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Culture
The Week In Games: Back To School
It’s time to leave childish things like tower climbing, cyborg-dino slaying, and planet scanning behind and go hit the books. In case you weren’t feeling buried enough under the weight of all those open world RPGs, here’s another 100+ hour epic to eat away whatever remains of your time an sanity. I can’t wait to…
By Ethan Gach Published April 2, 2017 -
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Speedrunner Gets Sabatoged By His Own Twitch Chat During Super Mario 64 World Record Attempt
This weekend a speedrunner who goes by Cheese broke the existing record for beating Mario 64 with all 120 stars with a time1:40:05. But his goal was to come in under 1:39, something he might have achieved if not for one of his spectators spamming a text-to-speech bot. Despite forgoing the LBLJ exploit, a backyards…
By Ethan Gach Published April 2, 2017 -
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Sunday Comics: Deathly God Parents
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 March 28. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published March 27. Read more…
By Ethan Gach Published April 2, 2017 -
CultureArk: Survival Evolved just got a big update on PC. It includes underwater bases, aquatic creature breeding, teleporter pads, and a total inventory overhaul. It also adds four new creatures, one of which is an ancient horse. That is to say, an ancestor to modern horses—not a very old horse. That would just be sad.
By Nathan Grayson Published March 31, 2017 -
CultureSpontaneous Battlegrounds Friendship Ends In Tragedy, Revenge
In PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds’ default mode, it’s every person for themselves. That does not mean, however, that people don’t form alliances. It just means that they tend to end poorly, sometimes with tears. CamCANTRUN highlighted a moment in which he became pals with another player while they were holding down a house they’d converted into a…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 31, 2017 -
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What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Weekends are for reminding yourself that even though the workout routine you just started isn’t super impressive, you gotta start somewhere, and getting some exercise will make you happier than lounging around. Also, video games. I am so excited for the PS4 Gwent beta this weekend I can’t even tell you. Playing Gwent against real people…
By Riley MacLeod Published March 31, 2017 -
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Destiny Armor Shaders Are A Great Excuse For Variant Action Figures
McFarlane Toys really lucked out with the Destiny license. Not only does it get to make some cool figures and replica weapons, with Destiny’s armor shader system the repaint potential is massive. Here are four retailer-exclusive variants dropping in July. For reference, here are the original paint jobs for the Hunter, Warlock and Titan figures…
By Mike Fahey Published March 31, 2017 -
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Scully Always Was A Believer
Lisa Sterle is an illustrator, concept artist and graphic designer. You can see more of Lisa’s work at her 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 artists, showcasing the best of both…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 30, 2017 -
CultureZelda Player Beats Guardian In Underpants On A Horse
Today on Highlight Reel we have spicy boys, nude Link, streaks, Mass Effect surprises, 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! Titanfall 2 –…
By Chris Person Published March 30, 2017 -
CulturePlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Players Win Match By Staying In Their Own Flipped Car
In PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, you’re up against 100 people, and a couple well-placed bullets will take you out of commission for good. Chaos reigns. Sometimes, though, chaos can work in your favor. Competing in a duos match, Sir Lance and a friend found a car. They were planning to use said car for car things, like…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 30, 2017 -
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Podcast: Ron Gilbert, Zelda Secrets, Returning To Destiny
Today on Kotaku Splitscreen, we’re joined by Monkey Island designer Ron Gilbert to talk about his newest adventure game, Thimbleweed Park. We’re also talking Zelda, Destiny, and much more. Nice and sunny here at Kotaku HQ, where we’re talking to legendary adventure game designer Ron Gilbert about his new game. First we cover this week’s…
By Jason Schreier Published March 30, 2017 -
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Fans Won’t Stop Playing One Of Steam’s Most Popular Games, Even Though They Claim To Hate It
H1Z1: King of the Kill is one of the most popular games on Steam, despite the fact that thousands of fans claim to hate it. Now that a similar game, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, has appeared, many say they’re going to jump ship for good—and this time, they really, really mean it. Maybe. King of the Kill…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 29, 2017 -
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I’ve Got A War Inside My Head. It’s Got To Set Your Soul Free.
Vitalii Smyk is a concept artist at Ubisoft. You can see more of Smyk’s work at his 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 both their professional…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 29, 2017
