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CultureShop Contest
‘Shop Contest: Happy National Pencil Day
Hey did you know that yesterday was National Pencil Day? I didn’t know until I saw it on Google. So let’s celebrate the pencil. It’s like a pen, but for cowards. Your challenge this week: Give some video game characters pencils. Or make them pencils. Up to you. Just give me some pencils. That coward…
By Zack Zwiezen Published March 31, 2019 -
Culture
Sunday Comics: For The Horde!
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 25. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published March 28. Read more of Corpse Run “Ever wonder what party…
By Zack Zwiezen Published March 31, 2019 -
CultureShop Contest
‘Shop Contest: Playing Labo VR Everywhere, Winners!
Last week I asked the talented readers of Kotaku to help my boss, Kotaku’s Editor-In-Chief Stephen Totilo, play Labo VR everywhere and anywhere. Portable VR is only useful if you actually get out and travel with it, after all. Our winning image this week was created by Joacrpro who shows us an alternate use for…
By Zack Zwiezen Published March 30, 2019 -
CulturePokemon
Vigoroth Is Always Stressed And Can’t Stop Eating
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 Vigoroth! Vigoroth Details Type: Normal Average Height: 4‘ 07″ Average Weight: 102.5 lbs. First Added In Generation III Vigoroth…
By Zack Zwiezen Published March 30, 2019 -
CultureMorning CheckpointGordon Ramsay Hates People Who Cook Their Gundams
Today we find out that Gordon Ramsay hates deep fried Gundams, learn what dreams you have when you are asleep for three weeks and share some stories about when our heads explode. It’s Morning Checkpoint! Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week Like most weeks, Kotaku was filled with some great stories. Here are a…
By Zack Zwiezen Published March 30, 2019 -
Culture
Valve Breaks Silence Around Artifact, Says It Plans To Fix ‘Deep-Rooted’ Issues
In the past week, Artifact’s peak concurrent player count hasn’t even reached 500. Mere months after its November 28 launch, the Valve-developed card game is floundering. Now the Artifact team has decided it’s time to reshuffle the deck. In a blog post breaking the lengthy silence surrounding the DOTA 2 spin-off’s uncertain future, Valve admitted…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 29, 2019 -
CultureTwitch
Overwatch Pro Blocks Racist Message With His Own Face During Stream
During a recent stream, New York Excelsior Overwatch player and impossibly pleasant married person Jong-ryeol “Saebyeolbe” Park came up against a particularly unpleasant foe. Another player decided to use Overwatch’s in-game notification system to spam Saebyeolbe with a racist message he couldn’t immediately block. The racist assbag in question continuously sent Saebyeolbe friend requests using…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 29, 2019 -
Culture
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for having volunteered to go to something annoyingly far from my house, but there are worse ways to spend a Saturday morning than reading on a long commute. The weekend is also for video games. I’m excited to check out Risk of Rain 2. I own Risk of Rain on both my…
By Riley MacLeod Published March 29, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game Diary
My Sims Won’t Freaking Stay In One Place To Finish A Meal
Where do you eat dinner? At the table? On the couch? In your bed? If you’re a Sim, you eat all of your meals at all three of those places consecutively during the same meal. I’m freaking sick of it. In The Sims 4, Sims refuse to sit and stay seated while they eat. I…
By Gita Jackson Published March 29, 2019 -
CultureYouTubeMan Makes A Real Version Of Sekiro‘s Umbrella Shield
In Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, there is a metal umbrella that can protect against attacks. Inventor Colin Furze decided to make a real-world version and then shoot firecrackers and fire at himself. The original in-game Loaded Umbrella is quite a stylized concept, so it’s neat to see that a real-world version does work as an…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 29, 2019 -
Culture
The Art Of Far Cry: New Dawn
For a post-apocalyptic game, set after the world is turned to fire and ash, Far Cry: New Dawn sure is pretty. So let’s look tonight at some of the art that went into the game’s conception and production. This isn’t everything from everyone who worked on the game, but it’s a selection that’ll give you…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2019 -
CultureCosplay
When Fashion Photography Meets Cosplay
Rizaldy Celi is a fashion photographer who is just getting into cosplay, and I love the way he’s bringing his eye for the former into his work on the latter. You can see more of Rizaldy’s stuff at his Instagramand personal site
By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2019 -
CultureSplitscreen
We’re Very Skeptical Of Google Stadia
It’s been a week since the Google Stadia announcement at GDC, and its big promises still don’t add up. Who is Stadia for? Could it ever work from a technical standpoint? Why should game developers or streamers be excited about it when it’s not clear how the heck they could ever expect to make any…
By Maddy Myers Published March 28, 2019 -
Culture
Devil May Cry 5‘s Director Tells Us How They Made Combat Feel So Damn Good
Devil May Cry 5 is a fever dance of slashes, air-steps, and ball-crushingly powerful grapples—a bloody monster mash caught somewhere between street brawl and mosh pit. It’s also, according to director Hideaki Itsuno, a “good-feeling” game. When I met him at Capcom’s offices in San Francisco last Wednesday, I wanted to know exactly what that…
By Heather Alexandra Published March 28, 2019
