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How Video Games are Helping Returning Soldiers Cope

Like the action movies of the 1980s, mainstream video games view war through a pretty rose-tinted lens. Even when big budget military shooters make an effort with the narrative, war is regularly presented in games as a singular event: ‘a war’ rather than ‘war’; something that parachutes you in for the opening chapter, runs you…

​It’s Almost Time to Kill Hitler. Again.

Well, someone who looks a whole lot like Adolf Hitler anyway. Here’s the trailer for Sniper Elite 3‘s Hunt the Grey Wolf DLC, which continues the series’ tradition of special missions that let you assassinate Der Fuhrer. This time, you’ll be stalking the leader of the Third Reich through the Libyan city of Tobruk. Hunt…

There’s Finally A Woman Jack Bauer

JACK BAUER HAS FINALLY MET HIS MATCH. Meet Kate Morgan, a steely CIA agent who has almost immediately elevated herself to the role of co-star on 24: Live Another Day, bringing the type of raw energy and all-around skills that her colleagues seriously lack. She’s smart and ruthless—”She’s good,” Jack confesses to Chloe at one…

Company Sued For Making ‘Magic Clone’ Says They’re Being Bullied

Less than a week after Wizards of the Coast announced that it was suing Hex Entertainment and Cryptozoic Entertainment for cloning the company’s popular card game Magic: The Gathering, the two companies have come back with a statement in defense of their game Hex: Shards of Fate Here’s the full statement written by Cryptozoic president…

Mortal Kombat Fatalities, Re-Imagined With Pokémon

Pikachu would teach Raiden a lesson or two on how to use lightning properly in Mortal Kombat. And you probably wouldn’t have to worry about Snorlax or Bulbasaur. In this stellar animation, Adrian Jensen shows us what Pokémon would do if they were playable characters in Mortal Kombat Reminds me of Primal Rage: Pokemon Mortal…

My First 40 Turns With Civilization: Beyond Earth

We’ve probably all theorized about fictional situations and how we’d deal with them. The zombie apocalypse, any end-of-the-world narrative, or maybe even less far-reaching scenarios like exploring and colonizing new planets in space. Well, just last week I got to put my hypothetical space adventure decisions to the test in the next chapter ofCivilization I…

Snake has a lot of abilities we haven’t seen yet. He is a designated driver after all. The main story in Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes might be short, but as you can see there’s fun to do Gif via r/analogygifs by reddidd Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of…

Download This Transistor Paper Toy

Red from Transistor available as a free paper toy. You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Watch Dogs Isn’t Out Yet, But Its Commodore 64 Mockup Is

While we still a few days away from the release of Watch Dogs, animator Balázs Kalocsai did an excellent 80s style, Commodore 64 reinterpretation of the game. ‘Everything is connected’ has an other meaning in this one: it’s hoping that your joystiq and datasette is plugged in properly. Watch Dogs (Commodore 64, 1989) [Youtube] Thanks,…

Conan O’Brien Has An Idea How To Catch Up On Game of Thrones

Watching plot-heavy shows can be hard with someone who missed one or two episodes, so Conan‘s here to help, with a rather interesting idea. And since the clip is about Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin makes a guest appearance to promote the premium version of this silly service. Sign me up please! “I…

The Latest Lego Minecraft Set Is Called The End

The latest Lego Minecraft set is called The End and will be available this summer: Once you’ve equipped yourself for the ultimate battle, you’re ready to enter The End. The Ender Dragon is a fearsome foe, and you’d better be prepared for anything when you enter his domain. Now you can relive the adventure of…

The Rural American Occult Needs A Shotgun To The Face

“An action RPG set in 1920s Massachusetts. Create and manage a team of investigators in a story-driven supernatural mystery.” If that’s not a game you can’t get behind, then I don’t know what’s up with you. Witchmarsh is a game we first looked at last year, when it was a twinkle in the internet’s eye,…

Someone Noticed We Like Sailing Giant Ships With Cannons

Ask anyone what their favourite parts of Assassin’s Creed IV were and if they don’t tell you they were the parts where you’re on a giant ship then they’re lying and are probably a terrible person. Naval Action is all about tall ships with big guns, letting you sail the seas blowing splinters into the…

The Future Of Gifs Will Destroy Our Bandwidth

Reader ghostlolol dropped a 50fps, 36mb gif (not this one up top) into Kirk’s Xbox One post from earlier today. It’s the Spruce Goose of Titanfall gifs. It is amazing, so amazing we figured we’d put it here for everyone who missed it, but be warned, if you’re on a phone or have bandwidth concerns,…

Cards Against Humanity Gets Real For Lance Armstrong

Well then. This is kind of awkward. This is the inevitable card that came up when disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong played Cards Against Humanity recently:

It Takes Over 22,000 Bricks Build A LEGO Avengers’ Helicarrier

LEGO Ideas is the new name for the grassroots program that’s seen sets like Ghostbusters, Minecraft and Back to the Future become LEGO reality. It will also, in my wildest dreams, let this monstrosity become something we can buy. It looks like a nightmare to build, and would be prohibitively expensive. And that’s assuming you’ve…

Watch Us Play Super Time Force

Were you not convinced of the wonders of time travel by our review? Well let Evan Narcisse take you on an adventure through the internet of the future with Jean Rambois and Dolphin Lundgren. Watchlist is where we show off gameplay of new and upcoming games You’ll see some videos that aren’t on the front…

This Location From Call of Duty And STALKER Is Chilling In Real Life

Chernobyl, the infamous Ukrainian site of a horrific nuclear disaster in the ’80s, has appeared in FPSes like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and STALKER to powerful effect, but what happens when a gamer steps into the real life Zone? Things get downright chilling. And irradiated. Nick Rush-Cooper wrote about the experience of being there…

13 Things You Might Not Know About The Game Boy

Ah, the Game Boy. A classic handheld system that’s been around for 25 years—meaning, it has a rich and fascinating history. Let’s take a look back, shall we? DYKGaming/Normal Boots walks us through a ton of cool Game Boy trivia in this video, including: How the Game Boy was the first video game console to…