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Kids Think The Original Game Boy Is A Piece Of Junk
When I was in the age range of the children in The Fine Bros. latest “Kids React” video, I would have gladly sold any one of them for a Nintendo Game Boy. Then again, if we’d had “Kids React” videos back when I was a child, I’m pretty sure our generation’s parents would have taken…
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The Exo Suit Ushers In A New Age Of LEGO Space Exploration
Approved by the LEGO Ideas program last year and in stores next month, the LEGO Exo Suit adds a fresh crop of green recruits to the LEGO space program. Peter Reid originally submitted his EXO Suit project to the then LEGO Cuusoo program back in March of 2012, and I’ve been eagerly waiting for it…
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Modders Begin Hacking Into Mario Kart 8
Using a browser hack to facilitate on-the-fly RAM edits, modders now have the power to rename courses and tweak musical cues in Mario Kart 8 — and this is only the beginning. Youtube user and Mario Kart speedrunner MrBean35000vr demonstrated these new abilities during a Twitch live stream this weekend. According to the description of…
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Mighty No. 9 Gets An Animated Series And A New Crowdfunding Campaign
Having raised more than $4 million to reincarnate Mega Man as a less stagnant property, Keiji Inafune’s Comcept doesn’t need more money to deliver the game they promised. They need more money to make it better, and so a new crowdfunding campaign is born. Announced this weekend at Anime Expo alongside a shiny CD animated…
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A Retro-Style Space Shooter Inspired By X-Wing
Animated gifs showing off the cockpits from Wings of Saint Nazaire, a space sim inspired by X-Wing and Wing Commander: You can play the demo here You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
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Bioshock Infinite Motorized Patriot And Songbird Sculptures
Motorized Patriot, Songbird, and King Kong recycled metal sculptures by David James: He has more sculptures on sale at Etsy You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest Simulator 2014
Earlier this week, Kotaku‘s Evan Narcisse suggested that simulator games (goat, grass, rock) were getting out of hand. I say they’re not out of hand until our image manipulation experts have their way with them. We’ll show him out of hand. By the time our ‘shop experts get done creating the worst possible “Simulator” games…
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Krull Pinball Table
If you don’t know Krull, it’s a lot like the first half of Thor 2, except the weapon of choice is a magic ninja star instead of a hammer. Alas, the machine was too great—only ten were made because it was too expensive: Via The Internet Pinball Database and Tim Pelan You are now looking…
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And Then DJ Jazzy Jeff Had A Super Mario Bros. Remix Battle
During yesterday’s Fourth of July Jam in Philadelphia, DJ Jazzy Jeff (sans Fresh Prince) and Jeremy Ellis got into a Super Mario Bros. remix battle, accompanied by The Roots. This is a thing that happened. Philly’s Action News 6 (via Nintendo Life) posted footage of the epic DJ battle, which DJ Jazzy Jeff won solely…
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Halo Collection “Terminal” Trailer Brings More Arbiter Love
Debuting during a panel at this weekend’s Rooster Teeth Expo in Austin, Texas, the “Terminal” trailer for the Halo: Master Chief Collection gives Keith David’s Arbiter even more words to say, so it wins. The enemy gone good (or did he?) will play a big role in Halo 5: Guardians, to the point where Keith…
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Video Games Come To Life, Destroy Innocent Computer Room
This is why we never leave our video games unattended. It’s bound to happen, eventually. You load up your computer with video games, stuff them onto every phone and tablet. War games rubbing elbows with mobile social — it’s a recipe for disaster. Toss in some obviously emulated Mario games, and it’s all over. PixelStormFilms…
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Transformers Universe Open Beta Rolls Out
In a world awash with bad Transformers movie tie-in games, Runescape developer Jagex deploys the open beta for a free-to-play, browser-based Transformers Prime MOBA. It’s got to be better, right? Transformers Universe is certainly different, at least. It’s less an action-adventure game and more a more action-y take on games like League of Legends, with…
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Mysterious Boxes, Bottles And Playing Cards By JJ Abrams
JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot teamed up with 126 National, which is devoted to helping children write, to create several gorgeous, mysterious items, including a bottle that’s bigger on the inside than the outside. The Lockbox: Includes 12 Mystery Box Playing Cards wrapped in letterpressed kraft paper. The decks are housed in a handcrafted wood box…
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The Saturday Morning Stream Plays Divinity: Original Sin (All Done)
I backed it, Kirk loves it, now watch me play Larian Studios’ successfully Kickstarted take on the old school strategy RPG. That’s right, I wound up giving Larian a couple of dollars for Divinity: Original Sin following my preview of the game last year. At a time when PC game publishers toss out download codes…
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6/30/2014: Jumping Pikmin Say Hello
Happy post-July 4th, everyone! I hope your bellies are filled with hot dogs and hamburgers and beer and all that yummy stuff. I know mine will be. If you’re around and wondering what was up this week, head over to Kotaku Selects for all our best content that I rounded up for you. Aw how…
By Tina Amini