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Culture
The Art Of Darkest Dungeon
What do you get when you mix a little of Mike Mignola’s Hellboy with some pure despair? You get Darkest Dungeon, one of the most visually distinctive games on the market. Below you’ll find some examples of the art that has gone into the game. I mean, yes, thanks to its visual design you could…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 29, 2017 -
CultureSuper Mario Maker Community Reveals New Speedrun Playlist With Exciting Race
Twenty eight Super Mario Maker creators have banded together and created an exhaustive series of courses push the game’s speedrun potential. Super Warp World, a community-made speedrun ruleset,brings their levels into an impressive pack full of numerous paths and secrets. The game debuted last night in a blind race and it was awesome. Mario games are popular…
By Heather Alexandra Published August 29, 2017 -
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We’re Making Each Other Play Video Games For 12 Hours
Today on a very special MARATHON LIVE STREAM of Kotaku Splitscreen, Kirk and I will be playing video games for 12 hours. Here’s the catch: they’ll all be video games that we picked for one another—games we’ve never played before. From Splatoon to Suikoden, this will be a packed day full of us playing video…
By Jason Schreier Published August 29, 2017 -
CultureRobots Want All Our Ice Cream Jobs
It’s not just the factory jobs that robots are taking, but the ice cream ones. For example, look at Yaskawa-kun, a robot that serves soft serve ice cream in a cone. The bastard. Yaskawa-ku has been doing this for years. After putting in a 100 yen coin ($.92), you select what you want via touch…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 29, 2017 -
CultureCosplay
The Best Cosplay From Sri Lanka’s Comic Con
The thirdSri Lankan Comic Con was held on August 26-27 at the SLECC in the country’s largest city, Colombo. Just like last year, there was a lot of great cosplay! Below is a selection of some of the best of it, courtesy of photographer Prasanna Welangoda. You can see more shots of the show at…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 29, 2017 -
Culture
May We All Be As Chill As This Very Chill Cat
HJW is an artist from Korea working in the games business. You can see more of HJW’s work at their 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…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 28, 2017 -
CultureThe Closest Game To A Modern Robocop
miniLAW: Ministry of Law’s cyberpunk aesthetic of pay phones, pagers, robotic-suited cops, along with the underpinnings of a totalistic police system make it an intriguing game. It’s also the closest thing to a modern Robocop game we’re going to get. It doesn’t have the biting satire of Robocop but it does have a seeping dread.…
By Leo Wichtowski Published August 28, 2017 -
CultureSplitscreen
Game Of Thrones Recap Podcast: Even When It’s Good, It’s Become Predictable
Season seven of Game of Thrones has drawn to a close. Before we brave the long winter between seasons, it’s time for one final bonus Kotaku Splitscreen episode. We spoil the episode in its entirety, and also occasionally talk about differences between the show and the books. However, we do not discuss any leaked show…
By Kirk Hamilton Published August 28, 2017 -
Culture
What We Mostly Liked About Netflix’s Death Note
The much anticipated and dreaded American adaptation of acclaimed anime and manga Death Note dropped on Friday. To our surprise, we kinda liked it. Spoilers! Gita Jackson: Heather, Heather, Heather. How do we even begin this? We’re here to talk about the Netflix adaptation of Death Note, which is a movie we both definitely watched.…
Gita Jackson & Heather Alexandra Published August 28, 2017 -
CultureWe Tried Arby’s Game Of Thrones Turkey Leg
In honor of the season finale of Game of Thrones, Arby’s graced nine locations across the country with that king of Renaissance Fair fare,the giant turkey leg. Snacktaku journeyed to the restaurant’s seat of power in Atlanta to capture this rare, tasty prize. In a clever bit of unofficial cross-promotion, Arby’s selected nine cities in…
By Mike Fahey Published August 28, 2017 -
Culture
Lost
Erica June Lahaie, aka aurahack, is a 2D artist and UI designer who has worked on games like The Shrouded Isle and Children of Zodiarcs You can see more of Erica’s work at her personal site, she sells prints hereand you can check out her Patreon here To see the images in their native resolution,…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 27, 2017 -
Culture
The Week In Games: Rabbids Ahead
Summer must be winding down because the release schedule is starting to ramp up. Knack II is just around the corner! But this week belongs to Mario and the Rabbids and a few other late August slackers. Absolver’s out this week, along with another episode of Life Is Strange. And of course, the long awaited…
By Ethan Gach Published August 27, 2017 -
CultureCosplay
World’s Best Geralt Cosplayer Meets Geralt’s Voice Actor
Here’s German cosplayer Maul,who may as well be Geralt of Rivia in real life, meeting voice actor Doug Cockle outside GamesCom. This is…maybe not the worst approach to handling the upcoming Netflix series?
By Luke Plunkett Published August 27, 2017 -
CultureSplitscreen
Podcast: The Great SNES Classic Pre-Order Disaster
Were you able to pre-order an SNES Classic this week? Don’t worry: neither were we. Let’s all cry together on today’s Kotaku Splitscreen Two important announcements before we get to the main show: 1) Kirk and I will be doing a 12-hour streaming marathon on Tuesday August 29 called “KIRK AND JASON FORCE EACH OTHER…
By Jason Schreier Published August 27, 2017
