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This Reenactment Won’t Win Any Awards, But Neither Did Street Fighter

10:00AM January 30, 2012 | Owen Good

Bravo to 1Up for getting Capcom’s Yoshinori Ono, producer of the Street Fighter series, to reenact this gem from M. Bison’s hilariously awful dialogue in 1994′s Street Fighter: The Movie. He dropped by their offices last week to talk Street Fighter X Tekken. More »


In Real Life

You’ve Never Heard A Game Boy Make Music Like This Before

8:40AM April 9, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Nintendo’s Game Boy is the instrument of choice for some musicians, due to its charming chiptune sound and the prominence Little Sound Dj. But artist Sebastian Bender has taken a different approach to using the 8-bit handheld as musical maker. More »


In Real Life

Exploding Barrels Have Their Revenge, Angry Birds Style

5:20AM April 9, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Fed up with his shitty flip phone’s inability to play a game of Angry Birds, he turns to the most incendiary of video game cliches, the exploding barrel, to scratch his itch for destruction. This is the game of Angry Barrels. More »


In Real Life

Stop What You Are Doing And Watch This My Little Pony Video Right Now

10:15AM March 13, 2011 | Owen Good

Proving that My Little Pony makes everything hilarious and StarCraft II makes everything awesome – at the same time – is this fantastic two-minute mashup that is simply not to be missed. More »


In Real Life

Real Life Mario Kart Would Really Look Like This

11:20AM February 18, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

There’s a new contender in the battle for real world Mario Kart action, RĂ©mi Gaillard. Master video makers Freddie Wong and friends have taken their special effects laden know-how to the track, the most realistic looking Mario Kart meets real life video yet. More »


The Wii Didn’t Start The Fire

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1:15PM December 20, 2010 | Mark Serrels

File this under: ‘we thought this would be lame but it turned out to be awesome’. A brilliant reworking of Billy Joel’s ‘We Didn’t Start The Fire’, replacing history spinning ‘classic’ with the history of video games. Watch and have your heart warmed. More »


In Real Life

The Mass Effect Activity And Coloring Book

8:40AM December 16, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

For the wee Mass Effect fan in your life who prefers coloring inside the lines and navigating mazes, as opposed to making hundreds of dialogue tree choices, give them the Mass Effect Coloring and Activity Book. More »


In Real Life

How A Great Cartoon Became Three Great Flash Games

3:00AM December 9, 2010 | Brian Crecente

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Luke isn’t the only huge fan of Adventure Time at Kotaku. I love watching the trippy adventures of Finn and sidekick dog Jake. And now, thanks to Cartoon Network, I can play the games. More »


The Coolest Way To Play A Game Boy Game Is With A Samurai Sword

2:30PM November 17, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

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News

Kirk Gibson’s Home Run, Recreated In RBI Baseball

8:20AM August 28, 2010 | Owen Good

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Sports gamers remember the epic R.B.I. Baseball re-creation of the sixth game of the 1986 World Series. Someone’s gotten around to re-enacting an even greater World Series moment from that decade: Kirk Gibson’s home run to beat Oakland in 1988. More »