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UncategorizedThis winter’s Comic Market has been delayed. (Earlier this year, the May Comiket was canceled.) According to the official site, organizers are hoping to hold the next Comic Market in May 2021 at Tokyo Big Sight. Last year’s winter Comiket saw 750,000 attendees.
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 14, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsEverything Is Cake Now, Including Dragon Ball Z Characters
He’s cake! He’s really cake! Memes hit a whole new level of galaxy brain over the weekend after a viral July 8 tweet showing all manner of objects being cut in half to reveal layer-cake inside changed how we think of reality: I think, therefore I am…cake? Maybe it’s the months of lockdown as a…
By Ethan Gach Published July 13, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsDestiny 2 Players Speedrun The Game’s Mind-Bending Prophecy Dungeon In Minutes
Prophecy is a three-person mini-raid full of gorgeous skyboxes and fun puzzles, both of which are on full display in a recent speedrun in which players cleared the Destiny 2 dungeon in just over eight minutes. Added when Season of Arrivals launched in early June, Prophecy lets players dig a little deeper into some of…
By Ethan Gach Published July 13, 2020 -
OpinionUbisoft Reworked A Famous Holocaust Quote To Promote Watch Dogs: Legion, And Nooope
You know the quote. It has various edits and permutations, but here’s one you’ve probably heard: First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out, because I was not a communist. Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out, because I was not a socialist. Then they came…
By Ari Notis Published July 13, 2020 -
UncategorizedStrong Songs, a music podcast hosted by former Kotaku editor Kirk Hamilton, recently tackled the “World 1-1″ theme from Super Mario Bros It’s a neat look at the various pieces that make up the iconic track as well as some of its influences, like the mambo stylings of Tito Puente. Check it out!
By Ian Walker Published July 13, 2020 -
OpinionAsk KotakuWhat One Accessory Vastly Improved Your Gaming Experience?
Welcome to Ask Kotaku, a new weekly feature in which Kotaku’s rank and file weigh in on the burning questions of our time. Each query is a crucible on which nerds and giants clash, monumental contests of wit, that…well, OK. It’s just another excuse to talk vidya games. You down? This week on Ask Kotaku:…
By Alexandra Hall Published July 13, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsDeath Stranding Plays Very Well On My PCs
Death Stranding, a very, very good PlayStation 4 game from Hideo Kojima and his game-making friends, launches on PC tomorrow. I cannot say the game runs well on every gaming PC, for there are too many gaming PCs and my home is small. I have tested it on two of the gaming PCs I have…
By Mike Fahey Published July 13, 2020 -
CultureTitanfall 2, As Told By Steam Reviews
Titanfall 2 is a masterpiece, a sublime blend of speed, fury, and mech buddy feel-good vibes. Unfortunately, many people are not aware of this, because when the stompy shooter first came out, it flew uncharacteristically under the radar for something involving giant robots. Now it’s getting a second chance on Steam. While a dedicated community…
By Nathan Grayson Published July 13, 2020 -
CultureRare Copy Of Super Mario Bros. Sells At Auction For Record-Breaking $114,000
A mint-condition sealed copy of the original Super Mario Bros. sold at auction for $114,000 on July 10, setting a new record for the sale of a single collectible video game. The previous record, a private sale for $100,150 in February 2019, was another sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. “How the heck did they…
By Ian Walker Published July 13, 2020 -
CultureHow’s It Going?: Snakes Edition
Oh dear, it’s Monday again. Welcome back to our daily open thread. This weekend I read Salvation on Sand Mountain, a book about snake handlers. It might be the first time I read about a religion without at least briefly wondering what my life would be like if I joined it. I haven’t seen a…
By Riley MacLeod Published July 13, 2020 -
CultureThe Week In Games: Samurai Simulator 2020
This week, Ghost of Tsushima releases. This is one of the last big PS4 exclusives left before the PS5 comes out. I’m excited to play Ghost of Tsushima, but I’m going to hold off. I’m still finishing up Last of Us Part 2 and have to deal with moving and packing over the next few…
By Zack Zwiezen Published July 13, 2020 -
CultureThe latest version of Microsoft Flight Simulator is launching on August 18 on PC. The standard edition, with 20 planes and 30 airports, will be part of Xbox Game Pass for PC. The $90 deluxe edition has 25 planes and 35 airports. The $120 premium deluxe edition has 30 planes and 40 airports. I have…
By Mike Fahey Published July 13, 2020 -
ReviewsToysHasbro Is Making A 26-Inch, $350 X-Men Sentinel Figure
On Friday Hasbro launched a crowdfunding campaign for one of the most requested big-budget X-Men toys ever—a large-scale version of the iconic mutant-hunting sentinel robot. The company was looking for 6,000 backers to pledge $350 each to get the 26.34-inch figure made. It was funded in a day. It took Hasbro’s HasLab crowdfunding platform several…
By Mike Fahey Published July 13, 2020 -
AnimeJapan Sinks Is Grim But Relevant
This was supposed to be Japan’s year. The Olympics were to be held in Tokyo, and the whole world was going to turn its eyes to Japan. Things didn’t work out that way. The anime Japan Sinks feels like a reminder of that fact. Note: This review contains spoilers. Within the first few minutes of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 13, 2020 -
CultureLooks Like Lego’s Making A Brick-Built NES That Plays Mario On A Retro TV [Update: It’s Real]
Chinese website VJ Gamer (via Resetera) has uploaded a series of photos of what looks like Lego set 71374, a 2,646 brick recreation of a Nintendo Entertainment System complete with controller, cartridge, and a retro TV set that plays Super Mario Bros. when a crank on the side is turned. I’d buy it. While there’s…
By Mike Fahey Published July 13, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Prisoners | Artist: Doves | Album: The Universal Want
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 13, 2020 -
UncategorizedGiant Gundam Will Be Built In China
Next year, a one-to-one scale Freedom Gundam from Mobile Suit Gundam Seed will be erected in Shanghai. This is the first official life-sized Gundam to be built outside Japan. However, it’s not the first life-sized one to go up in China. Way back in 2009, a totally unofficial (and orange!) giant Gundam knock-off statue went…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 13, 2020 -
CultureThe upcoming Monster Hunter movie with Milla Jovovich has been delayed from September 4 to April 23, 2021. According to Deadline, if Los Angeles shuts down again next month, the August release schedule will move to the fall and reopening theaters would take time.
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 13, 2020 -
CultureFar Cry 6 Is Set On An Island Nation Inspired By Cuba
After some leaks earlier this week, Far Cry 6 got a proper reveal during today’s Ubisoft Forward event. It stars Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad, The Mandalorian) as the main villain, Anton, who is the ruthless dictator of a fictional small-island country heavily inspired by Cuba. (It is also set in the modern day, which means…
By Zack Zwiezen Published July 12, 2020