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CultureTotal RecallThe Best Baseball Game Had Explosions And Robots
Being Australian, I don’t have much time for baseball. That doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy baseball video games, though. Especially when they’re from the future Super Baseball 2020 is a game developed by SNK and was first released in 1991 for its Neo Geo platform. It is, as the name suggests, an idea of what…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 2, 2017 -
CultureCuphead Player Beats Bosses Without Taking A Single Hit
Cuphead is a difficult gauntlet through a ton of bosses, from evil clowns to bossy queen bees. Surviving can be difficult, but some players are blasting through the game with breakneck speedruns or dangerous “no hit” challenges. Death is to be expected in Cuphead; there are tons of projectiles to dodge and enemies to avoid.…
By Heather Alexandra Published October 2, 2017 -
Culture
The Week In Games: Fast Cars And Magic Monopoly
Sometimes you gotta drive fast, on wet roads, cause that’s the only way to show off just how amazing the physics engine is. I’m not a steadfast Forza fanatic but those puddles, who could resist? For some it’s about hugging the turn and beating your previous best time by tenths of a second, but for…
By Ethan Gach Published October 1, 2017 -
CultureIt’s A Good Time To Revisit These SNES Speedruns
The SNES Classic is finally out. Whether you got one, already had a Raspberry Pi, or decided to give into the hype and go secure an original SNES through Craigslist instead, you should probably take a moment to bask in the awesomeness of the console’s best speedruns. In keeping with the SNES Classic theme (have…
By Ethan Gach Published October 1, 2017 -
CultureSplitscreen
A Video Game Writer Explains How Technology Can Make Stories Better (Or Worse)
Every writer knows that the best work comes from writing, rewriting, and rewriting again until you’ve gotten so sick of your story that you can’t imagine looking at it anymore. But for video games, sometimes that’s not possible, as discussed on today’s Kotaku Splitscreen with special guest Tom Bissell. Kirk and I start things off…
By Jason Schreier Published October 1, 2017 -
Culture
Sunday Comics: Suit Upgrades
Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics that usually occurs on Sunday except when it doesn’t. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published September 28. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published September 25. Read more…
By Ethan Gach Published October 1, 2017 -
CultureShop Contest
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Autumn Game Harvest, Winners!
Everything’s falling, from the leaves to the President’s approval ratings, and even Assassins! If you live in the Northeast, autumn hit hard this week. Monday it was shorts and a t-shirt in the most humid 80s I can remember for the end of summer. By Friday I was closing windows and raking leaves after temps…
By Ethan Gach Published September 30, 2017 -
Culture
Speedrunner Speculates About The Best Possible Super Mario Bros. 3 Time Humans Can Achieve
Kirua recently broke the world record for glitching through to the end of the game and now believes the best possible time is only a few seconds away. Two years ago, the speedrunner set a personal best time for completing the game at just under four minutes. Earlier this week, he came in at 3:05.633.…
By Ethan Gach Published September 30, 2017 -
Culture
This Week In The Business: Parley About Piracy
QUOTE | “In general, the results do not show robust statistical evidence of displacement of sales by online copyright infringements. That does not necessarily mean that piracy has no effect but only that the statistical analysis does not prove with sufficient reliability that there is an effect.” – A European Commission report finds no proof…
Brendan Sinclair Published September 30, 2017 -
Culture
The Original Fallout Is Free On Steam
If you didn’t take your first trip to The Wasteland until Fallout 3 or Fallout: New Vegas and want to see where it all began, now’s your chance. For the next slightly-more-than 24 hours, the original Fallout is free to download and keep forever on Steam. It’s pretty hard and kinda wonky and very weird,…
By Nathan Grayson Published September 29, 2017 -
Culture
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for picking up that clean laundry on the floor because you can’t step over it forever, or at least that’s what your mom would say. Also, video games. Last night, after a shamefully long time away, I hopped back into The Witcher 3. I have forgotten all the buttons. When I left…
By Riley MacLeod Published September 29, 2017 -
CultureDivinity: Original Sin 2 Players Are Finding All Kinds Of Ways To Break The Game
In games as in life, you can’t solve all your problems with violence. In Divinity: Original Sin 2, however, you can always teleport a boss from across the map to fight a different boss, thereby solving your problems with somebody else’s violence. I don’t think I’m exaggerating when I say that Divinity: Original Sin 2…
By Nathan Grayson Published September 28, 2017 -
CultureCosplay
Beach McCree Cosplay Is Here To Save Lives
If you still can’t decide whether McCree’s Summer Games beach skin is hot or not, cosplayer Leon Chiro is here to help. Chiro, who does everything from stunt work to acrobatics, was recently in the Caribbean dressed in the Overwatch cowboy’s weirdest outfit. If you’re wondering why the trees are all blowing backwards while the…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 28, 2017 -
CultureGun Fits Perfectly
Today on Highlight reel we have near misses, trapped guns, confused NPCs 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 all the…
By Chris Person Published September 28, 2017 -
CultureMy Eight Biggest Steam Pet Peeves
Steam is perhaps the most monolithic gaming platform, the PC’s biggest show in town by a long shot. It’s also a multi-layered mess of systems and ideas, a Frankenstein UI (FrankenstUIn) assembled from limbs whose purposes are dimly remembered at best. It annoys the piss out of me sometimes, is what I’m saying. Valve’s one-stop…
By Nathan Grayson Published September 28, 2017
