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Ask Dr. NerdLove: How Do I Become More Bangable?

Hello, all you spectral orgasm otters of the intertwebs. Welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the dating column that can teach you how to overclock your love life. This week, we’re going to be reaching inside of ourselves. Sometimes we already know the answer but we need to hear someone else say it. Other times, it’s…

Podcast: How Do You Deal With Backlogs?

Today on Kotaku Splitscreen we’re talking Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, my undying love for the Vita, and the Backlog Problem that so many of us deal with every day. Kirk and I dig into the mailbag for reader questions (reminder: you can send all questions and stories to [email protected]) and talk about this week’s PS4…

Snacktaku Unwraps Burger King’s Whopperrito

After six decades of serving time-tested favorites that folks seem to enjoy and occasionally screwing about with new french fries, Burger King has decided it’s time to experiment with Tex-Mex for some godawful reason. So they put most of a Whopper in a soft tortilla. Sure. It’s not quite a traditional fast food burrito, not…

The Division Dressed Very Sensibly

Tom Garden is an artist based in Sweden who has worked on The Divison and Hitman, as well as board games like Game of Thrones You can see more of Tom’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…

Track: We Can Work It Out | Artist: Stevie Wonder | Album: Signed, Sealed & Delivered Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Ten Years Later, Owlboy Is Finally Coming Out

The first post aboutOwlboy on evil-billionaire-proof Overwatch fansite Kotaku is from the year 2008. A certain Luke Plunkett tells me there are even older ones that didn’t survive a server change that same year. It’s now 2016, and the gorgeous adventure-platformer about a boy who is an owl (or perhaps the other way around) is…

How Sega Made Pixel Art In The 80s & 90s

In a 21st century world of free software, powerful computers, tablets and mice, making pixel art is fairly easy! In the 1980s, though, your favourite games had to be made on expensive and highly specialised equipment. Video Games Densetsu have gone through some old Japanese magazines and put together a collection of interviews and images…

Awesome Photos From Sri Lanka’s Comic Con

Sri Lanka had only its second ever Comic Con on the weekend, and it looked like a blast. While the cosplay community there may not be as well-established as it is elsewhere, there was still some quality cosplay on show! Even Harambe turned up (if you’ve seen a pic of this outfit floating around on…

Star Wars vs Prog Rock

Mack Sztaba is a concept artist and illustrator who has worked for companies like Firaxis, Gearbox, Microsoft and Wizards of the Coast. You can see more of Mack’s art 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…

Track: To The End (la comedie) | Artist: Blur Et Francoise Hardy | Album: Country House single Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Can’t believe it’s taken this long to see some Barb cosplay. Maybe everyone had to wait until the next time they were at their Nan’s place to steal her glasses. Cosplay by SailorsMouth

Nice Borderlands Cosplay

This is Russia’s SoranoSuzu with some awesome Borderlands 2 cosplay.

Track: Andrew’s Song | Artist: I The Mighty | Album: Oil In Water EP Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Even Dark Souls Cosplay Is Hard

This is Russian cosplayer niamash(whose Witcher work we’ve featured before) as Dark Souls 3’s Fire Keeper. You don’t see much Dark Souls cosplay, I’m guessing because the character design is so crazy that replicating many of the costumes would be so hard/expensive that it puts most cosplayers off. Not in this case. Photos by Eva

Greedo ❤ Boba Fett

Stefano Bernardi is a 3D artist from Italy working in the video game business. You can see more of Bernardi’s work at his personal site and 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…

Track: Across 110th Street | Artist: Bobby Womack | Album: Across 110th Street Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Track: One Nine | Artist: Black Cobra | Album: Bestial Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Welcome To The 21st Century, Evie Frye

Russian cosplayer Milligan Vick—who we’ve featured before—is the perfect Evie Fry in this shoot, nailing everything about the last Assassin’s Creed game, from the costume to the location. You can see more of her work here

Pokémon Go team leader cosplay by Maki Roll’s Chop Shop, Lua Suicide & Byndo Gehk. Photo by Henry Riggs