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How George R.R. Martin Sees Game Of Thrones

If this is what it looks like inside George R.R. Martin’s head when he’s writing, no wonder he’s already written thousands of pages for this series. And of course, if you aren’t caught up on the series — Spoilers ahead This look into the writer’s brain brought to you by Mr.TVCow. Go visit him on…

Guacamelee and BattleBlock Theater Hit Games With Gold In July

After bringing Games with Gold to Xbox One for the first time in June, Microsoft is following up with the best selection of games the program has seen so far in July. Xbox One owners will get the excellent Guacamelee: Super Turbo Championship Edition on July 2, the day it debuts, while 360 owners can…

How To Train Your Dragon Cosplay Is Too Good

Hiccup, is that you? Where is Toothless? No but seriously though: this How To Train Your Dragon 2 cosplay by Liui Aquino nails it. I can practically see Aquino starring in a live-action version of the movie: There are also some shots of this cosplay as it was in-progress, in case you’re curious as to…

About Damn Time Someone Made a Yoshi SNES

This glossy piece of retro tech was made by Zoki64 on request. Which means you might be able to commission your own… but it won’t be cheap. Zoki64 [DeviantArt]

​A Great Reminder of Why We Need to Keep Classic Games Alive

Almost everything we love about modern video game owes a huge debt to Another World. So, it’s a boon that people playing on the Xbox Ones and PS4s of today can experience what made this proto-indie adventure a classic. Elegant world-building. Storytelling quirks unique to the medium. Beautifully naturalistic animation. Proper use of cinematic influences.…

The Weirdest Things My Miis Are Saying To Me

One thing people have always loved about The Sims is its quirky made-up language. It’s become so popular since the series debuted that fans now affectionately refer to it as “Simlish.” It doesn’t make much sense, but half the fun comes from deciphering what sims are trying to tell you by the tone of their…

You Shouldn’t Interrupt A Counter-Strike Player’s Game of Tetris

It might seem like this player is being reckless by choosing to focus on the Tetris game built into Counter-Strike. But they’re still paying attention to what’s going on around them—so much so that this player actually nabs the game-winning kill. All while not losing the game of Tetris, mind you. Really, you gotta give…

Steam Summer Sale Day 8, Dark Souls II, Final Fantasy, The Boondocks

The Steam Summer Sale can’t stop, won’t stop as day 8 rolls in. Grab good deals on SteamWorld Dig, Civ V Complete, and You Need a Budget . [Steam Summer Sale] Need some more storage space? SAMSUNG D3 Station 2TB USB 3.0 3.5″ Desktop External Hard Drive ($65) | eBay WD Elements 1TB USB 3.0…

Assassin’s Creed Unity Is Bringing Back The Series’ Greatest Experiment

Here we go again. Another Assassin’s Creed that I’m excited about. Why this one? Well, oddly enough, because the game seems like a successor to the under-appreciated Assassin’s Creed Revelations. Do you want your Assassin’s Creed to feel like a giant chemistry set again? A big, historical opportunity to tinker with vast crowds and see…

​The Sims 4 Is Ditching Pools And Some People Aren’t Happy

The Sims is supposed to about setting up a perfect fantasy life, right? And, for some players, swimming pools are a key part of that. But they won’t be in Sims 4 and that’s made some players quite upset. Doing stuff with real estate and person-like characters that you’d can’t actually afford or do in…

What The UFC Video Game Gets Wrong About Choking People

When you see a good fight in motion — real or simulated — there’s a grace to it. It’s like watching a dance where you see the will and wit of two people intertwined. At its best, it is a like watching abstract art. EA Sports UFC is not that. EA Sports UFC is a…

The New Monty Python Game Is An Endless Silly Walker

Endless running is too fast. You need to slow down and appreciate life with a nice long silly walk. I’ll admit, this doesn’t look like the most incredible game, but there is the fact that all those noises in the game are apparently actually made by John Cleese himself. You can pick up the game…

If this new trailer for Dead Island: Epidemic is any indication, Deep Silver isn’t taking its zombie-killing quite so seriously anymore. That’s a great thing in my mind, because it shouldn’t have in the first place. I mean: killing zombies is mindless fun! Why not just reflect that? It’s not like every game has to…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: How Do We Stop Nathan Drake? • Q&tAy: Sleep Ninja Games’ Monsters Ate My Birthday Cake • Why Do We Kill? On Morality In Games • The Melancholy Of An Adult Male Gamer • Chaika – The Coffin Princess: The Ani-TAY Review TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide…

An octopus cooking for you? Must mean that there’s new DLC coming for Octodad: Dadliest Catch Coming later this summer, the Shorts add-on (because, y’know, it’s hot) will be free and features new levels where you’ll need to pretend that an eight-armed underwater creature is a just a normal ol’ human father.

Andy Serkis Unleashes His Inner Gollum On Conan O’Brien

The master of motion capture, Andy Serkis was the guest of Conan O’Brien last night and he did a little improvisation using the two characters he’s most known for: Gollum from The Lord of the Rings and Planet of the Apes‘ Caesar. He’s going to be great in Star Wars Episode VII Andy Serkis Channels…

A Great-Looking Titanfall Toy That Won’t Cost As Much As A PS4

Threezero’s Titanfall toy is very impressive, but it also went on sale for a staggering $430. Images of the new Play-Arts Kai Titanfall toy have been released and it looks to be a terrific, more reasonably-priced alternative: The Titan itself features good articulation, although it looks like the pilot is static. Based on the listing…

The Moon from Majora’s Mask looks 100% crazier in Hyrule Warriors, just like all the characters that have been revealed so far. We’ve already seen Link, Impa and Queen Zelda (she’s a queen now!) in action in Hyrule Warriors and fresh screenshots introduce two more playable characters. Here’s Agitha, the bug collector girl from Twilight…

A Tale Of Revenge, Time Travel, And Pixelly Platformer Action

This is Timespinner, the next big PC indie platformer (I’d say metroidvania, but people don’t like that word). It’s being developed by Lunar Ray Games, a studio headed by an ex-Bungie employee, and it looks quite excellent. Timespinner, which has been in development for over five years, is the story of a young woman on…

The Best Pokémon 3DS Drawings Aren’t the Most Accurate

Nintendo 3DS game Pokémon Art Academy aims to teach players how to draw Pocket Monsters the right way. But what if you don’t want to learn to draw the right way? What if you just want to screw around? You can do that, too. As Kotaku previously covered, the game gives player tips on how…