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Track: Seizure & Desist | Artist: Dead Cross | Album: Dead Cross Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

If Game Of Thrones Was A Cartoon

Game artist Ramón Nuñez actually had his work featured on Fine Art earlier this year, but this new round of Game of Thrones caricatures was too good to pass up sharing. You can see more of Ramón’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page. To see the images in their native resolution, click on…

Comedy Game Will Let A Live Audience Heckle Your Bad Jokes

Stand-up comedy can be a fraught profession. If you’re not knocking the audience dead after a minute or two, you’re dying up there. Sometimes, you even get hecklers. If, however, you think you’re funny enough to do stand-up on the internet, where everyone’s a heckler, Comedy Night might be up your alley. Comedy Night is…

Purrblind as P5’s protagonist, photo by Con Mom

Track: Captain Vegetable | Artist: Captain Vegetable with Eddie and Andy | Album: Sesame Street: Songs from the Street, Vol. 3

Brutal Super Mario World Hack Has An Even Harder Sequel

Panga’s Super Dram World is a notoriously hard Super Mario World hack. Last week’s sequel, Super Dram World 2, seems no less tricky. Super Dram World is a hacked version of Super Mario World for the SNES that’s much, much harder, garnering it cult appeal among Mario enthusiasts and speedrunners. Super Dram World 2 is…

Earthworm Jim’s Mean-Spirited Satire Doesn’t Hold Up

Earthworm Jim first released on the Sega Genesis today in 1994. The strange side scroller married offbeat humor and experimental level design. The result was a hodgepodge of a game that was frustrating but engaging. Developed by Shiny Entertainment, Earthworm Jim positions itself largely as a work of satire seeking to upend various side scrolling…

Oh No, You Made The Goon Angry

Liam Grice is a character artist at Supermassive, the studio behind games like the Until Dawn series. You can see more of Liam’s art 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 work of video…

Track: Glamorous Sky (Cover) | Artist: Vamps | Album: Nana Soundtrack  Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Kermit The Frog Goes Super Saiyan

Today on Highlight Reel we have powerful muppets, boat replacements, emergency landings 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! Fortnite – Welp – Katu…

Yes Yes This Castle Seems To Be In Good Order

Stefan Kopinski is an artist who mostly works in the board game business, but who has also helped out on video games like Dead Rising 2 You can see more of Stefan’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the…

Battlegrounds Player Gets Up To Take Pee Break, Chaos Ensues

“Is it OK if I take a short pee break?” PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds player Firefly asks his duos partner as the two hunker down in a house. “Sure,” replies his partner. “I’ve got you.” Then all hell breaks loose. While Firefly is away, his character prone near a window, his partner diligently sweeps the area, taking…

Track: Magic of Love | Artist: Perfume | Album: Level 3 Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Instant Ramen Packaging Looks Like Splatoon 2

Japanese noodle maker Nissin just announced a new Cup Noodle called “Black Seafood” that looks incredibly similar to a recently released game. Hrm. I wonder which one… OH RIGHT SPLATOON 2. The Japanese at the bottom of the label reads “Squid Ink Black Seafood.” According to the official press release, the packaging has a “colorful…

Track: Ghomrassen | Artist: Bonobo | Album: Star Wars Headspace Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Final Fantasy XV Cosplay Gets Back To Nature

Since camping is such an important part of Final Fantasy XV, it’s cool that this team of cosplayers decided the best way to recreate the game was to get out into the wilds or Arizona and shoot on one of only two nights of the year that the Milky Way is visible to the naked…

How Dream Daddy‘s Creators Avoided Turning Homosexuality Into A Joke

Dream Daddy is the latest unlikely hit rocketing up the Steam charts, a dating sim where you romance a neighborhood block of improbably hot dads. I spoke to creators Leighton Gray and Vernon Shaw to find out more about how they struck a balance between humor and sincerity, criticism the game has faced since release,…

Game Of Thrones Recap Podcast: Bran Stark Is The Worst

Jason and I are back with another special Game of Thrones episode of Kotaku Splitscreen. This week we’re talking about the third episode of the seventh season, “The Queen’s Justice.” We spoil the episode in its entirety, obviously, and talk about differences between the show and the books. However, we do not discuss any leaked…

Player Cuts The Stardew Valley Marriage Speedrunning Record In Half

You can pretty much speedrun anything: Google doodles, having your video game children taken away, and even (video game) marriage. While many fans deliberate for a good while over what characters to romance in Stardew Valley, for the past year, some players have sped their courtships up through speedruns. Three days ago Underscore76, the current…

Nice Place You Got Here. Be A Shame If Nathan Drake Ever Found It.

Robin Lhebrard is a freelance artist from France. You can see more of Robin’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 work of video game artists, showcasing the best of both their professional…