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The World’s Smallest Periodic Table Of Elements Makes A Great Gift

Can’t get the periodic table of elements out of your head? Why not have the entire thing etched into the surface of a single strand of your hair? Green chemistry expert Professor Martyn Poliakoff has a lovely head of mad scientist-worthy hair, and now one piece of that hair is sporting the ultimate mad scientist…

Sonic The Hedgehog Can Be A Real Dick

I always figured that Tails had the whole breathing thing covered during the underwater sections of the Sonic the Hedgehog games. Apparently I was wrong. I guess this Dorkly video makes sense. After spending years watching your sidekick die and come back to life over and over again, your regard for his well-being would likely…

Win Our Fallout New Vegas Neon Sign Right Here, Right Now

You know the rules (three of four, at least). Follow them and enter your comment below to win our Fallout New Vegas neon sign. The first entrant to do all four of the required contest tasks — and who we can confirm lives in the contiguous 48 United States — wins. Entries will only be…

You’ve Purchased $1 Billion Worth Of Call Of Duty: Black Ops

Activision makes with the corporate gloating today with news that Call of Duty: Black Ops has surpassed $1 billion in worldwide sales since its release in November. That’s faster than Modern Warfare 2, but James Cameron still has it beat. Selling $650 million in the first five days after its November 9 worldwide release, Call…

How To Turn Someone Into A Gamer

We think there’s a video game out there for everyone, young or old, man or woman, and we want to help them find it. But we need your help. Everyone has a favourite band. Everyone has a favourite movie. And everyone has a favourite video game. Problem is, most people just don’t know it yet.…

DC Universe Online Heroically Dated And Priced

Sony Online Entertainment transforms PlayStation 3 and PC gamers into superheroes and super villains on January 11 with the release of DC Universe Online. How much will you pay to battle alongside the likes of Batman, Superman, and Lex Luthor? With the beta well underway on both the PC and PlayStation 3, it was only…

Reminder: Try To Win Our Fallout New Vegas Neon Sign Today

This is your one warning. Get ready to try to win our Fallout: New Vegas neon sign today. Our post that includes the fourth and final rule for entry goes live at 11:40 Kotaku Time (1:40pm Eastern). Entries must be submitted beneath that post. (Other pertinent details here.)

This Is One Extremely Rugged Portable PlayStation 3

Legendary console modder Ben Heck’s creations are normally quite elegant, but when a couple in Afghanistan asked for something rugged, he gave them this majestic beast. What you’re looking at is a PlayStation 3 built into an existing Pelican Storm case. It features a 22 inch LCD display, built-in speakers, networking, a TV tuner, and…

Happy Holidays, Dood!

The secret behind NIS America’s success? It’s a company that knows nothing says “Happy Holidays” like a tortured soul trapped in the body of a legless penguin.

Fallout: New Vegas Is Rolling In The Dead Money

Dead Money, the first batch of downloadable content for Fallout: New Vegas, is now available on Xbox Live, and we’ve got a lovely screenshot gallery so the PC and PlayStation 3 gamers can play along. Fallout: New Vegas players that scraped up the 800 Microsoft point asking price for the Xbox 360-exclusive Dead Money are…

Dead Money Gallery

Talk Amongst Yourselves

Welcome to winter, at least up here in the Northern Hemisphere from where we look down on Luke Plunkett. Celebrate the season by talking about video games. Thanks to lilmp89 for today’s image. Submit your best images to #TAYpics

Super Mario’s Next Sports Game Will Be Out In February

Mario Sports Mix, the Wii game created by the company behind Final Fantasy, will be out for the Wii in North America on February 7, according to a Nintendo press release today. The game features Mario and his extended cast of friends and foes playing hockey, basketball, volleyball or dodgeball in the kind of super-powered…

I Can’t Wash That Cap

To: Totilo From: Luke I have a limited attention span. Especially when I pick up a stack of papers and find, lying under them, a piece of gaming hardware I’d been looking for for weeks What you may have missed on Kotaku in the last 12 hours Gran Turismo 5 Just Got A Hefty Tune…

New Black Ops Zombies Map Named

The new Zombie map sold in the $15 Call of Duty: Black Ops “First Strike” expansion will be called Ascension, according to an Activision press release. Any theories on what that means? First Strike will be available for Xbox 360 download on Feb 1; other platforms later.

Retro GTA Homage Delayed On Wii (But There’s Good News)

Retro City Rampage, an ode to both the games and culture of yesteryear, was one of the few WiiWare games we’d been looking forward to as 2011 draws nearer. It’s also now probably one of the last. Why? Because it’s now coming out on Xbox Live Arcade as well. Those who have been following the…

Get Some Of The iPhone’s Best Games For Under A Buck

Inspired by the Humble Indie Bundles, a band of developers behind some of the iPhone’s finest games have banded together to run a little charity drive of their own. TL;DR: awesome iPhone games for $0.99. Because Apple’s App Store can’t wrap things in a neat little package like the Humble Indie Bundle, the Indie iPhone…

The Ultimate Valkyria Chronicles Tribute

Crystal Graziano, one of the world’s finest cosplayers (and whose Metal Gear Solid outfits blew us away at the Tokyo Game Show), is also a big fan of Sega strategy series Valkyria Chronicles. In this gallery, she transforms into Selvaria Bles, getting not just the outfit right, but the, uh, proportions of the evil lady…

The Devil Made These Mario Hoodies

Mario is normally a bringer of joy. Of happiness. But not here. Wear this hoodie and you will bring naught but terror Though styled on the Baby Milo version of Nintendo’s mascot, the result of a collaboration between Japanese clothing company Bathing Ape and the video game powerhouse, these shirts don’t look legit. Mostly because…

Mario Isn’t Just About Jumping, You Know

Comics legend James Kochalka (American Elf) has penned this great comic in the second issue of Kill Screen magazine, in which we get to the core of why so many people love playing as a tiny plumber in red overalls. It’s a message worth remembering. All too often it’s easy to get caught up in…