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Look. Your adult self is pretty much a failure to your 8-year-old childhood self. You don’t buy toys for yourself anymore. You don’t remember the last time you gorged out in the candy aisle. You try to eat healthy. You talk about things like politics and the economy and lumbar support. You basically lost everything…
What’s more terrifying than stepping on a brick during a late-night walk to the fridge for some ice cream? How about getting shot in the face with a Lego shotgun shell from a 12 gauge! In order for a custom Lego shotgun shell to have any sort of impact, you need to get the weight…
These holidays there will be new versions of the PlayStation and the Xbox. That’s great news, but the best news are these: You really don’t need to buy them just yet. Or ever, for that matter. That old 1980s Nintendo system is still as fun as day one! Kotaku explains why it may not be…
I spent some of my young years playing Monkey Island, Indiana Jones and X-Wing on a PC. They’re my all-time favorites. Kotaku readers are putting together a list of the best ever PC classic games. A must read, even while it includes games released in 2003. https://kotaku.com/the-classic-pc-games-you-must-play-1246823468
On the heels of its Windows 8 and Android tablets, Wacom just announced a new sleeker and brighter Intuos. The new models are geared less toward professionals, and more toward everyday folk looking to draw and sketch on their computer. https://gizmodo.com/wacom-cintiq-companion-windows-8-and-android-tablets-f-1166233037 The new Intuos comes in 2 sizes—a 6 inch model for $100, and an…
While it’s been on the market for iOS for almost a year, Silent Text is finally hitting Android, and with concerns over cyber security reaching critical levels, it couldn’t come any sooner. What does it do? Silent text is part of Silent Circle’s suite of encryption services, which are available by subscription at about $10…
For some baffling reason, a bunch of tiny, fence-like web structures keep showing up in the Peruvian jungle. Measuring about two centimeters across and delicately constructed, they’re beautiful in a way. And since scientists have no idea how they got there, they’re also totally mysterious. Georgia Tech grad student Troy Alexander first spotted the strangle…
So here’s a weird scenario: You’re sitting on your porch stuffing your face with cheesy grits and you can’t find your dog. You can’t yell at her because your mouth is full of grits, and you can’t get up because sitting on the porch is damn relaxing. What you need is a remote control. For…
Everything inside your dishwasher might be sparkling and squeaky clean, but loading it with dishes and cutlery all day has probably left it a greasy mess on the outside. A disgusting downside that Miele intends to alleviate with automatic doors on its latest dishwashers—which open with a simple knock. The feature—somewhat uninspiringly dubbed “Knock2open”—won’t be…
Choose: you can watch the video below to see the 11.5 years that took to build the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge compressed down to four minutes OR just watch the four-second GIF above for four minutes. Life is short, my friends. https://jalopnik.com/watch-a-san-francisco-bridge-go-up-in-just-4-minutes-1251774643
The advent of online shopping has also meant an increase in flat-pack product designs that are cheaper and easier to ship around the world. Usually there are design sacrifices involved—see Ikea’s product line for example—but Spain-based design studio Kutarq came up with this novel design for a lamp that’s easy to ship but doesn’t skimp…
Welp the Samsung Galaxy Gear is finally here. It’s not the first smartwatch by any means, but it’s the first big assault in a war that’s just beginning. But has it changed your view on smartwatches at all? Has the Toq? Could anything? https://gizmodo.com/galaxy-gear-hands-on-more-watch-than-youll-ever-need-1252470567
Some things are just too dumb to not be fun. Here’s the Android KitKat logo, in 3D, which you can drag around and spin in circles, for no reason at all, except that it’s the funnest. I haven’t eaten a KitKat in years, and now I’m hungry for KitKats, even though this whole edition is…
For more than 100 years, every Ferris wheel on the planet was roughly the same size and height as the 1893 original. But in 2000, something changed: London debuted the London Eye, an enormous juggernaut of a tourist trap. Its success sparked a global race to build higher and faster wheels in the sky—and it’s…
As of this morning, the Rim Fire burning through Yosemite National Park has scorched 237,341 acres—roughly 370 square miles—since it caught on August 17th, presumably from an illegal marijuana grow operation. Firefighters from across the state and country have been battling the blaze nonstop and currently have the fire 75 percent contained. Crews credit better,…
Last week, we offered you a chance to win Monopoly’s new cat token by putting it in the most compromising, outrageous situations you could manage—and you guys came through with flying colors. Some were clever (we see what you did there, Iron Cat), some were horrifying (Miley Mouth), and some were downright masterful (that Walking…
For those who live and breathe by two-wheeled transportation, bicycles are more than just a way to get from here to there. The immediate, wind-on-your-face freedom of pedaling fast is a feeling that just can’t be matched by wandering around, road-tripping, or pretty much any kind of public transport. For their latest foray into in-depth…
Now that it’s September, you probably want to soak up as much of the summer as possible. And nothing says summer like watermelon. YouTube’s favorite hacker Mark Rober just posted a video showing you how to make a watermelon smoothie in under two minutes. Get it while you can. Just one question: What happens with…
Today marks the official 15th birthday of everyone’s favorite startup search engine turned tech giant turned Big Brother. And even though many have had their gripes, it’s hard not to look back at our Google-fueled time online with a sense of fondness. Because no matter where you might find yourself in life, you know that…
In London this week, a parabolic “death ray” of sunshine—reflected off of London’s newest skyscraper—is destroying luxury cars, starting fires, and frying eggs for comedic effect (oh, England). It’s a sensational story, but this isn’t the first time an architectural laser has literally burned the hair off of passersby. The offending tower—better know as 20…
