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UncategorizedDragon Ball Z Composer Elected To Texas State Senate
Anime fans might know Nathan Johnson for his work composing the score to a bunch of Dragon Ball Z episodes and movie dubs, but yesterday he put a very different feather in his cap: he was elected a state Senator in Texas. Johnson, a Democrat, won 54% of the vote to beat out the incumbent,…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 7, 2018 - Uncategorized
An Outstanding Book For People Who Like Looking At Video Game Consoles
If you’ve ever looked up a video game console on Wikipedia, odds are you’re familiar with the work of Evan Amos. Annoyed by the low quality of console images in the online encyclopedia, Amos began taking and sharing his own console photos. Amos’ passion for gaming and photographic skills come together beautifully in The Game…
By Mike Fahey Published November 7, 2018 -
UncategorizedPlayers Have Discovered Payday 2‘s Secret Ending
Payday 2 came out in 2013, but players are only just now uncovering what appears to be its secret ending after weeks of piecing together esoteric clues in the culmination of a challenge that began even before the game was officially released and was finally able to be completed thanks to a new update to…
By Ethan Gach Published November 7, 2018 -
OpinionA Game Packed With Games Studies Knowledge
Games are a complicated medium with various subcultures and tons of academic thinking on matters like mechanics and design. Footnotes is an exploration game that combines study and play, introducing players to nuggets of games academia and knowledge while wandering through colorful spaces. Created by Patrick LeMieux and Stephanie Boluk, Footnotes feels like a playable…
By Heather Alexandra Published November 7, 2018 - Uncategorized
Smash Bros. lead creator Masahiro Sakurai Tweeted yesterday that Smash Ultimate’s “DLC line-up is now complete,” with the characters decided by Nintendo. He also asked fans to “refrain from flooding us” with requests for other characters when the devs aren’t asking for feedback. Smash fans, we don’t call the shots, but you can flood our…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 7, 2018 -
OpinionImpressionsWorld Of Final Fantasy Looks Rough, Plays Great On Switch [Update]
The cutest Final Fantasy adventure ever isn’t quite as cute on the Switch. While it lacks the sharpness and clarity of its PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC counterparts, World of Final Fantasy Maxima is just as enjoyable on Nintendo’s hardware. Update: A game glitch is partly responsible for the rough edges. Released in 2016…
By Mike Fahey Published November 7, 2018 - Culture
Castlevania‘s Netflix Showrunner On Humanizing Villains And What’s Wrong (And Right) With Games
Netflix’s Castlevania is a strong adaptation and expansion on Castelvania III: Dracula’s Curse. I spoke to showrunner Adi Shankar about why certain characters were added, which Castlevania stories he thinks could also make good shows, and his thoughts on the similarities between Hollywood and the video game industry. On creating the ‘Castlevania Cinematic Universe’: Adi…
By Heather Alexandra Published November 7, 2018 - CultureKotaku Game Diary
One Of My Favorite Red Dead Redemption 2 Details Exists Outside The Game
Many a critic will discuss a game’s verbs: the things you do in the game. That’s too general an approach for me. I’m here to praise Red Dead Redemption 2’s present participles. If you’ve played Red Dead Redemption 2, you may have not noticed them. You may have not noticed them because you can’t see…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 7, 2018 - Culture
Nintendo Says It Will Remove Racist Native American Animation From Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
In pre-release marketing materials for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, set to release on December 7, the character Mr. Game & Watch uses racist Native American imagery during one of his attacks. Nintendo now says it plans to remove that imagery from the game and has apologized to fans, saying the caricature doesn’t represent the company’s…
By Ethan Gach Published November 7, 2018 - CultureCosplay
Welcome To The Age Of Indie Game Cosplay
Soundfall, a “rhythm-driven dungeon crawler that’s procedurally generated to music”, looks cool as hell. It’s also doing some interesting stuff as far as cosplay is concerned. Rather than rely on just trailers and demos, developers Drastic Games decided to get two of the most well-known cosplayers in the US, Stella Chuu and Bindi Smalls, to…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 7, 2018 - CultureCosplay
My Bloody Hero Academia
When a cosplayer is also a photographer, things can get a little creative, as we see here in this pic by Deegan Marie This cosplay image of Toga Himiko, from My Hero Academia, is a composite, meaning multiple photos have been stitched together to obtain the effect. And while we don’t normally post edited pieces,…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 6, 2018 - Culture
The Art Behind League Of Legends’ K-Pop Video
While the main event of the weekend’s League of Legends action might have been the Worlds, the star ended up being a K-Pop video that French studio Fortiche made for Riot. While ostensibly an ad for some new skins, it was also a banger, and the end result of a massive twelve months of work.…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 6, 2018 - Uncategorized
Adidas Is Making Game Of Thrones Sneakers
One of the main criticisms levelled againstAdidas’ Dragon Ball collaboration was that the shoes were all trash, and didn’t feature the company’s more popular models like the Ultra Boost. Those, it turns out, were being saved for something else: a line based on HBO’s Game of Thrones Although teased/announced months ago, complete with supposed mockups…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 6, 2018 -
CultureBlizzard Is Adding World of Warcraft References To Warcraft III: Reforged
At first glance, remastering 2002’s Warcraft III seems like a fairly straightforward task. Take the ugly bits and make them pretty. Overhaul the cutscenes. Give all the muddy terrain and building textures a 2018 makeover. Redo Arthas’ weird face. For Blizzard’s classics team, though, that’s just the beginning. Warcraft III, after all, opened the door…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 6, 2018 - Uncategorized
Fallout 76’s Beta Framerate Is Now Capped, FOV Locked
Remember that issue with the PC version of the Fallout 76 beta where changing the framerate would break stuff? Bethesda has implemented a quick fix for that, and it was as easy as capping the framerate. As PC Gamer report, anyone in the beta now is going to find the framerate for the game capped…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 6, 2018 - Uncategorized
Low-Angle Satellite Photos Look Like The Best City-Building Game Ever Made
Planet, a company that runs “the largest fleet of Earth-imaging satellites in orbit”, use those satellites to take hi-res, zoomed-in shots of the surface. Some of those are isometric, and that’s got me longing I know that Cities: Skylines is pretty and fun, and that even EA’s disastrous SimCity reboot looked good, but I look…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 6, 2018 - Uncategorized
Some Switch Players Are Looking Outside Nintendo For Matchmaking
Nintendo Switch Online went live over a month ago. While the paid service is required for people to play games like Mario Tennis Aces online together, it still doesn’t include any way for players to easily meet and connect with one another. As a result, fans have tried to fill that void with their own…
By Ethan Gach Published November 6, 2018 - Uncategorized
Current And Former Employees Sue Riot Games For Gender Discrimination
Yesterday, one current and one former employee of Riot Games filed a class action lawsuit against the League of Legends publisher, accusing it of endemic gender-based discrimination and fostering a “men-first” environment. The lawsuit comes three months after a Kotaku investigation into the sexist culture at Riot Games. The lawsuit alleges that, “like many of…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published November 6, 2018
