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CultureCosplay
Thor Cosplay Is A Modern Day Love Story
The Jane Foster in these shots is Kes, a cosplayer from Germany who has been building outfits and dressing up for over a decade. The Thor, on the other hand, is her boyfriend Marcel, who is cosplaying for the first time. “This Thor project is Marcel’s first approach to cosplay ever”, Kes tells me. “He…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 17, 2017 -
Culture
Deer God Lookin’ Like It Just Wrapped A Shampoo Commercial
Trevor Fraley is a freelance artist and illustrator who has worked in both games and books. You can see more of Trevor’s work at his personal site 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…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 17, 2017 -
CultureCosplay
Halo Gun Counts Your Ammo In The Real World
Jimsbeanz lives in our world, not Halo’s, but you’d be forgiven for thinking he was packing an actual UNMC Assault Rifle when you look at his modified replica gun in action Beginning life as a BOOMco Halo rifle (which shoots the company’s own take on NERF darts), the new paintjob looks nice, but the real…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 17, 2017 -
CultureBattlegrounds Player Should Have Closed The Door
Today on Highlight Reel we have Liquor Hole jumps, counter-snipes, cool chicken dinners, 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! Metro: Last Light Redux…
By Chris Person Published July 17, 2017 -
CultureSplitscreen
Game Of Thrones Recap Podcast: Do Zombies Make The Show Worse?
It’s July and Game of Thrones is back on the air. Time for a bonus episode of Kotaku Splitscreen As we did at the end of last season, Jason and I decided to get together and record a bonus Game of Thrones episode for the season seven premiere. There will be spoilers from here on…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 17, 2017 -
CultureCosplay
France’s Cosplay Is Très Bien
Japan Expo, one of the biggest anime shows on the planet, went down in Paris earlier this month. The cosplay was good. When I say it’s one of the biggest in the world, I’m not kidding around: people come from across France (and Europe!) to celebrate, and this year over 250,000 were in attendance across…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 17, 2017 -
CultureCosplay
Dancing With The Nier: Automata Stars
Hey, if Overwatch’s characters can enjoy a night out on the town, then Nier’s can spend the evening doing some fancy dancing. This is Vivid Vision (who outside of cosplay enjoys a bit of ballroom dancing) as 2B, while Shawn G is 9S. The idea for the shoot came from this piece of art by…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2017 -
Culture
The Week In Games: Inking The Town Red
The time has come, the inkling said, to splat of many things, like how there aren’t many games coming this month besides Splatoon 2 Nintendo sure timed this release well. It makes up for the Super Mario Odyssey coming out on the same day as Assassin’s Creed Origins and Wolfenstein 2 I suppose. I’m of…
By Ethan Gach Published July 16, 2017 -
CultureShop Contest
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Last Of Hot Dogs
These are strange times we live in. One of the only things keeping me sane is that Snapchat hot dog. If this meme was already a played out by the end of last week it will be a pile of ashes by next Saturday. I refuse to let this little guy go into the night…
By Ethan Gach Published July 16, 2017 -
Culture
Sunday Comics: This Is An Emergency
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 July 15. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published July 10. Read more…
By Ethan Gach Published July 16, 2017 -
Culture
This Week In The Business: Dizzying Days For VR
STAT | $400 – The current asking price of an Oculus Rift and Touch Controllers bundle. As recently as March, it was $800. QUOTE | “We used to invest $100K, $200K, but we don’t have to do that so much anymore because those people can get paid out [from the install base].” – Oculus VP…
Brendan Sinclair Published July 15, 2017 -
CultureToy Time Plays With Mattel’s 2017 SDCC Exclusives, Destiny And Otherwise
San Diego Comic-Con 2017 is right around the corner, and thousands will be standing in line for a chance to purchase exclusive toy goodness. This year Mattel’s hitting the show with stuff from the Justice League movie, DC Super Hero Girls, Spider-Man, Cars and some team-based shooter game. As with previous years, Mattel’s actually pretty…
By Mike Fahey Published July 14, 2017 -
Culture
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for assembling IKEA furniture in your un-air conditioned apartment, but you live alone now, so at least you don’t have to wear clothes. Also, video games. I’ve recently gotten on a Spelunky kick, because it makes a nice break between unpacking boxes from my recent move. I wasn’t that good at it…
By Riley MacLeod Published July 14, 2017 -
Culture
Nice Place You Got Here
Daniel Romanovsky works at Form Language Studio, a company that specialises in art for games, TV and movies (like Kong: Skull Island). You can see more of Daniel’s work at his company site and ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 13, 2017
