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Nightmare Pokemon That Look Like They’re Straight Out of An Acid Trip

If Hunter S. Thompson was a Pokemon trainer, pxlbyte figures he might’ve written “Fear and Loathing in Viridian City.” Alas, that isn’t reality—and perhaps the closest we have to that fantasy are these freakish yet beautiful takes on iconic Pokemon by AnemicAngel Up above we’ve got Pikachu of course, only he’s not at all as…

Watch This Guy Dance Like He’s a Character in a Video Game

America’s Got Talent is NBC’s crowdsourced variety show, designed to get the network from the end of May sweeps to the new fall lineup as cheaply as possible. It still delivers some eye-popping acts, such as Kenichi Ebina, who found the perfect interpretation for his signature reverse-time dance move: a video game. Earlier in the…

Behold: The Nerdiest Superhero Infographics Ever

You’ve always wanted to know how the Punisher makes decisions, haven’t you? Or when exactly comic books got so damn expensive? Well, then, take a look at the gloriously helpful information design in this beautiful new book about superheroes. Think about all the stuff you know about comics universes. The creators who’ve worked on long-running…

Red Dead’s Star Voice Actor Joins Cast Of Espionage Game

I’ve already mentioned that I’m a big fan of the idea behind Codename Cygnus. The game is a choose-your-own-adventure radio drama for iOS that casts you as a spy, complete with voice acting, sound effects, and likely more than a fair bit of intrigue. But a game like this is only as good as its…

Here’s The Etrian Odyssey Remake’s Lovely Intro

Well, really, it’s more than a remake: in addition to the “classic” mode that keeps the first Etrian Odyssey‘s dungeon crawling intact, Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millenium Girl has a “story” mode that sets you up with a predefined party (and extra cut-scenes)! Above is the intro that sets up that story mode. Millenium Girl…

Batman and Superman Times Two and Two Kinds of F****d-Up Time Travel

Did you know that Kotaku bossman Stephen Totilo has magic hands? As in hands trained in the arts of prestidigitation. I didn’t. These are the things you’ll find out watching he and I talk about Batman/Superman #2, and other comics that have come out recently, as well as some that are out this week. Here’s…

Psst. There Are a Lot of Indie Games Coming To Wii U

Watch this video from Nintendo Europe and you will see that, for 160 seconds or so, the Wii U suddenly seems like a burgeoning indie gaming paradise. What is happening here? Technically, you’re seeing Nintendo of Europe boss Satoru Shibata hype a bunch of download-only eShop Wii U games from European and Australian developers. (Hey,…

People Are Paying Nearly $100 For Virtual Weed

If you thought that paying nearly forty dollars for a weed emoticon on Steam was ridic, the “Snoopify” app makes paying that much money for digital representations of weed look like a pittance. As the name suggests, Snoopify is a free Snoop Lion themed app that lets you stamp pictures with stickers according to the…

Nintendo Sues Modding Business Over Sale of Game-Copying Devices

Nintendo today sued a Miami-based modding business saying its operation “blatantly promotes and sells unauthorized Nintendo games” along with flash cards and other devices to copy them. HackYourConsole.com is named in the complaint, filed in federal court for the Southern District of Florida. Its website lists five varieties of R4 flashcards for sale, plus has…

Moneysaver: PS3 Bundle, Dark Arisen, Battlestar Galactica, Haswell

Save different. Deal Leaderboard Playstation 3 250GB Move Bundle ($230) | eBay via Dealzon | The fact that the Move controller works on the PS4 makes this bundle that much more appealing. Update: Not certain if this comes with a year or a month of Plus, but I was under the impression it was a…

The Groping Scenes In Dragon’s Crown, Parodied In One GIF

Despite Dragon’s Crown being a solid game, its characters’ bodies have come under somescrutiny. Regardless of where you stand on that issue, it’s hard to defend interactive scenes in the game that allows you to grope NPCs. To show how touchy the player can get, here’s a NSFW gif by psoodo that makes fun of…

Let’s Take A Quick Trip To Animal Crossing Plaza

Following this morning’s announcement, I downloaded Nintendo’s Animal Crossing Plaza app to my Wii U to see what I could see. Animals, mostly. Some of them even crossed.

These Are the Guys Who Make Sonic’s Life Hell in His Comic Book Series

Video games’ fastest hedgehog beats up a lot of other animals in his comic-book adventures. Humans, too. If you want to see the guys who’ve given Sonic his toughest battles in illustrated form, they’re all in one handsomely presented place now. Archie Comics is putting the spotlight on the villains who plague Sonic’s life in…

Watch Us Play Divinity: Dragon Commander Where You…Command A Dragon.

I’ll admit, I went into Divinity: Dragon Commander expecting a much stronger focus on the commanding of dragons. Turns out, it’s actually the incredibly complicated kind of game I dreamed about as a kid after playing Age of Empires. I guess I’ve changed since then, because all I wanted to do was fly around and…

Apologies for being a bit Slowtaku on this one, but the good third-person-Battlefield-with-swords PC game War of the Roses is getting a sequel: War of the Vikings. Announced yesterday. Full details at the official site.

Animal Crossing Comes To The Wii U With Animal Crossing Plaza

Available today for the Wii U as a free download, Animal Crossing Plaza is a community hub for the popular 3DS town sim, packed with special features to help fans share their AC experience on the big screen. Coinciding with the launch of the Wii U Animal Crossing: New Leaf community, the plaza is a…

Madden‘s Demo Arrives Tuesday with a Super Bowl Rematch

The demo for Madden NFL 25 comes to Xbox Live and PlayStation Network on Aug. 13, two weeks before the game’s release date. Two matchups will be offered: a replay of the Super Bowl between San Francisco and Baltimore, and Seattle at Green Bay. That second pairing showcases Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, of course, but…

Like Vocaloid? This Nintendo Music Game Has It.

Nintendo DS game Daigasso! Band Brothers (aka Jam with the Band) is getting a sequel. It’s called Daigasso! Band Brothers P, with the “P” standing for “producer” and “professional.” Like in the previous game, you can lay down tracks with various instruments. In the latest one, you can pick from 72 different instruments. You can…

Watch All of Today’s Nintendo Direct Right Here

Animal Crossing stuff. Luigi stuff. Multiple flavors of Zelda stuff! That was a fair amount of news to take in during today’s Nintendo Direct broadcast. Now you can peruse it all at your leisure right here. What developments excites you the most?

A Darker Look At The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds is set in the same world as its predecessor, A Link to the Past, but it’s way in the future, and the Link you’ll play on the 3DS this November is totally different than the Link you played on Super Nintendo two decades ago. Video footage above.