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Track: Space Oddity | Artist: David Bowie | Album: David Bowie Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Once Again, Cosplayers Overrun Osaka

This weekend, the Street Festa was held in Osaka’s geek district of Den-Den Town. The streets were packed, and the cosplayers were out in full force. Den-Den Town’s main strip was closed to cars and turned into a cosplay-loving pedestrian paradise. Let’s have a look at some of the standouts.

Iron Mountain. California, USA. By Trent O’Dell. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

Track: High As A Kite | Artist: Weezer | Album: Weezer (The Black Album)

‘Shop Contest: Alex Trebek Edition 

Sometimes you hear a bit of news that catches you off guard. I recently experienced this when I saw a short video of Alex Trebek, host of Jeopardy!, announcing he had stage 4 pancreatic cancer. I barely watch the show these days, but boy that news hit me hard. It fucking sucks. Cheer me up,…

Sunday Comics: See You Soon

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 March 4. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published March 4. Read more of Corpse Run   Clueless Hero by Luis…

‘Shop Contest: Pokemon Starters Escape, Winners!

Last week I asked you amazing artists to take the newly revealed Pokemon Gen 8 starters and share them with other games, movies, TV shows and more. The world needs more cute creatures and you folks delivered! Our winning image this week was created by Mrichston who gives The Judge from the Phoenix Wright series…

Drifloon Steals Children And Was Created By Ghosts

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 Drifloon! This Pokemon was suggested by Kotaku reader coolchazine. Thanks! Drifloon Details Type: Ghost/Flying Average Height: 1′ 04″ Average…

Where Can I Buy The Claritin Console? 

Hello! Welcome to this inaugural edition of Morning Checkpoint. Each Saturday I’ll help you get caught up on last week’s best gaming stories while having some fun and learning a few things. This week won’t have any reader questions or stories, but hopefully, that will change next week! Send any questions, stories, ideas or whatever…

Twitter Account Asks The All-Important Video Game Question: Can You Pet The Dog?

Whether out on the sidewalk, at a party in somebody’s house, or fleeing from a pack of wild dogs, what’s your first instinct—as a rational, sound-minded human being—upon meeting a dog? That’s right: you want to pet it. Video games are meant to let us fulfill our wildest fantasies, and yet, many of them won’t…

Dawn Of Man, As Told By Steam Reviews

Since the dawn of video games—and possibly even the dawn of man—human beings have been creating city-building games. It’s fitting, then, that the latest genre hit is set in prehistoric times and called Dawn of Man. Steam users are loving it. Dawn of Man came out a week ago and has been one of Steam’s…

Trying To Solo Overcooked Perfectly Was A Mistake

Here’s what I knew about Overcooked when I started playing it for the first time yesterday: It’s primarily meant to be a multiplayer game, it can be stressful as hell, and solo play requires controlling two quirky little chefs plucked straight out of a claymation exposé on failed health inspections. All this to say: I…

Track: Antonio Carlos Jobim | Artist: Heatmiser | Album: Cop and Speeder Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Valley of the Moon. Wadi Rum, Jordan. By Nicholas Fron. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

Rawmen is a Splatoon-like PC multiplayer shooter where naked men fight each other with soup. That description is, in so many ways, a mouthful. The game will contain “numerous food-fueled super weapons” when it launches into early access sometime this year. And lots of soupy little dudes.

It’s Raining Pigs, Hallelujah

Ahmad Beyrouthi is a 2D artist based in Germany who has worked for companies like Ubisoft. You can see more of Ahmad’s stuff at his ArtStation page and personal site

Hey, let’s check in on LudwigAhgren, one of the streamers we featured in our post about Pogostuck the other day. I’m sure that, tens of hours later, he’s doing great and— oh. Oh no. (Volume warning.)

Unknown NES Game Found After 30 Years

When we talk about obscure or “lost” games, we normally need to have known about them in the first place to know they were missing. It’s not often we see a case like this, where a collector buying a cartridge off a former Nintendo employee is the first time anyone has ever heard of a…

Fantasy’s Widow: The Fight Over The Legacy Of Dungeons & Dragons 

Gail Gygax and I were sitting in the living room of a lace-trimmed, flower-filled bed and breakfast in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin when she told me about the time she discovered what she believed was a plot to kill her. It was a fall day in 2013, and it had been five years since her husband…

Ask Dr. NerdLove: Is My Casual Relationship Getting Serious?

Hello all you fluorescent bed goats, and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating advice column that can guide you through the Lost Woods of Love. This week, we’re navigating those tricky grey zones and mysterious moments when you aren’t sure if you’re making progress in your relationship or if you’re just hopelessly lost.…