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Report: YouTube Is Buying Twitch For $1 Billion
According to “sources familiar with the pact”, Variety is reporting that Google (specifically, YouTube) has already reached a deal to buy game streaming service Twitch. For, oh, $1 billion UPDATE: The Wall Street Journal disputes this, and claims that while a deal is indeed being worked on, “The talks are at an early stage, and…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 18, 2014 -
Westeros vs Planet Earth: Who Has The Biggest Walls (And Animals)?
This probably isn’t the most important comparison you’re going to make today, but it might be the most interesting. If only because it puts into perspective just how damn big The Wall really is. Max Fleishman and Theresa Garritano made these awesome infographics for The Daily Dot that compare various elements of Game of Thrones…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 18, 2014 -
If You Love America, You’ll Never Stop Playing This Stupid Game
Ah, the glorious Stars and Stripes, stroking that flagpole vigorously in time with your amorous applause. This is Americlap, the spirit of patriotism is one intentionally stupid game. Americlap is a free game that utilizes your microphone to capture your clapping, which keeps the American flag from falling to the ground. “It’s short and stupid…
By Mike Fahey Published May 18, 2014 -
It’s A Virtual Game Boy For The Oculus Rift
One of the key problesm with the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset is that it completely obscures the wearer’s vision, making it impossible to play Game Boy while wearing it — until developer Shane O’Brien came up with this clever fix. Using a recently released Game Boy emulator for the Unity Engine, Shane crafted a…
By Mike Fahey Published May 18, 2014 -
Toy Story As A Horror Movie? Makes Sense To Me.
There is nothing quite as deadly as a jealous children’s toy. That’s the idea behind Bobby Burns‘ Toy Story horror movie trailer, a concept that has me eyeing my collection warily. How much of a Dick can Woody be? Even toned down from the original drafts of Pixar’s masterpiece, the floppy cowboy (not a sex…
By Mike Fahey Published May 18, 2014 -
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Somewhere A Place For Kinect
Now that Microsoft has realized that more people might be willing to purchase an Xbox One if it didn’t come with $100 worth of do-not-want, what’s the company going to do with the all of the unwanted Kinect cameras? Perhaps our army of image manipulators has some suggestions. I’ve been amusing myself imagining factory workers…
By Mike Fahey Published May 18, 2014 -
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Under The Sea: The Winners!
Last week I set Kotaku’s Photoshop-savvy readers loose on editor-in-chief Stephen Totilo’s vacation pics, welcoming him back with countless images of his heavily-modified face. He should be overjoyed with the results. Another ‘shop contest, another amazing batch of entries, and while there was just something about uscg_pa’s Totilo/Mario swap than made me happy, each one…
By Mike Fahey Published May 17, 2014 -
Hackers Attack Operation Supply Drop Charity Drive
Operation Supply Drop’s third annual 8-Bit Salute 24 hour charity game marathon went live this morning at 9 a.m. Eastern time. By 10 a.m. hackers had disabled the military gaming charity’s website via DDoS attack. Operation Supply Drop, previously featured onKotaku, is a charity organization dedicated to providing American military personnel with video games. The…
By Mike Fahey Published May 17, 2014 -
Exactly What I Look For In An RPG Collector’s Edition
Larian Studios’ Divinity: Original Sin is a love letter to the early days of computer role-playing games, so it makes sense that the game’s extremely limited edition (under 1,500 copies) is a love letter to the fans of classics RPGs. First off, the Collector’s Edition comes with two copies of the Kickstarter success, each playable…
By Mike Fahey Published May 17, 2014 -
Honest Star Fox 64 Trailer Goes Straight For The Furry Jokes
Sometimes an anthropomorphic animal is just an anthropomorphic animal, Honest Game Trailers. Now if Fox McCloud too off his head at the end of Star Fox 64 to reveal a human wearing a suit, then that would be a furry. Even then the gross generalizations are a bit much. Not all furries are sexual deviants.…
By Mike Fahey Published May 17, 2014 -
Further Proof That Every Game Is Better With Monster Collecting
The highly successful Puzzle & Dragons added monster collecting and evolving to match three puzzles and made a fortune. Quiz RPG did it with random trivia questions. Now Sega adds creature collecting to those stupid coin dozer games, and I can’t stop playing. Dammit, Dragon Coins. Had I known what sort of game this was…
By Mike Fahey Published May 17, 2014 -
The Best of Kotaku, The Week of May 12
What were the best stories Kotaku ran this week? Maybe these? Yeah, read our highlights at selects.kotaku.com. And let’s hope Tina doesn’t notice that I posted this round-up a few hours late. Shhhh. Top image is from this week’s new batch of screenshots from The Witness, which sure looks nice, huh? Looking at it makes…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 17, 2014 -
The Saturday Morning Stream: The Last Tinker: City Of Colors (Done!)
Wandering off the beaten path this week, The Last Tinker: City of Colors is an indie game that channels the good-old-days of platforming, when games like Banjo Kazooie were still something that happened regularly. Developed by Munich-based Mimimi Studios, The Last Tinker: City of Colors is a game that caught my eye with a single…
By Mike Fahey Published May 17, 2014 -
Graduation Cap For A Gamer
Graduation cap decorated to reflect real life RPG skills. The comments are funny: CharlesIndigo: they nerfed it not too long ago, it doesn’t add credibility anymore. KHDTX13: The mission payouts aren’t even worth it. vertigo1083: And it will all mean shit in the next expansion. You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated…
By John Struan Published May 17, 2014 -
Sega’s Fonz Arcade Game
This is an excerpt from the arcade flyer for Sega’s 1976 racing game Fonz. I couldn’t find video of gameplay, but I did find video of an extended martial arts battle between a young Tom Hanks and The Fonz on Happy Days: Via TAFA and Cinefamily You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog…
By John Struan Published May 16, 2014 -
Gamble And Win A Rancor Mount In Star Wars: The Old Republic
The latest Star Wars: The Old Republic update adds the Festival of Splendor event where rival clans show off their wealth by sponsoring casino games with extravagant prizes…including a giant rancor mount. Here is a video of the casino promoters: And here is the Kingpin Rancor Mount: There’s a detailed discussion here on maximizing your…
By John Struan Published May 16, 2014
