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Are You A Senior Game UX Designer? We’re Hiring

Gawker Media, the company behind Kotaku.com, is developing Kinja, our collaborative blogging platform. We need a UX expert to make our software as elegant and pleasant to use as possible. And I suspect a game developer might be who we need. We’re currently hiring a UX Director in our New York office to spearhead improvements…

Motorized Team Fortress Minigun Replica Is Every Cosplayer’s Dream

Created using a mix of traditional materials and 3D-printed parts, with added lights, sounds and a working motor, Cory Alexander‘s Team Fortress 2 minigun replica is one hell of a build. He spent 3 months making this. Skip to the 5-minute mark to see it in action: His build thread over at RPF has some…

An Ode To The Video Games We Can Barely Remember

Memories that remain rigid. The ones you can replay in your mind without effort. Those memories are usually the least interesting. Whether they are accurate or not. And most likely they are not. A story endlessly retold by friends and family; sections that don’t fit brutally forced by the collective might of those who witnessed…

The Old City, an exploration game that looks pretty great, is now up on Kickstarter. Get on it.

Playing Dark Souls II…With A Three Year-Old Kid

This is not the most appropriate game to be playing with such a small child. That said and out of the way, who could resist when the kid is being so cute? Are we gonna make a boy or a girl? A girl. What will her name be? A lady. Lance and Penny Play Dark…

Clementine As A Little Sister

I’ve previously featured Yhrite’s illustrations blending the world’s of Left 4 Dead, Bioshock and Bioshock Infinite. His latest work is these images of The Walking Dead’s Clementine as a Little Sister from Bioshock. You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

STALKER Restored To Its Former Glory

It’s been over a decade since STALKER was first shown off. The incredible open world we were first teased in 2002, however, wasn’t exactly the game we got five years later. It didn’t look as good, and didn’t feature as much content. It was still an amazing game, yeah, but imagine how much better it…

Wallpaper-Ready Batman: Arkham Origins Concept Art

Kotaku has previously featured Eric Gagnon’s concept art from Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Below is a selection of his just-posted concept art from Batman: Arkham Origins and the Initiation DLC. You can see more at his personal site You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and…

Watch A Guy Play Through Mario 64 Blindfolded

Twitch streamers sure know how to pull cool stunts. Case in point: there is a channel where a speedrunner attempts to play through Mario 64…without being able to see what’s going on on the screen. 62bitgaming is hoping to get through the classic Mario title using his vast knowledge of the game—but he’ll also make…

If Sega Won’t Do It, These Guys Will

When a game describes itself as an “open world futuristic freerun / parkour game inspired by great games like Jet Set Radio and Mirror’s Edge”, it has my attention. Hover : Revolt Of Gamers might have a stupid name, but everything else about it looks great, from the eye-smashing art style and future skating (the Jet…

A Married Couple Who Has Sex And Makes Games About It

The page is called TMI. We were bound to tackle sex eventually. Cara Ellison has written up a fantastic profile of a developer the gaming industry has no idea what to do with: married art game duo Auriea Harvey and Michaël Samyn, aka Tale of Tales. That doesn’t mean no one plays their games, however.…

​An Important Reminder That Wind Waker Had Really Good Music

I mean I don’t think that you forgot, really. It’s just that it’s never a bad thing to be reminded. Here’s Smooth “Smooth” McGroove with his latest a cappella video game rendition, this time of the castanet-flavored Dragon Roost Island theme from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. Between the whistles and the snaps…

Sailor Moon’s Got A New Look

The upcoming Sailor Moon reboot, which debuts on July 5th, features redesigns of all our favorite Sailor Scouts. The changes aren’t too dramatic or anything, judging from the art shared by Crunchy Roll. But everyone certainly looks different from the designs in the original anime. Most notably, all the Sailor Scouts have impossibly long legs.…

What Happens When A Star Wars Bro Fights A Harry Potter Bro

Horrible things happen when bros stop chilling, and instead start nerding out. Horrible, horrible things. Even abominations like striking your fellow bro become possible in those situations, as this clip by RackaRacka shows. Let this be a lesson to all of you watching out there. Love your bro, for the consequences may be too great…

A Look At The Non-Human Dragon Age: Inquisition Inquisitors

Qunari and dwarf designs from Dragon Age: Inquisition Previously: Human Inquisitors You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

How To Get A Free Astromech Droid In Star Wars: The Old Republic

Old and new players of Star Wars: The Old Republic can receive a brand new astromech droid starting tomorrow: In honor of Star Wars™ Day and in appreciation to you, our players,we are giving away the MT-4T Astromech Droid Mini-Pet to the entire Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ community!* •If you’re a current player, log…

Even When They’re Useless, Titans In Titanfall Are The Best

Aww. Look at the auto-Titans trying their best to protect their pilot—even if it means destroying themselves in the process. It’s the result of lackluster artificial intelligence. But it’s also kind of endearing, don’t you think? They’re trying their best! DefendTheHouse is back with another “Mythbuster” episode, and in this one, they test out what…

Sorry, Rabbits, This Strategy Game Says You Have To Die

For fantasy buffs of a certain age, there’s a series of books dearer to our hearts than Lord of the Rings or even—dare I say it—Harry Potter. I’m talking about Redwall, the kid-friendly epic that reads like Games of Thrones with furry little animals instead of gratuitous raunchy sex. Unlike those other series, however, Redwall…

​The Argument That Dark Souls II Is Terrible

Most people agree that Dark Souls II is pretty good. There are some open questions about whether it improves upon its predecessor, or whether it’s as good as was expected, but for the most part: Pretty darn good. That’s most people. Some don’t agree. One notable dissenter is Michael Thomsen, who, writing for Forbes, posits…

​The New Madden 15 Trailer Is Straight Out Of Zoolander

Well this is a little creepy. The GIF above is from the short teaser trailer for Madden 15. In it, Carolina Panthers player Luke Kuechly questions what he’s becoming, like some sort of football Robert Oppenheimer and/or werewolf. He then proceeds to give the Magnum look from the movie Zoolander Here’s the trailer: To contact…