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Cosplayers Asked On National TV If They’ve Had Sex In Their Costumes

Well, this is kinda weird. Jimmy Kimmel’s team went to Comic-Con last week, and asked a bunch of cosplayers if they’d ever had sex in their costumes. A funny enough question, I guess, but Kimmel’s tone and the “game show” element seems a bit off. Like, this could have been a cool feature on cosplay,…

Sunday Comics: Can’t Winning Find

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 July 31. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published July 28. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

Potato Salad Kickstarter Finally Concludes at $55k

The infamous Kickstarter campaign to fund the creation of a bowl of potato salad wrapped up this morning with $55,492 raised from 6,911 backers for that purpose. And with that money, campaign architect Zach Danger Brown plans to hold a music festival. Brown said in a campaign update this weekthat “PotatoStock 2014” will be held…

This Week In The Business: Virtual Reality Can Be Bad

QUOTE | “There are a lot of ways you can mess up VR really easily.” – nDreams’ Patrick O’Luanaigh, talking about his studio’s switch to virtual reality and how difficult it is to design good VR games Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “Japan is still stuck in…

The Fastest Ocarina of Time Playthrough So Far, Explained

Cosmo Wright has the current world record for beating Ocarina of Time quickly, with a playthrough that clocks in at eighteen minutes and ten seconds. Even if you’ve watched the incredible near-perfect run before when we initially posted it, it’s worth watching through again just to hear his excellent commentary. Wright explains the history behind…

How’s PlayStation Now Working For You?

PlayStation Now went into an open beta earlier this week in the U.S. and Canada. So now that the PlayStation 4-owning public has had a chance to try out Sony’s new game-streaming service, we want to hear about it from all you wonderful netizens. Tell us about your experience with PlayStation Now to date. And…

​What Are You Playing This Month?

August: It’s not just the name of a month, it’s a word that means “respected and impressive.” This August, we hold our gaming devices like the august men and women we are, ready to play some video games while sitting next to the air conditioner. It’s the last deep breath before the fall rush begins,…

Highlight Reel: Perfectly-Timed Dishonored Kills

We’ve rounded up some of the best highlights from the past two days in the gaming world and put them all in one place for you. This week: An unnecessarily complicated way to kill guards in Dishonored, what to do with a level 20 monster in Destiny, and more! Battlefield 4: bamboo, first blood —…

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

Nice Neo-Tokyo You Got Here. Be A Shame If Something Happened To It…

Gia Nguyen Hoang is a concept artist and matte painter from Vietnam who has worked as a freelancer across most forms of entertainment, including video games. The two Akira pics you see are part of the sameproject we showed you the other day. You can see more of Hoang’s art at his personal site To…

No, this isn’t turning into an Attack on Titan subsite. But would it be so terrible if it did? So long as people keep doing awesome AoT cosplay, I’ll keep posting it. Group cosplay by WTF People, photo byPugoffka-sama

The Best In Cosplay From Comic-Con 2014

Cosplay video dudes Sneaky Zebra were at Comic-Con, filming some of the best, funniest and notable-for-any-other-reason outfits seen at the show.

Accurate Zelda Map Means You’ll Never Get Lost In The Woods Again

Hyrule is one of the most iconic settings in the history of video games. The Legend of Zelda players have been poring over it in one way or another for almost 30 years now. So when a serious fan sets out to make a faithful rendition of its map, you know he means business. Artist…

Track: New God Flow | Artist: Kanye West, Pusha T, Ghostface Killah | Album: Cruel Summer Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Highlight Reel: It’s Raining ATVs

We’ve rounded up some of the best highlights from the past two days in the gaming world and put them all together in one place for you. This week: An inventive new way to clear outposts in Far Cry 3, a very silly Skyrim joke and more! MY BEST OUTPOST LIBERATION (Far Cry 3) –…

Track: Vultures Crown | Album: Beholden To Nothing And No One | Artist: Sunwølf Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

This Cosplay Will Make You A Goddamn Sexual Tyrannosaurus

This Predator group cosplay is just…perfect. All of them. Perfect. If it bleeds, we can kill it.[reddit]

“And You Say It Has Air Con? What About Cruise Control?”

Stephen Zavala is a concept artist at creative and advertising studio Muv You can see more of his work at his ArtStationpage. To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is…

Cheer Up, Levi, Your Cosplay Is Terrific

That’s one hell of a Levi. Especially when you see the work that went into the gear. Cosplay by Reika [thanks Sang!]

For The First Time In Forever, There’ll Be Frozen Cosplay

Kidding, because there is understandably Frozen cosplay everywhere. But there have been few better Annas than Amouranth’s