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Sunday Comics: Microwaves

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. Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published Oct. 15. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Oct. 12. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…

‘Shop Contest: Nicolas Cage, Winners!

Last week, the internet got a glimpse of Nicolas Cage wearing a sweet pink jacket, cool-looking mask, and slick shades. Rarely we get such perfect photos for our weekly contests. But here the universe provided a true gift and who am I to argue with the universe? Our winning image this week comes from leatcrayons666…

Sleepy Samurai

This week on Snapshots we check out some gorgeous vistas, some creepy interiors, get some photos from the new Ghost of Tsushima online mode, take a look at some cool spaceships and meet a sleepy samurai warrior. The dude spent 40 hours collecting things and killing enemies, he’s allowed to take a nap. Kotaku Snapshots…

Banette Is An Evil Toy That Lives In Garbage And Hunts Down Children

Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Banette! Banette Details Type: Ghost Average Height: 3′ 07” Average Weight: 27.6 lbs First Added In Generation III Do…

3D Monster Maze Was The Very First Horror Game

Long-running video game franchises and genres all have to start somewhere, and it’s not always pretty. Looking back to that origin point can show us not just how the greats began, but how far they’ve come since. Today we unearth the very first horror video game. So, What Was The First Horror Game? 3D Monster…

2020 Caught Up To Ol’ Garfield

This week we watch Keanu Reeves have fun with motorcycles, check out an amazing video game collection in Japan, learn about upcoming DLC for Borderlands 3 and Avengers, hear more about the Bethesda deal from Xbox and say goodbye to Garfield. RIP. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week A fantastic interview by Stephen, including…

Retro Experts Analogue Making A New TurboGrafx and PC Engine Console

Analogue is well known for creating some incredible high-end, high-definition retro consoles based on classic machines like the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo. The company’s latest focus is NEC systems, like the TurboGrafx-16 and PC Engine, announcing today the new Analogue Duo. It will be out next year for $200 and like previous Analogue consoles,…

Viral Dance Video Recreated In Disco Elysium

Back in May of 2019, a video was uploaded to the internet. The video, titled “Get tf out of my way type way,” was perfect. It became popular, racked up millions of views, and went viral on Twitter and elsewhere. And now, that amazing video has been recreated in Disco Elysium by a developer who…

Sony Says It Isn’t Spying On Your PlayStation Parties

Yesterday, Sony rolled out system software update 8.00 for the PlayStation 4, which added new features, renamed some old things, and for the most part got the old console ready to interact with the upcoming PS5. A notification that party chats may now be recorded began appearing along with the update, upsetting many users who…

Crackdown 2 Developer Is Now Called Rockstar Dundee

According to documents filed on the UK’s Companies House registrar, Crackdown 2 developer Ruffian Games is now operating as Rockstar Dundee and has become part of the large stable of worldwide Rockstar studios. As first reported by TheGamer, Ruffian Games became Rockstar Dundee on October 6, with Rockstar’s parent company, Take-Two Interactive, taking ownership of…

The Week In Games: Mario Kart In Your Living Room

You’ve played Mario Kart on your phone, on a GameBoy, on a home console at even at a local arcade. Now, you can play Mario Kart using weird plastic toys in your living room and annoy your cats at the same time. I have no interest in ever playing Mario Kart Live, but I’m extremely…

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It Ain’t An Elder Scrolls Game Until I Kill A Mudcrab

For me, it’s not Halloween season until the trees start to turn orange and yellow. It’s not a Mission Impossible movie until that theme song plays. And it ain’t an Elder Scrolls game until I kill a Mudcrab. Yes, I know that means that technically the older games, like Daggerfall, aren’t Elder Scrolls games if…

‘Shop Contest: Nicolas Cage

Folks, its time we do a Nicolas Cage contest around these parts. And I found just the photo to use. Your challenge this week: Put this wonderful looking man in different things. I went with Cyberpunk 2077 for two reasons: First, it’s very obvious but still funny. And my other reason: Laziness. I had a…

Doom’s Manic Metal Gets Your Ass Moving

Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we’re going to Hell. I hope you packed a shotgun and some armor shards. There aren’t many games that have a better start than 1993’s groundbreaking first-person shooter Doom (playlist / longplay / VGMdb). You…

Sunday Comics: Let Me Change Something…

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. Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published Oct. 8. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Oct. 3. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…

‘Shop Contest: Minecraft Kirby, Winners!

Last week, Kirby swallowed up Minecraft Steve and turned into a pink block with tiny arms. The internet laughed at this. We all laughed at this. Then Kirby stayed in that block form and we stopped laughing and became worried… Our winning image this week comes from Pleasance13. Also, just a reminder: If the Kirby…

When You Gotta Go, You Gotta Go

This week on Snapshots we got a nuclear explosion, some rope tricks, a big monster, a cute fox, another great Spider-Man screenshot, and a lonely skeleton on a toilet. Give the man some privacy. Kotaku Snapshots is a weekly look at some of the best, funniest and coolest screenshots players have taken in their favorite…

There’s A Toad In Super Mario Sunshine That Is Trapped Alone Beneath The Map, Forever

There are a lot of fun characters and enemies in Super Mario Sunshine, which was recently re-released on Switch alongside Mario 64 and Galaxy via the Mario 3D All-Stars collection. But one character, a single yellow Toad, is trapped forever under the map, alone and forgotten. Boundary Break, the popular YouTube channel that uses camera…

Dreepy Is The Ghost of A Dinosaur That’s So Weak Kids Can Kick Its Ass

Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Dreepy! Dreepy Details Type: Ghost/Dragon Average Height: 1′ 08” Average Weight: 4.4 lbs First Added In Generation VIII Not…