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Culture
Must Catch Them All
Claire Gary is an artist working at EA’s Motive studio in Canada as an animator. You can see more of Claire’s work at her 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 of the work of…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 1, 2018 -
Culture
What’s Your Favorite Terrible Game?
Sometimes even the worst games can bring us great joy. Over the past two decades audiences have become enamored with the ever growing list of movies so bad they’re good. Standouts like The Room and Miami Connection have led the charge with cult followings and a resurgence of late night showings decades after their initial…
By Ben Bertoli Published January 1, 2018 -
Culture
The Week In Games: That Face Says It All
2018 is here! A year set to bring us long awaited AAA titles and beautiful indie gems. Though… not this week. Winter is a notoriously harsh time for the world of gaming, and January is usually the low point of this chilly lull. But fear not! This January is giving us some exciting entries in…
By Ben Bertoli Published January 1, 2018 -
Culture
What Was Your Favorite Video Game Moment Of 2017?
Which video game moment of 2017 had your heart aflutter? Did it make you cry? Did you scream furiously into the void? Did it leave you thinking about it hours, days, and weeks after you experienced it? Did you laugh so hard, liquids spewed out of your nose? One or all of the above? Cool.…
By Narelle Ho Sang Published December 31, 2017 -
Culture
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for having just installed a new graphics card and being pretty pumped to cancel all your plans and see how great all your video games look now. Yay! While looking back, I realized it’s been about a year since I was determined to finish The Witcher 3, and yet, readers, I have…
By Riley MacLeod Published December 29, 2017 -
Culture
Ask Dr. NerdLove: Am I Too Close With My Ex?
Hello, intertube horrormonkey swarms, and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating advice column coming to you live from Thimbleweed Park. As we watch 2017 sail off toward the Viking funeral it deserves, we have a new column full of dating dilemmas and drama. And as we look into the coming future, it only…
Harris O'Malley Published December 29, 2017 -
Culture
In 2018, PUBG Developer’s Priority Is A ‘Competitive,’ ‘Crash-Free’ Game
It was a photo finish, but the team developing PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds made good on their promise and “launched” the game before the end of 2017. During an interview last week, I spoke to Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene about what’s next. Throughout our conversation, Greene repeatedly stressed that the team views 1.0 as “the end of the…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 28, 2017 -
CultureSplitscreen
Assassin’s Creed Origins Is Better If You Play It Slowly
Today on Kotaku Splitscreen, we’re revisiting our predictions for 2017 and seeing what we got right (aka: mostly wrong). We also talk about Danganronpa V3, Leeroy Jenkins, and the delights of Assassin’s Creed Origins First up, Kirk and I go through the news of the week, talking about Final Fantasy’s 30th anniversary, the truth behind Leeroy…
By Jason Schreier Published December 28, 2017 -
CultureModder Creates PUBG-Style Mode In Counter-Strike
Despite how different they are, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is, in some ways, the new CSGO. It’s the big Steam shooter du jour, and it’s stolen Counter-Strike’s realistic gun porn crown. But there’s one thing CSGO has CS-going for it that PUBG doesn’t: the ability to consume all other games, thanks to mods. Go 4 The Kill…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 27, 2017 -
CultureGoldenEye 007 Player Beats His Own World Record Twice In One Day
It was a Christmas miracle of sorts. On December 25 Ryan Gibbs beat his previous world record speedrun for the Runway level in GoldenEye 007 with a time of 30 seconds. Hours later he did it again, this time in 29 seconds. Gibbs’ feat is one of the most stunning achievements for an N64 game…
By Ethan Gach Published December 26, 2017 -
Culture
2017, As Told By Steam Reviews
One Steam review is a person shouting into the void. Two is an argument. A whole mess of them, though? That’s a deep, dark look into the collective psyche of Steam users. In 2017, we rounded up the best reviews of the year’s top Steam games and maybe, just maybe, learned a little something about…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 26, 2017 -
Culture
The Year In Video Game Paintings, 2017
Another year, another crop of video game paintings doing their best to class up the place. I invited my artist friend Curtis back to lend their expertise to my folder full of screenshots of this year’s video game paintings. We saw a lot of references to existing artists, as well as a lot of strange…
By Riley MacLeod Published December 26, 2017 -
Culture
The Week In Games: Style Savvy New Year
2018’s just around the corner. Fortunately, you can end the year in style with a new 3DS game. Style Savvy: Styling Star comes out on the 25th meaning a whole new generation of 3DS and 2DS owners will know the power of color coordinated outfits. Other than that it’s the end of the year, so…
By Ethan Gach Published December 24, 2017 -
Culture
What Are Your Favorite Games To Play During The Holidays?
There was a period of time when every December I’d start up another playthrough of Mega Man Legends. It’s not a Christmas-y game by any stretch. And it’s not something I originally got as a present either. For whatever reason it just seemed to fit, helping me take a step back and appreciate the end…
By Ethan Gach Published December 24, 2017
