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Warrant Officer Ellen Ripley, Reporting For Duty

It’s weird, for all its influence in both games and film, not that many people cosplay as characters from the Alien series. So it’s awesome seeing this ver1sa, not just because it’s OG 1979 Ripley, but because it’s so good. I like the make-up work to increase the likeness, but I love the uniform. There’s…

Skull Helmets? Are We The Baddies?

Division48 is a small Polish studio that has worked on games like The Witcher 3, Hard West and Dying Light You can see more of Division48’s work at their studio siteand at artist Grzegorz Przybyś’ page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them…

Toy Time With Marvel Legends’ Red Skull Build-A-Figure Series

In all my years of toy collecting I’ve never managed to fully assemble one of Hasbro’s Marvel Legends Build-A-Figure sets. I’ve also never recorded a Toy Time video without a beard. First time for everything, I suppose. The six inch Marvel Legends line (the smaller Marvel Universe line has recently been rebranded under Legends as…

Snacktaku Presents Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Breakfast

While the ultimate showdown between DC Comics’ iconic heroes doesn’t hit theaters until Friday, the battle begins now, in your mouth. Originally published 1/30/16, brought back to prepare you for what’s to come. Or in my mouth, unless you want to run out to your local purveyor of fine breakfast grains and pick up a…

That Lightsaber’s Not For You, Rey

We’ve highlighted some Rey cosplay here before, but none as specific as this, which recreates an outfit she wears for only minute or two at the very end of the film. Cosplay by AlyCat

The Beautiful Sketches Behind The Witcher 3’s Ending

I know, we’ve already done a big showcase on the art of The Witcher 3, but these sketches from Marcin Karolewski are so good that they deserve their own feature. Karolewski did the work for Division 48, a studio based in Poland If you haven’t finished The Witcher 3, BE WARNED. Those who have will…

Creator Of DOTA 2‘s First Paid Custom Game Apologizes For Stolen Content

Slowly but surely, Valve is wading back into the murky waters of letting people charge for mods. Unfortunately, it seems that in some ways, history is repeating itself. Last week Valve launched DOTA 2‘s new Custom Game Pass functionality. Instead of allowing mod makers to charge for the whole of their creations—potentially roping them off…

Battlefield Glitch Or Thumb-Twiddling Gone Wrong? You Decide

Today on the 200th episode of Highlight Reel we have reader questions, horrifying thumb twiddling, bad traps, impressive UFC knock outs and much more! Watch the video above or on our Youtube Page, then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via…

A Party Isn’t A Party Without The Witcher 3’s Shani

Just when you thought a major character of the Witcher 3 saga had gone uncosplayed, along comes Lyumos to bring the wonderful Shani to life

Persona 3’s Elizabeth, by Riddle

The Past, Present, And Future Of Stardew Valley

Stardew Valley is the humble farming game that’s taken Steam by storm. People are in love with it to the point that they’re buying legit copies of the game for pirates. They’re also modding the crap out of it. All because one guy decided the PC needed its own grown-up version of Harvest Moon. Yes,…

Filled Cupcake Oreos: The Snacktaku Review

Only the dedicated food scientists at Nabisco could create a chocolate and cream cookie that tastes slightly different from another chocolate and cream cookie. Or maybe a cupcake? It’s hard to say. Originally published 3/17/2016 In this video cautionary tale about shaving completely just before recording a Snacktaku review, unaware that you’ve cut yourself twice…

Cosplay Taking Over the Streets of Osaka, Japan

Imagine so many cosplayers and people to see them that busy Osaka streets are shut down completely in celebration of Japanese nerddom. That’s awesome. This Sunday saw the 12th annual Nipponbashi Street Festa in Osaka, Japan. This year, like in the past, the streets are closed off for pedestrians. By that, I mean cosplayers, photographers,…

Picturing A New Tomb Raider Movie

We’ve got a new Tomb Raider game series, why not a new Tomb Raider movie series? That’s the question the team behind this fan-made, live-action trailer are basically asking. The video was made by a studio called Freakin Rad; we’ve featured them before, for their awesome Halo vs Destiny clip last year

Read Diablo’s Original Pitch Document

This is how history was made. David Brevik was one of the co-founders of Blizzard North. He was there are the very beginning of the Diablo series, and as part of a GDC talk he made last week has uploaded a copy of the classic game’s original pitch document. It’s not long (at least by…

The Week In Games: Further Fallout 

Just when I thought I was completely done with Fallout 4, along comerobot battles to drag me right back in. Lots of cool smaller games coming out this week, perfect for filling the gaps between whatever sort of mechanical hijinks we’ll be getting into in the Automatron DLC for Fallout 4. Monday, March 21 Hyperdimension…

Sunday Comics: Another Planet Doomed

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 March 18. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published March 14. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

This Week In The Business: The Game Industry Needs To Get Laid

QUOTE | “The game industry needs to get laid and chill already.” – Indie developer Robert Yang talking during GDC about the game industry’s problems with sexual content and the inconsistent policies of networks like Twitch. Elsewhere in the business of gaming this week… QUOTE | “How will Microsoft Xbox compete with PlayStation VR in…

Ask Dr. NerdLove:  Should I Leave My Fiancée For My Crush?

Hello, Internet! Welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating advice column that represents the last, best hope for peace in our galaxy. This week, it’s all about the woulda, coulda, and shoulda and how to deal with the ones that got away. Yes, the bird in the hand and all that, but if it…

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