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Zoidberg Cosplay Is Up For Whatever

Using sculpting, molding and animatronics, effects artist Frank Ippolito and Tested have done excellent things with this Dr. Zoidberg outfit that was shown off at this year’s Wondercon.

The Week In Games: Platform Jumping

Between tomorrow’s launch of the absolutely charming The Last Tinker: City of Colors and several eagerly-awaited re-ish releases for the Vita and PC, it’s definitely a platform jumping sort of week. While The Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 3 keeps the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 gamers busy, PC and Vita owners play with past…

Sunday Comics: Gastric Juices

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 May 9. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published May 5. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

This Week In The Business: A Billion Dollar Battle

STAT | $1.11 billion – Amount of revenue Activision earned in the first quarter of this year, down from $1.32 billion last year; the company projects revenues of $4.22 billion for the full year, compared to $4.3 billion in 2013 STAT | $1.12 billion – Amount Electronic Arts earned in the first quarter of this…

This Will Never Get Old…

This makes Robin Williams’ Peter Pan look…well, worse than it already was. The pics here were taken by Cynthia Veekens. You can see more images from the shoot at her site. The cosplayer Manuel D’Andrea’s site is here

Why Do Aliens Always Attack Middle America?

Chino-Rino, a visual studio based in Singapore, was founded by Eduardo Peña, one of the best artists we’ve ever had the pleasure of showcasing here on Fine Art. In addition to providing art and new IP ideas for both games and Hollywood (they’ve worked on The Hobbit and Transcendence), Chino-Rino also run a school that’s…

Fan Builds Real, Working Attack On Titan Swords

Yes, they actually work! Not just the cutting blade, but the blade replacement triggers as well. It’s not until you see the progress and interior shots that you realise how much work went into these things. If you want one of your own – and wherever you live would actually let this get sent through…

Ask Dr. Nerdlove: I Can’t Get Over An Affair With My Married Boss

Hello, Internet! Welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating advice column with a gamerscore that’s over 9000. This week, we’re going to be doing things a little differently. Instead of answering two or three separate questions, we’re going to go more in depth. Occasionally, I’ll get a question thats more complex than usual and…

When Japanese Birthdays Look Disgusting and Somewhat Frightening

Last year, Kotaku first reported on a trend among Japanese students: smushing cream puffs in people’s faces on their birthdays. Things have, well, escalated. Note: This article contains content some readers might find objectionable. As pointed out on Naver, instead of simply cream puffs, youth are now splattering each other with various combinations of flour,…

Don’t Sweat It, Pepper Potts Is Here To Save You

The talented Angela Bermudez, whose work we’ve featured before, knocks it out of the park once again with this Pepper Potts (in her R.E.S.C.U.E. armour) cosplay. The outfit, armour and make-up were all done by Angela herself, while the pics were taken by Erik Morales and Andres H. You can see more of Angela’s work…

Some Fine Art Indeed

Aleksi Briclot is a legend in the concept art business. If you play video games, read comics or play card games, you’ve seen his stuff. Some projects he’s been involved in include Remember Me and Splinter Cell: Double Agent (games), Magic: The Gathering (card games), The Hulk, New Avengers and Judge Dredd (comics) as well…

The Internet Reacts To The New Pokémon Remakes

They said Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire would never get remade. That people should just stop clamoring for them, that all the places that people saw “evidence” of a remake was just silly, desperate. It was beginning to look like Ruby and Sapphire remakes were Pokémon equivalent of Half-Life 3*. And yet here we are: Hoenn…

Game of Thrones’ Daenerys Targaryen is a Pizza Savior

Daenerys Targaryen from Game of Thrones is known by many names — The Mother of Pepperoni, Lady Regent of The Seven Toppings, Breaker of Munchies, The Unburnt Crust, First of Her Parmesan. Warning: The video below may contain Pizza-related spoilers. Long may she bake. (For context, the original scene came from Season 4, Episode 4…

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VOLUS COSPLAY

YES. THIS. YES. Volus is Jerry LaRussa, while his Salarian buddy is Rebel Among The Stars. Pics are by Thomas Spanos, taken at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo.

Kings Landing: Nice Place To Visit, Wouldn’t Want To Live There

Charles Lee is an artist who has worked with companies like Nike, EA, Sony, Obsidian and Motorola. Some games he’s worked on include Lost Planet 3, Firefall and the cancelled Aliens RPG. You can see more of Charles’ work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory…

Watch The New World Record For Beating Halo on Legendary

As of a few days ago, the fastest anyone has beat the original Halo: Combat Evolved is in one hour and thirty eight minutes—it’s a new world record held by Andrew “goatrope” Halabourda, and you can watch him nail it here. To be exact, the run takes 1:38:57. The previous world record for this run…

Someone Has To Design All Those Video Game Menus And Computers

Eric Bellefeuille works at BioWare as a UX (user experience) artist. That means he works on stuff that you actually interact with, from heads-up displays to computer menus. It also means designing the stuff that characters use inside the game, so we’re not just talking a main menu, we’re talking the computers people like Commander…

Star Wars Invades American Airbase

Some scenes from Return of the Jedi were filmed around El Centro, California. So it’s only fitting that, for May 4, the 501st Legion descended on the local airbase to take a bunch of awesome photos.

Umbrella soldier cosplay by TonySpawn. Photo by Lumal