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Sunday Comics: He Looks Mean
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 11. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published March 13. Read more of Corpse Run “Studios milking their IPs…
By Zack Zwiezen Published March 17, 2019 -
CultureShop Contest
‘Shop Contest: Alex Trebek Edition, Winners!
Last week I asked the creative readers of Kotaku to have some fun with Trebek after the sad news came out that he has cancer. The man has made me laugh many times, even in his video announcing his diagnosis, so why not celebrate the wonderful Trebek with a ‘shop contest? Our winning image this…
By Zack Zwiezen Published March 16, 2019 -
CulturePokemon
Dedenne Breaks Into Homes & Steals Electricity
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 Dedenne! Dedenne Details Type: Electric/Fairy Average Height: 0′ 08″ Average Weight: 4.9 lbs. First Added In Generation VI The…
By Zack Zwiezen Published March 16, 2019 -
CultureMorning CheckpointSomeone Found Their Real-Life Secret Parking Spot In The Division 2
Today we discover how much money you can make streaming games (If you’re famous), learn how to win a fighting game while dead, talk about secret parking spots and more! It’s another installment of Morning Checkpoint. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week Like most weeks, Kotaku was filled with some great stories. Here are…
By Zack Zwiezen Published March 16, 2019 -
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Valve Says It Will Remove ‘Off-Topic Review Bombs’ From Steam Scores
Over the past few years, review bombs—people organizing en masse to post negative reviews to a game’s store page to tank its review score—have become one of Steam’s most visible issues. Last year alone, review bombing happened in Steam reviews over everything from women generals to sales that happened too early. Developers have cited this…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 15, 2019 -
Culture
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for hanging out with a friend who has a dog, which means getting to pet a dog. It’s also for video games. I’ve been banging my head against Baba Is You’s delightful puzzles all week, and I’m really looking forward to having some uninterrupted weekend time to spend with them. I’ll also…
By Riley MacLeod Published March 15, 2019 -
CultureTotal RecallWhat’s On My Old Dreamcast Memory Card In 2019
While I rush to keep up with new games for work, I also enjoy going back to play games I grew up with. It started with the Sega Genesis and built to include things like the Super Nintendo and Playstation. But one console holds top billing in my heart: Sega’s ill-fated Dreamcast. I booted it…
By Heather Alexandra Published March 15, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game Diary
Making My Friends In The Sims Also Means Including Their Flaws
It’s always weird to make versions of your friends in The Sims I’m friends with these four guys: Mike, Dylan, Sam and Julian. They’re in a band called The Hell Yeah Babies, and I think they’re pretty great. One day while in a group DM with Dylan, I offered to make Sims of them. I…
By Gita Jackson Published March 15, 2019 -
Culture
Today, Valve announced an upgrade to Steam Link called Steam Link Anywhere It’s what it sounds like, allowing users to stream games to “computers” anywhere—not just on their local networks. This includes phones running the Steam Link app, so not iPhones. Steam Link Anywhere is in beta now.
By Nathan Grayson Published March 14, 2019 -
CultureIn Shotgun Farmers, You Shoot Guns And Your Bullets Grow New Guns
In most multiplayer first-person shooters, you don’t want to miss that clutch headshot because 1) it’ll mean giving up your location, and 2) missing just isn’t fun. In Shotgun Farmers, there’s a third factor to consider: your bullet will embed itself into the ground and sprout a happy little gun tree, which your enemy can…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 14, 2019 -
CultureSplitscreen
Playing Devil May Cry 5 Is Like Playing A Musical Instrument
Learning combos in Devil May Cry 5 is not so different from learning a musical instrument; you start out by practicing the simple building blocks and, eventually, you can chain together a stylish set of button-presses that will blow everybody away. On Kotaku Splitscreen this week, we discuss the ’90s leather-clad aesthetic of Devil May…
By Maddy Myers Published March 14, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game Diary
Never Let Your Friends Choose Your Smash Main
Long-established is the purpose of friends. When you feel like you can’t do anything right, they remind you of the times you did. When you feel like the world’s against you, they loyally stand by. And when you triumph, they celebrate your successes alongside you. All of this, it turns out, it crumpled up and…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published March 14, 2019 -
CultureTwitch
Report: EA Paid Ninja $1 Million To Stream Apex Legends
These days, it’s not uncommon to see big companies promote their games by cutting deals with top YouTubers and streamers, but how much does one of those deals cost? In the case of chameleon-haired Twitch king Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, the number could be as high as $1 million. Citing an anonymous source, Reuters published a…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 13, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game Diary
A Game About Bizarre, Randomly Generated Lives
Yesterday, in BitLife, I was playing as Basil Andre, a french businessman, when disaster struck. I had been slowly climbing the corporate ladder, amassing a family, when suddenly, I got diagnosed with penis cancer. BitLife is a mobile game that bears a lot of similarity to RealLives, a free educational game that was intended to…
By Gita Jackson Published March 13, 2019
