The Magic Of Muscle Memory For Games

I’ve been practicing my Street Fighter V combos lately, and I’ve found that the less I think about them, the easier it is to do them. On this week’s episode of Kotaku Splitscreen, my co-host Kirk Hamilton and I talked about muscle memory in games, and also music. Our third host Jason Schreier is on…

Ask Dr. NerdLove: Should I Choose My Crush Or My Arranged Marriage?

Hello all you concupiscent piranhas of death, and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating advice column to help you start the New Game+ of your love life. This week, we’re navigating the thorny world of feels vs. reals and making the calls that might change your relationship forever. How do you try to…

The Nintendo Switch Will Be Sold In China For The First Time

Officials in the Chinese province of Guangdong have given investment conglomerate Tencent permission to begin distributing Nintendo Switches containing a special “test version” of New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, according to a report by Reuters At one point, video game consoles were banned in China, but that policy was reversed in 2015. After that,…

Castlevania Collection Will Bring The Adorable Kid Dracula To The U.S. For The First Time

When Konami releases its Castlevania Collection on May 16, it will include eight classic games from the venerable series, including one that has never been released before outside Japan: Kid Dracula, a comical action game in which you play as a pint-sized version of the vampire king. Released in 1990 for the Famicom (NES) in…

Smash Ultimate‘s Joker Is A True-To-Form Tightrope Act

The highly anticipated Joker from Persona 5 has finally been added to the roster of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, a platform fighter that’s rapidly reaching Wrestlemania levels of “everybody is here—even, somehow, that guy.” Thankfully, with Joker, Smash Ultimate continues to hit it out of the park with newly designed fighters who continue to be…

A Cyberpunk Ninja Game Where You Manipulate Time

After talking my way past the receptionist at a grotty hotel in Katana Zero, I stand in the elevator at the entrance to a heavily guarded floor, watching goons patrol back and forth. One’s got a shotgun, another a knife, another a pistol. I formulate a plan, then burst through the doors, slicing through all…

The Sega Genesis Mini, A Size Comparison

We know the Sega Genesis Mini is small, but I don’t believe we have seen it side-by-side with the original console. That is, until now. During today’s Famitsu livestream, the actual hardware was shown off to give a better idea of the machine’s size. Like other mini consoles, it’s small! This is obviously the Mega…

Sega Just Revealed Ten More Genesis Mini Games

In late March, Sega revealed that the Sega Genesis Mini (Mega Drive Mini) will include forty games. Ten of those games were announced. Today, Sega divulged ten more. Previously announced titles include Sonic The Hedgehog, Gunstar Heroes and Castlevania Bloodlines. The ten titles Sega revealed today are Thunderforce III Super Fantasy Zone Musha World of…

Smash Bros. Update Goes Live, Penis Stages Immediately Erected

The latest update for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate had a bumpy rollout, with it hard for players unable to download and connect. However, once they could, some of them did the inevitable. They drew dicks. Note: For some readers, this article might be NSFW. Included in the 3.0 update is a stage builder, allowing players…

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NFL Team’s 2019 Schedule Is Just A Bunch Of Video Games

The NFL schedule was released today, and for whatever reason the Carolina Panthers decided to share their games and dates via an enormous montage of old (and some new) video games, from NBA Jam to Mario Kart to Halo It’s pretty good! Though JJ Watt does not seem like a Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater kinda…

Report: Nintendo Cancels Its Sleep-Tracking Device, Plans Smaller Switch For Fall

A new report on Nintendo from Japan’s Nikkei newspaper has some details about the future of Nintendo Switch hardware, as well as the future (or lack thereof) of its proposed entry into the health device market. Here’s the three major takeaways from the report, which we should stress are not official comments from Nintendo but…

A Wee Dragon Workshop

Nicholas Foong is an artist from Singapore currently living in LA. He’s worked on stuff like How to Train Your Dragon and Planet of the Apes You can see more of Nicholas’ art at his personal site

SNES Mod Performs Black Magic On Mode 7’s Barfy Resolution

The Super Nintendo’s Mode 7 tech was impressive as hell in the early 90s, but all that spinning came at the cost of visual fidelity, with the backgrounds on games like Mario Kart and F-Zero looking like pixellated puke. Two decades on, a mod is trying to clean that up. Made by DerKoun, HD Mode…