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CultureKotaku Game DiaryThe Unexpected Difficulty Of Choosing Who To Play As In Hunting Simulator
I’ve always been curious about hunting sims, mostly because I want to vicariously wander around the woods. I’m excited to check a recent one that just got ported to the Switch, but right now I can’t decide which character to pick. Hunting Simulator launched for consoles and PC last year and arrived on Switch last…
By Riley MacLeod Published July 18, 2018 -
Culture
Bro, Relax
André Lima Araújo is a comics artist from Portugal who has worked on series like Black Panther and Generation Gone, which he co-created. You can see more of Araújo’s work at his personal site Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best of both their professional and personal…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 17, 2018 -
Culture
What We Loved (And Really Loved) About Sorry To Bother You
Tim Rogers and Gita Jackson had a chance to see Sorry To Bother You, a movie so creative and wild watching feels like being transported briefly to new but familiar universe. We sat down to dissect every bit of this potent and hilarious movie. Spoilers abound. Gita Jackson: So, Tim, we both saw Sorry To…
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CultureCosplayThe Brands Are Into Cosplay Now
Money has been finding its way into the cosplay community for years now, but usually it’s been in the form of sponsorships or paid appearances, not—as Arby’s has just done—directly joining in on the fun. The company—which specialises in fast food and nerd jokes on Twitter—worked with cosplay costume and props builder Volpin Props to construct…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2018 -
CultureUnder A Porcelain Sun is a first-person adventure set in a surrealist colonial India. It’s about two thieves searching for the mythical city Kayamgadh. Along the way, they’ll encounter castles of glue, wax people, and other strangeness. It comes from a studio in India called Oleomingus and will be out this summer.
By Nathan Grayson Published July 16, 2018 -
Culture
A World You Can Hold In The Palm Of Your Hand
Li-Yu Lin, originally from Taiwan but currently living in Denmark, is an artist and designer at LEGO. As a side project she builds these tiny little dioramas, which at first look like polygonal 3D models, but which are actually handmade papercraft, cut and folded with absolute precision. The pieces are for sale on her personal…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2018 -
CultureFortnite Cart Does Sick Flip
Today on Highlight Reel we have big ships, skinless giants in Fortnite, cart tricks, 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! Catch up on…
By Chris Person Published July 16, 2018 -
CultureSplitscreen
Nathan Fillion Tells Us How That Great Uncharted Fan Film Happened
How did Nathan Fillion wind up playing Nathan Drake in an Uncharted fan-film? And who really voiced Cayde-6 during that E3 trailer? On a bonus episode of Kotaku Splitscreen, we discuss. Speaking on Splitscreen this afternoon to promote the excellent Uncharted fan film he put out this morning, Fillion explained that he’d met the director,…
By Jason Schreier Published July 16, 2018 -
CultureGlitched Half-Life Speedrun Teleports Through The Game In Under Seven Minutes
A team of speedrunners have annihilated Half-Life, crafting a speedrun that uses a strange teleportation glitch to finish the game in a little over six minutes. The run was performed by members of the SourceRuns community, which is dedicated to hosting speedruns for games that use the GoldSrc (called “Gold Source”) or Source engine. It…
By Heather Alexandra Published July 16, 2018 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryThe PS1 Strategy Game That Nails Robotic Destruction
In Front Mission 3’s 18th battle, I’m on a naval base facing down two giant walking artillery cannons, four Gundam-like mechs, and an apache helicopter. It isn’t the most challenging tactical role-playing game from the PS1 era, but like lots of games from that era it’s prone to the occasional difficulty spike. Unlike many other…
By Ethan Gach Published July 16, 2018 -
Culture
The Week In Games: Sonic And Chicken Assassins
It feels like we’re right in the middle of summer, but lucky for you there are a lot of games to sink your teeth and time into coming out this week. If you’re the kind of person who likes a retro romp, you might enjoy the revamped stylings of Sonic Mania Plus, an even-more-stuff edition…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published July 16, 2018 -
CultureShop Contest
‘Shop Contest: Palpatine Deserves To Be Everywhere
Dice have decided that Emperor Palpatine is too powerful, so they have removed him from the game until he can be brought down to normal human power levels. That dude’s a Sith lord, though, so he should be powerful. And he should also be everywhere. I have a lot of love in my heart for…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published July 15, 2018 -
CultureSplitscreenListen To Us Talk About Octopath Traveler
Tim Rogers and I have both played a lot of Octopath Traveler, the next big role-playing game for the Nintendo Switch, and you can hear us talk about it on this week’s Kotaku Splitscreen Kirk’s off this week, but Tim’s around to help me dissect what’s good and bad about Octopath Traveler. We both love…
By Jason Schreier Published July 15, 2018 -
Culture
Sunday Comics: Scary Cuddle
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 July 9. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published July 12. Read more of Corpse Run Double XP by…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published July 15, 2018
