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UncategorizedLady Gaga’s Met Gala Look Is Some Real Final Boss Flair
Lady Gaga went to this year’s Met Gala as a three stage JRPG boss and I am living. The Met Gala is an annual charity fashion event for the Met, and mostly it is the day on which a lot of people tweet about clothes and complain that none of the attendees are following the…
By Gita Jackson Published May 6, 2019 -
CultureCosplayMonster Hunter Cosplay Continues To Kick Ass
I had to do a triple take on this piece of Monster Hunter cosplay, first to see that it wasn’t some $600 Japanese statue, then to see it wasn’t some ultra hi-res PC screenshot. The Odogaron armor (with Insect glaive) is a joint effort between two cosplayers, Roodaka (who made most of it) and Romstein(who’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 6, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe Quiet Importance Of Idle Animations
When you stop moving in Sonic the Hedgehog games, Sonic taps his toe. When you leave Arthur Morgan on his horse, he will pet them affectionately. These are video game idle animations, and they’re beautiful, because for a brief moment the characters we control get to show off a little something about themselves. I recently broke…
By Heather Alexandra Published May 6, 2019 -
UncategorizedFallout 4 Mod Gives Your Character An Anime Look
Fallout 4’s Far Harbor expansion is pretty anime with its island of misfit Synths and deep-seated mysteries. But one modder decided it isn’t anime enough and took matters into their own hands. Nexus Mods user Hiyokomod created the AnimeRace Nanakochan mod, which adds anime-style characters to Fallout 4, after being disappointed with how the mechanic…
By Ethan Gach Published May 6, 2019 -
EsportsSan Francisco Shock Complete Overwatch League’s First-Ever Perfect Stage
Whether you’re a professional basketball player or whoever left that Starbucks cup on the Game of Thrones set, everybody has off nights. Well, everybody except the rejuvenated San Francisco Shock. After a messy first season, they’ve spent season two looking like an entirely different team. Yesterday, they achieved something no other team ever has: a…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 6, 2019 -
UncategorizedThis Sexy Sci-Fi Game Was Embarrassing But Fun Until It Started Sexualizing a Middle Schooler
I was going to write a post about how recently-released visual novel Our World Is Ended would be much better if the engaging science fiction story wasn’t interrupted by characters talking about boobs. Then middle school programming whiz Tatiana showed up and started accusing the college-aged main character of trying to steal her panties. (Images…
By Mike Fahey Published May 6, 2019 -
UncategorizedHacker Appears To Get Original Xbox Emulator Running On Switch
Game development hobbyist and self-described Xbox fan Voxel9 recently shared a YouTube video in which he boots up the XQEMU Xbox emulator on a Switch and manages to load and play some games, including the first Halo The video begins with the code for the emulator being compiled, followed by the intro animation for Microsoft’s…
By Ethan Gach Published May 6, 2019 -
UncategorizedI’d Wear These Anime-Inspired Clothes
Companies like the Japanese fashion brand Uniqlo and the anime streaming service Crunchyroll have been turning your favorite anime series into small collections of T-shirts and accessories. Every time one of these collections drops, I find myself making a mental wishlist of the pieces I want, even if I don’t really need new clothes. To…
By Gita Jackson Published May 6, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryMy Seven-Year-Old Son Is Going To Be A Sonic Mania Speedrunner Someday
My seven-year-old son Archer loves to play Sonic Mania on our PlayStation 4, but only in Time Attack mode. Watching him work his way through Green Hill Zone Act 2 for the umpteenth time in a row, I ask, “Are you going to be a speedrunner?” Archer, eyes locked on the television screen, replies “Yes.”…
By Mike Fahey Published May 6, 2019 -
UncategorizedRiot Employees Prepare For Walkout Today
Los Angeles-based Riot Games employees are preparing for a walkout this afternoon in protest of the company’s stance on forced arbitration in what appears to be the first walkout at a major gaming studio. Kotaku will be reporting live from the protest as it develops. “I’m walking out as a symbolic action to signal to…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published May 6, 2019 -
CultureThe Week In Games: Saint’s Row On The Go
Saint’s Row The Third will soon be playable anywhere. That’s right, with Saint’s Row coming to the Switch this week fans will finally be able to use a dildo bat to beat people up while they wait for their bus to arrive. What a great future we live in. Let’s have THAT debate about Saint’s…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 6, 2019 -
Kotaku EastJapanDetective Pikachu Has Enough Adult Outtakes To Make An R-Rated Version
Detective Pikachu’s humor is kid-friendly. Deadpool, this ain’t. During an interview with Kotaku late last month in Tokyo, Ryan Reynolds said an R-rated version of Detective Pikachu was possible. That doesn’t mean one will happen, though! “Motion capture is a unique experience in which you are alone and you throw a billion things up against…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 6, 2019 -
Kotaku EastJapan’s Noodle Slurping Noises Disturb Tourists, It Seems
When I first moved to Japan at the turn of the century, I was told that noodle lovers need not fret about making slurping sounds while eating. Among some, that attitude is changing. There is now concern over “noodle harassment.” Or in Japanese, nuuhara (ヌーハラ、which is short for “nuudoru harasumento”). The word came to a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 6, 2019 -
CulturePlants vs Zombies Is Ten Years Old, So Here’s A Look At Where It All Began
One of the main reasons I run Fine Art every night is that I’m fascinated by the earliest origins of the characters and worlds that we love. And it doesn’t get much earlier than these sketches laying down the foundations of classic tower defence game Plants vs Zombies To celebrate the series’ tenth birthday, creator…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2019 -
UncategorizedIt’s Time To Mario & Chill
Following on from last year’s Zelda & Chill, GameChops just released Mario & Chill, a synthwave mix that “explores the rich musical history of the Super Mario video game series through the lens of 80s and 90s electronica.” By Helynt, it clocks in at just under 35 minutes and covers 12 Mario themes, from games…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2019 -
UncategorizedSonic Movie Costume Lets Your Kid’s Face Be The Redesign
While there’s already been a pledge to change Sonic’s design for the upcoming movie, that move has come too late for merch that’s already hitting store shelves,like this kid’s costume/walking meme template. The face being left open can account for any redesign, I guess, but I’m more in awe at how it looks like a…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2019 -
UncategorizedA Strange And Better (?) Sonic Trailer
It seems obvious at this point that the internet doesn’t really like the new Sonic The Hedgehog trailer. The director of that film has even announced they will be changing Sonic’s design before the film is released. So while you wait for that to happen, check out this odd creation that takes a different approach…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 5, 2019
