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ReviewsToysThe New Lego Ideas Treehouse Has Leaves Made Of Real Plants
Last year, the Lego Group started making flowers, trees, and shrubs out of plant-based polyethylene using sustainably sourced sugarcane. I can’t imagine a better use for all of those plant plastic parts than this beautiful, 14-inch-tall Lego Ideas Treehouse set. Lego Ideas is a program that allows fan designers to submit their own unique Lego…
By Mike Fahey Published July 23, 2019 -
CultureCheck Out The First Switch Controller With A Headphone Jack
Is it weird that I hadn’t noticed before now that no existing controller for the Nintendo Switch included an audio jack so I could plug in a pair of headphones? Not counting the Switch itself, of course. Weird. Well, either way, now there is a Switch controller with a headphone jack in PDP’s Faceoff Deluxe+…
By Mike Fahey Published July 23, 2019 -
UncategorizedJapanese And Taiwanese Flags Removed From Maverick’s Jacket In New Top Gun
Top Gun: Maverick takes place decades after the original film, but in the trailer (and promotional poster), Maverick dons his old leather jacket. It might look like it’s the same as the one in the original film, but it’s not. As pointed out on Taiwan News and Toychan, a patch on Maverick’s leather jacket has…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 23, 2019 -
Kotaku EastJunichi Masuda Reminds People: Game Freak Makes The Pokémon Games
Quick! Who has made the mainline Pokémon games? That’s right, Game Freak. But some people think the answer is Nintendo. According to Junichi Masuda, lots of people do. In a recent clip on Game Freak’s official YouTube Channel, Masuda recalled how when Pokémon first came out, it was called a Nintendo game. While the game…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 23, 2019 -
UncategorizedTencent is teaming up with The Pokémon Company to make a new Pokémon game with Tencent’s TiMi Studio Group developing. As Kotaku previously reported, Tencent got the rights to distribute the Nintendo Switch in China. There were no details about what kind of game it will be or on which platform it will be released.
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 23, 2019 -
Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: You And I
If there was an award for “Song That Would Be Perfect For An Anime Opening”, Dreamcatcher’s You And I would be an immediate contender. Dreamcatcher is one of those groups that are currently treading water in that grey zone between unqualified success and abject failure; their releases never blow it out of the park, but…
By Seung Park Published July 23, 2019 -
CultureLet Us All Celebrate NBA 2K’s Terrible Voice Acting
Things have mostly improved in recent years, but there was a while there 3-5 years back where the developers of NBA2K were more interested in getting NBA players into the recording studio than in checking whether they were actually any good at voice acting first. As an example, here’s how excited everyone was at getting…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 22, 2019 -
CultureNintendo Responds To Sufferers Of Joy-Con Drift
Although it’s been an issue for some players since shortly after launch, recently more and more Switch owners have been talking about their issues with “Joy-Con drift,” a condition where the joystick on a controller detects movement even though you’re not touching it. In response to players’ Joy-Con woes, Nintendo advises Switch owners experiencing Joy-Con…
By Gita Jackson Published July 22, 2019 -
CultureDestiny Players Are Getting Fed Up With A Ridiculous Grenade Launcher Quest
For months, hardcore Destiny 2 players have been trying to scale their way up to a seemingly impossible mountaintop. The Mountaintop, in fact… because that’s the name of a Legendary grenade launcher in Destiny 2 that many players have coveted for a long time. It is, as its name implies, incredibly labor-intensive to get, with…
By Joshua Rivera Published July 22, 2019 -
CultureMy Overpowered Dota Underlords Build Makes Me Feel Like A Glorious Scumbag
It’s another week in the world of Dota Underlords, which means there’s been yet another drastic balance shift that’s turned the still-early Auto-Chess-alike on its head and scattered pieces all over the floor. This time, it’s the freaky, amorphous Primordials who’ve risen to the top of the pile. My dilemma: I love playing Primordials. It’s…
By Nathan Grayson Published July 22, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe guys at Vinesaucehave since 2014 been running an annual charity drive called Vinesauce is Hope, where the team and their friends stream games, take donations and raise money for the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation. This year they truly outdid themselves, bringing in $218,449.
By Luke Plunkett Published July 22, 2019 -
ReviewsToysMarvel’s Grandmaster Figure Perfectly Captures Jeff Goldblum’s Goofy Charm
Forget Ian Malcom from Jurassic Park or Independence Day’s David Levison with his sweet-ass grappling hook and energy shield. Now there’s a superior Jeff Goldblum action figure in the form of Marvel’s gleefully grinning Grandmaster from Thor: Ragnarok. Shame on Marvel and Hasbro for making me wait so long for a physical representation of one…
By Mike Fahey Published July 22, 2019 -
CultureFighting Game Community Mourns Death Of Prominent Louisiana Player [Update]
A weekend that was supposed to be full of fun and excitement took a decidedly tragic turn when it was announced that fighting game competitor Bryand “Krucial B” McIntosh, 34, passed away shortly after competing at Defend the North in New York City. McIntosh was a prominent member of the Louisiana fighting game community, and…
By Ian Walker Published July 22, 2019 -
CultureSigma vs. Sigma: The Comparison We Had To Make
A new hero is coming to Overwatch: the robot-suit wearing, evil scientist Sigma. His chunky robo-bod and nefarious allusions to power and control raise an important question: Is this the same Sigma from the Mega Man X series? Kotaku dives deeper in this very serious report. In order to determine if Sigma is that Sigma,…
By Heather Alexandra Published July 22, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsAssassin’s Creed Odyssey’s Final Paid Expansion Is Terrific If You Like The Weird Stuff
The most dedicated players of 2009’s Assassin’s Creed II could stray from the Italian Renaissance adventures of Ezio Auditore to solve puzzles that unlocked a 37-second video of a naked Adam and Eve running through a high-tech city in some unknown year BC. That’s the kind of stuff they used to put in Assassin’s Creed…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 22, 2019 -
CultureStreamer Apologizes For Throwing Her Cat
Natalia Mogollon, who streams under the name “Alinity Divine” on Twitch, was playing Apex Legends on camera on July 18 when she took her cat from off her desk and threw it behind her, a clip that soon went viral. Mogollon has since apologized for it, while others, including from inside Twitch, are calling for…
By Ethan Gach Published July 22, 2019
