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Childhood Characters, As Complete Crazies

When not busy with concept art Dan Luvisi likes to turn cute, childhood heroes into mutated, crazy-looking lunatics in his ‘Popped Culture’ series. ‘Tigger’ from Winnie the Pooh even got a really funny backstory So here’s Mickey Mouse, as the prince of darkness, Tigger, who is now in prison, and a truly monstrous Goofy: DanLuvisiArt…

George R. R. Martin Talks About Killing Game of Thrones Characters

Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin was the guest of Conan O’Brien last night, and among other things they’ve talked about was the one thing the show is most famous for: characters unexpectedly dying off. Well, according to him the HBO showrunners are the bloodthirsty ones when it comes to killing a main…

What It Looks Like To Put Your Entire Body In Virtual Reality

Set up three Kinect cameras in an equilateral triangle, use an Oculus Rift as a head-mounted display, merge all that with a virtual office environment and you got yourself your own 3D conference room… with some glitches. But glitches could make any boring presentation or conference a lot funnier. The creators tell us on their…

Monument Valley Plus Journey Is A Match Made In Heaven

A Monument Valley level based on the world of Journey. See the entire image below, as well as Monument Valley plush characters. Monument Valley + Journey by Lam Lu, featured at the fan site Monument Friends. The site is full of great Monument Valley fan art, including these plush characters by Anna the Red: Via…

The Dragon Age: Inquisition Inquisitor’s Edition is $169

Gamestop has a listing for the Dragon Age: Inquisition Inquisitor’s edition: Dragon Age Inquisition Inquisitor’s Edition Includes: Highly detailed exclusive Inquisitor Collector’s Edition case produced by TriForce measures approximately 8.5″ x 13.5″ x 14.5″ The case is individually wrapped in faux reptile skin, has the mark of the Inquisitor stamped on top in gold foil,…

League of Legends-themed Pong Browser Game

Pixel Poro is a League of Legends-themed version of Pong that you can play in your browser. It features new champion Braum You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Warhammer 40,000: Chess is Warhammer 40k. Chess. OK.

Battleship For The Oculus Rift

The video below shows ship placement and firing in the work in progress BattleshipVR for the Oculus Rift: Via R/Gaming You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Just In Case Dark Souls Wasn’t Tough Enough For You

This is Perish. It’s being made by one man – Aussie Anthony Richard – and is described as “a procedural Action-RPG / roguelike-like. Dark Souls meets Spelunky”. Seeking to carry on with Dark Souls’ “deadly and deliberate” combat, Perish has permadeath and a damn tasty art style. Being built in Unity, it’s due out later…

EA’s Walk Of Fame Is Also A Wall Of Infamy

Artist Christopher Lee did this enormous mural that adorns the walls at EA’s global HQ. Each panel belongs to a game or series that EA either makes or owns. It’s a fantastic piece! Though while surely intended to showcase the company’s strengths and hit series (FIFA, The Sims, etc), the fact it also pays tribute…

$11,000 Will Make A Great Game Better

Remember Kingdom? It was a revelation, a free side-scrolling strategy game that only let you control a single unit. It was a little basic, but then, that was part of the appeal, so it’ll be interesting to see what happens when it evolves into something a little grander. Dutch indie Thomas van den Berg has…

Penny Dreadful Animation Much Better Than The First TV Episode

Showtime’s new pulp monster-penny tv show Penny Dreadful isn’t remotely as great as the series of animated shorts created to promote it. If you haven’t watched the show yet (the first episode is free at Youtube), Penny Dreadful features James Bond, James Bond’s girlfriend, and Josh Hartnett as a team of monster hunters in an…

Internet Joke Takes Five Years To Finish

Talk about hanging on a punchline. In May 2009, Twitter user @DrFNFurter started a joke, one that wasn’t completed until May 2014 In keeping with their username, it was a Rocky Horror Show gag. You know. Time warps, and all. Note the gap in the date between the last two. Well played. ‘Rocky Horror’ Fan…

Let Bartlet Be Bartlet: If you’re a fan of the TV series The West Wing, you owe it to yourself to read this new Hollywood Reporter feature. It’s got a ton of great stories from pretty much every person who helped make the show.

“Massively Uncomfortable” Sega Mega Drive Alien 3 Joystick

Dated 1992, this is an Alien 3-themed joystick for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis/SNES. Below you can watch a video review of the device: Via R/Gaming and Ebay You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

​Pharrell And Hatsune Miku, Together At Last

It’s always interesting when two pop stars from different parts of the world collaborate. It’s even more interesting when one of them isn’t real. Last Night, Good Night (Re:Dialed) -Pharrell Williams Remix- is a remix by Pharrell of the popular Hatsune Miku song by Livetune. The collaboration is for the surrealist film Jellyfish Eyes, the…

Wedge Won’t Be In The New Star Wars Movies

Just because a bunch of original Star Wars actors are coming back for the new trilogy doesn’t mean they all are. British actor Denis Lawson, who played Rebel pilot Wedge Antilles ion Episodes IV-VI, was approached to appear in the new film, but turned it down. The Courier caught up with him on the red…

I Met A Video Game Troll In Real Life And He Really Pissed Me Off

“Maybe I’m just a bad person,” he said. “Maybe I’m just a bad person.” That was the half-confession, half-boast of a self-professed video game troll I met in a bar. He’d just gotten done regaling a friend and me with tales of his preferred method of playing games: messing with people, sometimes even driving them…

Pokémon Snap On The Oculus Rift Makes Me Want A New Pokémon Snap

Sure, taking photographs of spunky Pokemon in the wild using an Oculus Rift looks like a lot of fun—but we all know we can’t mention Pokemon Snap without sighing about wanting a new game in the franchise. For now, we’ll have to settle on watching Chadtronic play the old game in virtual reality—it’s still cool,…

If Hearthstone Videos Were More Like Call of Duty Videos

You can expect a few things when you watch a Call of Duty montage—like dubstep, horns, dramatic text about no-scopes, and weed references. It’s kind of eyeroll-worthy, so it’s probably not surprising to hear that when you give Hearthstone videos the same treatment, something very silly happens. I’d say that card games weren’t meant to…