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The Internet Reacts To The End Of Naruto Shippuden

Yesterday, the last episode of Naruto Shippuden aired, ending Naruto Uzumaki’s starring anime run. Fans are taking the opportunity to offer gratitude and share their memories. Naruto won’t be disappearing completely! His kid Boruto is getting a spin-off show starting next month.

The Sandy Side Of The Moon

Marco Gorlei is a concept artist at Atomhawk, a studio whose work we’ve featured a few times here before You can see more of Marco’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration…

Nier Cosplay With A Difference

All of the Nier: Automota cosplay we’ve featured so far has been about 2B. So let’s mix it up a bit today and have some Eve shots instead. This is Italian cosplay superstar Leon Chiro as Adam’s lil’ bro, while the photos were taken by FTPH

Nier’s 2B Is Ready For Liftoff

Today on Highlight Reel we have Nier takeoffs, Mass Effect leg day, tank humor, and much more! Watch the video then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below. Subscribe to Kotaku on YouTube for more! Splinter Cell: Double…

Ask Dr. NerdLove: How Do I Handle My Weird Fetishes?

Hello and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating column to prevent the resurrection of Dracula. This week, we’re talking about the sorts of awkward situations that you can’t really feel comfortable talking about… except with an advice columnist in front of thousands of anonymous strangers. How do you make it clear to a…

Podcast: Revisiting The Switch, One Month Later

Kirk and I have each had the Switch for a month now, and really, it’s grown on us quite a bit. Come listen to us discuss Nintendo’s new console on today’s episode of Kotaku Splitscreen We go over this week’s news including Telltale’s CEO departing (12:30) and Mass Effect animators getting harassed (20:06) before assessing the…

Track: Sparkle | Artist: Radwimps | Album: Ningen Kaika Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

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Sailor Moon Cosplay Is The Height Of 90s Fashion

Inspired by, of all things, this 2015 post about a Korean fashion store, a team of cosplayers, photographers and videographers got together last month and produced this absolutely incredible Sailor Moon fashion shoot. The project was assembled by CineCosu Studios’ Dominique Zamora. “I wanted to shoot a cosplay editorial that highlighted not only the scouts…

Portrait Of A Guardian

Tim Kaminski is a concept artist and illustrator who has worked for companies like Ready at Dawn and Runic Games. You can see more of Tim’s work at his ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the…

Modder Brings Unreal Tournament‘s Best Map To Counter-Strike

Welcome back to 1999, a year when phones were bigger, jeans and cars were the same size (as each another), and men larger than phones or jeans or cars were prancing around in outer space. Facing Worlds is one of the best maps to come out of the Unreal Tournament series, and arguably one of…

Praise The Dark Souls Cosplay

This Dark Souls cosplay by Cosarmor & Props won top prize at the Emerald City Comic Con earlier this month with this Dragon Slayer Ornstein ensemble, and for good reason: it’s practically an actual suit of armour. Cosarmor tells me the suit “is 100% scratch built using primarily heat-formed expanded PVC (Sintra/Komatex), and most of…

Deadpool Shows Off What Hasbro Can Do With 12 Inches

My photoshoot of Hasbro’s Marvel Legends 12-inch Deadpool figure might have gotten away from me, but the point stands—Hasbro has really gotten a handle on 12-inch figures. During the heyday of my Marvel action figure collecting it wasn’t Hasbro making Wolverine, Iron Man and Thor action figures, but rather ToyBiz, progenitors of the Marvel Legends…

Nier: Automata Cosplay Keeps Getting Better

The cosplay hit of 2017 is easily Nier Automata’s 2B, who has been everywhere this year This effort from fenixfatalist is easily one of the best I’ve seen, though.

Battlefield Tank Defies All Known Laws Of Aviation

On today’s Highlight Reel we have flying tanks, Dishonored 2 plays gone wrong, For Honor rituals, clowns, and much more! Watch the video then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below. Subscribe to Kotaku on YouTube for more!…

Rhythm Doctor is a trippy rhythm game that aims to invisibly teach you complex music and rhythm theory. It’s about doctors who save patients with sweet beats, culminating in “glitchstep boss battles” against a resilient virus. It looks cool and sounds great. It’s on Steam Greenlight right now.

Track: Roll Over Beethoven | Artist: Chuck Berry | Album: Roll Over Beethoven (single) Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Excellent Cosplay This Weekend In Osaka 

On Sunday, the streets of Osaka’s geek area Nipponbashi were overrun with cosplayers, photographers, and rubberneckers. Last year, an estimated250,000 people showed up. I’m betting even more were on hand this year. Once again, the cosplay was terrific. (Though, as reader Yotsuba&Tochan points out, there was reportedly an incident with a cosplayer getting groped, which…

Track: S950 | Artist: Gold Panda | Album: Half of Where You Live Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Borderlands Cosplay Is A Family Act

Back in 2015, we named this shot of Feinobi as Borderlands’ Handsome Jack as one of the best pieces of cosplay for the year. It’s now 2017, and he’s finally gotten around to having a proper shoot done of the outfit. What’s more, he’s now joined by his girlfriend Mary, cosplaying as Handsome Jack’s daughter…