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Seinfeld… in the Oculus Rift

Like millions of hapless people around the world, you have the apartment set from Seinfeld emblazoned on your eyelids. You blink and there it is, waiting. You’ll never not know what it looks like. Now, if you own an Oculus Rift headset, you can strap it onto your head and walk around it. It’s almost…

Nine Things You Might Not Know About Earthbound

Pop quiz! How much do you know about the cult-classic Earthbound? DYKGaming/Normal Boots takes the time to walk us through all sorts of trivia about the Earthbound franchise in this informative video, from how Miyamoto reacted to the game’s pitch, to the many changes we can find between Earthbound and Mother 2.Mother 2. It’s worth…

This Titanfall commercial is better than most video game ads. Of course, once the game comes out, you won’t be leaving the house for nice walks as much.

The More-Or-Less Completely Inaccurate Origin Of Sonic The Hedgehog

“A hedgehog.” “Really?” “Yeah, yeah, a hedgehog.” “But hedgehogs are really slow.” “They don’t have to be.” “I’m listening…” Beasts Comedy‘s hilarious reenactment of the birth of Sonic the Hedgehog seems pretty spot-on to me. I mean sure, Naoto Oshima and Yuji Naka are Japanese, as likely was any overseer they might have had. Other…

A Grim Fan’s Fandango: While we’re all waiting for Tim Schafer to finally get back the rights to Grim Fandango (could be a while), at least we can still play the original, as long as we still have the discs. This helpful new guide at PC Gamer details how to get the game running on…

As promised, Valve boss Gabe Newell is going to do a Reddit AMA (ask me anything). He says it’ll be today at 1pm Pacific (4pm Eastern). Stay tuned!

The Top Ten Moments of ‘Twitch Plays Pokémon‘ So Far

When you have thousands of people controlling the same game, there are bound to be a ton of memorable hijinks. And so now that ‘Twitch Plays Pokémon’ beat the first generation of Pokémon games, it seems like a good time to reminisce on some of the stream’s high points, no? Here’s TheJWittz‘s personal list of…

South Park, Titanfall Collector’s Edition, Trade-Ins, G710+ [Deals]

Believe it or not, we have it on good authority that South Park: The Stick of Truth is actually coming out tomorrow, which means that your time to save by pre-ordering is quickly running out. Updated: Get it on GreenManGaming for $45 with code VRW14X-M2YVEU-B0C9OT. If the code doesn’t work for you, try 061269-BIMBGU-JRDM3J instead.…

Blizzard’s newest MOBA, Heroes of the Storm, is entering “technical alpha”—they’re going to start opening invites to “a very limited number of participants” soon. If you want to enter, opt in on your battle.net account

​Here’s the Company Guide That You Get If You Work at Nintendo

You’ve seen the handbook from the people who run Steam. Now, here’s the company guide that employees at the House of Mario receive. It’s a damn pretty thing to look at, even if you can’t read Japanese. Nintendo fan blog Before Mario has images of the internal publication that gets handed out to people who’ve…

Yes, This Nazi-Killing Video Game Hero Was Of Jewish Descent

There’s been speculation for more than two decades that the hero of the iconic Wolfenstein first-person shooter games—B.J. Blazkowicz, the guy who you use to machine gun hordes of Nazis—was Jewish. But the game’s creators have long been coy about the character’s origins. Not so much anymore. It’s not clear if the next Wolfenstein game,…

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Amazon is offering a bonus $10 credit toward pre-orders on $20 or more of traded in games. Eligible titles to apply the promotion toward include Infamous: Second Son and Dark Souls II. [Amazon] This post is brought to you by the Commerce Team, a dedicated group of deal hunters and product enthusiasts. We operate independently…

Zynga Boosts Its Mobile Lineup With New FarmVille, Words With Friends

In a special note today to players thanking them for six years of support, Zynga chief operating officer Clive Downie revealed three new mobile titles soon to be released worldwide, including a FarmVille 2 game that’s completely different from its Facebook counterpart. Zynga first attempts at porting its ‘Ville series of web-based social titles to…

Sony’s Spring Fever Sale Discounts Towerfall, FEZ, Luftrausers

Sony’s Playstation Network Spring Fever promotion is back for 2014, discounting some big indie titles for Playstation Plus members. [Playstation Blog] 3/4-3/10 Awesomenauts Assemble | $8 | Normally $10 Master Reboot | $12 | Normally $15 3/11-3/17 TowerFall Ascension | $12 | Normally $15 Vessel | $8 | Normally $10 3/18-3/24 SteamWorld Dig | $8…

​Games Still Getting More Money Than Anything Else on Kickstarter

Kickstarter just let the world know that they’ve pulled in more than $1 billion dollars for thousands of crowdfunding projects since the company launched. And the category that raked in the most cash? Games, once again, to the tune of $215.75 million. That number includes campaigns for both digital and non-digital games. It’s telling to…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Cubone! Pokemon One a Day! • The Road to E3: 100 Days To Go • Anime Review – Devil Survivor 2 TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

Fez is coming to all PlayStation platforms on March 25. Polytron’s indie hit is a cross-buy offering, meaning the copy you buy for PS3, PS4, or PS Vita is good on all the other devices, and save files may be shared among them.

Cortana has a Different Look on the Windows Phone

Cortana, the digital consigliere coming to Windows Phone 8.1, won’t be represented by the light blue apparition of a woman. Cortana will, appropriately enough, be a halo. It, uh, she? will be represented by a blue ring that animates whenever she’s speaking or thinking, says The Verge, citing sources inside Microsoft and providing some screenshots…

Jimmy Kimmel Presents Bitman Begins

Classic YouTube clips, turned into big-budget Hollywood movies? There comes a time when it’ll be sober fact. Until then, here’s Jimmy Kimmel and his dramatic adaptation of “Charlie Bit My Finger” (sadly, Bitman has nothing to do with bitcoins) with Chris Hemsworth, Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks. Bitman Begins [Jimmy Kimmel Live, YouTube] To contact…