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NASCAR Driver Ragequits Virtual Race, Is Definitely Not Mad

The eNASCAR iRacing Pro invitational Series event, where NASCAR drivers are racing each other on the internet because they can’t currently do it in real life, is already giving us some spicy sports action. During Sunday’s race, which was televised, Bubba Wallace quit in the middle of a race after tangling with a rival in…

Playing Dark Souls 3 With A Ring Fit Adventure Controller Is Quite The Workout

What if Dark Souls 3 was as taxing physically as it is mentally? That’s the question YouTuber Super Louis 64 sought to answer with his latest project: modifying a Ring Fit Adventure controller to work with Dark Souls In his latest video, Super Louis 64 details his efforts to play Dark Souls 3 with a…

How’s It Going?: Neighbors Edition

It’s Monday! Welcome to another week, and welcome back to our daily open thread. Last week I was sitting on my fire escape, and I watched a dude in full knockoff Army regalia and a bright pink gas mask buy two trash bags full of horrifying, sort of zombified baby dolls from an older woman…

The Moment I Fell In Love With Aerith In The Final Fantasy VII Remake

In the original Final Fantasy VII, Aerith and Cloud’s escape from Shinra across the rooftops of the Sector 5 slums is a minute-long sequence with a few lines of dialogue and a bit of hopping. The Final Fantasy VII Remake turns that fleeting moment into so much more. As Jason Schreier says in his excellent…

The Week In Games: Cloud And His Big Sword

After years of fans waiting, being teased, seeing trailers and more waiting, Final Fantasy VII Remake is coming out later this week. I’ve never played FFVII, so I don’t have a huge emotional connection to this remake’s release. But I get a lot of folks are very excited to finally get this first part of…

Animal Crossing Update Dials Back The Damn Bunny Day Eggs

Animal Crossing: New Horizon’s Bunny Day event replaced a large percentage of the items players harvest to earn bells and craft cool items with stupid colored eggs. Today’s patch makes the egg drops much less frequent, at least until Easter Sunday. Since the Bunny Day celebration started last week, trying to collect fish or dig…

Track: Nightswimming | Artist: R.E.M. | Album: Automatic for the People 

7 Years Improving Some League Of Legends Cosplay

When a cosplayer spends weeks or even months on an outfit, it’s not always so they can wear it once then bin it. A lot of the time a costume can be kept for years after its first wearing, as it’s added to and improved upon. As an example of that, here’s cosplayer Alexandre, who…

The Beach Is Closed

Halil Ural is a painter and illustrator from Finland who has worked for companies like Dire Wolf and Gameloft. You can see more of Ural’s stuff at his ArtStation page

Track: Someone To Love | Artist: Fountains Of Wayne | Album: Traffic And Weather 

Using GTA Online To Return To A Normal World Of Movie Theaters And Stores

With most of the United States stuck at home, I’ve relied on Grand Theft Auto Online to virtually leave my home and do things I miss, like seeing a movie. Over here in Kansas, for the last few weeks, most of us have been staying home if we can in isolation. This is the smart…

‘Shop Contest: Zipper T. Bunny

Zipper T. Bunny has come to Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Folks are afraid of him and don’t really seem to like himor his holiday all that much. Let’s help both Zipper and the internet out. Your challenge this week: Get Zipper out of Animal Crossing! Place this terrible rabbit and his annoying eggs in another…

How’s It Going?: MST3K Edition

In the not too distant future, somewhere on a weekend, Zack Zwiezen is creating a new daily open thread. In these dark times, we all need some good laughs and something to distract us from the outside world, if only for a few hours. Or we at least need to have something fun in the…

Sunday Comics: Stay Over There!

Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published April 2. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published March 30. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…

‘Shop Contest: Nemesis Is Here, Winners!

The Resident Evil 3 remake is out and that means our old pal Nemesis is back. But before he visited Raccoon City, he went and stopped by some other video games first. Our winning image this week comes from Modium who lets Nemmy get a bit more violent than usual. Nemesis visited a wide variety…

I Think I’m Being Hunted

This week on Snapshots, cute bunnies, big leaps, tall cliffs, some fast motorcycles in Driveclub, bloody clothes and one big monster in Animal Crossing. “Its vision is based on movement… I hope..” Kotaku Snapshots is a weekly look at some of the best, funniest and coolest screenshots players have taken in their favorite games. If…

19 Flavors Of Bang Energy Reviewed (And Then Mixed Together)

One of the most successful and well-known energy drink brands on the market right now is Bang, which comes in a huge variety of flavors.

Ubisoft San Francisco has announced that after 383 weeks they are done adding new DLC to Rocksmith 2014: Remastered. The game’s total song library now stands at 1570 songs spanning seven decades. Ubisoft San Francisco also revealed they have been working on a new project, which is why they are moving away from making more…

Cubchoo Has Cold Snot Dripping Out Its Nose That Powers Its Attacks

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 Cubchoo! Cubchoo Details Type: Ice Average Height: 1′ 08″ Average Weight: 18.7 lbs First Added In Generation V Can…

How’s It Going?: Mac And Cheese Edition

I hope this Saturday is going well for all of you. Welcome back to our daily open thread. Mac and cheese is amazing. I’m sure many agree with me on this, but I also feel like mac and cheese doesn’t get enough love. These past few weeks, a nice warm bowl of mac and cheese…