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By Kirk Hamilton Published August 21, 2014 -
Penis Pill Spam Leads To Video Game Called Max Gentlemen
Yes. For real. It’s about, um, stacking fine hats on gentlemen. Max Gentlemen is a game about stacking hats while hilariously muscular gentlemen brawl and tussle and sensually wax each others’ mustaches and all the other things hilariously muscular gentlemen do. It’s free, though a quick look at the Steam page reveals a couple (thankfully…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 21, 2014 -
How To Humiliate Your Foe in Dark Souls II
It isn’t enough to kill your foe after a parry in Dark Souls II. In order to really make your opponent suffer, you have to embarrass the hell out of them before snuffing them out. Redpaint did just that while dueling, coming up with a series of hilarious and elaborate tricks to do after a…
By Chris Person Published August 21, 2014 -
Clones of Swing Copters in Less Than 24 Hours Dong Nguyen’s follow-up to Flappy Bird was released today, and as developer Christer Kaitila pointed out, there’s already plenty of copycats. By my count there were 25 that had been published since Swing Copters was officially released earlier today, but that’s bound to increase. When Flappy…
By Dan Starkey Published August 21, 2014 -
Woah, Someone Is Building Pokémon Inside of Dota 2
Ever think to yourself, man, Tidehunter is pretty much just a really buff Squirtle? No? That just me? Regardless, someone is working to mash together both Pokemon and Dota, and it’s an idea that might just be crazy enough to work. It’s called DotaMon, of course, and it’s a mod that’s being developed by Sma11P1ays…
By Patricia Hernandez Published August 21, 2014 -
Lego Blade Runner Police Spinner
Lego police spinner from Blade Runner by Ralph S with opening doors: You can see more of Ralph’s Lego creations at Flickr You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published August 21, 2014 -
An Album? A Minecraft-Style Game? Both!
Wanna get people to check out your music? Make a video game out of it. The album in question is Rustie’s Green Language. I’d never heard of Rustie or his music before playing the Minecraft-inspired (at least, visually) free game, but I’m impressed by the whole production. The music is nicely varied—ranging from video-game-style bloops…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 21, 2014 -
Your Love Hate Relationship With Mondo Can Flourish At MondoCon
I love poster specialist Mondo (I own three posters and have tried and failed to buy many others). I also HATE Mondo (scalpers!). You feel the same, right? Our feelings can now grow exponentially stronger with the announcement of the first all-Mondo convention MondoCon. From the press release: Austin, TX—August 21, 2014—Mondo is thrilled to…
By John Struan Published August 21, 2014 -
There Is No Lego Dana, Only Lego Zuul
We got an official Ghostbusters set from Lego earlier this year so, of course, someone recreated a bit of the movie in plastic block form. It’s got some special guest stars, too. Made as part of the BrickFilm stop-motion animation festival in Canada, this Lego Ghostbusters short is the work of YouTuber MonsieurCaron. You can…
By Evan Narcisse Published August 21, 2014 -
Solve This Puzzle To Download A The Evil Within Wallpaper
Bethesda revealed all of the achievements for upcoming game The Evil Within. Visit the official site and match the icons with the appropriate descriptions to download a wallpaper and pdf of the achievements guide. You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published August 21, 2014 -
Meet The People Who Are Pokémon Gym Leaders In Real Life
Every Pokémon journey has the same goal: become strong enough to take on and defeat gym leaders, Pokémon’s version of boss battles. What if you could actually fight your way through a real Pokemon league? And what if this League was actually better than the ones found in the games? To understand what I mean,…
By Patricia Hernandez Published August 21, 2014 -
Hard drives made in Minecraft You’d Need to Have to Store Minecraft in Minecraft I love seeing what people can do with Minecraft. From starships to functional processors, it shows the power and ingenuity of people when given a practically unlimited environment. This latest one is right up there with my all-time favorites, as a…
By Dan Starkey Published August 21, 2014 -
Somebody Made Minecraft In Another Game, For Once
Countless games and game locations have been remade in Minecraft. Everything from BioShock to Mirror’s Edge to, er, Ubisoft art game Valiant Hearts. Now, though, someone’s gone and done the unthinkable: create Minecraft inside a video game. Trials Fusion guru Pneumatic Bog posted a video of their creation, a custom track within the motorcycle stunting/silliness…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 21, 2014 -
Game Of Thrones‘ Most Brutal Battle Now Sounds Like A SNES Game
Game of Thrones plus old-school video game sound effects? Suddenly a lot of profoundly heartbreaking scenes are, um… different. Spoiler warning. Yeah, some of them are downright terrible, but it’s always a joy to see Joffrey choke to death on the vacuous nether pit where his soul should go again. Oh, and classic video game…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 21, 2014 -
Microsoft Says Free Xbox Live Game Download Was An Error [UPDATE]
For a while there, it looked like Xbox One owners might soon be able to download and try out even more games from Microsoft free of charge. But Microsoft says that the screen teasing this possibility was an error. First spotted overnight by Reddit users who who’ve downloaded the latest XB1 firmware beta, a tile…
By Evan Narcisse Published August 21, 2014 -
Here’s A Walking Dead Trailer None Of Us Have Watched Because Spoilers
Telltale just released this trailer for the last episode in The Walking Dead Season Two, the second sequence in their lovely adventure series. “The trailer does NOT SPOIL the finale,” said a Telltale rep. “But it WILL SPOIL each episode before it if you aren’t all caught up!” This is a problem for Team Kotaku’s…
By Jason Schreier Published August 21, 2014 -
New Video Game Story Bundle, Sony Gold Headset, Vita In Stock [Deals]
The latest Story Bundle features an awesome selection of books, magazines, and albums. This collection is curated by industry veteran Simon Carless and features seven books, six magazine issues and two full-length albums. We’re also proud to feature the gaming non-profit SpecialEffect as a cause you can donate to when you purchase a bundle. As…
By Shane Roberts Published August 21, 2014 -
Hey, Final Fantasy Explorers Looks Pretty Good
Fashion modeling agency Square Enix just released a handful of new trailers for Final Fantasy Explorers, which will be out for 3DS in Japan this December. There’s no U.S. release date for Final Fantasy Explorers yet, but it’s looking good so far. Monster Hunter-style gameplay with Final Fantasy classes and beasts. I’m sold.
By Jason Schreier Published August 21, 2014