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A Day In The Life Of A Pizza Making Tool

There is no nobler profession than preparing circular feasts at a chain pizza restaurant. The tools of that honorable trade are liken to the greatest legendary weapons — Mjölnir, Excalibur, pizza pan tongs. One brave kitchen warrior mounted a GoPro to his weapon of choice and recorded an entire day of pie liberation. Beware, watching…

Highlight Reel: The Superman Exists, And He’s A Cannibal

We’ve rounded up some of the best highlights from the past few days in the gaming world and put them all in one place for you. Today, some beautiful explosives work in Titanfall and Battlefield 4, some glitched-out punches, and more! Link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check…

Track: Towers | Artist: Asteroid | Album: II Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Terminal Cancer Isn’t Your Everyday Fantasy Setting

David Cumbo is a veteran concept artist who has been at Ratchet & Clank and Resistance developers Insomniac Games for the past 7 years. But that’s not his only work. For a while now he’s also been spending his spare time creating Dreamside, a universe based on Sarah, a young girl dying of terminal cancer…

There just isn’t enough Captain Harlock cosplay in the world, especially since the recent movie was actually pretty good. So thanks, Nikita, for helping address this glaring oversight. Photo by Nippon Nation [thanks Cosplay Blog!]

The Kid Just Rages For A While

Huy Dinh is a veteran concept artist who has worked on games like Red Alert 3, Boom Blox and the Medal of Honor series (the old/better ones). One thing of particular interest below: Dinh did some preliminary work on Bastion, so you can check out a very early design for The Kid. He’s now at…

Computers, Lasers Turn Real Human Into Scary Robot

The effect you’re seeing here, applied as a form of “electronic make-up”, is the result of CG and projection tech being screened and updated – in real-time – onto a model’s face. Sure, you can see parts where it can’t quite keep up with the model’s movements, but as a start, it’s some incredible stuff.…

Highlight Reel: Counter-Strike‘s Biggest Winners

We’ve rounded up some of the best highlights from the past few days in the gaming world and put them all in one place for you. Today, the winners of the ESL One Counter-Strike: GO tournament, and more! Link any of your favorite highlights in the comments below, and be sure to check out, like…

Track: Sister Sophia | Artist: Floor | Album: Oblation Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

My World Ends With This Tribute

God, it’s not just TWEWY cosplay, it’s near-perfect TWEWY cosplay. Awesome job, Cvy (and Itismoi).

60 Seconds To Perfect Titanfall Cosplay

Malaysian cosplayer Craft Access does Titanfall, and even gets the pilot’s facemask (and lighting!) right. The crowd goes wild. Photo by Black Rabbit To get an idea of the detail on this suit, look at this close-up of the unpainted helmet: And for an idea on how hard it must have been to actually walk…

Not Every Video Game Trailer Is A Giant Lie

We live in a crazy, perverted world. A world where, in many ways, a video game’s trailer is more important than the game itself, since it’s the former that can often be solely responsible for sales of the latter. Whatever you think of that trend, you’ve got to admit that the trailers themselves are often…

I Think We Can Put Our Differences Behind Us…For Cosplay

Portal 2’s GLaDOS, Lolita-style. Cosplay by Aleksandra Bodler, photo by Dmitry Gabdukaev Thanks, Cosplay Blog!

The Week In Games: Real Ultimate Evil

Who’d have thought I’d still be announcing the impending release of Diablo III more than two years after the initial release of Diablo III? With this week’s release of the Diablo III Ultimate Evil Edition for PlayStations and Xboxen, everyone except Nintendo purists should be able to enojy Blizzard’s third installment of the game where…

Sunday Comics: Snake Hill

Welcome to Kotaku‘s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published August 15. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published August 11. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

This Week In The Business: The Feeding Frenzy Is Over

QUOTE | “All that [Xbox vs. PS4] feeding frenzy last year was interesting, but I think, and I hope, that it has run its course now.” – SCEE head Jim Ryan, talking about how strong sales of consoles make innovation easier Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “Steam…

Highlight Reel: High Speed Captain Falcon Knockout

We’ve rounded up some of the best highlights from the past few days in the gaming world and put them all in one place for you. Today, the most brutal Falcon Punch, an incredibly lucky League of Legends play, and more! Link any of your favorite highlights in the comments below, and be sure to…

Track: Ima Boss Artist: Meek Mill, Rick Ross Album: Self Made, Vol. 1 Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Track: ABC | Artist: Phi Life Cypher | Album: Millenium Metaphors Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

BIZARRO ART POST SHOULD HAVE WORDS, NOT PICTURES

Eric Spitler is a character artist who has worked at studios like NCsoft, Warthog and at Vigil on the Darksiders series. You can see more of Eric’s art at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as…