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CultureThe Internet Reacts To Kinect-Free Xbox One
Starting in June, the Xbox One will be available without the Kinect, enabling Microsoft to sell the console at a cheaper price-point. It’s a controversial move that many were hoping Microsoft would eventually make—which also means it’s a move that plenty of people have opinions on. Overall, reactions mostly fall in a few camps: snark,…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 13, 2014 -
Culture
Welcome To The Velvet Room
Ilya Kuvshinov works at NARRA8, a company that makes visual novels. You might be more interested in Ilya’s fan art, though, especially if you like Persona, Metal Gear, Blade Runner or Ico. Or, you know, Crimean attorneys You can see more of Ilya’s work at his DeviantArt page. To see the larger pics in all…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 12, 2014 -
CultureCosplay
Cosplay So Good It Jumps Straight Off The Silver Screen
During business hours, Manuel D’Andrea is a costume designer, crafting exquisite outfits for the screen and stage. In his spare time, though, he channels that expertise into his own cosplay, and it’s some of the best on the planet. We looked at one of Manuel’s shoots recently, but his body of work is so impressive…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 12, 2014 -
Culture
Final Fantasy VIII, Completed Faster Than Ever
Here’s the newest world record for beating Final Fantasy VIII as quickly as possible, set last night by speedrunner CaracarnVi. Eight hours, 34 minutes. Pretty damn impressive. This one’s fun to watch—I can’t even imagine beating FFVIII in less than 40 hours—but if other Final Fantasy games are more your cup of tea, check out…
By Jason Schreier Published May 12, 2014 -
Culture
The Good, The Bad & The Killer Robot
Luc de Haan is a Dutch concept artist who works at Killzone developer Guerilla Games. The art you’re about to see, however, is as far from the grimy grey darkness of that series as you can get. You can see more of Luc’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 11, 2014 -
CultureCosplay
When Football And Cosplay Come Together
Indulge me for a second, but yesterday saw a rare coming together of two of my favourite things in life: cosplay and Aston Villa Football Club. For the final game of the season, away at Spurs, Villa fans dropped the usual match-day attire and went dressed as plumbers, superheroes, cereal mascots and…crayons. It looks like…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 11, 2014 -
Culture
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…
By Mike Fahey Published May 11, 2014 -
Culture
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…
By Mike Fahey Published May 11, 2014 -
Culture
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…
By Steve Peterson Published May 10, 2014 -
Culture
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…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 8, 2014 -
CultureCosplayFan 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…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 8, 2014 -
Culture
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,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 8, 2014 -
CultureCosplay
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…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 8, 2014 -
Culture
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…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 7, 2014 -
CultureThe 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…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 7, 2014
