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Stephen Colbert Spies on the Spies Playing Second Life

Last week, Jon Stewart tackled the absurdity of the NSA spying on World of Warcraft because there might be terrorists playing it or something. This week, The Colbert Report chimed in with a look at spying on Second Life—”a game for people who don’t have a first one!” The action picks up around the 1:10…

9 Minutes of Dying Light to Get Your Heart Racing

Even though I’ve already played through this level of Dying Light at PAX Prime, I’m still shifting in my chair, on edge while watching and waiting to see if the protagonist lives or dies in these 9 minutes of footage. I mean, of course he’s going to live. But as skilled as whoever’s behind the…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Amongst Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Bobsplosion starts up a thread to round up the best pick-me-up anime, Dexomega shares an essay on the cultural diffusion between the U.S. and Japan, and Greg the Mad reviews the newest Hobbit movie Don’t forget that you can always go join the voices talking…

Beautiful Sci-Fi Game That You Can’t Wait For Will Support Oculus Rift

What do you do when the future turns out shitty? You go back to the past. This time, it’s the developers of gorgeous first-person puzzle game Reset who are jaunting back through the timestream. Don’t worry, there isn’t any Terminator-style nakedness. Reset‘s been on our radar for a while now but the two-man team at…

Masahiro Sakurai shows off the all-new Zelda: Spirit Tracks-themed stage for Super Smash Bros. 3DS in his latest screenshot of the day. The Spirit Train seems to be taking the Linebeck Trading Company somewhere. I wonder where?

New Nintendo Direct video/infomercial tomorrow, 9am ET… “focusing on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS software launching through spring 2014.” Watch it at Nintendo’s site. Or just stick with Kotaku and we’ll break out all the news. Start your guessing now for what they’ll be showing now. Just more Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze, Bravely Default and…

Minimalist Post-Apocalyptic America Sure Looks Pretty

Don’t let the nice, sharp colors and shiny polygons distract you, though. It’s hard to survive in post-apocalyptic America. Indie group Ice Water Games is currently working on a little project called Eidolon, which takes you on a journey across a post-human Western Washington filled with rolling, green hills, massive forests, and burnt-out husks of…

This spectacularly beautiful digital painting of a Kerbal sight-seeing happened after redditor Calebm12 accidentally came across their old graphics tablet—one afternoon later, the painting was born. If you want to use this as your wallpaper (I don’t blame you), you can find a bunch of different sizes here Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs…

I’d Love To Work at Apple’s Minecraft HQ

No, actually, I changed my mind. I’d get stuck in the basement, the power would go out, and zombies and skeletons would be everywhere. Maybe I’ll just look. From afar. Minecraft player and overall awesome person Michael Steeber spent two years crafting this spectacular build of Apple’s HQ at 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California. It’s…

Ghosts ‘N Goblins Game Shut Down By Capcom

Ghosts ‘N Goblins: Demon World was a new game up on Kickstarter looking for funding. Its developers said that they had “discussed” working with Capcom on securing the classic series’ licensing. Capcom says nope, never happened, and has instead set the lawyers on them. The game’s Kickstarter page has been removed and its campaign shut…

Only The French Could Make An N64 This Pretty

French company Lëkki specialises in turning old consoles into new things of beauty. We’ve shown you their Super Nintendo work before, but they’re now offering some Nintendo 64s as well. There are four colours to choose from – each predominantly white with a lighter coloured stripe – with each costing €120 (USD$165). For that price…

It’s Survival Horror, But Not As You Know It

It’s easy to get excited about a Kickstarter game, see it backed then forget all about it. Understandable, too, since few of the really “big” Kickstarter games (Star Citizen, Broken Age) have been released. République, however, is just about done, and is looking pretty cool. Due out on December 19 on iOS (a PC port…

The Complete Antonio Banderas/PS4 Gif Collection

This year’s big console launches would have been a lot less fun without NeoGAF’s Antonio Banderas fixation. So it’s fitting that, with the console now on shelves, a collection of every Banderas gif from the site has been collected and dropped in one handy video For posterity’s sake. Best part? Seeing them like this won’t…

YOU SHALL NOT PASS, Shouts Modern Gandalf At A…Tram

It’s a line that for gags is fast getting tired, but the joke here isn’t Gandalf stopping the tram. It’s what happens next Gandalf: You Shall not Pass (SA Wardega) [YouTube]

Valve’s Biggest Game, DOTA 2, Is Finally “Out” For Everyone

It’s not a traditional game, and would never have had a traditional “release date”, so today is the closest DOTA 2 will get. After years of betas, invites, sign-ups and queues, the game is now open to everyone If you visit the game’s Steam page, you’re guaranteed for the first time to see the green…

They Don’t Make Games (Or Trailers) Like Phantasmagoria 2 Anymore

Nothing says “get hype” like this trailer for Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh, a seemingly endless quick-cut montage of deliciously cheesy FMV acting with no context or sense of narrative or character. Then again, the trailer is pretty great nostalgia fodder—this past weekend while hanging out in New York with some friends (including erstwhile Kotaku…

​Did You Get A PS4 Or An Xbox One?

The next-gen dust has settled enough to begin to get a sense of just who picked up which new console. So, we thought we’d just ask. Both Sony and Microsoft are crowing about various sales numbers based on various metrics. But let’s leave all that aside for a moment. If you read Kotaku and picked…

​Life Is A First-Person Shooter With Google Glass

This new video from YouTuber cheekflapperer presents a scene not unfamiliar to many video-game shooter fans: A trip to a shooting range that might as well be a tutorial from the latest Call of Duty or Battlefield The only thing missing is a gruff drill sergeant hollering at you and an onscreen tutorial prompt: “Press…

YouTube Copyright Fiasco Get Wilder, But This Time Someone Admits Error

Being told someone else owns your 2-million-view video is a sure way to ruin a YouTuber’s day. It can also be a real downer for the company supposedly making the claim. Especially if YouTube’s bot scanner is making thousands of these infuriating claims on their behalf, all because of a mistake. Scale Lab, a newcomer…

​The Greatest Board Game Never Made

What would happens when you take every 80s and 90s board game and mash them together to create a garish monster? Pure magic. Enter BORED GAME ™ — a fictional commercial devoted to every overpriced, monstrously complicated board game ever made. It’s a hulking monstrosity, a giant, glow-in-the-dark Tower of Babel, and it can be…