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CultureCosplay
Witcher 3 Cosplay Is A Family Reunion
Luke Plunkett is on holiday, which means I must carry the torch of posting cool Witcher 3 cosplay in his absence. It is a terrible burden. This Witcher 3 cosplay comes from Russian photographer Nikolay Zarhov and features Lina Krakovski as Ciri and Roma Svirin as Geralt. I love the setting, even if seeing Geralt…
By Riley MacLeod Published October 4, 2017 -
CultureSpeedrunner Beats Divinity: Original Sin 2 In 38 Minutes
It took 81 hours crammed into a week-and-a-half for me to finish Divinity: Original Sin 2‘s main story. It is, then, hard to not feel conflicted when I tell you that somebody just beat the game in a little over 30 minutes. Onin is a speedrunner who set his sights on Original Sin 2 a…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 3, 2017 -
CulturePopular Battlegrounds Streamer Cries After Fan Says He Loves Him
PUBG streamer Dr Disrespect found himself playing alongside a fan who didn’t realize he was the real thing, and decided to have some fun. “What do you think of the guy?” he asked the fan. “I just love him,” the fan replied. Doc baited him a little more: “He can get on my nerves.” But…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 2, 2017 -
CultureGlitched Forza Car Is Very Stripped-Down
Today on Highlight Reel we have good timing, peepholes, Yakuza slash fic 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 October 2, 2017 -
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
