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An HDMI Mod For The Nintendo 64? That’s A Good Start.

The more television technology advances, the harder it is to keep our classic consoles hooked up. Modder Marshall over at Retroactive is working on a device to bring the last cartridge-based Nintendo console into the HDMI age. Anyone know how to solder? Tentatively scheduled for a Q1 2014 release, the N64 HDMI Coverter is a…

If you had any doubt that the cult of Helix fossil, one of the “religions” formed around Twitch Plays Pokémon, is a serious thing, here’s proof. Someone sprayed this masterpiece recetnly on a seemingly useless cement block, in front of a school. This must be one of those moments when graffiti becomes art instead of…

Medieval Warfare Is Better With Giants

Chivalry: Medieval Warfare was already silly enough with those slings and its online gameplay. But it just wasn’t enough for modders. Here’s Crustacean Soup’s Giant Slayer mod that adds overpowered giant knights to the game. The rules are simple: Everyone starts at 60% normal size. After every kill, your size, your health and your damage…

Godzilla Had the Best Summer Vacation Ever

There’s a new Snickers ad with Godzilla in it just in time for the new movie. Did I say Godzilla? Because the whole thing looks just like an imaginary Denver, the Last Dinosaur movie. You can watch the clip below: He’s… friendly: Snickers – Godzilla [YouTube] To contact the author of this post, write to:…

For Those Times You Need Some Perks In The Real World

Reader Robert Lane is a woodworker, and a Call of Duty fan. He’s combined the two to create this range of amazing replica Perk-a-Cola machines. In addition to the cola dispensers, he’s also done some other Call of Duty-related stuff, like a replica weapons box. If you see something here that you like, keep an…

A Game Where You Don’t Play As Someone. You Play As Everyone.

sonder is a sci-fi third-person action adventure game. So far so expected, but it has a neat twist: you’re not playing as a single character. Instead, while the narrative plays out, you’re free – and encouraged – to switch between characters and play the role of anyone in the game. The idea being that while…

Asking For No More BioShock Porn Means We Get More BioShock Porn

Last year, BioShock Infinite boss Ken Levine pleaded with the world to stop making Elizabeth porn. It didn’t work. Paste’s Maddy Myers has the storytoday of Zone, who if you’re not familiar with his stuff is an artist who, among other animation projects, makes porn games. Zone’s most recently released a BioShock Infinite one called…

Metal Gear Solid V Just Got Real

Yeah, we posted some images from this same Metal Gear cosplay shoot only recently. But screw it, because these news ones that just landed on my desk are way better. This is what happens when cosplayer Rick Boer and photographer Cynthia Veekens get together. It’s called magic.

An End, Once and For All: Here’s violinist Taylor Davis and pianist Lara de Wit performing one of Mass Effect 3‘s most memorable musical compositions

Dragons In Space: check out this awesome Skyrim shot by Reddit user DonCairo—makes the game almost seem otherwordly! Nightshot is the night version of Dayshot— an image-based feature that occasionally runs at night, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and art that we can find. Send us suggestions if you’ve got them.

Fake League Of Legends Characters Look As Good As The Real Ones

A little while ago, Riot Games asked the students at the FZD School of Design to submit some designs for League of Legends champions. They did good. Sure, not all of them strictly fit the design style of the actual game, but they all look awesome regardless. I think my favourite is Jens Bengtsson’s voodoo…

​What might a Minecraft movie look like?

Looks like Mojang is working with Warner Bros. on a Minecraft movie. An actual finished film may or may not eventually materialize, but either way, you can’t help but wonder: What might a full-length, big-budget Minecraft movie look like? It’s not exactly a game that has an obvious cinematic counterpart, after all. The world of…

​Forget That New Rambo Video Game. Play This One Instead.

There was a Rambo game that came out recently. The quality of the title looks dubious, at best. Rambo: Last Blood—a new indie game featuring Sylvester Stallone’s iconic, burnt-out vet—is probably a whole lot better. I can’t describe much of what happens in Last Blood without spoiling it so let’s just say that it involves…

Grand Theft Auto IV Looks Marvelous in Black and White

Grand Theft Auto IV may be almost six years old, but its age doesn’t stop folks from doing all sorts of amazing stuff with it. Take, for example, this excellent noire “walkabout series” by gaming’s best screenshot artist, Dead End Thrills. The game looks gorgeous like this, no? At first glance, some of these excellent…

Warner Bros Is Working On A Minecraft Movie

Warner Bros. is turning Minecraft into a movie, creator Markus Persson said today on Twitter. The tweet speaks for itself: This might explain why Persson took action against the fanmade Minecraft film. Worth noting: movies enter development hell all the time, and “working with” does not immediately equate to “this is going to happen.” (Top…

​No, Staring At A Screen Won’t Ruin Your Eyes

“TV will ruin your eyes!” they warned us, “Stop staring at a screen!” Shows what those suckers know, because they’re wrong. Watch as Discovery News breaks down the history of an urban legend that just won’t die — that staring at TV will ruin your eyes. Sure, eye strain is real and you should still…

Welcome To Watchlist

Any time a new game comes out, don’t you want to see it in action before you buy it? If so, then you should check out Kotaku’s newest blog, Watchlist. It’s dedicated to showing you actual gameplay from the newest games, right when they come out. If you’ve been following Kotaku lately you’ll have noticed…

Republican Tax Plan Would Screw “Violent Video Game” Companies

Tax credits are the kinds of things that most video game lovers wouldn’t think about when considering where their favorite releases come from. But the publishers and developers that distribute and create games depend on them when figuring out the financials of their particular businesses. Now, a Republican tax proposal would deny that relief from…

When Teddy Bears Play Football, They Don’t Tackle, They Hug.

Football isn’t for everyone. But you know what is for everyone? Hugs. Hugby is a two-player android game where two teams of teddy bears play a game of football. Each player draws routes for their bears to run, then the two teams run their plays. If two bears touch, they hug instead of tackle. Take…

Surprise new Wii U game on the horizon: Swords & Soldiers II, a sequel to the very good side-scrolling real-time-strategy game that debuted on the Wii in 2009, is in the works for Wii U and will be playable at PAX East in April.