The Roll Safe meme, in which logically sound but absurd advice is accompanied by someone pointing to their head with a knowing half grin, has slowly been building up steam since late January. But late last week the Internet joke hit critical mass in the gaming world when Nintendo took it to a new plateau of absurdity…
Sunday Comics: That’s A Five Star Bird
Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics that usually occurs on Sunday except when it doesn’t. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon.
The RetroBlox Wants To Be A Virtual Console For All Of Your Old Games
There’s no shortage of third-party retro gaming consoles promising all sorts of advantages over their proprietary predecessors, but the RetroBlox wants to be the biggest and most comprehensive of them to date.
Track: Burnin’ Through The Night | Artist: Sam Mehran & Zak Mering | Album: I Need My T.V.
Track: Burnin’ Through The Night | Artist: Sam Mehran & Zak Mering | Album: I Need My T.V.
American Takes First Place At DDR World Championship
Chris “iamchris4life” Chike was one of a handful of Americans invited to Japan to compete in the DDR World Championship. It was the first time players from the States had ever been asked to attend, and Chike wasted no time in winning the whole thing.
EA Takes $3,000 Back From Madden NFL Pro After ‘Inappropriate’ Tweets
Chris “Dubby” McFarland proved himself the best Madden NFL 17 player in the country after defeating Eric “Problem” Wright in the grand finals of the Madden Bowl just over a week ago. Less than a week later he was forced to give back $3,000 of his $75,000 prize winnings after violating EA’s Code of Conduct.
Salt and Sanctuary is still coming to the Vita.
Salt and Sanctuary is still coming to the Vita. At least according to a recent blog post from the developer, Ska Studios, who wrote yesterday that the team is hoping for the Vita version to arrive sometime in March. The game originally released in Marc…
The Weekend In Esports: Call Of Duty World League Open Comes To Atlanta
After last weekend’s Rainbow Six Siege Invitational and lots of recent action in the world of CS:GO, it’s back to the land of MOBAs with big games across League of Legends, Dota 2, and Heroes of the Storm, but with one minor exception: the Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Atlanta Open.
Valve Removes Counter-Strike’s Dust2 Map From Competitive Play
On Friday, Valve announced it was removing the CS:GO’s Dust2 from the Active Duty group. While the beloved map will still be playable in casual matches, it’s been replaced by Inferno for tournaments, making it the end of an era for the biggest shooter in esports.
The Week In Games: The Samurai Man Cometh
Samurai Dark Souls is finally here. And not much else.Read more…