Move ahead eight years and you'll see the evolution of that idea in various ways on Kotaku, both in the embedding in games that I've been describing above, and in Highlight Reel, a project we started in July that amounts to a thrice-weekly SportsCenter-style narrated compilation of amazing feats recently accomplished…

Oh, also: It's weird that Bungie clutters up the bounty board with impossible tasks. Two bounties dedicated to the Salvage mode weeks after its timed event have passed? A mission to enter the Crucible in full Queen's Wrath regalia one day after her emissary opens shop? I don't know, pay an intern to curate these…

I didn't refer to the exploit as helpful, but to the loot gained from it as *not* helpful. Read harder, dick.

These exploits are pretty harmless as the period of the game where this sort of loot is helpful is relatively limited. Once you have all lvl 20 blue armor (which shouldn't take very long at a treasure cave), you progress much faster through the completion of activities that guarantee you a legendary, such as the…

Maybe. But once people got wind of they change, they didn't sound too happy. Gamers on popular forums like NeoGAF and GameFAQs (a well-known hub for finding gameplay tips) kicked off strongly-worded threads claiming that Nintendo had "killed" the Mario Kart 8 community, that changing the VR system was "stupid," that…

It's too soon to do a parody "ask dr. nerdlove" with Zoe Quin writing in about her love life, right? Damn shame.

Green: 2 (3.64%)

Great thanks for posting this at night gonna go have nightmares about that puking decapitated head now.

Now, it's worth noting, the numbers here are old. This contract is from 2010, and I've heard that it's been reworked since then, though I'm not sure if they removed or altered this specific bonus condition. It's certainly possibly that Bungie fought to take it out. Activision is staying mum on the specifics—when I…

Interesting. Thanks.

Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto might be big games, but Minecraft is a global phenomenon. Minecraft is one of the most spectated games on the planet, a widespread tool for education, and now possibly Microsoft's most popular and beloved application since Word. Ask any kid what his or her favorite video game is, and…

DO Worry Too Much About Your Hair

Love Kojima. Don't love this thing. No no no no no no.

The biggest city in our country is pirating an old version of a soccer game. Perplexing.

(Excuse all the shouting in the video. It was originally capped as part of a Twitch stream.)

(Excuse all the shouting in the video. It was originally capped as part of a Twitch stream.)

I don't think they would have omitted Ramses' one distinctive feature (his beard) if that was who they were going for.

I tend to prefer making friends, but you have to learn who is a long-term friend and who is just going to play nice until you build a wonder they don't like. If I share my borders with Byzantium (nice pushover), Poland (needs friendship for UA), and Ghandi (doesn't expand), I'm winning a quick science victory. If I'm…

Fake: Byzantine never has any gold.

Looks like concept art for a better FFX-2