In Japan, It’s Now Easier For Tired Workers To Sleep At Work

Japanese company Bauhutte, which specializes in gaming chairs and desks, is selling this “under-desk bed.” Is the fact that this product exists a good thing or a very bad one? Apparently, it’s aimed at white-collar workers. Famitsu describes it as a way for office workers to take a quick power nap while at work. When…

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Netflix Just Picked Up 21 Studio Ghibli Movies, But Not In North America Or Japan

The good news is that Netflix just got the rights to stream pretty much every major Studio Ghibli release, from Totoro to Princess Mononoke to Ponyo. The bad news is that, if you’re in North America or Japan, that news doesn’t apply to you. Ghibli’s homeland has its own rights deals, and in North America…

The Revolution Will Be Telegrammed

Simon Gocal is an artist at Massive, the studio behind games like The Division and World In Conflict You can see more of Simon’s stuff at his ArtStation page

Remembering The Witcher’s Terrible Phone Game, For Some Reason

The Witcher series has produced some pretty good games! Let’s not kid ourselves, though, and pretend every Witcher game has been an all-time great. Because that would mean you, like me, had forgotten all about The Witcher: Crimson Trail, released all the way back in 2007. It was a phone game developed by a third-party…

Dad Builds Custom Xbox Adaptive Controller So Daughter Can Play Zelda: Breath Of The Wild

Xbox’s Adaptive Controller has done some amazing things as far as accessibility in video games goes, but the setup isn’t hard-wired to only work on a Microsoft console. It can, with a little work, also run on the Nintendo Switch, and in doing so bring an enormous smile to a little girl’s face. Rory Steel…

Respectful Fighting Game Staredown Was Actually Just A Controller Issue

As Event Hubs report, this match last night between Guzman and SpaceDetectiveKH ends up stopping a few seconds in for what was assumed by all to be an intense staredown, born out of mutual respect between two fierece competitors before everyone realised that, oh, it was just a technical hiccup. Beautiful commentary in the lead-up,…

Someone Built An Extremely Accurate Recreation Of Their Apartment In VR

If you have played VR and bumped into your couch while in the middle of a zombie wasteland, you know how weird that feels. It breaks your brain and momentarily shatters the illusion. But what if every object in VR matched a real-world object and you could basically “feel” the game you were playing? That’s…

‘Shop Contest: Goku Needs A Better Game

The new Dragonball Z game was released a few days ago. It’s not great! Poor Goku. The dude saves the world multiple times and yet he still stars in mostly bad or crappy games. Let’s help Kakarot out. Your challenge this week: Put Goku in better games! They can be older games or newer games,…

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot Is Bad, But Collecting Orbs Is Good

I wanted to love the new Dragon Ball Z Kakarot game, but I just don’t. The quests are bad, the combat isn’t fun and the whole game feels like it is barely holding together. But I’ll keep playing as long as there are some orbs to collect. Collecting orbs in games is something I’m very…

Sunday Comics: So Are They Magic?

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. 16. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Jan. 13. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…

‘Shop Contest: Patrick Stewart, Winners!

Last week I found a great photo of Patrick Stewart and decided to create a ‘shop contest based on it. The results were better than I expected! Let’s ENGAGE with some content.. (Get it, like Star Trek..?) Our winning image this week was made by peachflavored who created an image so simple and yet so…

Randomness In Video Games Is Not All The Same

Random chance mechanics in video games can be frustrating. Missing a 90% shot in XCOM, when you really need it to hit, can cause some players to throw their controller or rage quit. But not all randomness found in video games is the same and how developers use randomness can make you scream or cheer.…

Mario Maker Contest: Going Down, Winners!

Last week I gave you all the task of creating courses in Mario Maker 2 that were all about getting down. Be it tunnels, mines, deep ravines or giant ocean mazes. Consider this a sequel to a contest a few months back, which was all about going up! I got some great levels this week.…

What Happened To Doomguy’s Zig-Zag Hair?

I love Doom 2016 a lot. It might be one of my favorite games of all time. But it has a problem. One which seems to be returning in the upcoming Doom Eternal. Where the hell is Doomguy’s sick 90s hair cut? This important piece of Doom lore was left out in Doom (2016), as…

Spiritomb Is Just 108 Angry Ghosts Trapped In A Rock

Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Spiritomb! Spiritomb Details Type: Ghost/Dark Average Height: 3′ 03″ Average Weight: 238.1 lbs. First Added In Generation IV I’ve…

Cat Flip!

Hello! This week we watch a Minecraft player electrocute themselves, get ready to go to Hell in Doom Eternal, learn about all the games getting delayed, take over an airport TV to play some Apex Legends and meet a cat who does front flips. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week 2020 is going well……

Unsolved Mystery: Which Game Industry Exec Did Joe Biden Just Call A ‘Little Creep’?

The New York Times published a sprawling interview with Vice President Joe Biden today in which the 2020 presidential candidate calls someone high up in the video game industry a “little creep,” and I’ve been thinking about it ever since. The remark came during a conversation with the Times’ editorial board, which is made up…