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CultureCosplayGallery2019’s Last Big Cosplay Show Was A Christmas Treat
The cosplay calendar—at least as far as cons go—has a tradition of closing out just before Christmas, when Holiday Matsuri is held in Florida. With warm weather, pools and an Orlando resort on offer, it was the perfect place to get away from colder climates and spend a weekend dressing up. Below is a gallery…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 5, 2020 -
UncategorizedFinal Fantasy Artist Yoshitaka Amano Has Done A Vogue Cover
For its first issue of 2020, Vogue Italia is trying something new (and very old), by ditching photography and devoting an entire edition to fashion illustration. There’ll be seven different covers made to celebrate this, and one of them has been done by Yoshitaka Amano, who many of you will know for his extensive work…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 5, 2020 -
UncategorizedSuper Star Wars, A SNES Classic, Was Also Made For The Genesis
1992’s Super Star Wars, one of the best Super Nintendo games not actually made by Nintendo, was—along with its sequels, Super Empire and Super Jedi—one of the defining exclusives of the SNES v Genesis era. Turns out, though, it was also in development at one point for Sega’s console. The Cutting Room Floor and Hidden…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 5, 2020 -
CultureThe Week In Games: Monster Hunters On Ice
After last week, this week seems like a flood of new games. Not too many big games, but the Monster Hunter: World expansion Iceborne is finally hitting PC this week. So if you are a Monster Hunter fan who plays on PC, get a winter coat and get ready. I already did a Week In…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 5, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Stop| Artist: Spice Girls| Album: Spiceworld
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 5, 2020 -
UncategorizedIndigo Prophecy Has One Of The Best Opening Levels Ever Made
I know all of you, or at least most of you, folks reading this don’t want to murder someone. But I also know most people think about how they would get away with a crime, like murder, every once and a while. Luckily, we rarely need to wiggle our way out of a murder, so…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 5, 2020 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: National Bird Day
Birds! They are totally fine, I guess. I don’t know if they deserve a whole national holiday, but here whatever. Today is National Bird Day. I know, I was surprised too. Your challenge this week: Have some fun with video game birds! Any bird from any video game will work. Place them all together, add…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 5, 2020 -
OpinionStar Wars Games Don’t Always Need To Include Jedi
Star Wars is a large universe with thousands of characters, planets, ships, and aliens. And yet, again and again, most Star Wars games seem to focus on or include one part of the franchise. The Jedi. Those wild space monks with lightsabers and force powers. I love a good Jedi game as much as any…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 5, 2020 -
CultureSunday Comics: Baby?
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. 2. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Dec. 30. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 5, 2020 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Baby Sonic, Winners!
Last week I asked you folks to create some images featuring the cute Baby Sonic. I also learned that some people get really angry when you call Baby Sonic, Baby Sonic. Apparently he’s too old to be a baby or something…? I don’t know. Moving on. Our winning image this week comes from MonoArtan who…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 4, 2020 -
CultureRemembering The Sad Sharks And Dolphins Of GTA San Andreas
When I was younger, about 14, I remember jumping into the waters of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, swimming around and exploring. I did this a lot. I had been playing San Andreas, at that point, for months. And then, I saw something strange. I thought I saw a shark. Digging around online for info…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 4, 2020 -
UncategorizedSome NPCs In Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Look Scary Up Close
If you dig around Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, you will find some interesting stuff out of bounds. For example, a bunch of cool, unused stuff is hidden beneath some planets. But there are also some terrifying low-poly NPCs that players weren’t meant to see up close. Popular Youtube channel, Boundary Break, released a new…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 4, 2020 -
CulturePokemonQwilfish Is A Fish That Sucks At Swimming
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 Qwilfish! Qwilfish Details Type: Water/Poison Average Height: 1′ 08″ Average Weight: 8.6 lbs. First Added In Generation II Sometimes…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 4, 2020 -
UncategorizedThis Breakfast Looks Deliciously Real But Was Actually Made In Dreams
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, according to science and my mom. But while this big plate of breakfast looks tasty, it sadly can’t be eaten. This entire meal was not made in a real kitchen but was actually created in the video game Dreams on PS4. The delicious image was created…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 4, 2020 -
CultureMorning Checkpoint100 Street Fighters Drop On To An Island…
Hello! This week we complain about the Switch’s crappy menu, get killed by a chair in Modern Warfare, see the creepiest commercial ever made, watch BB-8 in Battlefront II, learn what free games are coming to PS Plus this month and watch 100 Street Fighters go wild. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week The…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 4, 2020 -
ReviewsYear in ReviewSeven Games That Were Almost My Game Of The Decade
When people ask me to name my game of the decade, I pause. There are so many. I took away hard-won lessons from some of them, but over time, I’ve come to realize that those lessons were probably wrong. On a more or less annual basis, my game of the decade changes. This is not…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 3, 2020 -
OpinionDestiny 2‘s Eververse Store Is Getting Out Of Hand
One of the quintessential Destiny experiences is logging onto the game, dropping into a familiar activity and encountering a stranger who looks badass. Maybe they bailed you out of a tough fight, or out-gunned you in a Crucible match, or just have armor that looks light years better than what you’re wearing. You click over…
By Ethan Gach Published January 3, 2020 -
CultureThe Cost Of Being A Woman Who Covers Video Games
Now that it’s 2020, I keep thinking about how it felt to be a woman writing about gender in video games back in 2010. Ten years ago, the gender imbalance in the video game industry was not seen as a problem to be solved so much as a mundane and largely unquestioned reality. It wasn’t…
By Maddy Myers Published January 3, 2020
