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Flappy Bird Is The New ‘Hello World’

Yesterday, Apple announced a new programming language called Swift for building iOS apps. Less than 24 hours later, someone has already used it to build a Flappy Bird clone. If you aren’t familiar with Hello World, it’s basically what programmers traditionally use to demonstrate a programming language or test a basic system, since it’s a…

What’s Wrong With The Movie Gravity? Ask Neil deGrasse Tyson

When a movie is too scientific for Cinema Sins to handle, they call on noted astrophysicist and host of Fox hit Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, Mr. Neil deGrasse Tyson. Science made me not want to see Gravity. Having been a fan of that particular means of explaining how reality functions for decades now, I was…

I Just Heard A Mario Kart Joke In My PS4 Game

Lego Marvel Super Heroes contains all sorts of great cameos. It also includes a Mario Kart joke, made by the Human Torch, right before you go to Thor’s home realm of Asgard where they’ve got a rainbow bridge. I heard this while playing the PS4 version of the game over the weekend, and I captured…

This Kanye West Oculus Rift Game Isn’t Real, But It Should Be

Otter Spice, the small team that brought us Kanye Zone back in 2012, just delivered a vision of what that ridiculous and amazing browser-based game would be like on the Oculus Rift. Sadly, the thing is just a joke. But like many things on the internet, it doesn’t have to be! West famously compared himself…

Craiglist Ad Seeks Buff Dudes To Dress Up As Dragon Ball Z Waiters

Are you a “physically fit male” who is “MUSCULAR, and is willing to dress in Dragon Ball Z attire for 2-3 hours”? If so, then boy do I have a job for you. Oh yeah, you’re going to have to hold some appetizer trays. But that shouldn’t be a problem for a Super Saiyan, right?…

The Avengers Turn-Based Tactics Game Is Ready And Waiting

Watch me play a little of Marvel’s Avengers Alliance Tactics, the strategic sequel to that weird Avengers turn-based role-playing game. Or just play it yourself — it’s not half-bad. I’ve said it before, I love living in an age where games just suddenly pop up online and let me play them without spending any money…

That netcode-fixing Battlefield 4 patch is going public this week, DICE says. It’s out today for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360, and it’ll be live later in the week for PS4 and Xbox One. More specific details on the Battlefield blog

Luigi Isn’t The Only Troll In The New Mario Kart

Luigi might be a cold, calculating jerk in the new Mario Kart, but he’s not the only one with a goofy stare. Almost everyone flashes a hilarious look just before messing someone else up, as the replay mode in Mario Kart 8 shows us. Donkey Kong, for example, is a major troll: (Via Atomic6) Yoshi…

Wondering who’s in charge of the next Uncharted after all those shake-ups at Naughty Dog? With Amy Hennig and Justin Richmond out of the studio, Uncharted #4 will instead be headed up by The Last of Us leads Bruce Straley and Neil Druckmann. We expect to see more about the game at E3 next week.

Corsair Raptor Gaming Mouse, GameFly and Origin Sales, Jawbone JAMBOX

The 4.5 star-rated Corsair Raptor M45 gaming mouse is marked down to its best price ever today. Even at this price, it includes some advanced features like single-click DPI adjustment and custom USB response time. [Corsair Raptor M45, $40] Gamefly’s Summer Sale is currently offering up to 75% off select games and DLC. The promotion…

Watch A Bedroom Transform Into A Badass Arcade

Kotaku reader and NYC-based marketing guy Chris Kooluris turned one of his bedrooms into an arcade, and the photos are just ridiculous. Here are two galleries of the whole process. Click through to see the room evolve from Normal Bedroom to BADASS ARCADE.

There’s not one, but two games launching today that let you play as animals If playing as a cat in Murdered: Soul Suspect isn’t good enough for you (and, to be fair, it wasn’t for me), consider checking out Sony’s new PlayStation Vita game Vita Pets. Judging by the launch trailer, it has quirky talking…

The guys who brought you a card game adaptation of Moby Dick are back with another tabletop literary adaption, this one about Beowulf. King Post is following last year’s successful Kickstarter campaign with another crowdfunding drive to make their nerdy dreams come true. If you like the sound of playing a Grendel card, check the…

Every Word In Star Wars: A New Hope, Sorted Alphabetically

You know what the big problem with the first Star Wars movie is? Barely any of the English words in the film are in alphabetical order. Thank goodness for the latest video from YouTube’s suckerpinch Did you know A New Hope contains 1,695 different words, and 11,684 total words? Did you know the word “lightsaber”…

Obama Isn’t Really Into His Copy Of The Witcher 2

Back in 2011, Polish prime minister Donald Tusk gave U.S. president Barack Obama a copy of The Witcher 2, because it’s pretty much the best thing Poland has ever done. Sadly, Mr. Obama doesn’t seem to have actually played it, as he reveals in this new talk recorded by Poland’s TVN24. Here’s the full quote,…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: The Wind Rises: The TAY Review • Cooking With TAY: Muffins That Taste Like Doughnuts…? • Can “Create Your Own Character” Bring More Diversity Into Gaming? TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

Jack Bauer Has Spent The Past Two Years Playing Batman

Last night’s episode of 24 contained two important revelations. 1) There is a mole, because we can’t get to episode 6 of any season of 24 without a mole. More on that in a bit. 2) For the past two years, while Jack has been off the grid, he’s been playing vigilante and taking down…

​I Drove Batman: Arkham Knight‘s Batmobile

And I liked it. The Batmobile is basically an extension of Batman’s repertoire of gadgets. In fact, even though Batman is of course a combat specialist, developer Rocksteady’s excitable Dax Ginn explained that the Batmobile is part of Batman’s primary toolset. The Batmobile operates in two modes. On a chase, pursuit mode is most appropriate.…

Diablo III‘s Hardest Difficulty, Cleared Without Using Weapons

Diablo III player dm204375‘s weaponless run on Torment 6, the game’s hardest difficulty level, is just something to make us all sad—us, who are still struggling to clear lesser Torment levels properly. The player’s using an especially strong version of the very popular ‘Jade Doctor’ build for Witch Doctor characters. Pets, with the help of…

The sequel to Square Enix’s Final Fantasy rhythm game arrives in North America September 16. Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call is also getting a lovely $70 collector’s edition, limited to 5,000 pieces and exclusive to the Square Enix online store.