Culture

Track: L | Album: Awake/Hohokum Original Soundtrack | Artist: Tycho Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Highlight Reel: The Greatest Comeback In The Last Of Us’ Multiplayer

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, a player in The Last Of Us multiplayer that refuses to lose, and more! Link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check…

Tim Tam Slams: The Snacktaku Review

WARNING: Viewers are advised the following clip contains footage of a grown man licking his fingers a lot. Note that I mention s’mores, but mostly in the context of chocolate-y snacks that have melty bits, not that they’re somehow identical or anything (eat one after the other and they’re pretty different). UPDATE: Snacktaku EIC Michael…

Star Wars vs The Ice Bucket Challenge

It’s reaching internet saturation point, the ol’ ice bucket challenge, but you can always rely on Star Wars to come through as one of the shining moments of an internet craze. Earlier this week JJ Abrams, director of the next Star Wars movie, nominated the 501st Legion – a worldwide network of Star Wars costumers/cosplayers…

​Ask Dr. Nerdlove: Should I Pretend To Be Dumb In Order To Date?

Hello Internet! Welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating advice column that comes rocketing to you from the formless void of the 8th Dimension. This week we have a letter from someone who seems to be geeky dudes’ perfect woman… so why is she so alone? Sometimes even people you think have it the…

Typical. Dojima does the dirty work while Adachi’s mind is…elsewhere. Dojima is WANTED, Adachi is xell_dincht.

From Warcraft To…Surfing?

Craig Harris is an animator who works with Blizzard’s famous cinematics team. In addition to his video game stuff, however, he’s also illustrated a cool children’s book (The Adventures of the Mighty Nomad) about…a kid going surfing. As someone who is buried up to his neck in books about animals, farm animals, cars and princesses,…

Fox McCloud In Shaved Face Scandal

Remember, Nintendo fans, you don’t always have to cosplay as someone from the Mario or Zelda universes. Cosplay by Geleebelly, photo by Martin Beck

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…