Gita Jackson

If I Have To See Kirby With Human Feet, So Do You

I’ve now seen Kirby with realistic human feet and I feel like maybe the Internet was a mistake. Illustrator Marie Blue posted this comic to Twitter on March 17th, and the response was intense, to say the least. While it only took to a fever pitch yesterday, this image is now lodged in our collective…

Mass Effect: Andromeda Players Are Creating Nightmare Characters

The Mass Effect series has traditionally allowed you to customize your main character. Some players take this as an opportunity to create inhuman abominations. Mass Effect: Andromeda has been no different. The new character creator has a lot of fun, futuristic makeup and tattoo options. But it’s very easy to let things get out of…

The Sims 4 will receive its next Stuff Pack, Bowling Night Stuff, on March 29th. You’ll be able to take your sims bowling, dress them up in retro, rockabilly outfits, as well as build your own bowling hangout. 

I Tried This $70 Sonic The Hedgehog Face Mask So You Wouldn’t Have To

Glamglow, a skincare company, released a special edition of their Gravitymud that’s branded with Sonic the Hedgehog. Last night, I smeared it on my face. It is very blue. The Exclusive Sonic Blue Glamglow Gravitymud is a face mask meant to treat wrinkles and add firmness back into your skin. I’m 27, and while I…

Typeshift Is A Word Puzzle That Rethinks Crosswords

Crossword puzzles are the bane of my existence. I find them obtuse and boring. But iOS game Typeshift is a clever twist on the formula that makes them way more tolerable. Typeshift’s developer, Zach Gage of Spelltower and Really Bad Chess fame, says that this game is part of his “pseudo-quest to re-imagine classic newspaper…

Longtime Fans Of YouTuber JonTron Say They Can’t Watch Him Anymore

Over the past week, the fanbase for YouTuber Jon “JonTron” Jafari has been forced to reevaluate how they feel about their favorite YouTuber. On Monday, Jafari debated Steve Bonnell, a professional streamer who goes by Destiny, over his political views. Over the course of the two hour debate, Jafari expressed some extreme views, such as…

Nier: Automata‘s Protagonist Would Look At Home On Japan’s Most Fashionable Street

Nier: Automata takes place in Earth’s far, far future, in which an android named 2B defends the planet from aliens. But she’s also dressed like a girl on Harajuku street, a street in Shibuya famous for its quirky street style. Harajuku street in Shibuya, Tokyo, is home to a vibrant youth culture and exuberant fashion,…

Tell Us About Your Video Game Pets

We often get attached to animals in video games. Yesterday I wrote about my sweetest, most darling friend: Raincloud, my horse in Breath of the Wild. She’s precious, I love her, and if anything bad ever happens to her I will murder everyone in Hyrule. You all seem just as obsessed with your horses as…

My Quest For The Prettiest Horses In Breath Of The Wild

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild offers players a remarkable amount of freedom in terms of gameplay. For the moment, however, I’m completely obsessed with taming the prettiest horses. The huge world of Breath of the Wild is dotted with wild horses you can tame to get around on. In order to tame…

No Man’s Sky Continues To Make Decent Progress With Its Big Update

Last weeks’ No Man’s Sky update brought a whole host of new stuff, including highly-anticipated vehicles. While some of the additions are awesome, others feel undercooked. It’s more of a game than it’s ever been, but I don’t totally know if that’s a good thing. No Man’s Sky after the Path Finder update is beautiful.…

Breath of the Wild‘s Shark Prince Is Getting A Lot of Love From Thirsty Zelda Fans

No one could have predicted how horny people would get for the shark man crown prince from Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Prince Sidon is Zora royalty, and you meet him as you head to their domain to take on the Divine Beast Vah Ruta. He’s generally affable and brave, and well liked by his people.…

Kotaku’s Buffy Fans Pick Their Favorite Episodes

Today, Buffy the Vampire Slayer celebrates its 20th anniversary. To honor this occaision, the Buffy-likers at Kotaku talk about their favorite episodes. Spoilers for… Pretty Much Everything In Buffy Kirk Hamilton — “Hush” You may expect me to pick “Once More, With Feeling” for this, but oh no, I will not be so predictable. I’ll…

Aloy Has Flawless Skin And Brows In Horizon Zero Dawn

Horizon Zero Dawn is set in a far future, post-apocalyptic world. Can someone explain to me why Aloy looks like an ad for Glossier, then? Beauty trends in 2016 and 2017 have been gravitating to an idea of a “no make up” make up look. This doesn’t mean not wearing any make up—what are we,…

Players Are Making Art With No Man’s Sky New Photo Mode

No Man’s Sky was updated this week to add a new photo mode, and players are using it to make their procedurally generated planets and space battles look dope as hell. The new photo mode allows players free movement of the camera, a series of filters, and even the ability to change the time of…

Breath of the Wild Doesn’t Fit Anywhere On The Zelda Timeline

The Zelda timeline has long been a matter of dispute among fans, but after the release of Hyrule Historia, they finally have an official ordering of the games in the series. After the release of Breath of the Wild, that’s all in dispute, again. Warning: The following article contains story spoilers from Zelda: Breath of…

Nintendo Flags YouTuber For Using Switch Sound

YouTubers who feature Nintendo games and products have long had issues YouTube’s controversial Content ID system, and Nintendo’s aggressive usage of that system is already impacting how YouTubers cover games on the Switch. Recently, a YouTuber had their video flagged by YouTube’s Content ID system over a sound effect from a Switch launch game. YouTube’s…

Next week, Hello Games will release new content for No Man’s Sky, according to an announcement on their Steam page. Dubbed the Path Finder update, it will appropriately feature a new vehicle that will, “aid home planet exploration.”

Joy-Con Comfort vs Kotaku‘s Hands

After only a weekend, I’m still forming my opinions about the Nintendo Switch, but I do know that I love the Joy-Con controllers. Some of my co-workers aren’t as jazzed as me, however. So I did what anyone else would do: demand to measure their hands so I could see if their feelings about the…

Final Fantasy XV Fan Scrapbooks Her Adventure

The majority of Final Fantasy XV is a road trip with friends. In real life, it’s the kind of thing you’d make a scrapbook out of. So one fan did. Huge FFXV fan Lithmire has been making a physical scrapbook of their Final Fantasy FFX playthrough. This means: printing out Prompto’s photos and putting them…

Sick Destiny Player Reaches Lighthouse Before Dying, Thanks To His Friends

In the throes of cancer treatment, one Destiny player finally got the help that he needed to make it to the Lighthouse. After his death, the community came together for his family in an amazing way. Mike Mariana had been playing Destiny since the beta, even though he was diagnosed with colon cancer shortly after…