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CultureProvocative Jeopardy Champ Says HQ Trivia Owes Him $20,000 In Winnings
If you play HQ, a trivia app that supposedly doles out cash prizes, this kind of story might be familiar to you: someone won money from the game but can’t cash out and have access to it. The “someone” in this case is controversial Jeopardy player Alex Jacob, who has been trying to get his…
By Gita Jackson Published July 9, 2019 -
AnimeSailor Moon Mod Makes Slay The Spire Even More Magical
In the name of the Moon, you should try this mod! Slay the Spire is really two games in one. There’s the version the creators at MegaCrit made with a campaign that spans three acts and includes three heroes. Then there’s the version that allows mods, through which the game’s many fans have cooked up…
By Ethan Gach Published July 9, 2019 -
CultureWind Waker Speedrunners Finally Pull Off Legendary ‘Barrier Skip’ Trick On GameCube
For years, the “Barrier Skip” was the holy grail of speedrunning tricks. The trick, which would allow passage through a seemingly impenetrable barrier in The Wind Waker, became a reality in the HD version in 2017. Meanwhile, the trick still couldn’t be performed in the original GameCube “SD” version. A new glitch has finally made…
By Heather Alexandra Published July 9, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsFinal Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers Log Three: All Pros, No Cons
It’s ridiculous. Every time I log in to work my way through Final Fantasy XIV’s latest expansion, I find more things to gush over. Rather than spam my Twitter followers with GIFs and references to Shadowbringers, I’m using the third leg of my journey towards a full review to get all the goodness thus far…
By Mike Fahey Published July 9, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe Game Bakers, makers of the boss-rush game Furi, are back with a gameplay trailer for their upcoming project, Haven It centers on a couple who have escaped to a strange planet together and set out to explore it. Aside from looking gorgeous it’s also giving me major Gravity Rush vibes.
By Ethan Gach Published July 9, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryI Can’t Stop Being A Reckless Moron In Fire Emblem: Awakening
I have spent most of the last week feeling incredibly hyped for Fire Emblem: Three Houses, one of a handful of games I’m most excited to play this summer. Whenever I’m feeling pumped for a new game, one thing I tend to do is go back and play or replay old games in the same…
By Joshua Rivera Published July 9, 2019 -
CultureAssassin’s Creed’s Original Director Is Back With A Weird Game About Human Evolution
I was sitting in an interview room asking the ever-cheerful Patrice Désilets about the controls in his first new game since 2010’s Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood and he lit up. He imagined an Xbox controller and rattled through the button assignments. “‘A’ is all about the reflexes,” he said. “‘B’ is about the communication, ‘X’ is…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 9, 2019 -
Kotaku EastAlleged Manga Pirate Arrested After Japan Launches Global Manhunt
Romi Hoshino, the manager of now-shuttered site Manga-Mura, has been arrested in Manila. The site, which was taken offline in April 2018, was frequented by around 100 million people each month and made around 60,000 manga available free of charge, reports AFP. The Japanese government created a special task force to find Hoshino, a Japanese…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 9, 2019 -
CultureCuphead Is Getting An Animated Netflix Series
And so the hit hand-drawn animated video game spawns a hand-drawn animated Netflix series. Called The Cuphead Show, the series will chronicle Cuphead and Mugman’s adventures on Inkwell Isle, expanding on that bizarre 1930s animation wonderland. Though the official announcement gives scant details on the plot of the upcoming series, in an interview with IGN,…
By Mike Fahey Published July 9, 2019 -
CultureThere’s A New Turok Game Coming Out This Month, And It’s Super Cute
Coming to Steam on July 25, Turok: Escape From Lost Valley looks very different from thefirst-person dinosaur-hunting games of old, but the idea is the same. Turok and his brother Andar are trapped in a valley full of dinosaurs. Hunting ensues. Adorable hunting. While it seems to have come out of nowhere, Turok: Escape From…
By Mike Fahey Published July 9, 2019 -
Kotaku EastJapanThe Boy Band Anime That’s Drawing Crowds In Tokyo
Originally based on a smartphone game, Idolish 7 follows the adventures of a young woman who manages a boy band. Last week, a series of posters and digital ads went up in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro Station and fans came out in droves. So many people wanted to snap photos of the ads that the official Idolish…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 9, 2019 -
CultureFans Can’t Get Enough Of Pokémon Shield‘s Spooky New Gym Leader
All of the new gym leader character designs for Pokémon Sword and Shield are great. One recently revealed trainer in particular has been racking up the fan art. Say hello to Allister. Here is the character’s official description: Allister is a talented Trainer of Ghost-type Pokémon who has taken on the mantle of the Ghost-type…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 9, 2019 -
Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: On A Rainy Day
There are some artists who are inextricably linked to a state of mind, or some kind of inner voice. For me, Younha’s voice is rain. It is the pitter-patter of soft raindrops on umbrellas; the rhythmic gurgle of an impromptu brook as it flows down the cracks of the sidewalk; the melancholy that often accompanies…
By Seung Park Published July 9, 2019 -
CultureCosplayLook At This Spider-Man Cosplayer’s Mechanical Eyes
You see a lot of good Spider-Man cosplay, because it’s an easy one to do well. What’s not easy to do is get the character’s newer designs 1:1, since they’ve got fancy moving eyes, but Hong Kong cosplayer Cavin Creations has gone and done just that. What you’re seeing here is an incredible feat of…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2019