The New Pokémon Mobile Game Is a Bit Too Random for its Own Good

Meanwhile in Japan, Nintendo continues its invasion of the mobile phone market with Pokémon Co-Master. Pokémon Co-Master is basically a digital version of 2006’s Pokémon Trading Figure Game To start, you and your opponent each pick six Pokémon figures. You then alternate placing these figures on the board at their respective corners or moving figures…

Katy Perry Brought a Tamagotchi to the Met Gala

Of course she did. This year’s Met Gala theme was “Fashion in the Age of Technology.” So, Katy Perry, who loves Japan, sported a Tamagotchi along with her Prada gown. “Well, this is a Tamagotchi,” Perry told Vogue’s André Leon Talley. “It’s been my tech contribution for this year’s Met Gala. It’s humble, but it’s…

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An Incredible Collection Of Replica Destiny Weapons

For the last two years, cosplayer and props builder Eric Newgard has been recreating weapons from Destiny. The results are spectacular. From Gjallarhorn to Fatebringer, swords to loot chests, he’s produced (with help from some friends, including Zander Brandt, who we’ve featured here before) weapons that look like something that should be hung on the…

Prepare Yourself…For Life On The Wall

Ned Rogers is an Australian artist who has worked on Dungeons & Dragons, and on games like Ashen Rift You can see more of Ned’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click…

Finishing Half-Life 2 In 40 Minutes

This team effort from SourceRuns isn’t your average speedrun, but that’s what makes the way they blow through Valve’s classic all the more entertaining. Via PC Gamer, it’s a run that makes use of an old 2006 build of the game, one that’s got different physics and movement values to the 2016 model. This run…

Mod Makes Fallout: New Vegas‘ Combat SUPERHOT

Superhot is a shooter where time only moves at normal speed when you do. Thanks to a very impressive mod, so is Fallout: New Vegas. SUPERVATS. Modder Xilandro is working on bringing Superhot’s combat into Fallout: New Vegas, and it looks damn cool. Here’s some video: It’s all there: weaving between bullets, deflecting bullets with…

The Creators of Burnout Are Making A Game That’s Even More Chaotic

“We just call it a mess simulator,” the ever-quotable game developer Alex Ward was saying as his colleague Chris Roberts (the other Chris Roberts) was playing their upcoming game in Kotaku’s New York City office during a visit last week. That chaotic game, Dangerous Golf, is indeed about making messes… by using a golf ball…

Dark Souls Player Shouldn’t Have Gloated

Today on Highlight Reel we have Dark Souls taunts, knives, oblique Achewood references, and much more! Watch the video above or on our Youtube Page, then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below Dying Light –OCD Zombie Drop…

Stardew Valley‘s Future Includes Co-op, More Marriages, And A Console Port

Stardew Valley creator Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone is a relentless game dev cyborg. After a brief respite to refuel his power cells, he’s announced his plans for Stardew Valley’s 1.1 update. The short version? Prepare to (farm until you) die. Or get bored and decide to do something else. Barone’s talked about his ideas for the…

It Took One Fan Nearly Three Years To Obtain A Perfect Shiny Pokémon Collection

Sometimes, catching ‘em all just isn’t enough. As Pokémon fans know, any time you encounter a Pokémon in the wild, there is a very small chance that monster will appear in a special color. Known as “shinies,” these Pokémon are so rare, many fans have never actually captured one at all. To wit, in the…

When Your Spaceship Can Build Other Spaceships

Prog Wang is an artist based in California who has done stuff with companies like id Software and design studio Gadget Bot. The top pic is a starship concept that’s esentially a giant 3D printer, able to make both its own ships and other printers, which it can drop onto planets to go printing more…

That Time Sony Started Making Big Games Available Digitally On Day One

It’s now standard practice to release a game at retail and digitally at the same time, but that wasn’t the case in 2007. Warhawk was a trendsetter, but it was a bumpy road. Warhawk was supposed to be one of PlayStation 3’s biggest early exclusives, an ambitious resurrection of a cult classic for the original…

Game Store. Game Store Never Changes.

Sure, the items for sale in post-apocalyptic Game Store GameRaveTV built in Fallout 4 are a little different, but the vibe is exactly the same. The doors open to clearance toys, just as they do in most real-world Game Store locations these days. Toys-to-life games on the right, along with some random board game stuff.…