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Of Course NASA Has The Most Badass Pumpkin-Carving Contests

Because who else but actual rocket scientists would make pumpkins that shoot laser beams and smoke? Happy post-Halloween festivities. Try not to eat too much candy.

A Time Travel Adventure For Smart Gamers

I’m not sure who entrusted a mere child with time traveling goggles, but I’m glad somebody did because Lilly Looking Through is an enchanting experience about switching between time. This kickstarted point & click adventure game from Geeta Games is more akin to Machinarium, than the old inventory and dialogue-based adventures from the likes of…

Every Generation of X-Men, In One Massive Picture

The X-Men have been around for a long while now—long enough that there have been dozens and dozens of mutants included in Marvel’s beloved franchise. In order to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the X-Men, artist Leigh Wortley made an infographic for We Love Fine featuring all the generations of X-Men since the franchise’s inception.…

Assassin’s Creed‘s Wild Fake Email: In-Joke or Tease for the Future?

Assassin’s Creed IV isn’t just a pirate adventure, and it doesn’t just take place on the high seas. See, there’s also a fictional present-day bit that takes place in a Montreal game development studio that makes Assassin’s Creed games. They’re basically a more sinister, fictional version of the game’s actual developer, Ubisoft Montreal. As you…

Sexy Spies, Kids Trained to Kill and Other Kinds of Comic-Book Love

When’s the right time for a kid to learn how to shoot a sniper rifle? What’s your kid up to when you’re not looking? Is the spy agency’s secretary really just a secretary? Comic books can answer these questions. Thank God. The answers for the queries posed above come inside Zero #2, Saga #15 and…

​See If You Can Name All These GTA V Movie References

Grand Theft Auto V frequently captures the look, vibe and vehicles of the best California-based crime fiction. If you so desire, it’s not too difficult to hop into a CHiPs motorcycle or a Joy Ride truck and recreate your favorite cinematic scenes. Can you name all the references in this new video from CinemaSins? I…

Cosplayers Relaxing At Home

We typically only see cosplayers when they’re dressed up at events like conventions—but they have lives outside of that, y’know. Homes. Sure, normally we’d never get to see a cosplayer’s pad, but thanks to a photography project called ‘Just The Two of Us’ by Klaus Pichler,we can. “For this photo series I visited owners of…

No Random Encounters today, but feel free to talk about all things RPG right here. How about that South Park game? Looks awesome, don’t you think?

Indie Dev Says People Stole 30,000 Steam Keys From Him

On Wednesday, Dave Gilbert launched a promotion for one of his PC adventure games, Blackwell Deception. Two days later, he says people have exploited that promotion to steal over 30,000 copies of his game. Gilbert, an indie developer who has been making adventure games over at Wadjet Eye Games for quite a few years now,…

Three New Mysterious Pokémon Discovered In X & Y

The hacking community has been busy lately, with news breaking on the 26th of October that some people managed to decrypt the special Pokémon files that make up X & Y. Since then, curious Pokémon pictures are circulating of Pokémon that are not actually currently available in X & Y. The question on a lot…

The Toughest Life Or Death Choice In The Gaming Universe

Many games in the previous generation gave us choices about who would live or who would die. This was, I dare say, the best one. In some games, like BioShock, we could do the math on a life or death choice and strip emotion out of it. Go with the most beneficial option for leveling…

Big 3DS XL And Vita Discounts, BenQ Monitor, Graphics Cards [Deals]

It’s a good day for deals, headlined by great discounts on the 3DS XL in multiple colors. If you’re looking for anything from a Vita to a new graphics card to a monitor, we’ve got you covered. 3DS XL [murdered out] ($170) | Amazon 3DS XL [run red with blood] ($170) | Amazon 3DS XL…

Your 5 Nominations For Best Graphics Card For The Money

It’s time for phase two of our latest Kotaku Co-Op where we’re deciding what you think is the best graphics card for the money. Remember, it’s not just about power, it’s about value. Unlike previous Co-Ops, the nominations this time were very much concentrated around these five choices, and it should be a close vote…

Minecraft Gets An Official Skyrim Make-Over

You could take the time to rebuild all of Skyrim in Minecraft, or you could play Minecraft: Skyrim Edition, announced today by Microsoft and Bethesda for the Xbox 360. This one takes less effort. Via Microsoft: Developed by 4J Studios, “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” Mash-Up features an exclusive Skyrim-themed texture set, 40 character skins,…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: WingZero351 pours Last-Gen Zero haterade over all the hype from the outgoing hardware cycle, calling out some heavily marketed titles that didn’t deliver. DocSeuss wonders if, among other things, we’re watching games more than we’re actually playing them. Pibbels sings Last-Gen Hero praises of PlayStation’s…

Batman: Arkham City Creator’s Next Game Slated For 2014?

PLUS MORE GAMING SECRETS AND RUMORS: Troubles at Trion | A Fable Mystery | And… Rockstar comic books? Several agency job postings for an unnamed British developer matching text of Rocksteady career openings says the developer’s current project “has been tipped to be one of the most successful games of 2014,” suggesting we’ll be seeing…

King Of YouTube Suggests 10 Free Horror Games You Can Play Right Now

Lots of people of watch PewDiePie. The cheeky Swede’s got more subscribers to his YouTube channel than, well, anyone else. In the world. It’s a fact YouTube themselves stumbled on a few months back. He spends most of his time sifting through all sorts of games long and short for his YouTube series, and a…

Privacy and player data on Xbox One have been big concerns ever since Microsoft revealed its next console. If Microsoft’s latest changes regarding Kinect and privacy haven’t quieted your worries, you can read through their privacy statement in full over here. Be sure to click on the learn more links to expand each category. If…

Morning, internet! Here’s some cool stuff that happened overnight. Crazy Man Puts Computer Inside Arm (Without Help From Doctors) Rockstar’s Perfect Video Game Moment If Only Sony Made PS4 Controllers This Nice Nice Zelda Video, Nintendo. Shame You Screwed it Up.

Here’s What a Thousand Zombies Attacking Tokyo Looks Like

On Halloween, around a thousand zombies descended on Tokyo Tower. That’s a lot of zombies. The zombies weren’t real zombies (sorry!), but comprised of beauty school students, people who dig dressing as zombies, and former sumo champ Akebono, who also might dig zombie make-up but isn’t a beauty school student. The event was part of…