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How Owning A PC Is Kind of Like Owning A Dog

PCs and dogs have lots in common, you know. No, really! Well, OK, owning PCs and dogs are mostly similar…until you get to the part where you have to consider buying a new PC. That’s when the similarities drawn by this Dorkly comic start getting a bit more heartbreaking: 🙁 You can read more Dorkly…

Screenshots From The Wolf Amongs Us Episode 5

The final episode of The Wolf Among Us is packed with action, a sort of resolution, and an intriguing cliffhanger. See a selection of spoiler-filled and NSFW screenshots below: You’ll find more screenshots from the episode at R/TWAU, as well as several posts trying to decipher the cryptic ending. You are now looking at Screenburn,…

If A League of Legends Champion Tried Moving In With Dota 2 Heroes

Would League of Legends champions get along with Dota 2 heroes? Well, maybe eventually—after they air out the petty differences and annoyances. Check out this funny video by Erick Wright that riffs off comedy show The New Girl—instead of having a chipper lady trying to move in with three bros, it’s a League champion trying…

How Close Science Is To A Real-Life ‘Heads Up Display’

In computer games, you usually know things that your avatar could not, like the locations of enemies on a mini-map. This can break immersion, so increasingly game developers try to justify this using technology from within the (usually science fiction) setting. For example: giving the player a helmet or goggles with sensors that provide visual…

Fan Pirates Game, Accidentally Tells Developer About It

When fighting game fan “Dan Hibiki” got a strange message while playing Skullgirls, he did what anyone with a Twitter account might do: he contacted the game developers to ask what was going on. Little did he know that the message, pictured below, was something that only those who pirated the game could see. The…

Not Being Able To Talk Trash Online In Mario Kart 8 Is Strange

Something strange happened the first time I played Mario Kart 8 online. I had finally convinced my friend Francis to get a Wii U. Once his console arrived, we decided to take Mario Kart‘s online multiplayer out for a spin. Things were going swimmingly, at first. He created a room for me to join, and…

​Homestar Runner Might Be Coming Back. For Real.

That little update in April was the first time that the internet got new Homestar Runner stuff in three years. Now, the cult cartoon’s creators say that we’ll be seeing more of Strong Bad, the Cheat and the show’s other characters soon. Are you ready for a Strong Sad Tumblr? Vulture rounds up remarks that…

Microsoft Says They Didn’t Reverse Course On Xbox One Dev Kits

Microsoft says they didn’t pull another 180, despite headlines you might have seen today on various gaming news sites. The company still plans to add dev-kit functionality to retail Xbox Ones, they say. Earlier this afternoon, reports emerged that Microsoft had cancelled plans to turn Xbox Ones into video game development kits. But somewhere, wires…

​Divinity: Original Sin Killed Global Chat To Silence Jerks

Late last week, the makers of the new RPG Divinity: Original Sin sent out one of their regular update reports. They had patched out some bugs, fixed some crashes, and oh yeah, they’d turned off global chat because too many people were being jerks. “We switched it off for now as there was just a…

What Happens When Pokémon Realize They Don’t Need Humans

Pokémon are smart creatures—frankly, I’m surprised they let humans boss them around at all. What if Pokémon fought back against the humans, and started using each other as trainers? It’s kind of a silly premise, but this video by Shippiddge made me laugh—especially when it came to what humans sound like to Pokémon. Plus, I…

Badges for PAX South are now on sale Announced earlier this year, the newest Penny Arcade fan gathering will happen in San Antonio on January 23-25 of 2015.

The Germany Brazil Outcome Retold With Game Of Thrones Characters

Germany’s crushing victory over Brazil retold as the outcome of Game of Thrones’ fatal duel: Brutality by Austin Madison You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

That HD remake of Grim Fandango, announced at Sony’s E3 press conference last month, isn’t just for PlayStation—it’ll be out on PC, Mac, and Linux too, Double Fine just announced

Katamari Rap Mashups Take Remixing To Insane Conclusion

Rap nerds and video game nerds have a lot in common. So whenever the two overlap thanks to the magic of the internet, things get pretty weird pretty quickly. In the latest and possibly greatest example of this digital melting pot, electronic musician Timothy Jacques, AKA Team Teamwork, just released an album called Katamar Da-Emcee…

​Watch Halo: The Master Chief Collection In Action

This past E3, Microsoft announced that four games from their blockbuster Halo franchise would be getting collected as The Master Chief Collection. Here’s the first taste of how the anthology will look when it comes out this fall. Members of Microsoft’s 343 Industries team and dev studio Certain Affinity showed the Master Chief Collection at…

Lego Mecha

Impressive collection of Lego mecha by Izzo: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Deals: Humble Goes Sci-Fi, The Best iOS Games, Destiny Ghost Edition

Humble has launched a new book bundle featuring the likes of Harlan Ellison and Buzz Aldrin. It’s pretty sweet, is what we’re trying to say. [Humble Sci-Fi eBook Bundle] Current and former members of Kotaku’s 12 best iOS games list are discounted today. Buy them all. We’ll be back at 2pm with another cool thing.…

Pay What You Want Gamer-Themed Book Bundle

StoryBundle’s current offer is pay what you want for video game-themed books. You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Twilightvania And Other Fictional Games

Twilightvania by Yannick Bouchard leads of this selection of entries from Threadless’s Video Games That Don’t Exist contest. Links below are to the artists’ sites. The Floor Is Lava by Nate Christenson Super Skeletor World by Vo Maria Tax Blaster by Alejandro Fernandez Mojo Jojo Vengeance by Bruno Ferreia You can see the rest of…