No new Photoshop contest this week. Awwww. Fahey was struck by a surprise move this week, and thus has no time for your photo manipulation chicanery. Look for the results of last week’s contest later today.

Phil Asks: What Games Do You Like That No One Else Does?

Hello, everyone! Phil Owen here, stepping in for Mike on this here Sunday. And I’ve got a question for all of you who are hanging around today. What games do you really, really like, secretly or not, that few other people enjoy? Being a contrarian of sorts, I have a whole list of these: Dragon…

Time For A Final Fantasy VI Speedrun

This is it: Summer Games Done Quick is nearly complete. It’s time for the final (and hopefully most exciting) run: Final Fantasy VI I’m gonna (try to) stay up all night watching—join me, will you? I’ll be chatting in the comments below, and you can watch the stream live right here: (And check out the…

Let’s Watch Insane Speedruns All Night

Good evening, Kotaku! Are you watching Summer Games Done Quick? If not, time to fix that. We’re nearing the end of the marathon—which has been running strong for the past week—and the folks behind it have raised over half a million dollars for Doctors Without Borders so far. Right now they’re doing Zelda: Link to…

Track: Flood II | Album: Floodland | Artist: The Sisters Of Mercy Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to—and gaming to—at the moment.

The New Super Smash Bros. Theme On Eight Kazoos

Delightful childhood memories, or your brain being devoured by incredibly dramatic bees? The theme music for Super Smash Bros. Wii U and 3DS on kazoo delivers a different gift to every listener. Having already recreated the Isaac battle theme from Golden Sun and “Big Blue” from F-Zero on the kazoo, YouTube artist Tsuko G. sets…

Summer Games Done Quick: Watch It All Right Here

If you’re not spending this entire week watching people play video games really fast, what are you even doing with your life? Summer Games Done Quick, the annual speedrunning marathon that raises money for charity, started yesterday, and the streaming continues all week, finishing off with a late-night Final Fantasy VI speedrun that will end…

This Week In The Business: Putting The ‘F’ In Free-To-Play

QUOTE | “I was so fed up of people telling us we should do free-to-fucking-play, in-app-fucking purchases, whatever the fuck that is, and that consoles were dead. So fuck all of those people and their fucking shitty stance.” – Graeme Struthers of Devolver, talking about why he’s happy to see next-gen consoles doing well Elsewhere…

The Best Smash Bros. Mod Around Just Keeps Getting Better

Six years after its release, Super Smash Bros. Brawl is kept alive by hardcore fans that mod the game. In particular, fan-made Project M continues to add stuff that keeps the aging game feeling fresh. Here’s a trailer for Project M’s new upcoming “All Star” mode, which allows you to switch characters every time you…

One of the best iOS games ever made is finally out for Android. The 1.1 update of Eliss Infinity—the evolution of beautiful/tough/artsy rapid-fire movement puzzle Eliss—debuts on the Google Play storefront today. The 1.1 is up on the Apple App Store, too. A rundown of the changes can be found here and Gamasutra‘s got an…