Zack Zwiezen

I Love The Little Robots In Doom 3

I’m walking down a dark, damp and scary hallway. I can hear strange noises all around me. My shotgun is darting about the hallway and connecting rooms, looking for any movement. Suddenly my eyes find an enemy demon. It charges me and shoots a fireball. But I don’t care about myself. Instead, I’m worried about my…

Mario Maker Contest: International Cat Day

International Cat Day happened this week, not to be confused with National Cat Day, which happens in October. Do cats deserve two different days dedicated to them? I don’t know. But let’s celebrate our fluffy little pets by creating some Mario levels. Your Challenge This Week: Create levels that feature the Cat Mario powerup. Theme:…

Someone Killed The Chainsaw Guy In Resident Evil 4 Using Only A Door

In Resident Evil 4 players have a huge variety of weapons and attacks to choose from. But YouTuber Dante Ravioli decided to use something very different to kill one of the most famous enemies in the game. Instead of a shotgun or pistol, they kicked a door into the chainsaw guy’s face a few dozen…

Metagross Has Four Brains, Which Seems Like Too Many

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 Metagross! Metagross Details Type: Steel/Psychic Average Height: 5‘ 03″ Average Weight: 2078.7 lbs. First Added In Generation III I…

Oh God Yoshi, What Happened!?

Hello! This week we explore an amazing FPS level made in Mario Maker, escape from an angry raccoon, talk about WWE Superstars, ditch loot boxes, meet a mysterious Silent Hill 2 player and pray for Yoshi’s soul. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week Like most weeks, Kotaku was filled with some great stories. Here…

The Week In Games: Mr. President, Your Mech Is Ready

After years and years of being a Japan-only Xbox release, Metal Wolf Chaos is finally coming out in more places later this week. Now we can all experience the fun of being the President of The United States and using a giant mech to fight the Vice President’s evil army. This weekend has sucked due…

Track: Roses | Artist: Outkast | Album: Speakerboxx/The Love Below  Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Borderlands 2 Developer Explains Why The Game Is Filled With Weird, Hidden Cubes

Popular YouTube channel Boundary Break, who has popped up on Kotaku multiple times, has released a new video where he explores Borderlands 2. But this time the channel was able to get a developer from the studio behind Borderlands, Gearbox, to actually help explain some of the more strange out of bound secrets and discoveries.…

‘Shop Contest: Finding The Next Twitch Superstar

Ninja, the former Twitch superstar, has left the popular streaming service and is now only on Mixer. This leaves a gap for someone else to jump into Twitch streaming and become the next Ninja! Let’s figure out who that next famous streamer might be. Your challenge this week: Bring some fresh faces to Twitch! Anyone…

15 Years Later, I Was Finally Brave Enough To Finish Doom 3

After the recent surprise release of Doom 3 on PS4, Xbox One, and Switch I felt I needed to finally accomplish something I had been putting off for too long. It was time to load up Doom 3, start a new game and finish this thing. I tried before when I was much younger and…

Sunday Comics: He Seems Nice

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 29. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published Aug. 1. Read more of Corpse Run “Actual footage of…

‘Shop Contest: National Mustard Day, Winners!

Happy National Mustard Day! Grab your bottles of mustard and start eating stuff covered in that spicy, yellow sauce. This magical day only comes once a year, so take advantage of it! To celebrate the holiday, I asked you wonderful folks to create some images featuring video games and mustard. Some of you decided to…

The Voice Actor For Seteth In Fire Emblem: Three Houses Is Now Performing Popular Seteth Memes

Quickly after the release of Fire Emblem: Three Houses, fans of the game began creating memes focusing on the character of Seteth. And now Seteth’s voice actor is actually reading and voicing some of these memes on Twitter. Seteth holds a lot of power in the game and doesn’t like the player character at first.…

Finally, You Can Purchase The “Yellow Dog With Cone” Statue In GTA Online

Grand Theft Auto Online players waited years for the casino to open and the latest large update finally did just that. Players have been excited. But not all was well. You see, there was still something missing. But finally, our nightmare is over. After first being teased on the official website for the newly open…

Sharpedo Can Shoot Water Out Of Its Ass At 75 MPH

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 Sharpedo! Sharpedo Details Type: Water/Dark Average Height: 5‘ 11″ Average Weight: 195 lbs. First Added In Generation III If…

Dance Your Pain Away, Harry

Hello! This week we check out the new Call Of Duty, learn about the bizarre tale of the fake game studio, anger that annoying friend, get some new Nintendo VR action and dance away all our fears and suffering. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week Like most weeks, Kotaku was filled with some great…

The Week In Games: Are You Ready For Some Football?

Like taxes and death, we can never really escape the yearly Madden games. If you love football, then get ready. This week Madden NFL 20 releases for PS4, Xbox One and PC. I’ve never been a big fan of sports video games outside of Blitz and the dunk contests in some of the NBA games.…

Track: Rhythm Nation | Artist: Janet Jackson | Album: Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814

You Can Beat GoldenEye On N64 With Only One Bullet

GoldenEye is a first-person shooter released for the N64 back in the 90s. You might notice a keyword in that previous sentence. “Shooter.” This means the player is equipped with various guns and then shoots them at enemies. But is it possible to beat this classic shooter without actually shooting? No. But you can beat…

‘Shop Contest: National Mustard Day

Mustard. Love it or hate it, you have to at least admit it’s a fun word to say. And next weekend we celebrate National Mustard Day, a day in which people eat mustard, I assume. Your challenge this week: Give video game characters bottles of mustard. For most of my life, I was anti-mustard. Hated…