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‘Tennis Crossed With Street Fighter‘ Sounds Like A Game I Want To Play
I miss the good old days of NBA Street and NFL Blitz, back before all the big sports video game franchises became obsessed with hyperrealism and little else. Back then, it didn’t matter that I knew next to nothing about football or basketball. I could still have fun, even beat my friends who were more…
By Yannick LeJacq Published August 1, 2014 -
Comic-Con Video Shows Bits And Pieces Of The Next Mass Effect
There’s another Mass Effect coming. We don’t know a lot about it yet. But now we can finally see some of what’s going into Bioware’s next sci-fi game. Last week at Comic-Con International, Bioware held a panel about the next Mass Effect. This video gives a look at some of what they showed, including glimpses…
By Evan Narcisse Published August 1, 2014 -
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: The Wolf Among Us – Season 1: The TAY Review • Why Gamers Should Stop Hating Indies and Wanting Only AAA Titles • Dark Souls 2: Crown of the Sunken King: The TAY Review TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By András Neltz Published August 1, 2014 -
Springfield From The Simpsons, Rebuilt As A LEGO Town
The amazing official Simpsons house probably wasn’t enough for veteran builder Matt De Lanoy, so he took the entire town, Springfield, and its key buildings, and put them into LEGO form. Ned Flanders’ house, the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, Kwik-e-Mart, Moe’s Tavern, Krusty Burger, the Town Hall, Springfield Elementary School… It’s all there with the…
By Gergo Vas Published August 1, 2014 -
Wheels Down At The Biggest Little Pony Convention Of The Year
Today through Sunday Baltimore, Maryland plays host the the largest My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fan gathering in the world, and Kotaku is there, with a mobility scooter’s eye view of the festivities. Having recently discovered through magnetic resonance imaging that my lower spine resembles the most badly-played game of Jenga ever, no one…
By Mike Fahey Published August 1, 2014 -
Ed, Edd n Eddy, All Grown Up
Even “Plank” grew up in Isaiah Stephens‘ fan-art where all the idiotic characters from the classic show Ed, Edd n Eddy are now adults. They might look totally normal at first, but just look into Ed’s eye in the first pic below and you’ll see madness. Here are some individual comparisons from Isaiah’s Tumblr: The…
By Gergo Vas Published August 1, 2014 -
Oh, The Cosplay Colors
Judith Stephens is one of my favorite cosplay photographers. For good reason, her sense of color is absolutely wonderful. Stephens has been shooting pics for well over a decade. She’s very involved in the cosplay scene and is currently working at Marvel. Below is a small sample of her wonderful work. Follow Stephens on Twitter,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 1, 2014 -
So uh, remember the two trailers Gen Kim did for Guild Wars 2? He made a third one. For Destiny And, as usual, it’s very good! The song lends the game a very Borderlandsy feel. Even Bungie liked the video—so much so that they shared it on their Twitter and Facebook. (Thanks Carl, Robert and…
By András Neltz Published August 1, 2014 -
Halo As A Little Golden Book
Halo as a Little Golden Book from Joey Spiotto’s solo show opening tomorrow night at Gallery 1988. See many more inappropriate Little Golden Book covers below: Via /Film You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published August 1, 2014 -
Cinema Plays Wrong Movie To Guardians Of The Galaxy Crowd
You know how it goes. You settle in to catch the Summer’s big blockbuster (which by all accounts is excellent), the curtains part, the sound kicks in, a movie with the word “Guardians” in the title starts playing and…wait a minute… Obviously, the theatre being full of people, poor maddie wasn’t alone Better luck next…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 1, 2014 -
The Ending Of A Game Of Thrones If Every Fan Theory Is Correct
Redditor francisflute drafted a 1,400-word epic imagining the final book the the A Song of Ice and Fire series if every fan theory turned out to be correct. Here’s some highlights: All seems lost as Jon lays bleeding in the snow, surrounded by traitors and cold. As the cold grew stronger, the traitors realize something…
By John Struan Published July 31, 2014 -
Mod Turns Lord Of The Rings Into Petty Political Bloodbath
Oh. Great. Just as I wean myself off the wonderful Game of Thrones mod for Crusader Kings II, now I find out there’s a Lord of the Rings mod for Crusader Kings II. OK, so it’s not quite as perfect a fit for CKII’s “strategy vs backstabbing politics” as Game of Thrones is, but it’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 31, 2014 -
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By Jason Schreier Published July 31, 2014 -
Refugee Makes A Living Using An Old PS2
Mohammed Osman Ali, a refugee in Uganda, is doing his best to make the best of a bad situation, setting up a business in…video games. Scavenging old parts, hardware and games, and busting his ass to find out how they all worked so he could maintain them, he’s managed to establish an “arcade” in his…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 31, 2014 -
One Man’s Acapella Tour Through Video Game History
One man. 21 video game theme songs. A whole lot of really, really silly costumes. Yeah, so this is pretty intense. Man of a thousand vocal pitches “MrDooves” has traveled through video game history on a harmonious time magic carpet of song. From Pac-Man to Tetris to Doom to Final Fantasy VII to Metal Gear…
By Nathan Grayson Published July 31, 2014 -
Fake Miyamoto Tweets Are Better Than Real Miyamoto Tweets
Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto is not on Twitter. That’s why he has to askquestions the old-fashioned way. If he was, though, boy, wouldn’t it be awesome if he just let loose like this. Parody accounts of game developers are nothing new, but what I like about this one is that it actually cuts pretty close…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 31, 2014
