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CultureMorning CheckpointToilet Cat, Quit Hogging The Toilet
Hello! This week we cut up some giant ships, complain about the long load times in Destiny 2, find a dead body in Animal Crossing, dream about Skate 4, fall in love with a weird Fortnite skin and meet the wonderful Toilet Cat. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week These old consoles are creaking…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 22, 2020 -
CultureAfter Confessing To Playing 300 Hours Of Breath Of The Wild, St. Vincent Realizes She’s Played 300 Hours Of Breath Of The Wild
The above picture is of indie rock artist St. Vincent from a recent interview with Variety. It’s also the face of someone who would rather be playing The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild than admitting how many hundreds of hours they’ve already spent with it. Variety’s interview with the infamously enigmatic St. Vincent…
By Ethan Gach Published February 21, 2020 -
CultureTwitchBody Painting Streamer Banned For Nudity Despite Efforts To Stay Within Twitch’s Rules [UPDATE]
Twitch’s policies around content it deems “sexual” are inconsistently applied, but body painting—creating art using one’s face and torso as the canvas—doesn’t run afoul of them. Body painting even has its own official tag on the streaming platform. That, however, has not stopped Twitch from indefinitely suspending a streamer who says she was doing everything…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 21, 2020 -
CultureSources: EA Canceled A Star Wars: Battlefront Spinoff Last Year
Last spring, Electronic Arts canceled a planned spinoff of its popular Star Wars: Battlefront series—the third Star Wars game that the publisher has axed since 2017. This latest game, code-named Viking, was originally envisioned for release in fall 2020 alongside the next generation of consoles. But once it became clear to EA’s executives that the…
By Jason Schreier Published February 21, 2020 -
CultureIt’s Way Too Easy For One Person To Review Bomb A Game On Metacritic
Earlier this week, members of the three-person game studio TurtleBlaze discovered their newest game, Kunai, had been inundated with what they claim were bogus negative scores. The game’s user score on Metacritic had sunk from a strong 8.1 to an atrocious 1.7, emblazoned in a bright red box for all to see. “We got review…
By Ian Walker Published February 21, 2020 -
CultureDestiny 2’s Load Times Are Getting To Be A Real Pain
Loading times and lag have been annoying Destiny 2 players, especially on base PS4 and Xbox One consoles, for some time now, but the game’s latest season has truly pushed the envelope on how much time you spend waiting for things to happen. Today, I booted up Destiny 2 from the home screen of my…
By Ethan Gach Published February 21, 2020 -
CultureWhat Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for being able to squeeze in one more long run before I do my first half-marathon next week, which I am pretty nervous about! The weekend is also for playing video games while I try not to obsess over feeling unprepared I’m struggling with Fortnite’s new NPC bases (as you can see…
By Riley MacLeod Published February 21, 2020 -
CultureEvery Big Game Coming Out In Winter 2020
Winter is upon us, the cold and dreary season where the fall’s big games go to get delayed. The weather outside may be frightful, but games are hopefully delightful. Let’s turn those lights way down low and see what the wintertide has in store. Save those holiday gift certificates, for there is good stuff on…
By Mike Fahey Published February 21, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Nankasa (Live) | Artist: Never Young Beach | Album: A Good Time
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 21, 2020 -
CultureJapan’s Most Delicious Bread Is Melon Pan
Japan has brought the world some truly delicious treats, but one of the best of all has to be meron pan (melon bread). We know it tastes good, but how was it invented? And why is it called that? Typically, melon bread is fluffy bread with a sugar-covered cookie-type top crust. The exact origins of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 21, 2020 -
CultureHere’s the teaser for the upcoming Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter – The Final/The Beginning movies. The Final, which opens in Japan on July 3, centers on Kenshin’s battle with a weapons dealer, while The Beginning, opening in Japan on August 7, recounts the swordsman’s younger days. No word yet on international releases.
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 21, 2020 -
CultureThe Art Of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Tonight, let’s take a look behind the scenes at some of the concept art that went into the creation of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, one of the most Star Warsy-lookin’ games of all time. Below you’ll find examples of everything from character design to environmental work and even some Imperial posters, done by both…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 20, 2020 -
CultureCapcom Finally Applies Band-Aid To Street Fighter V‘s Broken Online Multiplayer
The latest Street Fighter V patch finally addresses one of the game’s most prevalent problems: shoddy online multiplayer. It took constant prodding from fans and a recent third-party fix to finally get these changes, four years after the game’s release. Street Fighter V is a game with problems, the most notable of which prevents users…
By Ian Walker Published February 20, 2020 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryWoW Classic Is Showing Me The Limits Of Nostalgia
Once every month or two, I have this dream. I’m standing in a cavernous entryway to what my brain tells me is absolutely a World of Warcraft raid dungeon. Its walls are streaked with throbbing orange and purple veins, akin to the armor sets dropped in Molten Core, an actual WoW raid dungeon. It is…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 20, 2020 -
CultureApex Legends‘ Original Map Returns Tomorrow
Apex Legends players looking for a little nostalgia will be able to return to the game’s first map tomorrow, when Kings Canyon becomes playable alongside the current map, World’s Edge. Developer Respawn announced on Twitter that both maps will be available through February 24. The game looks different than it did when it first launched…
By Ian Walker Published February 20, 2020 -
CultureAsk Dr. NerdLove: I’m Jealous Of My Partner’s Dead Friend
Hello, all you concupiscent piranhas of the Interwebs, and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating advice column that gives you extra lives for the game of love. This week, we’re trouble-shooting your relationship woes and helping you blow past the Battletoads rocket sled stage of love. When is it appropriate to vent to…
Harris O'Malley Published February 20, 2020 -
CultureEverything We Just Learned About Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Today’s Nintendo Direct delivered a wealth of new information about Nook Inc.’s Deserted Island Getaway Package. Here’s what we’ve learned about island life in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. You know the basics. Animal Crossing: New Horizons drops the player on an island, gives them a tent, and sets them loose to craft, decorate, and get…
By Mike Fahey Published February 20, 2020 -
CultureThose Cheap-Ass Tiger LCD Handheld Games Are Back
Back in the ’90s, we were a lot less picky about portable gaming. Those of us who couldn’t afford a Game Boy were perfectly content to move dark gray pixels back and forth across the colorful static backgrounds of Tiger Electronics’ LCD games. This fall Hasbro rekindles that magic with new LCD games featuring Sonic…
By Mike Fahey Published February 20, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right | Artist: Bob Dylan | Album: The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 20, 2020
