Cosplayer The Lady Nerd was in a car crash the other day. A pretty bad one. With some major surgery and rehab ahead of her, some friends have set up a GoFundMe page to help pay some of the costs

Here You Go, A Cockpit For Your Flying Video Games

This is a Kickstarter for a cardboard package that, when assembled, becomes a wrap-around cockpit for your flight sim and space shooter sessions. It sounds so dorky, but once you see it mocked-up and sitting there, it actually looks – if you’ve got the space for it – pretty badass. Getting the full thing isn’t…

SimCity Megacity Has Over 100 Million People Living In It

Peter Richie’s SimCity 4 project, called (what else) Megacity One, is like something out of a science-fiction story. Using 81 large city tiles, 26,542km of roads, 8,626km of subway lines and 324 hydrogen power plants, he has managed to create a single sprawling metropolis of 107,658,254 people. For reference, the largest urban centre in the…

Nintendo’s Little Plastic Figures Look Fantastic

Nintendo’s Amiibo figures are, like Skylanders and Disney Infinity, designed first and foremost for video games. But where they differ from Activision and Disney’s efforts is that I would buy all of these just to sit on my desk, quality of the games be damned. Especially since, at $13 each, they’re comfortably in “I’m just…

The Week In Games: Danganronpa Style

There are many games coming out the week before Destiny, but if I didn’t prominently feature Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair for the Vita, Kirk and Jason would set me on fire. Not a big fan of being set on fire. The slow build towards fall release madness doesn’t really start until next week, though one…

The Coolest Cosplay at PAX Prime, Day 2

Want impeccably done Borderlands, Judge Dredd and Kingdom Hearts cosplay from the Pacific Northwest? Well, come right on in. As it was yesterday, this round-up of the cosplay happening at PAX Prime 2014 comes courtesy of documentary series/social network Cosplay Boom. (All photos and stills from the upcoming Cosplay Boom documentary were taken by Todd…

Fortnite Is Not What You’d Expect from the Makers of Gears of War

Fortnite doesn’t feel like the kind of experience that should be coming from Epic Games. This is the House That Shooters Built after all, with huge slabs of foundation laid down by Unreal Tournament and Gears of War. But, despite being a game that takes heavy cues from Minecraft, Fortnite represents an evolution for the…

Plush Gang Beasts eventually for sale. You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

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Lego Bastion Diorama

Lego Bastion diorama by Matt De Lanoy. Get a better look at the minifigures below: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Sunday Comics: No Time To Explain

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 August 31. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published August 25. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

Video Of Karen Gillan Getting Her Head Shaved To Play Nebula

Watch Karen Gillan getting her hair shaved off to play Nebula in Guardians of the Galaxy: Previously: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

With a little modification, a loving wedding photo becomes a screenshot from the next, next Silent Hill game. Of course, the unmodified photo is also pretty creepy: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Jedi Hunter by Yvan Quinet. Here’s a second take on the helmet: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.