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​Which Game Has The Best Intro Sequence?

Most of the best video games grab your attention right from the start. They show you something amazing, or mysterious, or beautiful, and pull you in. Yesterday, Gone Home developer Steve Gaynor made the bold proclamation that the intro to Fallout was the greatest video game intro of all time: It’s a strong entry, to…

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Highlight Reel: How To Summon 6 Leeroy Jenkins(es?)

We’ve rounded up some of the best highlights from the past few days in the gaming world and put them all in one place for you. Today: An anti-aircraft log, a creatively themed Dark Souls 2 hack, and creative ways to use new game mechanics. Link any of your favorite highlights in the comments below,…

What Dune Should Look Like

Mikhail Borulko is a freelance artist based in Russia. This Dune image has stopped me dead in my tracks. I can’t stop looking at it. And wishing it was the poster for a 70s psych rock concept album. You can see more of Mikhail’s work at his DeviantArtand ArtStationpages. To see the larger pics in…

I Don’t Remember Asuka Ever Being This Peaceful…

Cosplay by Su-rine, photo by Michael la-Cour

I’d ask “why so many Borderlands cosplayers?”, but really, I think the results constantly speak for themselves. Psycho Krieg is, belive it or not, the very handsome Leon Chiro, while Axton is Philippe Lauby. Photo by Shudan

Photo Series Focuses On The Evolution Of Video Game Controllers

Javier Laispur’s “Controllers” photo series looks at the evolution of video game console controllers and handheld devices from 1983 though 2013: You can see many more photos in the series here. Via MMM and TIH You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Highlight Reel: Giant Weaponized Shark

We’ve rounded up some of the best highlights from the past few days in the gaming world and put them all in one place for you. Today: summoning a shark to kill your enemies in Battlefield 4, a great clutch from a 3-year-old game, and more! Be sure to check out, like and subscribe the…

Got A Light?

Chinese artist San San works at Activision Blizzard as an illustrator and concept artist. He’s got an impressive resume of big, recent games, having worked on titles like League of Legends, Saints Row 4, The Elder Scrolls Online and the NBA2K series. He’s also done some movie work, like on the latest adaptation of The…

Men vs Cosplay is a Kickstarted calendarthat’s bringing some of the best male cosplayers in the world together in the name of Gregorian manliness.

We Don’t Stand A Chance Against Cosplaying Kids

Comic-Con 2014 had a lot of great cosplay,but what really stole the show for me was all the adorable kid attendees in their cosplay outfits. It’s almost too much. Patrick (H) Willems has a clip featuring interviews with many of these cosplayers, and it’s a joy to hear them tell us about their costumes. The…

Cosplayers Asked On National TV If They’ve Had Sex In Their Costumes

Well, this is kinda weird. Jimmy Kimmel’s team went to Comic-Con last week, and asked a bunch of cosplayers if they’d ever had sex in their costumes. A funny enough question, I guess, but Kimmel’s tone and the “game show” element seems a bit off. Like, this could have been a cool feature on cosplay,…

Sunday Comics: Can’t Winning Find

Welcome to Kotaku‘s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published July 31. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published July 28. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

Potato Salad Kickstarter Finally Concludes at $55k

The infamous Kickstarter campaign to fund the creation of a bowl of potato salad wrapped up this morning with $55,492 raised from 6,911 backers for that purpose. And with that money, campaign architect Zach Danger Brown plans to hold a music festival. Brown said in a campaign update this weekthat “PotatoStock 2014” will be held…

This Week In The Business: Virtual Reality Can Be Bad

QUOTE | “There are a lot of ways you can mess up VR really easily.” – nDreams’ Patrick O’Luanaigh, talking about his studio’s switch to virtual reality and how difficult it is to design good VR games Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “Japan is still stuck in…

The Fastest Ocarina of Time Playthrough So Far, Explained

Cosmo Wright has the current world record for beating Ocarina of Time quickly, with a playthrough that clocks in at eighteen minutes and ten seconds. Even if you’ve watched the incredible near-perfect run before when we initially posted it, it’s worth watching through again just to hear his excellent commentary. Wright explains the history behind…

How’s PlayStation Now Working For You?

PlayStation Now went into an open beta earlier this week in the U.S. and Canada. So now that the PlayStation 4-owning public has had a chance to try out Sony’s new game-streaming service, we want to hear about it from all you wonderful netizens. Tell us about your experience with PlayStation Now to date. And…

​What Are You Playing This Month?

August: It’s not just the name of a month, it’s a word that means “respected and impressive.” This August, we hold our gaming devices like the august men and women we are, ready to play some video games while sitting next to the air conditioner. It’s the last deep breath before the fall rush begins,…

Highlight Reel: Perfectly-Timed Dishonored Kills

We’ve rounded up some of the best highlights from the past two days in the gaming world and put them all in one place for you. This week: An unnecessarily complicated way to kill guards in Dishonored, what to do with a level 20 monster in Destiny, and more! Battlefield 4: bamboo, first blood —…

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