. Or Halo. The absolute worst thing you could do was to “cheat” by looking at your opponent’s screen. Well, there’s now a video game that’s all about that cheating. It’s called, appropriately, Screencheat, which Nathan covered earlierin the year but which I played a bit of over the weekend.…

​How To Go Beyond Level 20 In Destiny

Destiny caps your character’s progress at level 20. But if you’ve been playing, you’ve doubtless seen people with those yellow numbers by their name, showing levels of 24, 25 and above. How did they do that? The game’s level cap is a soft cap, and it’s possible to level beyond 20, provided you get the…

Tips For Playing Desert Golfing

Desert Golfing is one of the bestmobile games I have ever played. It is also one of the worst. You too will love it, and you will also hate it. To make sure you show it more love than hate, though, I thought I’d put together some tips. If you haven’t played the game yet,…

Why Super Smash Bros Players Are So Obsessed With Ridley

I mean, this character isn’t even playable. What’s the deal? A vocal contingent of Super Smash Bros fans have an obsession. They’ve wanted one of Metroid‘s prime villains, Ridley, as a playable character for years—long before the latest installment in the series was even announced. Their campaign has thus far yielded nothing tangible, leading to…

A Wild Theory About Destiny’s Story

Many people seem to think that Destiny’s story is, well, lackluster. But what if most people are missing one big key thing about the story? Buckle up, because it’s time for a bonkers theory about a video game. So, according to the Destiny wiki, this is the story: Many generations ago (shortly after present day),…

My End-of-Game Thoughts On Infamous: Second Son For PS4

The Best-Looking DC Comics You’ll Be Able To Read In December

Darwyn Cooke’s variant cover for Superman/Wonder Woman #14 leads this selection of the best-looking covers for DC comics coming out in December 2014: Batgirl #37 cover by Cameron Stewart Secret Six #1 cover by Dale Eaglesham Justice League Dark #37 variant cover by Darwyn Cooke Star-Spangled War Stories Featuring G.I. Zombie #5 cover by Darwyn…

Disney Infinity‘s Marvel Toys Are Looking A Bit Rough

My favorite aspect of the first Disney Infinity was the toys. Carefully sculpted and painted, each one was a tiny work of art. This week I received the first batch of figures for Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes, and the quality isn’t quite up to snuff. Take Captain America, above. His paint job is…

The Sims 4 That Could Have Been

Last week, I wrote a quick post about some beautiful concept art for The Sims 4 that stood out because of how…different it looked compared to the final game. Unsurprisingly, I soon found out I wasn’t the only one interested in alternate versions of The Sims Over the weekend, I received a few emails asking…

(Announced) Games Slated To Appear At The Tokyo Game Show This Week The Tokyo Game Show is among the biggest games conferences each year. Focusing primarily on Japanese developers and publishers, TGS will feature 80 different games in all. I’ve listed them below, along with their platform. PS4: 28 games Astebreed Bladestorm Destiny Disgaea 5…

Destiny Tower Bears An Uncanny Resemblance To Halo‘s Master Chief

Bungie created Halo. Now they’ve moved on to “shared world” sci-fi shooter Destiny. That does not, however, mean they’ve left the past behind. It’s just, um, on the back of a tower now. According to Reddit user SmokingGhost, you can find the very… familiar-looking tower during a Mars strike mission. “It is the back side…

Watch Far Cry 4’s Elephants Run Amok

The latest trailer for Far Cry 4 focuses on elephants crushing, trampling, and hurling enemies aside. Also, being ridden: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

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The Xbox One NFL App Needs Serious Improvements

In May of last year, when Microsoft first unveiled the Xbox One, they made grand, lofty promises. Here was the console that would change the way we watch TV, revolutionizing all things NFL and enhancing our football Sundays forever and ever. Today… well, today we’re not quite there yet. Yesterday I used an Xbox One…

Good News, Swordfighting Fans: The PC’s castle-crashing multiplayer sensation Chivalry: Medieval Warfare is coming to Xbox 360 and PS3. It’s being published by Activision and will be available as a download later this year.

The Sim Who Refused To Die

Over a dozen hours into The Sims 4, I’m only now starting to delve into a core part of the experience: killing your sims. At least, I assume that killing sims is an important part of the experience, given all the backlash surrounding the lack of pools in The Sims 4 When I initially read…

The brothers who hacked Mario Kart 8 are back with another video that gives many a new perspective on the game’s racetracks. It it just me, or does Grumble Volcano start to look a lot like Mount Doom up close? This latest video is actually a rehashing of one of their very first hacks, when…

The OFFICIAL Number of Times Kenny’s Died in South Park In its early years, fans knew South Park as the show that repeatedly killed off one of its main characters, Kenny. It was such a common and prevalent trope that the phrase “Oh my God, they killed Kenny!” became synonymous with the show. Fans have…

Every Final Smash In The New Super Smash Bros.

The most powerful moves in Super Smash Bros. are dramatic showstoppers—and you can totally watch them now, if you’d like. Within nine minutes, GameXplain goes through every single final smash in the 3DS version of Super Smash Bros.—this includes secret characters, so you shouldn’t watch this video if you want to remain unspoiled! What do…

The Sopranos Hits Blu-ray, Ken Burns Docs, Cowboy Bebop [Deals]

The Sopranos is finally coming to Blu-ray in its entirety. Preorder to save at least $45 off MSRP. [The Sopranos] Amazon has a great selection of Ken Burns’ incredible documentaries discounted this week. We’re not even going to attempt to recommend just one. [Ken Burns] It’s back. All your training has been leading up to…