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UncategorizedThe History Of Harvest Moon, Gaming’s Most Entertaining Farming Sim
I was worried about posting Did You Know Gaming‘s piece on Harvest Moon on this fine spring day, knowing you’d all be busy planting crops and courting. I decided to take a chance, because that’s what virtual farming is all about (or not). Fun fact: I have purchased every Harvest Moon game (including the Rune…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Easter Bunny Goes To Hell
Once a year the Easter Bunny travels the various planes of existence, delivering delicious candy to all the good little girls and boys. They’re easier to find in some places than others. Oh stop crying, it’s just a Photoshop contest. That’s right, in honor of Easter Sunday we’re sending the Easter Bunny to hell. He’s…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Guardians Of The Galaxy Heroclix
Groot, Rocket Raccoon, and Iron Man from the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy Heroclix set. See Thanos and a few other new miniatures below: Game Trade Magazine has more information on the set, as well as photographs of the Inhumans. Previously: Zombie Galactus Heroclix You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to…
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Sunday Comics: Into The Baby Box
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 April 19. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published April 14. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
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UncategorizedExplore Voyager’s Bridge With The Oculus Rift
Starship Bridge Demo allows you to explore the bridge of Star Trek’s Voyager with an Oculus Rift and trigger story events, including a torpedo launch. See it in action in the video below: You can download the demo here You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos…
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UncategorizedFight Amidst Dinosaurs In Ultra Street Fighter IV
Two new videos have been released for Ultra Street Fighter IV, which was just released in Japanese arcades, and will be available for home consoles this summer. See the opening cinematic and a lengthy gameplay video below. My favorite stage—the Jurassic Era Research Facility, is prominently featured. Opening Cinematic: Four and a half minutes of…
By John Struan - Uncategorized
Merchant Advertisements From The Land of Hyrule
Two in a series of print advertisements from the world of Legend of Zelda: The prints are by Barret Biggers and are available at Etsy. Previously: Starfox Propaganda Poster You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
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UncategorizedEnjoy Classic Dogfighting In This New Star Wars Rebels Footage
It’s Hera versus Imperial Tie Fighters in this brand new Star Wars Rebels footage, revealed today at WonderCon: The official site also posted a gallery of concept art and photographs, including these character designs: Previously: He-Man and Skeletor in Star Wars: The Old Republic You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to…
By John Struan - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Ninja Tongue-Twister: The Winners!
Kotaku‘s Photo-Manipulation Brigade are the most magical of people. I give them an image of a creature with an enormous tongue, and not one of the entries in this week’s contest was as inappropriate as I feared things might get. Well, except the one. uscg_pa takes home this week’s top honors, with his unseasonably innocent…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
A Dad And His Kids Happily Play Video Games Together. They Have To.
This is an image of a happy family; a father and his two adorable children bonding over a video game. It’s a stock photo, of course. Their excitement is fake, their game controllers disconnected. It’s cheap theater, but I have to believe that somewhere in the country a genuine version of this scene is playing…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Someone’s Compiling A List Of Every Video Game Ever Made
With help from a growing posse on 4chan, Pastebin user Data_Baser is attempting to compile a list of every video game ever released. Not just console games or PC games, but every mobile and browser-based game as well. The current count? 43,806. It’s a monumental task, made somewhat easier through the use of regular expression…
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UncategorizedAssassin’s Creed IV‘s Honest Game Trailer Strikes True
“After the huge letdown of AC III, prepare to redeem the franchise with the Pirates of the Caribbean game that Disney never made.” Smoosh Games‘ latest Honest Game Trailer takes on the Assassin’s Creed pirate spin-off that somehow wound up a numbered entry in the series.
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UncategorizedWhich Is Cooler, Mickey With A Keyblade Or Mickey With A Lightsaber?
Raise all 29 toy-based characters to level one in Disney Infinity and you’ll score a glowing green Star Wars surprise. NerdFlip shows us how it’s done. There are two Disney properties players have been clamoring for since the debut of Disney Infinity — Star Wars and Marvel Comics. With the latter slated to be revealed…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
The Saturday Morning Stream will be back next week. Due to visiting relatives and Easter holidays, our regularly scheduled live stream of Barbie’s Dreamhouse Party has been pushed to next week. In its place, we present that dog GIF everyone seems to like. Look at that crazy lil’ guy.
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The Best of Kotaku, The Week of April 14
The weekend is here, a time to curse those damn, dirty apes for blowing it all up, but not before we catch up with this week’s best stories over at Kotaku Selects Artist AlbertoArnipaints a picture of a bleak future, where Donkey Kong has triumphed and the entire world is just sand and water levels.…
By Mike Fahey