Sunday Comics: Candy Bag

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 October 22. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published October 25. Read more of Corpse Run Double XP by…

TwitchCon, I have learned from attendee and streamer Impactedpiko, has three Bob Ross cosplayers. They are trying to converge, but they haven’t succeeded yet. When it does happen, though, I think we’ll just kind of know, you know? And then somebody can immortalize the moment with a giant painting

“Pay us. Or do work. Be moderators. Or just, like, when people are shitty or transphobic or homophobic in your life, call them out. Put some of that labor on your shoulders so that we can keep working on surviving every day. And then we can thrive and travel into the brilliant gay future together,”…

Choosing A Deck Is One Of The Hardest Parts Of Competitive Magic: The Gathering

I’m trying my luck at a big Magic: The Gathering tournament next weekend, and I’m struck by powerful indecision. Even at this late hour, I’m undecided on what deck I am actually going to play, and that’s got me more stressed than the actual tournament play in front of me. There are a few big…

“I actually worry about that sometimes—whether or not the fact that I’m disabled causes potential viewers to shy away. You have to take that thought and just fold it up and put it in your back pocket and literally stream like there’s nobody watching,” said streamer AccessibleGamer during TwitchCon’s “Streaming With Disabilities” panel. You can…

Game Historian Explains Blood Testing Devices For Nintendo Handhelds

In a new video dedicated to the Glucoboy and the Didget gaming peripherals, game historian Kelsey Lewin digs into some blood-oriented devices. In the video, Lewin walks through the history of two devices that were made for the crossover audience of “people who need to test their blood glucose levels” and “people who love video…

‘Shop Contest: Luigi Is Scared, Winners!

Luigi is often frightened, and now we know why. Last week I asked you to show me, exactly, why Luigi was so scared. You did, with many scares and an extreme amount of frightens, and now I am here to deliver a winner and lots of honorable mentions. After all, Luigi is someone who is…

Nier: Automata‘s 2B Is Coming To Soulcalibur VI

It has been revealed that Nier: Automata’s robot protagonist 2B is headed to Soulcalibur VI. From the look of her fighting style in the video, it seems like a lot of the combat ideas from Automata are making their way into her move set. You can see a lot of floating swords, juggling combos, and…

This Week In The Business: Do AAA Games Require Crunch?

QUOTE | “Rockstar is a good company to work for. When it’s not crunch, it’s not a bad place at all. The money’s alright, there’s a bonus at the end of the year. It’s just that crunch practically kills people.” – A former Rockstar Lincoln QA tester believes a good company to work for will,…

Being Naughty and Nice in Red Dead Redemption 2

In Red Dead Redemption 2, players can choose to be friendly or not-so-friendly with strangers. I decided to take numerous strolls down the main street of Valentine to take a look at the differences between those interactions and compare them. And then I made it into a vintage video that you can watch above. When…

“Self care. Especially as a person of color, because there’s not a lot of us out here. Again: most brown folks I’ve seen at TwitchCon in my two years of coming, in this room. We cannot burn out. We cannot burn each other out,” said streamer and I Need Diverse Games director Tanya DePass at…

TwitchCon is letting Friday badge holders come back on Saturday and opening more entry points to make up for how bad the lines were today. Crisscrossing lines wrapped around the convention center. I heard horror stories of people waiting in line for four hours. One made it to the front, only to find out they’d…

A Visit To TwitchCon’s Emote Museum

Some emotes have been used to cause significantly more trouble than others, but there’s no denying that they are a pillar of Twitch culture. As part of this year’s TwitchCon in San Jose, California, Twitch has enshrined them in a faux-museum display. To my knowledge, this is the first museum to ever require a meme…

In Defense Of Blocking People On Twitter

Due to the way Twitter works, blocking people is the only way to guarantee that you won’t see tweets from someone you don’t like. Everyone should do it more. Twitter’s safety measures are notoriously lackluster, but if someone’s in your mentions when you don’t want them to be, you have a couple of immediate options:…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for starting Red Dead Redemption 2 because you fell asleep before it launched last night, because you are an old man. I never played the first Red Dead because I didn’t own a console, but I always wanted to. I read about the game a whole lot—highfalutin academic papers weren’t quite the…