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Super Time Force Prints

Steve Courtney created a series of Super Time Force Prints: You can buy the prints here You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Bioshock Infinite Caged Snowglobe

Bioshock Infinite-themed caged snowglobe by xSimonBelmontx. See the entire sculpture below, as well as the Fallout board game he created. And here are photos of the Fallout board game he created: Via R/Gaming You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

There Are Too Many New Games On Steam

There have already been more new games released on Steam in 2014 than there were in all of 2013. And it’s only May. By itself, and on principle, this isn’t a problem. The more games available, the better. But – and this ties directly into something I was talking about last week – it’s a…

Left 4 Dead Coming To Japanese Arcades, Sounds Amazing

This project was announced a little while ago, but this is our first good look at Taito’s licensed take on Left 4 Dead. As an arcade game. In Japan. You won’t notice much different about the gameplay footage. It’s Left 4 Dead as you know it. But that narration. It cuts the series’ tone off…

Lara Croft? More Like Larry Croft.

You’d think that gender-bending Lara Croft cosplay would result in Indiana Jones cosplay, but nope. This is what you get instead. Props to cosplayer Dr_Teng for going all the way with this get-up—it reminds me a little bit of the Hawkeye initiative, which highlighted ridiculous portrayals of women by swapping the gender of female heroes…

A Portrait Of One Game’s “Average” Gamer

The developers behind Runescape, in conjunction with photographer Chris Dorley-Brown, have taken survey data and real player’s faces and combined it all to create this composite portrait of the game’s “average” player. It’s a white dude, with a dash of feminine touches. Surprise! The two most pertinent stats contributing to the face’s make-up is that…

Godzilla’s Rampage Does $3 Billion Worth Of Damage

With the new Godzilla movie coming up, it’s the perfect time to revisit 1998’s classic remake starring Matthew Broderick and see exactly how much damage Godzilla caused to New York City. CinemaSins did a whole bunch of math (and counting footsteps) and tallied up the costs of all the damages Godzilla’s 1998 rampage did to…

​Minecraft Next-Gen vs. Minecraft Last-Gen

How will Minecraft look on PS4 and Xbox One? Basically, it’ll still be Minecraft, but you’ll be able to see farther. These images were tweeted today by Minecraft console developer 4J Studios, and give a sense of how much farther you’ll be able to see on Xbox One and PS4 compared with their last-gen counterparts.…

Does This Look Like A Magic: The Gathering Clone To You?

Disputes over intellectual property walk a fine line between meting out justice and delving headfirst into a ridiculous bramble of legalese. It’s not clear which side Magic: The Gathering publisher Wizards of the Coast’s lawsuit against the creators of Hex: The Shards of Fate will end up on. But trying to compare the two games,…

I’m A Man Who Plays As A Woman In Games, And I’m Definitely Not Alone

I self-identify as a straight male-bodied dude, but recently I’ve taken to playing as a female-bodied character in many games. It’s not something the majority of people do, but it’s also not uncommon. Oddly, however, men play as women far more than women play as men. Let’s break down why people choose the avatars they…

Suddenly Pokémon Red’s Trainer Doesn’t Look So Tough

Red might be one of the best trainers to ever live in the Pokémon universe, but when he’s chibified into a toy like this? It’s kind of hard to take him seriously, amazing champion or not. It’s a nendoroid figure, only available in Japan for about $44. It comes with three facial expressions, four different…

​Fighting Online Abuse Isn’t About Trolls, It’s About Community

If you’ve spent much time online—playing games, talking on social media, using message boards—chances are you’ve gotten some abuse. Someone’s called you a fag, or a dumb bitch, or suggested they might find out where you live and skullfuck you to death. When that happens, we generally take it as a cost of doing business…

Without Players Terrorizing It, Skyrim Seems Pleasant

Ah, Whiterun. You look so nice from a distance like this, with all your citizens buzzing around, miniaturized like ants. Check out this great timelapse of Skyrim by Ozin370, which utilizes a shallow depth of field—giving it a similar effect to tilt shift. You might remember tilt shift as one of the main effects used…

Astro Duel Turns Asteroids Into A 4-Player Deathmatch

Take Asteroids, throw in a little Combat, and some Mario Kart-style powerups, then shove it all in an iPad for a nice portable experience that you can play with 4 friends wherever you are. I visited Austin recently and developer Rusty Moyher (of Retro Game Crunch) was nice enough to have me over his house…

The Elder Scrolls Online Players Are Pissed About Bots

Players who have waded into the newly-minted Elder Scrolls MMO are up in arms about the game’s bots. According to a number of player reports, ZeniMax Online Studios and Bethesda Softworks have been struggling to fend off a proliferation of bots in the latest installment in its acclaimed series of Elder Scrolls games, the first…

Y’all Sucked At Naming Commander Shepard

What did you name your Commander Shepard? Wait. Let me guess. Your Shepard—assuming you went with something other than the default name—has one of the names in the image above, right? Statistically speaking, those are the most popular names for Commander Shepard in Mass Effect 3 according to BioWare. Well, they’re the most frequent names…

Someone Fixed The Far Cry 4 Box Art

This is just so much better. Thanks, Brian Altano

These Are The 10 Studios Making Assassin’s Creed Unity

Some people roll their eyes (or grunt or sigh) when they’re reminded of how many studios Ubisoft uses to make their massive Assassin’s Creed games, but as someone who likes each year’s installment, I just find it interesting. Ubisoft Montreal normally leads development, though they clearly juggle teams, giving each major AC Montreal team at…

PSA: Mario Kart 8 is the 10th 11th Mario Kart Just in case you were counting. In related news, Mario Kart 64 was not actually the 64th Mario Kart. Also: the new Mario Kart is pretty good UPDATE: A third arcade Mario Kart game has been released, making this month’s 8 actually the 11th game.…

The Funniest Voice In Gaming Comes To Dota 2

Even if you don’t play Dota 2, you’ll probably enjoy this video of The Stanley Parable‘s droll British narrator doing his best to play eSports announcer. These clips all come from a new Dota 2 announcer pack—released today for $10—that lets you play with commentary from the critically-acclaimed indie game. Watch and enjoy.