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Imagining Mass Effect On The Super Nintendo

“Super Mass Effect” character selection screenshot. The same Redditor also created some Mass Effect wallpapers: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

EA Showed NFL Rookies Their Lousy Rating In Madden Football

Fabulous—EA asked top NFL draft picks like Jadeveon Clowney and Johnny Manziel to guess their ratings in Madden 15, and then told them what their ratings actually were: Via Polygon You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

The Saturday Morning Stream Takes On Infinite Crisis [Game Over]

Thanks to Valve’s big-ass DOTA 2 competition, I’ve got multiplayer online battle arena games on the mind this weekend, but I’m no DOTA 2 player. I’m barely an Infinite Crisis player, but at least I’m dying surrounded by DC superheroes. Turbine’s Infinite Crisis was a confounding combination for me. On the one hand, I love…

7/14/2014: You Should Be Ashamed, Pokémon

We’ve already talked about this new Pokémon Shaming thing, but this one was just too cute to exclude. Thanks to chuz0r for this latest one. As always, hit up Kotaku Selects for this week’s best content, and have a happy, hopefully Destiny beta-filled weekend! I know mine will be. To contact the author of this…

Hanging out with Sonic You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

How Team Rocket Would Abuse Pokémon In The Real World

Team Rocket as a real world corporation? Now that sounds kind of grim. Then again, in this world presented by rizenvisual, Pokémon are being exploited for a good cause: profit clean energy. Heh. Clever stuff. Pokemon Electric [rizenvisual] You are currently visiting Pocket Monster, a Kotaku blog dedicated to all things Pokémon.

​The Destiny Soundtrack Is So Good It’s Distracting

Sometimes a video game’s music is so good that you stop playing and just sit there, enjoying it. That’s definitely happened to me a few times while playing the Destiny beta. When you’re cruising in your ship, killing time before setting off on another quest, the game’s orchestral score will start to play in the…

Technically, Thor Is Now A Disney Princess

Woah. Then again, Thor entering the Disney princess circuit would also give people a reason to never, ever retire the whole “Disney princesses as [insert other thing here].” Hmm. Alas, right now the Disney Princess line-up doesn’t even include Anna and Elsa, apparently/currently, so I wouldn’t get too hyped on this Thor technicality. EDIT: the…

John Romero Tweeted that he visited Id Software today. He’s in Dallas for Quakecon. No word on what he was doing at the studio he co-founded, but hopefully they’re letting him play some of the new Doom. Romero co-created the original Doom and Quake before leaving id in 1996.

What an escape: watch as Team DK’s Mushi manages flee an impossible situation against a few players from Evil Geniuses. One of my favorite moments of The International today thus far.

Hey, New York City! The Come Out And Play festival is this weekend. Lots of physical games to run around and play through Sunday, including PacManhattan tonight and Full Contact Catan tomorrow. Details here

It Must Be Hard To Write Game of Thrones

When you write for a living, procrastination is a constant source of temptation. I bet A Game of Thrones writer George R.R. Martin gets distracted now and then. The folks at Mint Comedy envisioned what must go through George R.R. Martin’s head when he’s trying to get work done. They even nailed the laugh, too.…

Here’s A Game About A Helicopter Attacking A Skeleton Realm

If you’re like me, you like weird stuff on the internet. Boy are you in for a treat then. Someone adapted one of my favoirte werid internet videos into a game. Peaceful Skeleton Realm: ABH is an adaptation of the classic peaceful skeleton realm attacked by helicopter by coolnue. Play it. Love it. Shoot some…

​Are You Still Playing Titanfall?

Titanfall has been out for a little while now, and it’s settled into a normal rhythm for an online shooter. There are some new maps, some new modes, and a lot of people who have gotten very good at it. But the question remains: How many people who were playing in March are still playing…

The Scott Pilgrim Creator’s Long-Awaited Follow-Up Is Great

There’s not that much about video games or comic books in Seconds, the new graphic novel from the creator of the much-loved Scott Pilgrim series. And it’s one of the best things about Bryan Lee O’Malley’s ambitious new creation. The dearth of geek-centric signifiers in O’Malley’s latest work comes as a bit of a surprise.…

What Over A Decade of Progress In Pokémon Looks Like

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire were released back in November 2003 on the Game Boy Advance. The remakes, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, are bringing that world back to life this year on the 3DS—and when compared to the originals, we can see just how much better the modern games look. Here’s a fantastic image by…

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​Why Board Games Are Beautiful

The best thing about board games, hands down, is the people. I don’t just mean the sorts of people who play board games, I mean that more broadly: Playing a tabletop or board game means spending time with your friends, your family, your loved ones. Board games are about people. This video, from Shut Up…

9 Games About Ghosts You Can Play For Free

Ghosts! They’re cute and spooky and a little bit dead. And now here are a bunch of free games you can play about them. The group Devchat had a game jam recently and the theme was g-g-g-g-ghosts. More specifically “ghost wheel?”. The games were all made in a 48-hours span. Carnighoul Take Space Invaders, and…

Twenty Super Mario Bros. 3 Glitches You Might Not Know About

Over the years, folks have found a ton of glitches inside of Super Mario Bros. 3—so even if you’ve played it before, chances are good that there’s still stuff you’ve never seen inside the game. Some glitches are small, but neat. Some glitches are huge and ridiculous, like the one featured in the initial GIF…