Japanese Vending Machines Are Selling Bugs You Can Eat

Japan is famous for vending machines. While most sell soft drinks and coffee, there are some unusual ones selling batteries, umbrellas, and bottles of sake. Add insects to that list. In Japanese, the word 昆虫食 (konchuushoku) means “insect eating”. During the past few years, it seems, there has been an increasing number of vending machines…

The Internet Reacts To Fall Guys Being 6ft Tall

Not only is Fall Guys a big hit, but the jelly bean characters themselves are also big—measuring in at six feet to be exact. The official Fall Guys Twitter account posted the above image, writing: In awe at the size of this lad. Absolute unit. 183 cm Fall Guys actual size. Yikes! I imagined the…

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I Love How Skaters Get Hype In Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2

I’ve spent a lot of time with the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 demo despite being confined to short, two-minute runs in a single level. It’s an incredible achievement that feels almost exactly like the iconic franchise’s earliest installments. My favorite part, however, is a new addition that sees your skater of choice…

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How To Use ‘Primary’ Console Settings To Share Digital Xbox One, Switch, And PS4 Games

In 2013, during the runup to the launch of the PlayStation 4, Sony released an “instructional” video on how to share PS4 games with friends. The 22-second clip features Shuhei Yoshida, then the president of Sony Interactive Entertainment, handing a PS4 game to Adam Boyes, another Sony exec. At the time, it was a dig…

The Former Boss Of Activision Is Now Making Anti-Trump Dad Rock

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Workers Leave Skullgirls Developer Over Studio Head’s Behavior

Back in June, two people came forward to share their experiences with Mike “Mike Z” Zaimont, longtime fighting game player and lead developer behind indie darling Skullgirls, saying that he made inappropriate sexual comments to them on multiple occasions. Lab Zero Games, the studio behind Skullgirls, has yet to address the allegations, prompting employees to…

Do You Still Prefer Physical Games?

It’s Monday and time for Ask Kotaku, the weekly feature in which Kotaku-ites assemble to deliberate on a single burning question. Sometimes a serious one, other times less so; mostly it’s just a nice opportunity to talk more about video games. You down? This week we Ask Kotaku: Do you still prefer physical games? Fahey Prefer?…

GTA Online Dataminers Find And Play Secret UFO Mission

Earlier this month, Grand Theft Auto Online received the big Summer Special update, which added a bunch of new cars, co-op missions, and other small quality-of-life changes. But buried in this update was a new secret mission involving a massive UFO and the theft of spaceship parts. While nobody yet knows how to actually activate…

Evercade’s Retro Handheld Has Me Falling In Love WIth Cartridges All Over Again

It’s nice that we live in a world where any game we can imagine is just a download away, but sometimes that can get overwhelming. Limits can be nice. Cartridge-based retro game console Evercade has helped me remember that. Released earlier this year by UK company Blaze Entertainment, the Evercade is a retro handheld gaming…

Games Leaving Xbox Game Pass Gives Me Anxiety

In the dying hours of my work week I desperately tried to blast my way through Yoku’s Island Express. It is the quintessential Game Pass game; released in 2018 to a sanguine reception, as enthusiasts everywhere marveled at Villa Gorilla’s ability to merge pinball dexterity with Metroid-style puzzle solving, and it’s been sitting patiently in…