Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published July 23. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published July 26. Read more of Corpse Run Double XP by…
Track: Doctor Worm | Artist: They Might Be Giants | Album: Severe Tire Damage Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
Streamer apotatomaybetwo has created a video explaining, point by point, how to play Overwatch if you only have access to a single hand. It’s educational. The video largely focuses on how to use either the Razer Naga Trinity or Logitech g600 mouse, both of which feature a large pad of buttons that are accessible via…
100 Monster Hunts is a simple idea. As a Dungeon Master, you can roll on a giant table and get a random “monster hunt,” or a small designed encounter with a monster. Players then go deal with that monster. It’s clean, it’s simple, and it’s helpful. Every DM runs into moments where they need to…
A Dark Souls 3 no-hit tournament is going on right now. The event features a host of no-hit challenge streamers going head-to-head to complete the game without getting hit. Read up on it here and watch the stream here.
A Black Lotus from the original release of Magic: The Gathering sold this week on online auction site eBay for $87,672. That’s a lot of money for a little bit of cardboard. There are three official printings of Black Lotus in Magic: Alpha, Beta, and Unlimited. Alpha was comprised of 295 Magic cards printed with black…
This was an action-packed week of ‘Shop Contest because you all were hunting down the known criminal Captain Toad and demonstrating all of his wickedness. And, by golly, we’ve proven how truly depraved he is. Last week I asked you to show me the crimes that Captain Toad has done, and you gave me a…
The great big update for No Man’s Sky is coming down the pipe alongside the Xbox One version of the game, and there’s also a heapin’ helping of other games you can enjoy arriving on a plenitude of platforms. Candle: The Power of Flame is coming to warm your puzzle-platforming heart with its light manipulation…
Track: Burn | Artist: The Cure | Album: The Crow OST Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
Bloodborne is a game filled with characters whose tragic histories intertwine with the game world around them, and the tale of Ludwig is one of the saddest ones. A wordless comic by Reddit user yutacustoms conveys it better than I can. I don’t want to spoil it for you, and you should read the entire…
Players in a competitive Unlimited draft at Grand Prix Chiba were expecting to open some of the most powerful, and valuable, cards in Magic: The Gathering, but what they got was a Black Lotus. A Black Lotus is one of the most valuable cards in Magic. Although it is played in very few formats of…
Nerd. Hanger-on. Thief. These are all words we think of when we’re brought into contact with the nefarious Captain Toad. This week’s ‘Shop Contest is all about showing all the awful deeds that the so-called “Captain” has accomplished in his long, evil career. Captain Toad has been going places and stealing gems and other precious…
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published July 16. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published July 19. Read more of Corpse Run Double XP by…
Creating a new character World of Warcraft might be an unfun exercise in grinding, but it also gives orc players the opportunity to experience the Valley of Trials, my favorite area in the game. I recently re-installed World of Warcraft’s bulky 50GB+, and then I went to my Blizzard account page to activate my subscription. Right…
Track: Undine | Artist: Fear of Men | Album: Fall Forever Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
The European Speedrunner Assembly’s charity marathon is happening from now until July 29 Featuring a wide variety of games and runners, the event benefits Save The Children. You can find more information and the schedule on their official site.
Fortnite’s Summer Skirmish is an invite-only esports event that boasts over $8 million in total prize payout across the summer. A winner from Friday’s tournament has been accused of cheating, and developer Epic has come to the player’s defense. In a Reddit thread with over 34,000 upvotes, competitor iDropz_bodies was accused of cheating his way…
Game companies often goof up when it comes to marketing their products in ways that portray them as hip or cool, but Magic: The Gathering’s Wuberg, the Magic-playing Muppet, is a high water mark when it comes to completely beefing it Evan Irwin, a host of the Magic Mics podcast, dug up these puppet videos…
Emperor Palpatine isn’t getting the respect he deserves, so last week I asked you to put the evil-ass Sith Lord in basically everything that you could. I was not [evil voice] disappointed Palpatine is often known as “that wrinkly guy” or “the evil Star Wars fella,” but true Star Wars fans who had to live…
It feels like we’re right in the middle of summer, but lucky for you there are a lot of games to sink your teeth and time into coming out this week. If you’re the kind of person who likes a retro romp, you might enjoy the revamped stylings of Sonic Mania Plus, an even-more-stuff edition…
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