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UncategorizedGoku Is In The Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade For The First Time
Dragon Ball’s Goku will make his premiere (in balloon form, and also Super Saiyan Blue form) at the 92nd Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade today. According to Macy’s, Goku is 56 feet tall and as wide as seven taxis, an enjoyably specific unit of measurement I’d like to see used for other things. Earlier this week Macy’s…
By Riley MacLeod Published November 22, 2018 - Kotaku EastJapan
Anniversary Japanese Kit Kat Set For Only $55
Do you like Kit Kats? What about Japanese Kit Kats? To mark the 45th anniversary of when the chocolate treats first went on sale in the country, a special set of 35 Kit Kats is going on sale in Japan. There are an array of Japanese centric flavors, including sweet potato, Japanese strawberry, momiji manju,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 22, 2018 - Culture
It Takes Lots Of People To Remake Resident Evil 2
While the 2019 Resident Evil 2 game is a remake of the 1998 release, lots and lots of people are needed to make the game happen. Wonder how many? At least 800! That’s according to a recent NHK special on Capcom, as pointed out by Alex Aniel: Aniel adds that around 600 people worked on…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 22, 2018 -
Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: A Long Dream
SE SO NEON is one of the most interesting Korean indie artists active today. Just look at this gorgeous music video, which is reason enough to feature it for today’s pick. The music video for A Long Dream was created by German-Japanese artist Hoji Tsuchiya, via a painstakingly labor-intensive stop-motion process. The simplistic visuals complement…
By Seung Park Published November 22, 2018 - CultureCosplay
Geralt, Is That You?
It is accepted truth that Maul is the King of Geralt cosplayers, but boy, Joshua Rifle is giving him a run for his money. He made this outfit with the help of his wife, and it’s one of the most impressive pieces of Witcher cosplay I’ve ever seen. You can see more of Joshua’s cosplay…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 21, 2018 - Uncategorized
May you all have as enjoyable and challenging a holiday as Lady Gaga is having playing Bayonetta
By Luke Plunkett Published November 21, 2018 - Culture
The Art Of Shadow Of The Tomb Raider
Now that the third game in Lara Croft’s modern reboot is out, let’s take a look at some of the concept and promotional work that went into imagining Shadow of the Tomb Raider’s world. You’ll find links to each artist’s portfolio in their names below. And note that while this is a lot of art…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 21, 2018 - Uncategorized
Here’s The Actual Basketball From The Cover Of NBA Jam
The iconic cover to NBA Jam, with its image of a logo-adorned basketball smashing through some paper, is not an illustration. It’s a photo, and this is the model, 25 years later. As trivial as this sounds, I had never even considered this possibility, so excuse my amazement at the wonders of early-90s promotional bootstrapping.…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 21, 2018 - Uncategorized
What Makes Ocarina Of Time Great, 20 Years Later
The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time turned 20 years old today. Link’s first 3-D adventure, for the content-starved Nintendo 64, captivated a whole new generation of players, setting a standard for adventure games and laying a foundation for today’s massive open world journeys. In spite of this, Ocarina of Time remains a unique…
By Heather Alexandra Published November 21, 2018 -
UncategorizedPopular Overwatch Fan Song Has Turned Into An Excuse To Mock Female Gamers
TikTok is a lip-synching app that’s popular among teenagers. If you’re not a teenager, you might be more familiar with this app through “cringe” compilations, which are videos that string together several TIkTok videos, often for the purposes of mockery. Every single “cringe” compilation that I’ve watched contains at least one instance of the Overwatch-themed…
By Gita Jackson Published November 21, 2018 -
UncategorizedFallout 76’s Multiplayer: The Promise Vs. The Reality
In the week since Fallout 76‘s release, it since has become one of 2018’s more divisive games. Its Metacritic page is a horrorshow; its official forum and subreddits are battlegrounds between those who have found something to love in the buggy online survival game and those who think Bethesda has taken the series off a…
By Ethan Gach Published November 21, 2018 - Uncategorized
The Messenger now has a new game plus mode thanks to its latest update You’ll need to 100% the game to unlock it, but after doing so you’ll be able to replay the entire thing on a harder difficulty and with all of your stuff from the previous playthrough.
By Ethan Gach Published November 21, 2018 -
UncategorizedThe Past, Present, And Future Of Diablo
On November 2, 2018, Blizzard closed its annual BlizzCon keynote by announcing, to scattered applause, a Diablo game for phones. It was a baffling marketing decision that immediately set off controversy, as fans of Blizzard’s iconic action-role-playing game franchise loudly accused the company of neglecting its PC players Perhaps Blizzard’s marketing department had expected Diablo…
By Jason Schreier Published November 21, 2018 - Uncategorized
WWE Star Spends Precious Airtime On Very Relatable PS4 Storage Issue
“I’m thankful for my two terabyte hard drive, so that I don’t have to delete Spider-Man in order to download Red Dead 2,” WWE wrestler Xavier Woods said during a Thanksgiving segment on the Smackdown wrestling TV show last night. You can see him make that statement, which garnered an “amen” from one of the…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 21, 2018 - Uncategorized
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey‘s First Epic Mercenary Isn’t Very Epic
It’s been over a month since epic mercenaries were originally planned to arrive in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, and the game has finally received its first one. These unique battles, which grant special rewards and in-game currency, could be a chance to highlight Odyssey’s combat system and challenge players to adopt new tactics. Unfortunately, the first…
By Heather Alexandra Published November 21, 2018 - CultureKotaku Game Diary
My Son And I Have Issues With The Latest Paw Patrol Game
Paw Patrol: On A Roll is a capable, kid-friendly platform game. Heroic hounds of every rescue discipline travel left to right, collecting items and using their special skills to save humans and animals in peril. It’s fun, but after a dozen missions, its endless instruction repetition and a lack of equal puppy representation frustrates even…
By Mike Fahey Published November 21, 2018 -
UncategorizedI’m jumping back into some Battlefield V on our Twitch channel. Come hang out with me in the chat!
By Paul Tamayo Published November 21, 2018