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It's April 1st on the Internet, which means a non-stop barrage of goofs, gags, and pranks. Some are funny; others are... misguided. We're rounding them up for you right here.Read more...

After years spent trying to update his sound, Stan "The Touch" Bush finally realizes that he was born to create '80s rock, no matter the decade. Horrible CG Transformers do battle to the tune of "Thunder in Your Heart."Read more...

We like to imagine that there's some fantastical conveyance - a giant slide or a catapult, perhaps - that connects the Bellevue, Washington offices of Valve and Oculus VR. It might help explain the number of Valve employees that keep making the jump (launch?) to Oculus' camp.

The latest Valver to slide on over to Oculus is Aaron Nicholls who, according to his Linkedin profile (login required), researched virtual reality for two years with Valve. Specifically, said research included "a wide range of perceptual and physical considerations necessary for delivering presence in VR."

Nicholls will be working as a scientist alongside other former Valvers, including Michael Abrash, now Oculus VR's Chief Scientist, and Chief Architect, Atman Binstock. [Image: Oculus VR]

Today's selection of articles from Kotaku's reader-run community: Digital: A Love Story - An Appraisal of The Messiah • The Pilot's Love Song: The Ani-TAY Review • Gamer Logic: Why walk when I can... • Loving and Hating the Same Story: The Objective and Subjective • Pupa: The Ani-TAY ReviewRead more...

Every year in the world of video games, there are two certainties: 1) Half-Life 3 will not be announced; and 2) Blizzard will have the best April Fools' joke around.Read more...

Deadspin New Zealand Rugby Celebrations Are Beastly | Gizmodo The NSA's Been Spying on Every Single Call, Text, and Email in Iraq | io9 Japan Ordered To Stop Killing Antarctic Whales For "Science" | Lifehacker Your 2014 April Fool's Day Prank SpoilerRead more...

With Ryu making the roster despite serious translation issues , there's absolutely no use for Ken in Pete Holmes' Street Fighter tournament. Read more...

IGN's London editor picks his favourite games of all time, from talking eggs to chainsaw wielding peasant folk.

In South Korea, you shouldn't trust everything you read online today. Nor should you trust everything you see in the classroom.Read more...

This spectacular, Kirby-branded Game Boy Color would have been treasured by any self-respecting gamer of the nineties. The artist behind the Kirby GBC is French illustrator Oskunk—you can find more photos of his projects over at his blog.Read more...

The 2014 winter anime season was full of over-the-top action, tongue-in-cheek comedy, and interesting thought experiments . But even with all those possibilities, the anime I most looked forward to wasn't one of those, but rather the lesbian romantic comedy Sakura Trick. Here's why.Read more...

Caffeine's latest teaser brings us even more ghostly abandoned spaceship-porn, and it's looking pretty great. The first-person sci-fi horror game recently hit IndieGoGo, where its creator is asking for $80,000 to finish it in time for a 2015 release on PC.Read more...

Goats are so last season and frogs are the new hotness: Kero Blaster, the long-delayed platformer from the maker of Cave Story, is coming to Windows PC and iOS on May 11. The game stars Kaeru, a bipdeal frog who looks a bit like Kermit, but unlike The Muppets star he's armed to the teeth* with some powerful-looking weaponry. More like Kermit, he's in interspecial love with his feline girlfriend, who he's running and gunning to rescue.

Studio Pixel AKA Daisuke Amaya originally intended to bring the game to iPhone last May, back when it was known as Gero Blaster. He delayed it to add some improvements, and in the interim it seems Japan-friendly distributor of indie games Playism got involved, and now there's a PC version on the way too. If you're interested in an early look at Kero Blaster, Playism says it's showcasing the game at next week's PAX East conference in Boston. [Image: Playism] *Turns out frogs do have teeth

Need more anime news and reviews in your life? Well the guys over at our user-run blog, Talk Amongst Yourselves, have been working overtime to put out more anime content than ever before. The latest addition? An anime podcast with four of the most prolific Ani-TAY bloggers—and, of course, yours truly.Read more...

More specifically, it is a survival horror-adventure game. Inspired by fairy tales and legends.Read more...

Atlus is back! And it's got a slightly tweaked logo as well. Do you like it or hate it?Read more...

While today is April 1st, this is apparently no joke. The air quality in Chinese city Zhengzhou is awful and listed as "unhealthy." That's why late last month, bags of air were brought in for its citizens to get a taste of clean mountain air. Read more...

Remember the cardboard wizard who turned Amazon boxes into a Japanese temple? Well, he's back, and this time, he's created a remote control cardboard model tank. Read more...

Today is April 1st. Be wary! There are some pranks and tricks online that you might fall for. Some of them are not very good. But some of them are. Let's have a look. Read more...

Most days on the internet are pretty sweet! Today, however, is not sweet. It is an ordeal, something to be endured through gritted teeth. Please, tread carefully.Read more...

Not many artists get to put "Killzone" and "erotic PC adventure" on the same CV, but hey, Andrejs Skuja does.Read more...

Torrenting may be a practice dominated by the sharing of movies, tv shows, music, porn and games, but the oldest active torrent on the internet is none of those things.Read more...

It's no joke. Tomorrow the fine folk of Frito-Lay will be taking to the streets of L.A. and New York City to promote Cheeteau, the official fragrance of Cheetos. They sent me a bottle in advance, and... oh god, it's leaking. *coughs* EVERYTHING SMELLS LIKE CHEETOS. Read more...

Meet Katelyn Penner. Despite being just a pre-teen, she can kick a ball around like nobody's business. It's super charming.Read more...

Construct is an upcoming short by Kevin Margo (of Blur ), about a construction robot who is about to have a very bad day.Read more...

A reality TV show about some of the best indie game developers in the business competing Iron-Chef-style to make amazing games? Sounds like a great idea, right? You'd think so, but this story does not, unfortunately, have a happy ending.Read more...

Vinny confronts Dracula, but discovers his real enemies are in the room with him.

As a four-man team of pro gamers was crowned world champion of Call of Duty in Los Angeles Sunday night, confetti swarmed and fans cheered and it was easy for me to forget, as I stood to the side, that this championship bout was not a public event.Read more...

Gather round the digital fire, everyone. It is time for a fascinating and educational PlayStation history lesson. Don't worry, this won't take long.Read more...