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How’s It Going?: First Drafts Edition

It’s Monday. Welcome back to another week of living in this particular version of the world, and also welcome back to our daily open thread. I had a pretty good weekend, all things considered. I spent most of Sunday working on a novel I’ve been kicking around. After spending my working hours in non-fiction, it’s…

By Riley MacLeod Published April 20, 2020

OpinionImpressions

The New Animated Mortal Kombat Movie Is Just As Brutal As The Games

Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge, the new film from Warner Bros. Animation, begins with dozens of ninja being torn limb from limb. Hanzo “Scorpion” Hasashi’s young son is viciously slayed while the titular ninja helplessly watches. Fans of the fighting game’s over-the-top violence will be… pleased? This might get a little gross, folks. The first…

By Mike Fahey Published April 20, 2020

Culture

The Week In Games: Aliens Vs. Predator

Prepare for an alien invasion as two different games featuring aliens both release this week. The launch of the surprise XCOM spin-off Chimera Squad and the asymmetrical multiplayer game Predator: Hunting Grounds. I dig taking popular franchises and building out weird and smaller spin-offs. This new XCOM game might be a total flop and that’s…

By Zack Zwiezen Published April 20, 2020

Culture

Track: PDLIF | Artist: Bon Iver | Album: PDLIF (single)

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 20, 2020

Kotaku EastJapan

New Anime Episodes For Pokémon, One Piece And More Delayed Due To Coronavirus Covid-19

The novel coronavirus is impacting the production of anime in Japan. With a state of emergency declared, voice actors aren’t going into the studio, which makes recording new episodes difficult, if not impossible. Because of this, a number of shows will be delaying future new episodes and in their place reruns will be aired. As…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 20, 2020

Kotaku EastJapan

Man Recreates Cloud Strife’s Buster Sword In Cardboard

Previously, we saw the iconic Final Fantasy VII blade carved in pencil graphite. Now, let’s see it recreated in cardboard. YouTuber Crafty Transformer uploaded the clip below showing how he brought the Buster Sword to life in cardboard. In the walkthrough, Crafty Transformer shows each step along the way (unfortunately the closed-caption subtitles are only…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 20, 2020

Kotaku EastJapan

Domino’s Japan Releases Pizza Covered In Boba From Bubble Tea

Last year, bubble tea’s popularity exploded in Japan. Now, Domino’s decided to release a pizza covered with those tapioca starch pearls. With a state of emergency declared in Japan, perhaps Domino’s decided it was a good idea to bring bubble tea’s bubbles to people. On pizza. As Kotaku previously reported, a bubble tea boom caused…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 20, 2020

Culture

Blocky Building. Tokyo, Japan. By Jon | Official Site 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

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 20, 2020

CultureCosplayGallery

Please Enjoy Probably The Last Cosplay Show Gallery For 2020

In any other year this would be the time where we’d only just be ramping up our cosplay event coverage as we approached shows like Anime Expo and Comic Con, but in 2020, where everything is terrible, we are not. Instead, somehow, March’s PAX East is probably going to end up being the last show…