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CultureThe Week In Games: Too Many Marios!
Not just one, not just two, but THREE classic Mario games are releasing this week for the Nintendo Switch. I know a lot of folks are excited about Super Mario 3D All-Stars, but I’ve never liked Sunshine, 64 was never my jam and I already played Galaxy recently via emulation. So I’m going to pass…
By Zack Zwiezen Published September 14, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsSpelunky 2 Doesn’t Mess With A Good Thing
In the original Spelunky, every run is different, but it’s also always the same. Your objective never changes; enemy behavior is always predictable. In the 100 hours I’ve spent with the first game, my skills, mistakes, and choices are what make every run unique and exciting. Spelunky 2 keeps the original’s winning combination of change…
By Riley MacLeod Published September 14, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsThis weekend, official Fist of the North Star single malt Scotch whisky was released in Japan. Bottles of Kenshiro-branded 20-year-old Teaninich-distilled single malt are 20,900 yen ($197), while Raoh-branded Glentauchers-distilled single malt are 24,200 yen ($228). Both are already sold out.
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 14, 2020 -
AnimeArtist Makes 3D Digital Models Of Hayao Miyazaki’s Classic Nausicaä
Twitter user Granicoph, a 3D modeler based in Tokyo, has created impressive 3D models of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, allowing us to freely move around still images. The result is very cool. As Gigazine reports, the models were uploaded to Sketchfab, a platform where people can share 3D, VR, and AR content.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 14, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Mack The Knife (Live) | Artist: Ella Fitzgerald | Album: The Lost Berlin Tapes
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 14, 2020 -
CultureRIP to everyone working video game retail this holiday season who will have to try and explain this
By Luke Plunkett Published September 14, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsIt Would Cost $538,000 To Buy Everything On Steam
I can’t believe I’ve never seen or wondered about this before, but it turns out you can scrape data from Steam and find out how much the entire service’s catalogue would cost to purchase. And it’s…a lot less than you’d probably think? Chenggang Wang has a lil’ site called Buy All Steam Games, and it…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 13, 2020 -
CultureWarframe Is Getting Smaller, Not Bigger
While Call of Duty’s updates keep making the game bigger, Warframe is doing a very cool thing and making sure that the game can now take up less space on your hard drive, not more. In a post called “The Great Ensmallening”, Digital Extremes say that they’ve found that “some people can’t fit [Warframe] on…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 13, 2020 -
CultureGameStop Is Closing Another 100 Stores
Back in March, struggling retailer GameStop announced that it would be closing at least 320 stores over the course of the year. That number has now jumped to “between 400 and 450 stores”. As CNN report, the company made the announcement last week, with CFO Jim Bell saying the closures would “allow us to more…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 13, 2020 -
CultureCharles Barkley Won’t Be In NBA 2K Until Older Players Get Paid
It used to be in the ‘90s that Michael Jordan was the most conspicuous absence from licensed basketball games. These days it’s Charles Barkley, not for any rights issues, but because of the way he believes 2K needs to help out some of the people it’s using to make its millions every year. The NBA…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 13, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Mystify | Artist: INXS | Album: Kick
By Zack Zwiezen Published September 13, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsUncharted 4 Contains Hidden Ghost Guns
The Uncharted games are action-packed adventures, filled with loveable characters and big setpieces. Also, apparently, ghost guns. Usually, the easiest way to do something is to just do it. For example, if you need an area in your game to have gunshots going off in the background you could just stick some guns in the…
By Zack Zwiezen Published September 13, 2020 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: A Pirate’s Life For Me
Ahoy, there maties! Did you know that next Saturday is Talk Like A Pirate Day? Well, now you know! And to celebrate it, let’s walk the plank and other pirate things. Your challenge this week: Turn non-pirate game characters into pirates! You can add some eye patches, some peg legs, or a hat. Or maybe…
By Zack Zwiezen Published September 13, 2020 -
CultureHow’s It Going?: Hot Dogs Edition
You seem hungry. Well, I’m tossing some hot dogs on the grill right now. Come on over and come chat with other Kotaku readers in our daily open thread! I feel like hot dogs have a bad reputation. (And when I say hot dog, I also mean brats.) For some reason, when I tell people…
By Zack Zwiezen Published September 13, 2020 -
CultureSunday Comics: Wiggle, Wiggle
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 Sep. 10. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Sep. 7. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…
By Zack Zwiezen Published September 13, 2020 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Cleaning Robot, Winners!
Last week we decided to focus on a no-name, hardworking and overlooked robot who was just doing his job. This robot finally got to see the world, and then some, thanks to you folks and your Photoshop skills. Our winning image this week comes from The Bodine who creates the ultimate boss: A helpful robot.…
By Zack Zwiezen Published September 12, 2020 -
CultureBorderlands 3 Is Coming To Next-Gen Consoles
Gearbox announced today that Borderlands 3 is coming to PS5, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S in the future and these next-gen versions will support three and four-player split-screen. These new ports will available for free to current owners of Borderlands 3 on PS4 and Xbox One. Those older consoles will also be receiving…
By Zack Zwiezen Published September 12, 2020 -
CultureThat’s Seven Years Of Bad Luck
This week on Snapshots we have a wide and varied selection of screenshots from a bunch of games, including some photos from Control, The Last of Us, Fallout 76, and Red Dead Redemption II. “Don’t worry, I can’t imagine the next 5 to 10 years of your life being filled with terrible violence, death, and…
By Zack Zwiezen Published September 12, 2020 -
CultureVery FirstThe Very First Skateboarding Game Was A Rad Arcade Hit From The ’80s
Long-running video game franchises all have to start somewhere, and it’s not always pretty. Looking back to that origin point can show us not just how the greats began, but how far they’ve come since. Today we unearth the very first skateboarding video game. So, What Was The First Skateboarding Game? 720° was an arcade…
By Zack Zwiezen Published September 12, 2020
