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Rick Grimes Doesn’t Care Where Carl Is, He’s Getting Lunch

Taken at StocktonCon over the weekend, this Walking Dead cosplay is perhaps the most perfect cocked eyebrow you’ll ever see. Cosplayer is Avery S Klemm. Pic by Xplict91 [Photographer] Best Rick Grimes Cosplay Ive seen so far (Stockton-Con 8/9/2014) [Reddit]

Highlight Reel: Your Favorite Gaming Moments

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, all clips submitted by Highlight Reel viewers, from Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, Destiny, GTA IV and more! Link any of your favorite highlights in the comments…

King Of The Crabs, I Don’t Think You Realize How Cute You Are

Based in San Francisco, Tuan Vo is a freelance concept artist and illustrator who has been working in the games industry for around three years now. You can see more of Tuan’s work at his personal site To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save…

The Week In Games: Trippin’ Out

This week PlayStation 3 and Vita owners get to tour Tokyo’s famous Akibahara district, where they’ll find action figures, awesome gadgets, cosplayers, and vampires feeding off of their life energy, transforming them into undead thralls. Man, Japan has everything. Akiba’s Trip: Undead and Undressed is the highlight of this week’s releases, at least as far…

Sunday Comics: The Latest Butt Study

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 9. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published August 4. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

This Week In The Business: That’s One Ugly Baby

QUOTE | “Everyone loves their baby, right? And you often have to tell them it’s kind of an ugly baby.” – Execution Labs’ Jason Della Rocca, talking about what it’s like to be evaluating games trying to be part of his company’s incubator program Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week ……

Track: Numbers On The Boards | Artist: Pusha T | Album: My Name Is My Name Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

This Tony Hawk Speedrun is Flat Out Bonkers

I was pretty solid at Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 in my day. But I don’t hold a candle to GeorgeThePlushie, who demolished the game in 3 minutes and 26 seconds. Take a look at it, and bathe in your game-playing inadequacies! See how fast he moves through the menus! George mentions that fraps was…

The Worst In Video Game Marketing

Before we ever get to play most video games, we see ads for them. Usually they’ll get us excited about the next chapter in a favorite franchise, or even a brand new one. But sometimes they take things too far. We’ve seen loads of ads that are meaningless or, worse, in bad taste. Ill-advised. Offensive,…

Highlight Reel: A True GTA V Daredevil

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: An anti-aircraft log, a creatively themed Dark Souls 2 hack, and creative ways to use new game mechanics. Link any of your favorite highlights in the comments below,…

The Story Behind Destiny’s Biggest Star: The Sky

Look, Destiny has some cool space wizards and fancy lighting, but as anyone who played the beta can vouch for, the main attraction of the game’s visuals was that sky It’s not that it’s realistic. It’s hyper-realistic. It’s every postcard and Western movie and motivational poster with the sky on it rolled into one. Realising…

In case there was any doubt about how great Miss Sinister is, check out this shot of her Sagat cosplay. Photo by Jason DeSomer

A Whole Army Of Valkyria Chronicles Cosplayers!

Look, even by their own admission, this movie isn’t great. But the movie isn’t the point. The point is that there’s an entire group of fans in the Czech Republic who dedicated themselves to cosplaying Valkyria Chronicles. Which is awesome

Have you seen an amazing gaming moment lately? Send it to us at [email protected] to get it included in our new feature, Highlight Reel! Check out some of the previous episodes right here For more highlight reel posts, follow the tag right here. We’re looking for anything cool that happens in games. Weird new glitches,…

The First Game That Truly Disturbed You

Video games don’t usually repel their players. Gamers are nothing if not tolerant—of horrific acts of violence, long loading times, high prices, we’ll put up with a lot. But everyone has their limits. What was the first game that turned you off not because it wasn’t fun, but because you found it morally repugnant? This…

​Ask Dr. Nerdlove: What If I Don’t Want To ‘Get Back Out There’?

Hello, Internet! Welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating advice column that’s secretly responsible for ending The Time War. This week we have a very different kind of question from a reader: how does he make it clear that he doesn’t want to date? Meanwhile, after two failed relationships, another reader wants to know:…

Lost Akira Game Spotted, But It’s Not Pretty

It’s a shame. For such an awesome manga/film as Akira is, its games have been pretty shoddy. One, however, was so shoddy it was never even released. The storyof this missing game is one that’s eluded folks for some time, but today, we’ve finally got some footage of it (well, the Genesis version at least).…

​Which Game Has The Best Intro Sequence?

Most of the best video games grab your attention right from the start. They show you something amazing, or mysterious, or beautiful, and pull you in. Yesterday, Gone Home developer Steve Gaynor made the bold proclamation that the intro to Fallout was the greatest video game intro of all time: It’s a strong entry, to…

Track: Dancing in the Dark | Album: These Wilder Things | Artist: The Ruth Moody Band Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Highlight Reel: How To Summon 6 Leeroy Jenkins(es?)

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: An anti-aircraft log, a creatively themed Dark Souls 2 hack, and creative ways to use new game mechanics. Link any of your favorite highlights in the comments below,…