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A Highly Accurate Language Quiz That Can Tell Where You Grew Up
Do you pronounce it “Roof” or “Ruf?” “Water” or “Wuhter?” Are little river shellfish called “crawfish” or “crayfish” or “crawdads?” Depends on where you grew up. I loved this new dialect quiz at the New York Times, and thought you all might dig it too. It managed to place me pretty accurately—it had me in…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 23, 2013 -
Report: Accused League Player’s Motion To Quash Denied, Case To Proceed
Justin Carter, the 19-year-old League of Legends player who earlier this year was imprisoned for making a Facebook comment that was flagged as a terrorist threat, has had his motion to quash the case denied, according to a report today by San Antonio’s KENS 5 news. In February, Carter was arrested for making comments on…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 23, 2013 -
Hot Toys’ Ada Wong Is Lovely, But Can She Pull Off That Dress?
After my first whirlwind love affair with a Hot Toys Iron Man figure, I decided to go outside of my comfort zone for my second figure review. Someone a lot more vulnerable, but ten times as dangerous. Someone like Resident Evil‘s Ada Wong. Resident Evil fans know who Ada Wong is. All those who don’t…
By Mike Fahey Published December 23, 2013 -
The Best Cosplay Of 2013
And so 2013 draws to a close. We’ve seen a ton of amazing cosplay in our weekly Fancy Pants feature, but what you’re about to see is the very best of it. Below are my favourite cosplay photos from 2013. Most are here because of a combination of an incredible photo and world-class outfits, but…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 23, 2013 -
Robot Drummer Performs The Pacific Rim Theme, Aided By Lightning
I love the Pacific Rim theme. You love the Pacific Rim theme. And from the looks of it, this robot drummer loves the Pacific Rim theme. Check out this performance from Arc Attack Music in which a robo-drummer and some tesla coils bang out Ramin Djawadi and Tom Morello’s riff-tastic anthem to giant robots everywhere.…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 23, 2013 -
Want to understand what makes Spelunky a great game? Over at Polygon, game designer Douglas Wilson (of J.S. Joust and more recently, Clusterfuck reknown) has written an in-depth, play-by-play analysis of one of the most amazing Spelunky achievements of 2013. Check it out
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 23, 2013 -
Kirk’s Top 12 Games Of 2013
In twenty thirteen, it was a very good year. It was a very good year for video games, with zombies and dames, killing monsters with flames… oh the things we’ve seen… in twenty thirteen. It was a very good year, wasn’t it? I sure did play a lot of video games in 2013. More than…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 23, 2013 -
Taking Down a Slave Ship in Assassin’s Creed IV‘s DLC Isn’t Easy
Boarding a slave ship and liberating its human cargo is probably the most satisfying thing you can do in the new Freedom Cry DLC for Assassin’s Creed IV. It’s also one of the toughest. Take a look at how this naval battle to free slaves almost ended in tears. The video here shows me taking…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 23, 2013 -
The Beauty Of Skyrim, In Motion
Because it’s never a bad idea to check out some beautiful shots of Skyrim These lovely gifs come via Punished Gray Fox. Check out a few selections: I continue to hope that Bethesda makes the next Fallout game next-gen only, and as a result has the power to make the game look as good in…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 23, 2013 -
The First Halo Game On Xbox One Looks A Little Different
Halo: Spartan Assault was originally banishedto Windows 8 devices, but now that there’s a shiny new Xbox on the market, it’s available on Xbox One. So just in time for Christmas, I bring you a look at how the game plays on Xbox One. We liked the original game, and the new version of Spartan…
By Steve Marinconz Published December 23, 2013 -
Watch The Steam Controller Play A Bunch Of PC Games
Valve’s interesting, innovative new Steam Controller has caught a lot of eyes while simultaneously raising a lot of eyebrows. How exactly will this thing work? Will it really make traditionally mouse & keyboard PC games playable in your living room? We’ve seen the Steam Controller in action before, but I still have some questions about…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 23, 2013 -
DayZ Holiday Cease-Fire Will Be a Nice Moment or Greatest Troll Ever
DayZ‘s standalone alpha was released last week and you know what that means: A shitload of overly trusting newspawns to grief. Pardon me for being cynical, but a proposed “cease fire” on Christmas Day absolutely reeks of a trap. A hilarious trap, if it is one. The cease-fire proposal was posted four days ago on…
By Owen Good Published December 23, 2013 -
A Stop-Motion Dreamcast Striptease, Trivia Included.
Jake Roper of Vsauce3 included six awesome facts about the Dreamcast in the latest stop in his stop-motion teardown trip through console history, so you didn’t have to feel as bad about watching console porn. But it’s still console porn. The Dreamcast was a beautiful machine, inside and out. None of these hardware failures. No…
By Mike Fahey Published December 23, 2013 -
The Most Unsettling Way To Ask For An N64 For The Holidays
As Christmas approaches, now is the time to reflect on holidays past. And what better way to celebrate that than with an incredibly creepy song about the N64? In the video above, an incredibly weird man-child asks his mother for the gift of the N64. He then proceeds to twerk it out like he’s John…
By Chris Person Published December 23, 2013 -
eShop Credit, Deals On The Most Popular Games Of 2013 [Deals]
Nothing like free money, especially free money good toward video games. Grab yourself some discounted eShop credit and pick up Link Between Worlds or any number of other great titles for your holiday gaming. $50 eShop Gift Card for $40 $20 eShop Gift Card for $16 Need last-minute gifts with free one-day shipping? Gizmodo has…
By Shane Roberts Published December 23, 2013 -
Metal Band Avenged Sevenfold Is Making A Diablo Clone
What, you expected a pet sim? Tapping into the band’s deep love for video games (like Diablo) and working in elements of their signature (Diablo-ish), Avenged Sevenfold has teamed with developer Subscience Studios to create a mobile dungeon crawler that hearkens back to the … Diablo. It’s called Hail to the King: Deathbat. From the…
By Mike Fahey Published December 23, 2013 -
Drunk Gran Turismo Champion Drives About as Well as I Do Sober
Responsible Young Drivers, despite its English name, is a Belgian advocacy group that, well, advocates responsible driving for the young. What better way to illustrate that than with a video game, and a smashed driver behind the wheel? Tina was skeptical that AMO_RACING87, the top Gran Turismo driver in all of Belgium, was really this…
By Owen Good Published December 23, 2013 -
The Card Game That Brings Out The Best In Every Nerd
Who would win in a fight: Spider-Man or Batman? Ninja or pirate? Drunk Godzilla or Adventure Time’s Jake coupled with a million Twitter followers? Wait, what? In the video above, you can watch some of the Kotaku team make our cases in arguments that sound pretty much just like that last Godzilla versus Jake scenario.…
By Tina Amini Published December 23, 2013