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Quick, How Do You Pronounce Imgur, the Site With All the .Gifs?

Well here’s something. I’ve been mentally mispronouncing Imgur, the ubiquitous home to image macros, rage comics, memes and that other thing I’ve been mispronouncing forever, .gifs. Turns out Imgur is pronounced “Imager.” (I’d been doing it phonetically: im-GURRRRRR) Thank goodness I had no occasion to say it out loud. But if people aren’t saying “Did…

Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes Is Short. Really Short.

The prologue to Metal Gear Solid V comes out next month, and if you’re expecting a nice chunk of Snake’s story to keep you occupied until the full game is done, you should probably know that it’s short. Really short. Game Informer got their hands on a near-final build of Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes…

Goat Simulator Knows How To Throw A Party

Yesterday I bemoaned that Goat Simulator was just a game jam game that probably won’t be publicly available. Today I return with more footage that makes that reality all the more painful. I wanna be a goat that gets rewarded for messing up the human’s party. 🙁 Actually, I shouldn’t get too sad here…it’s possible…

A Mech Game Straight Out Of The ’90s

Nostalgia is a weird beast — one that bubbles up and gets excited for the most random things. If this trailer is any indication, Matador is giving my inner PC gaming child a run for its money. Matador has a lot of things going for it: The isometric angle, the fact that it’s chock full…

Not All Kids Think Video Games Are Good For You

Now that YouTuber Game Dave and his army of young, free-spelling youngsters have weighed in on the console war, it’s time to tackle a tougher issue — are video games bad for you? Yes. Also, no. Maybe? I’d giggle at the hysterical spelling errors of children under 10, but some of these look an awful…

Humble Sid Meier Bundle, Cheaper Carbonation, Spaceballs, SSDs [Deals]

The latest Humble Bundle includes Sid Meier’s Civilization III Complete, Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: The Complete Edition, Sid Meier’s Ace Patrol, Sid Meier’s Ace Patrol: Pacific Skies and Sid Meier’s Railroads!. Customers who pay more than the average price will also receive Sid Meier’s Civilization V and Sid Meier’s Civilization V: Gods and Kings expansion…

Four Gadgets Predicted By Star Trek That Are Now Real

We might not have Jetsons-style mass-produced hovercars, but when you look at some of the tech humanity has developed, you could say we’re kind of living in the future. So to speak. And Star Trek, as great sci-fi tends to do, predicted some of that ‘future’—some of the gizmos presented in the show are now…

Team-based tactics in a Captain America video game? Here’s our first look at the official video game tie-in for Captain America: The Winter Soldier from Gameloft. It’s a mix of action and tactics, and will feature multiplayer clans. Weird. Look for it on iOS and Android next month.

Someone Made A (Mostly) Functional Kerbal Space Program Transformer

Sure, this Starscream-inspired transformer definitely looks a little bit shaky, but that’s how all great inventions start out. It takes a while to get from biplanes to sentient fighter jets, but we’re getting there! If you’re at all familiar with Kerbal Space Program, you know that it’s no easy task just to get a basic…

Everything Wrong With The Original Robocop (It’s All Lies)

I don’t know what movie the CinemaSins guy watched to come up with seven minutes’ worth of problems, but it couldn’t have been the original Robocop — the movie is perfect. Okay, so maybe it was perfect to whichever version of me first watched it back in 1987. Thing is, that weird little bastard, with…

Superman’s New Look to Come From One of Marvel Comics’ Biggest Artists

A legendary artist with killer runs on Spider-Man, Punisher and X-Men will reportedly be drawing the Man of Steel this year. According to comic-book rumor site Bleeding Cool, DC Comics’ flagship superhero will be getting a new interpretation from John Romita, Jr., the second-generation creator whose family name is synonymous with rival publisher Marvel. Romita…

Murdered: Soul Suspect will be out in June of 2014, Square Enix just announced. PS4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3, PC. It’s like L.A. Noire with ghosts

​Real-Life Smash Bros. Returns with Baseball Bats and Fireworks

About four years ago, these guys got the idea to stage a Super Smash Bros. tournament in real life—and it wasn’t some cutesy-poo re-enactment, either. They hit each other. With sticks. Hard. After a two-year layoff, 3GI’sSuper Smash Tournament returned last month for a third season. Here’s the latest bout, facing off Earthbound and Brawl…

A Look Behind The Scenes Of Final Fantasy

The world of Japanese video game development can often feel mysterious to those of us in the Western Hemisphere, so it’s always cool to get these behind-the-scenes peeks at studios like Square Enix. Granted, this is a fluff video for the upcoming Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (out next Tuesday for 360/PS3), so it doesn’t…

Here’s the latest from Kotaku‘s official reader-written blog, Talk Amongst Yourselves: Left 4 Dead Survivors: Where Are They Now? • It’s Time We Admit That Toys Aren’t Just For Kids • Theory: Kratos Isn’t Actually The God Of War TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

Here’s a new Thief trailer that shows the why, how and what you’ll be breaking into and sneaking out of. It’ll be out Feb. 28 25 for PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One.

World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition will release globally on Feb. 12 (a week from tomorrow.) The game is free-to-play for Xbox Live Gold subscribers. World of Tanks had been in an open beta on the console since December.

A DayZ Flow Chart That Tells The Whole Truth

You’ll die a lot in DayZ. After a (hopefully) successful respawn, you have to go through the same routine: Run for hours, survive until you find something useful, head to your favorite location for military gear, and, if you’re still alive, with guns and enough ammo in your pocket you might finally feel safe. Here’s…

In the Munich circus he was known as the incredible Nightcrawler. Filling the chat box with unsolicited BAMFs, the most beloved X-Man has come to Marvel Heroes as a playable character, just in time for his ongoing comic book resurrection.

Rockstar Trio to be Inducted into Hall of Fame at DICE Awards

Rockstar Games’ Sam Houser, Dan Houser and Leslie Benzies will be inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences at the 2014 DICE Awards on Thursday, the Academy announced this morning. Benzies, the President of Rockstar North studio, is the producer of the Grand Theft Auto series since its…