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11,000-Kid Study Finds That Video Games Aren’t That Bad After All

Any time a high-profile act of violence happens, some media pundits are quick to blame video games for influencing the perpetrators’ actions. But results of a UK study says that such a link may not exist. Recent research from the University of Glasgow —aiming to chart just how consumption of video games and television changes…

New Anita Sarkeesian Video Looks At Gaming’s ‘Ms. Male’ Trope

Feminist Frequency continues its ‘Tropes vs Women in Games‘ series, this time spending some time analyzing female characters who are kind of copy and paste versions of the male lead—only with added stereotypical stuff like the color pink, bows, interest in shopping, amongst other things. Think, for example, of Ms. Pac Man. Or heck, if…

Royal Family PS4 Watch: Prince William Still Does Not Have A PS4

We can confirm that as of today, November 18, 2013, the Duke of Cambridge Prince William Arthur Philip Louis does not have a PlayStation 4. Prince William would like a PlayStation 4, but he does not yet have one, for even the Earl of Strathearn is subject to the iron rule of a small human…

EA’s Sportsbros Are Very Disappointed In You

They’re so disappointed. They can’t believe you did that. Why would you do that? Adrian Peterson is shocked that you said that about him. Lionel Messi can’t believe you spilled hot sauce on the rug. Kyrie Irving is appalled that you farted in the elevator.

Your New Achievements Are Much Prettier On Xbox One

The little achievement pop-upisn’t the only thing that’s changed on the Xbox One. Actually viewing Xbox One achievements themselves will be better, too. The first image in this post, which comes from Microsoft’s Mike Ybarra, may look like a wallpaper, but it’s actually what a specific achievement in Ryse looks like. It’s the screen you’d…

Xbox One Games, Cheap Playstation Plus, Boardwalk Empire [Deals]

Head over to the Microsoft Store and get $10 credit back on select pre-orders, reducing this great selection of games to $50/piece, or buy 6 get 1 free. You also have the option of walking into a physical Toys R Us and getting a $50 gift card with 3 Xbox One games purchased, which works…

​The Prettiest Space Game in Years Might Never Come to Consoles

When you’re behind the game that’s broken all sorts of records for crowd-funding—$27,689,361 and counting—you can do what you want when it comes to the hardware that said title will show up on. Cloud Imperium founder Chris Roberts says that Star Citizen “will NEVER be dumbed down for a lesser platform.” And yeah, by lesser…

The Big Valve Conference You Probably Can’t Attend

On January 15 and 16, Valve is holding a special event. I’m not invited. You’re probably not, either. It’s called “Steam Developer Days,” and it’s a two-day conference designed to showcase Valve’s upcoming living-room-centric PCs, the Steam Machines. During the conference, which will feature guest speakers from companies like AMD, Oculus, and Nvidia, attendees will…

It Took More Than 12,000 Paintings To Make Blade Runner This Beautiful

Swedish artist Anders Ramsell created 12,597 watercolor paintings to craft a 35 minute long “paraphrasing” of Ridley Scott’s 1982 cult-classic science fiction film Blade Runner. It’s like watching the movie in a dream. First featured on Kotaku last year in the form of a 12 minute teaser, Ramsell’s Blade Runner – The Aquarelle Edition captures…

Team Fortress 2 With Little Dolls Is Just Too Cute To Handle

Made by a group of Source Filmmaker animators for Valve’s annual machinima competition, “Lil Guardian Pyro” tells the heartbreaking story of a miniature Pyro and other Team Fortress characters, in a way that you might think it’s one of Valve’s own animations. Here’s the full clip. Get ready for 4 minutes of cuteness overload: Lil…

It’s a nice day for a white Ouya. Just in time for Christmas, the tiny Android console gets its first limited edition recolor. At$129.99it’s $30 more than the standard edition, but it’s also $30 prettier and comes with 16GB storage instead of 8GB, so it all works out.

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Stormborn’s Super Mario Brothers redesign project continues in fine fahion, with a Princess Daisy that nobody would want to mess with. And Pink Zapper Helmet implores everyone to stop invoking Roger Ebert’s name when it comes to video game, criticism and discussions of artistic merit.…

SOE Boss ‘Can’t Wait To See’ EverQuest Next On The PS4

With two of Sony Online Entertainment’s massively multiplayer online games already PlayStation 4 bound, it makes sense that the company’s ambitious EverQuest reboot would get similar treatment. Speaking with GamerHubTV, SOE president John Smedley says he can’t wait to see it happen. This generation of consoles is looking to be the most MMO-heavy yet. The…

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Enemy Within, the expansion set to XCOM: Enemy Unknown added new character customization: Hair styles, color combinations—and a 1950s fedora. The result above (you can call him Fedora Mech) is the strangest—or coolest—looking soldier XCOM has ever seen. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest,funniest game-related screenshots and…

Let’s Compare The New Zelda to its 22-Year-Old Ancestor

Link to the Past has aged quite well, wouldn’t you agree? What we have here is a direct, side-by-side comparison of the new handheld Zelda game, A Link Between Worlds, and its predecessor, the now almost 22-year-old Link to the Past, courtesy of The Bit Block. There’s a stark difference, to say the least, but…

A 1920’s RPG With Four-Player Co-Op? Yes, Please.

As the current series hurtles towards an inevitably violent conclusion, I’m in 100% Boardwalk Empire fanboy mode at the moment. So there couldn’t have been a better time for me to come across Witchmarsh, a game set in the 1920’s and featuring bootleggers, speakeasys and…the occult. An RPG with action and platforming flourishes, it’ll feature…

Persona 3 Movies Look Like The Best, Longest Cutscene Of The Series

Sorry to interrupt this “next generation” stuff for a moment, but it’s been too long since we saw a new trailer for the first Persona 3 movie. So here’s a new trailer for the new Persona 3 movie, which is out in Japan this Saturday. Looks good, but…not enough Mitsuru. 「Persona 3」The Movie #1 fourth…

80’s Cartoon Classic Comes To Life As Incredible Model Kit

Japanese model builder むむむノ53 has ripped a veritech fighter straight out of Macross/Robotech and brought it into the real world, cel-shading and all. While he didn’t built the entire model, the paintjob he’s pulled off to mimic the animated look of the show (and the additions like dramatic hands and a Lynn Minmay) is amazing.…

What’s Inside A Video Game Control Pad

Reader Brandon Allen has put together an incredible collection of photographs, in which he’s dissected a number of famous video game controllers, spilling their guts all over a wooden table so you can gawk at what’s inside. PlayStation, NES, Dreamcast, Xbox, most of the major names are represented. Or, well, dissected. I’ve included a selection…