Hiking Gets Even Harder In Death Stranding When The Controller Is A Treadmill

Playing Death Stranding really made me want to go hiking for real. Instead, I continued to play Death Stranding. If I only had this treadmill PS4 controller, I could have gotten the best of both worlds. YouTuber Allen Pan is an electrical engineer known for wacky science experiments and strange gadget hacks, and his latest…

New Book Celebrates The Art Of The Atari 2600 … And 7800

Bitmap Books, publisher of outstanding tomes filled with gaming history and pixel art, is gearing up for the release of the latest book in its “Visual Compendium” series.Atari 2600/7800: A Visual Compendium covers Atari’s game console history at its highest and lowest points. The Atari 2600 was the first video game console to dominate American…

Fire Emblem Heroes’ New Monthly Subscription Adds Exclusive Characters And Gameplay Perks

  Can you believe it has been three years since the launch of the mobile Fire Emblem gacha game and Nintendo’s only just now gotten around to offering a monthly subscription? Launching on February 5, the Feh Pass provides a variety of benefits to players willing to shell out an additional $9.49 a month. It…

The Week In Games: The Skeksis Are Coming

Remember not that long ago when the idea of more Dark Crystal seemed unlikely or even impossible? Now fans of this franchise have a Netflix series and soon a brand new video game, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics, which is coming to all major platforms this week. I was one of those kids…

Funimation Says Anime Interspecies Reviewers Goes Too Far, Stops Streaming It

Each season, I write short, one-sentence summaries of upcoming anime. Here is the one for Interspecies Reviewers: “An elf and a human visit various brothels to see which humanoid species they like best.” So, yeah, here’s a show about characters having sex with different human-like species to figure out which one is their favorite. The…

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Nintendo Switch Hacker Busted, Also Pleads Guilty To Child Pornography Charges

21 year-old Ryan Hernandez pleaded guilty last week to charges related to the 2016 theft of “confidential Nintendo files related to its consoles and games.” When his home was raided by the FBI last year, though, they also found “more than one thousand videos and images of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.” Hernandez was…

Doomguy And Isabelle Are Best Friends

The Doomguy is a cool dude who kills demons and does it while running faster than most Olympic athletes. Isabelle is a happy little dog person who is extremely helpful and kind. These two very different game characters have become best friends, according to the many artists on the internet. And I love it. The…

‘Shop Contest: Speaking Simulator

Earlier this week, Speaking Simulator was released. I’ve started to see videos and gifs of this game pop up in my Twitter timeline. It looks…odd. But the dude makes funny faces and funny faces are great for Photoshop contests so… Your challenge this week: Create some photos featuring the dude from Speaking Simulator. You can…

J.J. Watt Isn’t Happy With Madden 21 Developers In This SNL Skit

I don’t watch a lot of sports, so I’m not sure how good of a football player J.J. Watt is in real life. But I assume he’s not as terrible as his Madden 21 counterpart featured in a Saturday Night Live skit from last night. J.J. Watt hosted SNL last night.The 3o-year-old NFL pro plays…

It’s Time For A New Pushmo Game

I’ve waited patiently and now, after almost 5 years, it is time for a new Pushmo game. I think we have all waited long enough. (Good job everyone, by the way!) The Nintendo Switch is a perfect console for a new Pushmo game and Mallo is a good boy who deserves a new game. When…

Sunday Comics: They Totally Suck!

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 Jan. 30. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Jan. 27. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…

‘Shop Contest: RIP Mr. Peanut, Winners

Last weekend I gave you all the much-needed task of having some fun and enjoying the life of Mr. Peanut. He sadly died recently and I don’t expect he will return at all. Nope. Never. Our winning image this week comes from punxsutawneyphil who gives us the true Uncharted sequel we have all been wanting. I…

Donkey Kong Has Mouths On His Feet And I Hate It

I could have gone my whole life without ever knowing this fact. But now I know it, and now you, too, know this fact. In Mario Kart Wii, Donkey Kong has mouths on his feet. If I have to live with this image and thought in my head, so do you. It is only fair.…