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True Blood Finally Shows Why Louisiana Is Filled With Sexy Vampires

True Blood is a raunchy show about vampires and other supernatural beings. Its cast in turn contains many actors who were relatively unknown when the show first started in 2008, and are now regularly hailed as pinnacles of physical perfection. This is not hyperbole, particularly for some of the lead male actors. If you don’t…

Clementine’s journey continues when episode 4 of The Walking Dead, Season 2 comes out next week. The second-to-last episode of Telltale’s adaptation of Image Comics’ hit zombie apocalypse series hits Steam and North American PSN on Tuesday July 22. It lands on European PSN and Xbox Live on Wednesday July 23, with the iOS version…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Dear Club Nintendo, I Hate You Right Now • Why Club Nintendo Isn’t Free • Creating A Character: Roleplaying Games And Character Building • AniTAY Manga Impression – My Wife Is Wagatsuma-san TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

What if Sega Were Still Rivalling Nintendo?

I’m no nostalgist when it comes to gaming. I believe that what we’re playing now, and what we will be tomorrow, surpasses the reality behind any rosy memories of previous-generation mainstays. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK Technology leads experience in this medium, and truly timeless software is vanishingly scarce when you consider how…

The Guardians Of The Galaxy Game Doesn’t Suffer Free-To-Pay Nonsense

A band of intergalactic outlaws with a noble cause, the Guardians of the Galaxy seem like the sort of group that doesn’t take any crap. Perhaps that’s why their mobile game doesn’t come with any. This is a game that takes your money and runs. After a string of Gameloft-developed Marvel movie tie-ins heavy on…

Conan O’Brien Has Some Really Morbid Death Scenarios for Archie

The iconic comic book hero Archie Andrews dies a heroic death in the final issue of Life with Archie #36 while saving the life of one of his friends. His death is really tragic and meaningful, but Conan O’Brien’s here with some not-so-heroic alternatives. Rejected Archie Death Scenarios [Team Coco, YouTube] To contact the author…

Plush Elder Scrolls Pack Guar Probably Won’t Bite Your Head Off

What this cuddly pack guar will do is carry your burdens better than Lydia ever could. Pack guars have been around for way longer than Skyrim housecarls, so they’ve gotten good at this kind of thing. Gaming Heads’ new plushie is based on the Vvardenfell-native guar, specifically, its Elder Scrolls Online rendition (the only other…

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The Next Captain America Is Black

Confirming an earlier report, Marvel’s Joe Quesada has revealed on The Colbert Report that the current Captain America, Steve Rogers, will soon be handing in his suit and shield. His replacement will be his partner Sam Wilson, aka The Falcon. It’s not exactly a shock. Wilson turned up in the latest Captain America movie, played…

Twitch is Still Playing Pokémon

Huh, would you look at that, Twitch is still playing Pokémon. They’re all the way to Black and White 2. The 600+ viewers are far from what it once was but it’s still pretty impressive. They also have random matches of Pokémon Staduim 2 running that people can bet on. Watch live video from TwitchPlaysPokemon…

Tumblr, Youtube, And Reddit-Themed Pokeballs

Jonathan Le Drappier’s collection of Pokeball illustrations include Pokeballs for Tumblr, Reddit, and Youtube, and also translucent Pokeballs revealing the Pokemon inside: See more Pokeballs in Jonathan’s gallery Via IG You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Well, I laughed. By Michael Kleinman

Some YouTubers Might Be Breaking The Law

In the past week, two excellent features have been written on the state of YouTube personalities in video games. One by Mike Rose on Gamasutra, the other by Simon Parkin on Eurogamer. They raise a number of important, albeit messy questions about the practice of these folks getting paid by publishers. You really need to…

So much of Eric Northman left unresolved. So little time.

You how how they say the light that burns twice as bright only burns half as long? If only there was some Hanukkah-esque miracle that meant True Blood didn’t have to end. Sigh.

​Sometimes A Game Only Needs To Show Me A Gif

I’m all for heady video-game concepts, but sometimes all I need to see is a gif and I’m in. The game in the gif above is an in-development PC action-RPG called Death’s Gambit, which developers White Rabbit describe as “an challenging action rpg where you explore a alien medieval planet filled with horrors, beasts, and…

Check out this interesting Rock Paper, Shotgun article on Dota 2‘s Compendium weather options—it asks, can such a small detail have an effect on the gameplay?

Driving A Real Car Could Soon Be Just Like Playing A Video Game

Heads-up displays in cars are nothing new, but Jaguar wants to blow right past simply displaying a crude speedometer on your windscreen. They want to turn your car into a video game. This clip shows off the company’s virtual windscreen concept, and while they’re bullshitting about this being footage of it “in action”, it’s still…

Yo, Fred Durst Is Streaming Call Of Duty On Twitch

2014, you are a strange and wonderful year. Streaming right now on Twitch is Fred Durst, who 15 years ago as the frontman for Limp Bizkit was one of the most famous people on the planet. Today, however, he is a man playing Call of Duty: Ghosts, struggling with HDMI outputs and generally sounding like…