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CulturePokemonHaunter Has A Very Deadly Tongue
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 Haunter! Haunter Details Type: Ghost/Poison Average Height: 5′ 03″ Average Weight: 0.2 lbs. First Added In Generation I This…
By Zack Zwiezen Published October 26, 2019 -
CultureMorning CheckpointThat Time The Joker Played Pokémon Poker
Hello! This week we watch WWE2K20 break in a million ways, watch Conan O’Brien and Kojima hang out, learn about a bunch of game delays, celebrate Halloween in Borderlands and remember that time The Joker met Ash Ketchum. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week Nothing to see here folks. This is certainly not an…
By Zack Zwiezen Published October 26, 2019 -
CultureTrack: Old Wounds | Artist: PVRIS | Album: Hallucinations EP
By Nathan Grayson Published October 25, 2019 -
CultureThe Drifter is a “pulp adventure thriller” from the makers of multiplayer dungeon bonanza Crawl It sports a similarly expressive, chunky pixel style, but otherwise, it looks totally different. An adventure game inspired by classics but drawing on the pacing and narrative focus of more recent genre standouts, it stars a murdered drifter who proceeds…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 25, 2019 -
CultureSplitscreenOn this week’s Kotaku Splitscreen, staff editor Natalie Degraffinried comes on to discuss the best and worst exercise games with me and Kirk, from Ring Fit Adventure (fun!) to Wii Fit (ehh) to Dance Dance Revolution (classic). Get the MP3 here
By Maddy Myers Published October 25, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsModern Warfare Demands Your Attention, But It Might Not Deserve It
It opens with a suicide bombing. You are in a van full of terrorists, nervous, silent, about to do something awful. The van arrives, and a man with a bomb strapped to his chest strides out into a crowded urban space, detonator in hand. He moves to pull the trigger, and we smash cut to…
By Joshua Rivera Published October 25, 2019 -
CultureSuddenly There’s A Homestuck Sequel
Homestuck was a long-running webcomic, published from 2009 to 2016, that began as a story about a kid named John who got a mysterious new game called Sburb, and over time, turned into a sprawling epic about adolescence. Today, with no warning or preamble, the official Homestuck twitter account tweeted out the website for its…
By Gita Jackson Published October 25, 2019 -
UncategorizedI’m jumping into some Call of Duty: Modern Warfare LIVE on Twitch. Come join me in the chat.
By Paul Tamayo Published October 25, 2019 -
ReviewsToysBorderlands 3 Replica Pistol Is A Real Handful
The coolest thing about Borderlands 3, or any Borderlands game for that matter, is the guns. Colorful guns. Plastic-looking guns with corporate logos, flashing lights and explosive sounds. Due out in December, PDP’s $150 Prop Replica Maliwan Pistol captures the spirit of Borderlands weaponry without anyone exploding (probably). Stretching the definition of the word “pistol,”…
By Mike Fahey Published October 25, 2019 -
UncategorizedThere are five new games on Apple Arcade today, including the first chapter of Lifelike, a beautiful visual trip by Kunabi Brother, creator of Blek and Euclidean Lands. Other new additions include Bossa Studios’ Hogwash, slashy platformer Fallen Knight, puzzle adventure Tales of Memo, and Versus Evil’s Slavic folktale RPG, Yaga
By Mike Fahey Published October 25, 2019 -
UncategorizedWhat Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for running, because my sister signed us up for a half-marathon in March. I have never run even remotely that far before, but hopefully I’ll learn. The weekend is also for playing video games while I try to avoid running. I’m excited to get to play Outer Wilds Worlds, after hearing good…
By Riley MacLeod Published October 25, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsMediEvil Looks Great But Has A Lousy Camera
When I think of classic PlayStation games, I think Crash and Spyro. If I think a bit harder I eventually remember MediEvil, a wacky, gothic-inspired action-adventure game released in 1998 for the original PlayStation. It didn’t set the world on fire, but it did get a sequel before the series mostly went dormant. Now, after…
By Zack Zwiezen Published October 25, 2019 -
CultureRyu Is Faster Than Usain Bolt, According to Math
Have you ever wondered what it would take for a person to perform Street Fighter’s Tatsumaki Senpukyaku in real life? Or how loud the Dragonborn would have to shout to attract all those dragons in Skyrim? Or maybe if the scream energy used by the monsters in Monsters, Inc. is actually viable as a power…
By Ian Walker Published October 25, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryIt Sucks To Get Outleveled By Your Friends In World Of Warcraft Classic
The best thing about getting together to play an MMORPG with your friends is knowing you’ll have people to shoot the shit with when you’re grinding out low-level quests. The worst thing about playing an MMORPG with your friends is that it sucks more when they leave you behind. Instead of hanging out at the…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published October 25, 2019 -
UncategorizedEvery Big Game Coming Out In Fall 2019
It’s fall, the season when the days grow colder, the nights grow longer, and the video games are ripe for harvesting. The changing leaves are pretty, but they’re also dead. Why go outside and revel in decay when you can stay inside and get your game on? There’s a ton of Switch ports over the…
By Mike Fahey Published October 25, 2019 -
CultureProfessional Photographer Takes Super Mario Odyssey Shots With Intricate Detail
It’s not easy to capture the perfect photo in Super Mario Odyssey’s snapshot mode. Real-life photographer Daniel Cordero knows this all too well, especially when it came to taking a photo of Mario and a rabbit. The idea for this shot came to Cordero during the six months he spent playing the popular Nintendo Switch…
By Ian Walker Published October 25, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsWe Checked Out The Outer Worlds‘ Second, Monster-Filled Planet
Yesterday, Paul Tamayo and I played through a small portion of The Outer Worlds. The game is out today, but if you haven’t picked it up yet, let us wet your whistle. Paul and I played through the beginning portions of Monarch, the second planet you’ll visit in The Outer Worlds. If you want to…
By Gita Jackson Published October 25, 2019 - Uncategorized
It looks like Fortnite has made some changes to XP with its recent 11.01 patch. As reported by Eurogamer, you now receive more XP for challenges, medals, and matches. Medals, for instance, are now worth 8k and 16k instead of their original 2k and 4k. This is a welcome change for many players who found…
By Riley MacLeod Published October 25, 2019