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CultureThere’s A Latinx Void At The Heart Of Video Games
I have been in mourning. Loss has followed me for weeks now, and I have not been able to give it a name. It’s been almost two weeks since the twin shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio. The former, in particular, has troubled me, as its formless tragedy has taken on the shape…
By Joshua Rivera Published August 16, 2019 -
UncategorizedHalo Infinite Creative Director Leaves Company
Tim Longo, creative director for the upcoming Halo Infinite, left developer 343 Industries this week, Kotaku has learned. It’s part of a leadership shakeup that arrives late in the development of the next Halo game, which is scheduled for release in fall 2020. Longo, an industry veteran who also served as creative director for Halo…
By Jason Schreier Published August 16, 2019 -
UncategorizedMortal Kombat 11 Is Letting A DJ Voice Sub-Zero And, Bless Him, He’s Trying
Renowned Belgian DJ Dimitri Vegas did the music for Mortal Kombat 11’s launch trailer. Next week, developer NetherRealm Studios is releasing a Sub-Zero skin featuring Vegas’ likeness, which is great. It also features Vegas’ voice, and that’s not so great. Mortal Kombat 11’s voice cast consists of proper professional voice actors with a firm handle…
By Mike Fahey Published August 16, 2019 -
CultureThe Chill YouTube Comments On Game Soundtracks Are A Pleasant Surprise
This hour-long video on YouTube, whose title roughly translates to “One hour corridor ‘Chrono Trigger,’” plays the same three-minute “Corridors of Time” track from the game over and over again. It has over 1 million views, and it also has one of the most pleasant comment sections I’ve seen, full of viewers devoted to celebrating…
By Ethan Gach Published August 16, 2019 -
CultureFire Emblem‘s Depiction Of Abuse Feels Real
Editor’s note: This piece contains minor spoilers for Fire Emblem: Three Houses characters Marianne, Bernadetta, and Claude, as well as descriptions of emotional abuse. In Fire Emblem: Three Houses, there’s a character in Golden Deer house named Marianne. She’s so shy that she barely speaks. At first, I thought this was a confidence problem. I…
By Gita Jackson Published August 16, 2019 -
CultureWhat Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for going to the farmer’s market to buy a million zucchinis, because that is the time of year it is. It’s also for playing video games. I’m excited to play more Breath of the Wild this weekend, during which time I hope to not stand around in the rain like an idiot…
By Riley MacLeod Published August 16, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsThe New Grandia HD Collection Is Pretty But Really Needs A Fast-Forward Button
Grandia and its sequel, Grandia II, are both very good classic role-playing games, full of charm and adventure and spirit. They came out in 1997 and 2000, respectively. Even an HD remake isn’t enough to make up for that. Today, publisher Gungho Entertainment put out HD remakes of the first two Grandia games for Switch.…
By Jason Schreier Published August 16, 2019 -
CultureTrack: Hold Me In | Artist: Bent Knee | Album: You Know What They Mean
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published August 16, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryChoosing Which Switch Games To Delete For Space Causes Me Deep Dread
Every time I obtain a new Switch game from Nintendo’s eShop, I worry. Will this be the one that forces me to archive or delete something else from my SD memory card in order to make room, and if so, how am I supposed to choose? When I got my Switch back in 2017, I…
By Mike Fahey Published August 16, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsNo Man’s Sky Players Are Spotting Pink Grass, And They’re Thrilled
No Man’s Sky’s massive updates have changed a lot of the game since launch, including planet generation. Somewhere along the way, some bright colors of grass were lost—especially pink grass. Players seem to have noticed their absence sometime after NEXT, last year’s update. It wasn’t that pink grass planets stopped existing entirely, but they were…
By Gita Jackson Published August 16, 2019 -
CultureTrack: James Bond | Artist: Iggy Pop | Album: James Bond
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 16, 2019 -
UncategorizedDiorama Theme Park Coming To Tokyo With Sailor Moon And Evangelion Miniatures
Like dioramas? In 2020, Small Worlds Tokyo will open. It is purported to be the world’s largest indoor diorama theme park. Small Worlds Tokyo will have several areas, including Towns of the World, Kansai International Airport, Space Center, Sailor Moon, Tokyo, and Evangelion Neo-Tokyo 3. Below is a preview of some of those dioramas. Small…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 16, 2019 -
Kotaku EastJapanSquare Enix Hit With More Death Threats, Cancels Game Tournaments
Starting this weekend, there were supposed to be events for mecha arcade game Starwing Paradox at four cities across Japan. Those events have been canceled due to death threats. According to an official Square Enix statement, there have been several death threats made against Starwing Paradox’s management team. Square Enix has reported the threats and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 16, 2019 -
Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: Bangkok
Oh, will you look at that: I spend the majority of a column bemoaning the loss of Sistar’s summer songs, and bam, one of its former members comes out with a bangin’ summer song. Soyou has built up quite the solo discography since—and even prior to—Sistar’s dissolution in 2017, and songs like Some, All Night…
By Seung Park Published August 16, 2019 -
Uncategorized26 Years Later, Here’s A Deleted Scene From The Super Mario Bros. Movie
As terrible as it was, the 1993 Mario Bros. movie has a cult following online, led by the dedicated team at SMBmovie.com, who have spent years cataloguing and uploading everything you’d ever want to know—and a lot of stuff you wouldn’t—about the film. In May, they hit paydirt: They got hold of an old VHS…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 15, 2019 -
CultureFire Emblem Hacker Figures Out How To Have Tea Parties With Death Knight, Byleth, And Others
When I fail to carry on a coherent conversation during a regular after-school hangout, I only have to worry about disappointing one of my precious anime children, all of who mean the whole entire world to me. On the other hand, if I bombed a tea party with the Death Knight, I’m worried that he…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 15, 2019
