Culture

Riot Reveals New Valorant Agent, Reyna

The official Valorant Twitter account released a short teaser today showing off a new character coming to the game. Her name is Reyna and she reminds of someone… Reyna is from Mexico and after teasing the character recently, Riot showed off about 30 seconds of gameplay in a small video. The video also seems to…

Munchlax Hides Food In Its Body Hair And Then Forgets About It

Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Munchlax! Munchlax Details Type: Normal Average Height: 2′ 00″ Average Weight: 231.5 lbs First Added In Generation IV When…

The first DLC for Minecraft Dungeons will be released in July and will add new missions, weapons, and a jungle area. Mojang also revealed a second DLC called “Creeping Winter” will be released later this year and that crossplay is coming in a free update, though no release date was given.

How’s It Going?: Lazy Edition

I’m sure you all have been waiting for a long time. So, I’m happy to announce that our daily open thread is…open! These last few days I’ve been extremely lazy. I had Monday off and then had Tuesday and Wednesday off too. (Weekend Editors have weird work weeks.) So I mostly just…did nothing. Which was…

Creepy Monkey

Hello! This week we talk about the latest big-budget video game flop, discover how gross pelicans can be, check out the new Fast & Furious game, play video games while eating, and meet a creepy monkey in Animal Crossing. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week I have a few rules in my home. But…

Street Fighter V Costume Design Contest Is Asking For Free Labor

Capcom recently opened a special contest for Street Fighter V, asking fans to submit costume designs for possible inclusion in the fighting game’sfinal season. On the surface this may seem like a cool way to interact with fans, but the lack of any monetary compensation makes it all too easy to view this contest as…

Maneater‘s Orca Tank Is Terrifying, Even As A Godlike Megashark

I’m absolutely in love with Maneater, the new shark game from Tripwire Interactive. Nothing in video games has ever made me feel as powerful as cruising the Louisiana bayou and wantonly chomping passing barracuda. But one setpiece managed to inject my shark-inspired reverie with a terror made only more potent by the rest of the…

I’m streaming Minecraft Dungeons live! Come hang out with us in the chat

Holy Shit I Found A Switch

A couple of days ago, I wrote a piece about how hard it is to find a Nintendo Switch. With the covid-19 outbreak temporarily halting production of the console in China, and scalpers seizing the opportunity to buy up and flip the Switch for usurious prices, nary a Switch is to be found on American…

GTA Online‘s Mini Cooper Week Hasn’t Won Over The Haters

Small cars are the focus of the latest Grand Theft Auto Online event, and the community has reacted with jokes, anger, and a bit of confusion. For those who are upset, it seems you can blame a classic film from the 1960s for this week’s Mini Cooper themed festivities. The Weeny Issi is GTA’s parody…

As Streamers Spread Dangerous Conspiracy Theories, Twitch Does Little To Stop Them

In the past few days, an alarming headline has made the rounds: “Half of Fox News viewers think Bill Gates is using pandemic to microchip them, survey suggests.” This idea is nonsense, of course, but coronavirus conspiracy theories have spread almost like the virus itself across the meticulously calibrated algorithmic networks of sites like YouTube,…

Sony Will Finally Show PlayStation 5 Games On June 4

Sony will show off games for the PlayStation 5 during an official online showcase at 4pm ET on Thursday June 4. In a blog post today, Sony boss Jim Ryan promised that the showcase will include games and will run “a bit more than an hour.” That’s why I’m excited to share that we will…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for either doing laundry in the tub again (nooo) or trying to find an open laundromat to brave, because the clean shirts situation has grown dire. It’s also for playing video games. The BioShock Collection’s Switch release has got me itching to replay those games, though it’s hard to justify spending money on…

Aww, Apple Arcade’s Got A Spongebob Game Now

Every game platform or service worth its salt needs a Spongebob Squarepants game. Now’s Apple Arcade’s time. Spongebob: Patty Pursuit has arrived. Patty Pursuit is a colorful auto-running platformer with plenty of jumping, stomping, wall-hopping, and treasure collecting. Plankton has kidnapped Spongebob’s friends and stolen the secret Krabby Patty formula, but for some reason left…

Tree Patterns. Essex, New York. By Dan Smith | Instagram JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line

Track: Gratitude | Artist: Beastie Boys | Album: Check Your Head

Winners Of Counter-Strike Tournament Banned After The Event For Cheating

Cheaters get banned every day, but something you don’t see too often is the cheaters getting banned after winning a tournament. That’s the awkward position Red Bull has found themselves in this week, announcing that the winners of the Finnish Red Bull Flick tournament have been banned after the event concluded. The 2v2 tournament was…

Time For A Batselfie

Vincent Ménier is an artist at EVE Online developers CCP, who has previously worked on stuff like Fortnite You can see more of Vincent’s stuff at his ArtStation page

Study Shows A Distressing Number Of You Eat While Gaming

A recent study from analytics firm Newzoo claims that at least 80 percent of video game fans eat or drink something while they sell turnips in Animal Crossing and demolish demonic hordes in Doom Eternal. Assuming I didn’t already hate gamers, this is all it would take to push me over the edge. Newzoo’s findings,…

Ask Dr. NerdLove: How Do I Recover From Being A Lifelong Fuckup?

Hello, all you Twitternet spooklets of sexcrime, and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only advice column that helps you find real love in a virtual world. This week, we’re solving the little glitches in the Matrix that’re keeping your relationship from being the perfect, leather-clad version you wish it were. How do you fix…