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CultureCosplayThe Great Cosplay Pool Party
Every June, without fail, the tropical surrounds of the Kalahari Resort in Sandusky, Ohio play host to Colossalcon, and some of the best cosplay of the year. Why Ohio, of all places? It’s got something to do with the fact Colossalcon combines thousands of cosplayers, a swimming pool, expensive cameras and the first days of…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 14, 2017 -
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E3 Day Three Podcast: Nintendo, Super Mario Odyssey
Jason and I continue our Kotaku Splitscreen E3 coverage with Nintendo’s morning announcements. Were two Metroid games enough to energize an otherwise low-key E3? Is Super Mario Odyssey as weird and ambitious as it looks? (The answer to both, basically, is yes.) Listen here: This is our third E3 episode—check out our day-one reactions to…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 13, 2017 -
CultureThe Internet Is Coming Around On Mario + Rabbids
When a marketing presentation for Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle was leaked in May, the internet met it with mockery and bafflement. But now that people have finally seen the game in action at Ubisoft’s E3 press conference, the internet has done a 180. Huh. Mario and Rabbids seemed like like a totally incongruous combination,…
By Gita Jackson Published June 12, 2017 -
CultureCosplayOverwatch Cosplay Rap Video Is Just The Best
That’s a lot to take in there (cosplay! rap! live-action!), but this is one hell of an effort from a team of French Overwatch fans. Everything here works! The rap is just fine (it’s in French, but there are English subtitles). The live-action effects are pretty good! And the cosplay is exceptional UPDATE: Ah, seems…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 12, 2017 -
Culture
The Week In Games: Armed And Dangerous
This week is E3, which means tons of games are getting announced and none of them are actually coming out, at least not right now. Except apparently Nintendo didn’t get the memo. It’s first new IP to debut on the Switch arrives this Friday after a week of bad t-shirts, memes, and undiluted hype. What…
By Ethan Gach Published June 12, 2017 -
CultureSplitscreen
E3 Day One Podcast: Microsoft, EA, Xbox One X
Jason and I kick off our Kotaku Splitscreen E3 coverage with reactions to EA and Microsoft’s press conferences. Is Xbox One X a good name? Was Janina Gavankar enough to carry EA’s disappointing show? Are we more stoked about BioWare’s Anthem than Destiny 2? (The answers: No, no, hard to say.) Listen here: As always,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 11, 2017 -
CultureSplitscreen
Podcast: What We Expect (And Hope) To See At E3 2017
It’s Video Game Christmas on today’s Kotaku Splitscreen, and with E3 now underway, it’s time to for one last chat about our hopes, dreams, and predictions. We open up the show with some brief talk about Mass Effect: Andromeda’s turbulent development (4:03) before jumping into E3 talk, going through each press conference to talk about…
By Jason Schreier Published June 11, 2017 -
Culture
Sunday Comics: Still Gonna Buy It
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 June 6. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published June 5. Read more…
By Ethan Gach Published June 11, 2017 -
Culture
Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Speedrunner Gets Owned By Log
Last night speedrunner Zant was attempting a Master Sword RTA run of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild when the log he was flying on decided to reverse direction and wreck him instead His eventual time of 2:42:27 was still good enough to earn 7th place in the category overall (the Master Sword…
By Ethan Gach Published June 10, 2017 -
Culture
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for press conferences about video games. Also, maybe playing some video games, but probably just hearing about new ones. To be honest, I will be spending the weekend arranging a complex multi-monitor setup to cover E3 press conferences in all their glory, so I will probably not have much time for games.…
By Riley MacLeod Published June 9, 2017 -
CultureFinally, You Can Flirt With Vulcans
Today on Highlight Reel we have Vulcan flirting, boat bait, hitbox porn, 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! Sniper Elite 4 – It’s…
By Chris Person Published June 9, 2017 -
CultureSplitscreenWe Talk About Mass Effect: Andromeda‘s Turbulent Development
On this week’s episode of Kotaku Splitscreen, Jason Schreier and I spent some time discussing his lengthy reported story covering the troubled five-year development of Mass Effect: Andromeda You can listen to that segment in the video above, and subscribe to Splitscreen on Apple Podcasts or Google Play. We’ve got a pretty cool plan for…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 9, 2017 -
Culture
Nice Garage You Got There, Fallout 4
Ioan Dumitrescu is an artist based in Bucharest who has worked on games like Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Fallout 4 and Crysis 3, and movies like the new Beauty and the Beast Note: the top image is based on an illustration by Ilya Nazarov We’ve featured Ioan on the site before, but since it’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 9, 2017
