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UncategorizedAppreciating The Game Boy, Thirty Years Later
The Nintendo Game Boy turned 30 years old this weekend. Released on April 21, 1989 in Japan, it helped usher in an entirely new approach to gaming. Although the Game Boy wasn’t the first ever hand-held console, it’s still one of the best known, and its success showed that handheld gaming could be more than…
By Heather Alexandra Published April 22, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsA Newcomer’s Take On Disney World
Until this past month, I had never been to Disney World, nor any major theme park. I went to Six Flags as a young child, but I barely remember it. Going to Disney World for the first time as an adult, I can’t experience it from the perspective of a child who has the capacity…
By Maddy Myers Published April 22, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsMortal Kombat 11 Has A Great Story Mode
Thanks to the temporal manipulations of a powerful new foe, past and present versions of iconic heroes and villains collide in Mortal Kombat 11’s story mode. It’s easily the most entertaining tale the series has ever told, and it leaves the future of the franchise open to exciting possibilities. When we last left our heroes…
By Mike Fahey Published April 22, 2019 -
UncategorizedBreath Of The Wild‘s Hyrule Castle Has Finally Been Restored, In Minecraft
By the time Link wakes up in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Hyrule Castle has already been partially destroyed, thanks to the work of Calamity Ganon a hundred years prior. Recently, players have set about restoring the castle in Minecraft Nintendo highlighted the project today over on the company’s Japanese website along…
By Ethan Gach Published April 22, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryI Tried To Defeat Water In Dwarf Fortress And Failed
Dwarf Fortress is full of hidden horrors, like Forgotten Beasts that breathe poison or giant metal Titans with impenetrable skin, or even just the regular old Goblin coming to kidnap one of your children. But these abominations pale in comparison to the challenge I tried to overcome a couple weeks ago, Dwarf Fortress’s first real…
By Gita Jackson Published April 22, 2019 -
UncategorizedI’m checking out the zombie-infested countryside of Days Gone with Heather. Join us in the chat!
Paul Tamayo & Heather Alexandra Published April 22, 2019 -
UncategorizedSpectator Throws Dead Crab At Super Smash Bros. Tournament Winner
“Sorry for losing my temper,” top Super Smash Bros. Melee pro Juan “Hungrybox” Debiedma wrote on Twitter after the weekend’s Pound 2019 tournament in Maryland. He had just fought his way out of the loser’s bracket and ultimately took it all in the grand finals. Debiedma had every reason to be happy—except in the crustacean…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published April 22, 2019 -
CultureThe Week In Games: Get Over Here!!!
It’s time once again for decapitations, burning flesh and other grisly deaths. Mortal Kombat 11 is out this week. In the words of Scorpion “Get over here and play my game. Thank you.” I love me some Mortal Kombat. I’m not a huge fighting game guy and I’m not great at them, but I always…
By Zack Zwiezen Published April 22, 2019 -
Kotaku EastJapanThe Internet Celebrates The Game Boy’s Birthday
On April 21, 1989, the Game Boy first went on sale in Japan. This year marks the handheld’s thirtieth anniversary. And this weekend, the internet was more than happy to celebrate. The Game Boy went on to spawn several iterations including the Game Boy Color, the Game Boy Advance and the Game Boy Micro. It…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 22, 2019 -
UncategorizedForza Street Is Pretty Looking, But Too Simple
The newest game in the Forza franchise isn’t a sequel to Horizon 4 or a new entry in the main Motorsport series. Instead, Forza Street is an upcoming mobile game spin-off that is now available on the Windows 10 Store on PC. The game focuses on one-on-one street races and looks gorgeous. Sadly, there isn’t…
By Zack Zwiezen Published April 21, 2019 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Easter Sunday 2019
It is that wonderful time of the year when bunnies lay eggs and Jesus did something. I think? I actually don’t know much about Easter and stopped celebrating it years ago. But I like the pretty colors and eggs! Your challenge this week: Help video game characters celebrate Easter! Agent 47 will celebrate any holiday…
By Zack Zwiezen Published April 21, 2019 -
UncategorizedSunday Comics: Slushie Tornado!
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published April 15. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published April 19. Read more of Corpse Run Clueless Hero by Luis…
By Zack Zwiezen Published April 21, 2019 -
UncategorizedWorld War Z Is Almost The Left 4 Dead Successor I’ve Wanted For Years
I’ve come to peace with the fact that Left 4 Dead 3 will never happen. So without Valve creating a new entry in the franchise, it is up to other studios to fill that zombie-co-op-action hole that L4D3 will never fill. World War Z feels like it might just do that, but it is a…
By Zack Zwiezen Published April 20, 2019 -
UncategorizedYouTuber Uses Fan Made Tools To Showcase Unused Content In New Super Mario Bros. U
Popular Mario superfan and YouTuber, Ceave Gaming, recently made a video showcasing some of the unfinished and cut content hidden in New Super Mario Bros. U. Ceave used a fan-made level editor for the game to show the unused content. Ceave used the fan-created level and game editor, named Miyamotoafter Mario’s creator, to dig deep…
By Zack Zwiezen Published April 20, 2019 -
UncategorizedSomething Ain’t Right With The Latest Dinosaur Added Into Jurassic World Evolution
The newest DLC was recently released for the park building game Jurassic World Evolution. This new update included some new features, like a photo mode for consoles, but more importantly, it added some new dinosaurs. But one of these new dinos is a bit broken. Proceratosaurus is a small carnivore which was added in the…
By Zack Zwiezen Published April 20, 2019
