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New Shazam Short Cartoon
I sure wish these DC Nation Shorts would be sold as a compilation—this charming new Shazam cartoon explores how an incredibly strong boy with access to the wisdom of Solomon would solve tedious math word problems. This one was written by Jim Krieg, designed by Phil Postma, and storyboarded/coloured/co-directed by Jessica Borutski. You are now…
By John Struan Published July 25, 2014 -
Surreal Live Action Trailer For Bioware’s New Game
“Nightmare” teaser trailer for Bioware’s new project: The site mentioned at the end has an email sign up and not much else. You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published July 25, 2014 -
Someone Spent Five Months Making A Giant Cake in Minecraft
And not only was this giant cake built by hand, it was cooked by hand as well. In survival mode. That means they had to gather a lot of ingredients. Like, a lot. This is how you cook (or rather, craft) cakes in Minecraft: That’s three buckets of milk, three bunches of wheat, two piles…
By András Neltz Published July 25, 2014 -
Shaq, you are the best.
By Luke Plunkett Published July 25, 2014 -
New Bioshock Image?
2K United Kingdom tweeted this image with the cryptic note, “Oooo, what could it mean?” TouchArcade is guessing the game is coming to iOS. You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published July 25, 2014 -
Watch US Ninja Warrior Kacy Catanzaro Run The ACreed Experience
Here’s video clips of everyone’s new favorite Ninja Warrior Kacy Catanzaro dominating the Assassin’s Creed obstacle course at Comic-Con: Via Twitter You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published July 25, 2014 -
New Extravagant Samurai Mech And Pilot Toy
Threezero is determined to fully destroy your wallet. This is the FullMetal Ghost Captain form. As usual, the $330 purchase price does not include batteries: We are thrilled to fully reveal our second release from our collaboration with Bandai and great Kunio Okawara: B/3 (BANDAI + 3Zero) FullMetal Ghost Captain form! We will start taking…
By John Struan Published July 25, 2014 -
Fire Emblem-Themed Wedding Proposal
This Fire Emblem-themed jewelry box opens to reveal a smart phone-powered wedding proposal: In Fire Emblem Awakening, you can gain support ranks for compatible characters when they perform actions in close proximity. The ranks go from C to A and then S which represents a marriage between two characters. She’s a Grandmaster class because of…
By John Struan Published July 24, 2014 -
You Can Now Play The Most Avatar Game This Side Of Korra
Bayonetta creator Platinum is making an Avatar: The Legend of Korra action game, which is crazy exciting if you’re an Avatar nut like me. But why wait to bend the elements when you can just start flinging around earth, wind, and fire (not the band) right now? Quoth Son of Nor, which is now on…
By Nathan Grayson Published July 24, 2014 -
These Aren’t Old Skylanders, They’re Eon’s Elite “Premium” Skylanders
Today Activision announces Skylanders: Eon’s Elite, a series of eight older Skylanders toys that have been repainted, repowered and repackaged as must-have limited-edition collectibles. Really, that’s what they’re doing. These are the toys from Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure — they’ll be eight in all — given a fresh coat of paint. The figures have metallic accents,…
By Mike Fahey Published July 24, 2014 -
About As Real As Knights Of Sidonia Is Going To Get
I finally got around to watching Knights of Sidonia the other day, and I loved it. From the genderless pilots to the amazing world design to the fact there’s a giant bear walking around and nobody gives a shit. I also loved the mechs, which were unique enough to stand out while still being (relatively)…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 24, 2014 -
Sorry Ubisoft, Nintendo Beat You To The Top (Of The Mountain)
Ubisoft is spending a lot of money on a competitionwhich promises to let one person become the first to ever play a video game on Mt Everest, using custom hardware built to withstand the “harsh conditions”. It sounds amazing! Pity it’s already been done. As this epic thread bump on NeoGAF shows (the original Kotaku…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 24, 2014 -
21 Custom Xbox One Consoles Go From “Yes Please” To “God Whyyyy”
While Sony has been about as lazyas it gets when it comes to custom PS4 consoles, Microsoft is getting a little more adventurous at Comic-Con, showing off a range of what it’s calling “collectible consoles”. They’re about as custom as you could hope for, many with their own colour scheme and graphics emblazoned all over…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 24, 2014 -
The history of sex in video games is… not so sexy. Cara Ellison’s “Gloriously Stupid History Of Sex In Games” feature on Vice looks back on the early days of sex in games, all the way up to the present. And you thought Custer’s Revenge was a travesty. It gets worse—but also thankfully better.
By Nathan Grayson Published July 24, 2014
