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I Think I’d Like a Little Less Batmobile in Arkham Knight

I’ve almost no doubt that I’m going to enjoy Batman Arkham Knight. It looks beautiful, the combat and mechanics still feel great, and it continues to nail the ‘being Batman’ thing perfectly. Having played it though I’d have liked to have spent less time in the Batmobile. [This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK.] My…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Why Humour Isn’t A Problem In Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain • TAY Explores Comics: Ore ga Doutei o Sutetara Shinu Ken ni Tsuite • Daily Lives Of High School Boys: The TAY Review [Older review from January can be found here] TAY Classic—TAY Open…

Watch Every Single Episode Of The Simpsons, In A Row

Here is a PSA for all of you fine Kotaku readers: starting today at 10am Eastern, FXX is broadcasting every single episode of The Simpsons, non-stop. Every single one. Since there are 552 episodes of The Simpsons—plus a movie—this will take around 12 days. You can see the full schedule here So whether you’re a…

Real-Life Snowpiercer With Fearsome Rotary Blade

This is a rotary snowplow, designed to clear snow from train tracks. Here’s a six minute documentary showing them in action: Via R/Pics and Wikipedia You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Take A Good Look at Metal Gear Solid V‘s Multiplayer

Konami’s finally giving the world a look at the multplayer component of the next Metal Gear Solid this week. First unveiled at Gamescom last week, The Phantom Pain‘s online portion will have players invading each others’ bases. This video from IGN starts off with the previously shown chunk of the single-player campaign;seven minutes of multiplayer…

Deluxe Arkham Origins Figures

Here are glamor shots of the upcoming Play Arts Kai Arkham Origins Deathstroke, Batman, Robin, and Joker figures: Via Facebook You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Hyrule Warriors won’t be the only Wii U game where Demon Lord Ghirahim will make an appearance. Masahiro Sakurai revealed Skyward Sword‘s antagonist as an assist trophy in Super Smash Bros. Wii U. Skull Kid, Midna and now Ghirahim… that’s a lot of assist trophies from Zelda games. via Smashbros and Miiverse To contact the…

Minecraft screenshots always look so great when they’re isometric and the buildings have this classic strategy game feel. Just like this one by superhoiee. It reminds me buildings from the first Settlers game or larger castles from Age of Empires. Really cool build. Hillside Castle by superhoiee [PlanetMinecraft] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs…

The Difference Between Real Life And Anime Basketball

Yeah, one of them is a bit more dramatic. Inspired by Kuroko no Basket, squishguin‘s video is really spot on with all the talking and small details. This could work with any kind of sport. Real Life vs Anime: Basketball [YouTube] To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

Cactuar Proposes To Girlfriend

I’m not sure what’s going on. This is probably the third romance related stunt to happen in China in recent weeks. What makes this one special though, is that it involves a “Cactuar” in the middle of Beijing. Tencent News reports that last Thursday in the Shijingshan district of Beijing, a masked man dressed in…

TF2 Doco Is Called, Yes, A Fragumentary

Held around a year ago, Insomnia49 was the biggest-ever LAN tournament for fans of Team Fortress 2. This week, a documentary of the event has been released, and it’s great. You can see the whole thing on YouTube for free, but if you dig it, support the filmmakers and buy a proper copy (60fps, full-size,…

Apparent Robin Williams Models Found In World of Warcraft

Fans asked for Robin Williams in World of Warcraft, and it appears that Blizzard is actually going to include him in the game—or at least, multiple Robin Williams-like models have been found by World of Warcraft website, Wowhead. This is what one of the models, called “Robin ” looks like. A genie! Obvious Aladdin reference.…

Just When You Thought Netflix Worked Fine, Along Comes The Oculus Rift

Get ready. When the Oculus Rift really hits it big, there’ll be loads of things that you do now very quickly and very easily that will suddenly become very hard, because the Oclus Rift will make it hard. Your Facebookjokes have been done to death, but let’s not forget the danger facing other services like…

The Ridiculous Things You Can Do With GTA Online‘s New Plane

“Use the eject button to look like a fabulous dolphin.” This all comes from Grand Theft Auto Online‘s new Flight School update, which just dropped yesterday. It brought with it the popular new Besra jet (with shenanigan-friendly cockpit karate chop action), new planes, new modes, new missions, and a whole host of smaller tweaks and…

In The End, ​Diablo III Just Shouldn’t Have Been ‘Always Online’

Last night, I stayed up really late playing Diablo III. The internet here is spotty at best. I played a bunch of Diablo anyway. The only reason I was able to do that without regularly pulling my hair with irritation was that I wasn’t playing Diablo III on PC. Instead, I was playing Diablo III:…

A Japanese Music Video That Will Beat Up Your Eyes With Polygons

Oh man, I hope you’re prepared for something super confusing and artsy, because this video sure as hell is that. I am not sure what is happening in [BRDG019] HiDM2_9, but I know that I like it. It’s a music video collaboration between Yasuyuki Yoshida and umio for BRDG. It looks like Maya3D had a…

In recent days I’ve been asked several times about a possible breach of ethics involving one of our reporters. While I believe no such breach occurred, I feel it is important for Kotaku readers who have questions to get clear answers. The questions involve Nathan Grayson, who began writing for us part-time in March and…

The Game That’s Kept Me Sane Waiting For The New Doctor Who

Late last year when we were first introduced to Peter Capaldi as the next regeneration of the Doctor we were alsointroduced to Doctor Who: Legacy , a companion collecting puzzle game from Tiny Rebel Games. It’s come quite a long way since then. Like the popular Puzzle and Dragons, Doctor Who: Legacy is a game…

Five Visual Novels You Must Play, Even If You Don’t Like Anime

When you think of the term “visual novel,” you probably think of dating simulators stuffed full of anime tropes and hentai scenes. I am here to convince you that this is wrong. See, there are visual novels worth playing even if you’re not a fan of anime. Take it from me, a Person Who Does…

Deus Ex Writer Is Making A New Spy Thriller For PC

Say what you want about Kickstarter, but the crowdfunding site has done wonders for many a niche PC gaming sub-genre that needed reviving. That, or specific talent. Like Sheldon Pacotti, the man who wrote the first two Deus Ex games and recently launched a campaign to make a new espionage-themed thriller called Sienna Storm This…