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CultureGuy Speedruns Diablo II Without Attacking Anything
Perhaps my favorite thing about the speedrunning community is how often they find clever, ridiculous ways to play games. Take Diablo II. Instead of simply doing a quick run through Blizzard’s iconic action game, a man going by the handle DrCliche decided to blaze through the game without attacking anything. It is perhaps the most…
By Jason Schreier Published April 19, 2017 -
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It’s A Lot Of Work To Make Just One Video Game Poster
When Star Wars: Battlefront II was officially announced, alongside the trailer came the release of this poster image, which you’re going to see a lot of over the next six months. And when you do, be sure to notice how much devil is in its details. Here is a series of shots zooming in and…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 18, 2017 -
CultureOverwatch, But Also With Cats
Overwatch is good with dogs. Thus it is written, it is also good with cats. These are all the work of Alice Bissonnet, an artist and animator from France who is a graduate ofthe famous Goeblins school The images were all drawn last year as part of a charity drive, with the proceeds of each…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 18, 2017 -
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First 100% Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Speedrun Takes 49 Hours
The fastest speedruns in Breath of the Wild are slightly over forty minutes. Link wakes up, rushes to Ganon, and saves the world in the blink of an eye. But the game is full of treasures to find and other tasks to complete. A new speedrun to collect everything takes over two days to fully…
By Heather Alexandra Published April 18, 2017 -
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A Spoiler-Packed Chat About Horizon Zero Dawn‘s Excellent Story
Three Kotaku staffers have finished the new PlayStation 4 game Horizon Zero Dawn, so it feels like time to talk it all. Join me, Kirk, and Patricia for some SPOILERY talk about Aloy’s wild robot adventures. Jason Schreier: Alright, let’s talk about Horizon Zero Dawn. Now that the game has been out for nearly two…
By Jason Schreier Published April 18, 2017 -
CultureCosplayOsaka’s Cosplay Scene Is Stealing Hearts
Osaka’s Nipponbashi Street Festival was held earlier this month, and there was a lot of fantastic cosplay to be found as part of the fun. Because I am unhealthily obsessed with Persona 5 at the momentmy favourite is this killer Ann/Panther, but there’s a lot of other great stuff captured in this vid by Rescue…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 17, 2017 -
CultureCosplayDallas, Your Cosplay Is Very Good
From March 31 to April 2, Fan Expo Dallas was held in Texas, and there was some fantastic cosplay on show, from some tiny Lannisters to a giant Godzilla. Mineralblu was there taking some photos and shooting a vid, which you can see below. If you want to see more, you can check out more…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 17, 2017 -
CultureDamnit Jaal I’m Trying To Work
Today on Highlight Reel we have exploding cars, surprise kills, bottle flips, an incredibly depressing Nier clip, 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!…
By Chris Person Published April 17, 2017 -
CultureSnacktaku Drinks Starbucks’ Unicorn Frappuccino
Launching this week at Starbucks locations across the country, the Unicorn Frappuccino is a unique blend of oddly-purple mango and all the sour in the entire world. Nothing screams “unicorn” like those two things. Except maybe a man being murdered by a unicorn. Before we begin, in the interest of full disclosure I must point…
By Mike Fahey Published April 17, 2017 -
CultureThe ‘Fairy Trick’ In Wind Waker HD Shows The Brutal Role RNG Can Play In Speedrunning
Last Tuesday, the Any% speedrunning world record for The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD was about three hours. Now, less than a week later, it’s been cut in half, thanks in part to one super lucky fairy. The records for running Wind Waker HD first began collapsing thanks to the Barrier Skip, an…
By Ethan Gach Published April 16, 2017 -
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The Week In Games: Telltale Thanos
Some weeks are deader than others. Before the modern age of Marvel, whose recent gaming outings are monopolized mostly by Disney Infinity (RIP!)and the Lego series, there was Marvel Super Heroes, a Capcom fighter that came out a year before the first Marvel vs. Capcom. The Infinity Gauntlet arc’s only real game adaptation, Thanos finally…
By Ethan Gach Published April 16, 2017 -
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Sunday Comics: Roommate Interviews
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 April 13. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published April 10. Read more…
By Ethan Gach Published April 16, 2017
