Zack Zwiezen

The Week In Games: Fallout 76 Takes The Country Road To Steam

Fallout 76 is coming to Steam this week. And coming to all platforms is the big new update, Wastelanders, that adds human NPCs to irradiated West Virginia. Over the last six months or so I’ve tried to play Fallout 76, but even with a new video card and more RAM in my PC, the game…

Track: Alright Alright (Here’s My Fist Where’s The Fight?) | Artist: Sahara Hotnights | Album: Jennie Bomb

I Wish More Games Had Museums Like Modern Warfare 2

Modern video games are filled with so many character models, props, weapons, vehicles, and other things. In big-budget games, all of this content might be expertly crafted to look amazing and yet we rarely get to take a break and really admire all this work. However, the museum, a bonus level in Call Of Duty:…

‘Shop Contest: Easter Sunday 2020

Happy Easter! Or if you are currently living mostly in Animal Crossing these days, happy Bunny Day! This Easter is a bit different than last year, what with the virus and all. So Agent 47 is being extra safe. He’s a murderer, not an idiot. Your challenge this week: Help video game characters celebrate Easter…

How’s It Going?: Patio Edition

Welcome back to another Sunday and Kotaku’s daily open thread. I want to take a moment to talk about patios. It’s weird to think about, but nearly every house and apartment I have lived in has had a small patio or porch. Even the shitty places still had a small slab of concrete or some…

SNL Sketch Features A Terrible Call Of Duty Twitch Streamer

Saturday Night Live returned after a hiatus away for a special and strange episode created at home by its cast and crew who are all practicing social distancing amid the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the filmed-at-home-sketches featured a streamer trying his best at Call of Duty and failing. The sketch starred Mikey Day, who seems…

Sunday Comics: Fresh Ideas

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 April 9. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published April 6. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…

‘Shop Contest: Zipper T. Bunny, Winners!

Soon, Zipper T. Bunny and his damn eggs will be leaving Animal Crossing. But last week I asked you folks to send Zipper anywhere other than our islands and you all delivered. Our winning image this week comes from Board1288 who has punished Zipper and stuck his head on a large spike. I don’t think…

You Wanna Fight?

This week on Snapshots, a car on a basketball court, a creepy computer, a weird monster, a gorgeous field of flowers, an underwater tunnel and a tiny Star Wars creature with some attitude. “So you think you can take me! I will kick your Jedi ass up and down this ship.” Kotaku Snapshots is a…

Mountain Dew Frost Bite Is Fine, But That Shark Artwork Is Awesome

The world is a mess right now, but we do have a new Mountain Dew flavor to enjoy. And it comes with a cool ice shark on the bottle. If only the flavor of this new blue Dew was as good as that icy great white artwork. I first saw this new flavor of Dew…

Final Fantasy VII Remake Needs A Photo Mode

Final Fantasy VII Remake is a gorgeous game with some wonderful looking character models and highly detailed worlds. Yet, it launched without a photo mode. Over this current generation of consoles, photo modes have become more and more common. And now we’ve reached a point where they almost feel like features all games should include…

Feebas Is So Ugly Everyone Ignores It

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 Feebas! Feebas Details Type: Water Average Height: 2′ 00″ Average Weight: 16.3 lbs First Added In Generation III Not…

How’s It Going?: Minecraft Edition

It’s Saturday. The weekend is here. And so too is Kotaku’s daily open thread. Minecraft may not be the hottest game in the world anymore. These days Fortnite seems to have overshadowed it. But it is still a hugely popular game and just like Fortnite, it has great crossplay support. So for the past couple…

The Cutest Little Arcade Cabinet

Hello! This week we check out the new Streets Of Rage trailer, learn how most games on Steam don’t make much money, watch a cat bring someone their slippers, check-in on Gears 5 and play a tiny arcade machine. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week As someone who hates dealing with spiders in games…

The Week In Games: Cloud And His Big Sword

After years of fans waiting, being teased, seeing trailers and more waiting, Final Fantasy VII Remake is coming out later this week. I’ve never played FFVII, so I don’t have a huge emotional connection to this remake’s release. But I get a lot of folks are very excited to finally get this first part of…

Track: Someone To Love | Artist: Fountains Of Wayne | Album: Traffic And Weather 

Using GTA Online To Return To A Normal World Of Movie Theaters And Stores

With most of the United States stuck at home, I’ve relied on Grand Theft Auto Online to virtually leave my home and do things I miss, like seeing a movie. Over here in Kansas, for the last few weeks, most of us have been staying home if we can in isolation. This is the smart…

‘Shop Contest: Zipper T. Bunny

Zipper T. Bunny has come to Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Folks are afraid of him and don’t really seem to like himor his holiday all that much. Let’s help both Zipper and the internet out. Your challenge this week: Get Zipper out of Animal Crossing! Place this terrible rabbit and his annoying eggs in another…

How’s It Going?: MST3K Edition

In the not too distant future, somewhere on a weekend, Zack Zwiezen is creating a new daily open thread. In these dark times, we all need some good laughs and something to distract us from the outside world, if only for a few hours. Or we at least need to have something fun in the…

Sunday Comics: Stay Over There!

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 April 2. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published March 30. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…