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You Wanna Ride The Rollercoaster?

This week on Snapshots, scary big monsters, starry skies in Fallout 4, cool spaceships in No Man’s Sky, some sweet neon signage in The Division 2 and a creepy rollercoaster in Fallout 76. I played some of those new missions in The Division 2 and they feature some wonderful art and visuals. Check that stuff…

Mawile Will Eat You Up In One Big Chomp

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 Mawile! Mawile Details Type: Steel/Fairy Average Height: 2′ 00″ Average Weight: 25.4 lbs. First Added In Generation III I’ll…

Be Very Suspicious, Anything Could Be A Cake

Hello! This week we play some creepy demos, learn about the new Division 2 expansion, find out what’s hidden in the files of Pokemon Home, watch Fred Flintstone eat too much and cut up some disturbingly real-looking cakes. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week I never thought about how Fallout 4‘s VATS system could…

Coffee Talk Is A Sleepy Little Game In A Magical, ‘Post-Racial’ World

I’ve been holding off on playing Coffee Talk even after reading Heather’s positive impressions the other day. It wasn’t until Kotaku’s Senior Editor Natalie Degraffinried was in town when I finally had a good excuse to play it, which we did for the first time together on video. What I wasn’t fully prepared for was…

Jedi: Fallen Order Almost Couldn’t Include The Word ‘Jedi’

At the D.I.C.E. Summit in Las Vegas earlier this week, Respawn Entertainment director Stig Asmussen sat down for a brief fireside chat about Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. The talk provided a peek behind the curtain on the game’s development, including the revelation that the studio almost had to tiptoe around using the official Jedi…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for a three-day weekend, which should always be the length of weekends. I am going to do chores, and do nothing, and play some video games. I started tinkering around with The Swindle on my Switch last night. It’s a stealth robbery game I played a lot of when it came to…

Why The Heck Is Mew Hanging Out With Professor Oak

It’s fitting that Pokémon Masters, DeNA’s mobile take on the ever-popular series, used Valentine’s Day to introduce some of my earliest loves: Professor Oak and Mew. The sync pair is currently free for every player who logs into the game until March 15 Pokémon Masters marks the first time Professor Oak himself has stepped into…

Final Fantasy XIV‘s Wedding Attire Will No Longer Be Tied To Character Gender

There’s a saying among some Final Fantasy XIV players: “glamour is the true endgame.” While there are plenty of high tier raids and continuing story quests, fashion is a key component of the game, and today brings some good news for players who put fashion first. In the lead-up to the next round of fresh…

The Final Fantasy VII Remake Opening Is A Little Longer And A Lot Prettier

The opening movie for Final Fantasy VII starts with a field of stars, fades into Aeris, pulls back to reveal the city of Midgar, and then follows Cloud and Barret’s train to its destination. The Final Fantasy VII Remake opening does that too, only prettier and with a lot more Midgar. As iconic as it…

Track: Merry-Go-Round | Artist: Joe Hisaishi | Album: Dream Songs 

Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge from Brooklyn. New York. By Christopher VanDuyn. 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

Saving It For A Rainy Day

Mauro Cerati is an artist who has worked on stuff like Street Fighter V and Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite You can see more of Mauro’s stuff at his ArtStation page

Even Ronda Rousey Has An Exclusive Video Game Streaming Deal Now

Noted World of Warcraft fan, Mortal Kombat character, person with bad opinions about trans rights, and also WWE wrestler Ronda Rousey is diving headfirst into the lucrative world of video game streaming. She’s announced that, beginning next week, she’ll be doing it exclusively on Facebook. In a post on Instagram, Rousey described video game streaming…

The Unpredictable Challenges Of Gaming With Cerebral Palsy

The world of video games should be one without limits. Sadly, this is often not the case. As a lifelong gamer who also happens to have cerebral palsy, my own experiences with video games have been both helped and hindered by their mechanics. Cerebral palsy manifests itself differently in every person who is diagnosed with…

What The Hell Has Final Fantasy VII Remake Done To Carbuncle

Square Enix released a big batch of new Final Fantasy VII Remake screenshots today, including one of Carbuncle, who is usually one of the Final Fantasy series’ cutest summons. It now looks like an alien from a 1950s science fiction B-movie. Is it a fox or a dog? Why is its head so big? Why…

Sega’s New Sakura Wars Game Launches Worldwide April 28

Released in Japan this past December, the soft reboot of Sega’s long-running steampunk mecha series, simply titled Sakura Wars, is set to release on PlayStation 4 on April 28. It’s an action role-playing game. And a dating sim. And a visual novel. It’s Sakura Wars, and Sakura Wars is great. For those unfamiliar with the…

Hatsune Miku’s Switch Game Is Out In Japan With A Fancy Playable Demo

Back in the less-wild, more lawful days of region locking, a new game featuring virtual songstress Hatsune Miku coming out on a Nintendo system in Japan meant a run on import shops. But the Switch is region free, and anyone with an easy-to-setup Japanese eShop account can hop online and grab Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA…

Track: Sakura ga Saku Mae ni | Artist: Kinoko Teikoku | Album: Sakura ga Saku Mae ni (single)

Taika Waititi Now Isn’t Sure If He’s Directing The Live-Action Akira Movie

For years now, the live-action Akira film has languished in development hell. The project has cycled through a handful of directors, but the current attached director, Taika Waititi, is no longer sure if he’ll be doing the film. Warners Bros. first got the live-action movie rights to Akira back in 2002. Over the years, Stephen…

Catedral de Sevilla. Sevilla, Spain. By Christopher VanDuyn. 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