We’re playing the new Donkey Kong Adventure DLC for Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle on Switch, live on YouTube. Come join us! 

How Final Fantasy XIV‘s Giant Moogle Boss Came To Be

One of Final Fantasy XIV’s most memorable bosses is Good King Moggle Mog, a giant demonic moogle whose Tim Burton-inspired theme song has been haunting players since the game’s earliest days. As it turns out, the king of the Moogles has an unlikely origin: one of Japan’s biggest natural disasters. At E3 in Los Angeles…

PUBG‘s Event Pass Drops, Lands Badly [UPDATE]

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds players have been through a lot since the game’s release early 2017. Although the survival shooter went viral and earned the love of millions of fans, players had, and still have, lots of complaints. The game’s been buggy. It’s been full of cheaters. And now, the rollout of a $10 Event Pass has…

That Floor Is Lava Game We Played As Kids Works Really Well As A Video Game

At first glance, Hot Lava seems little more than YouTube reaction fodder, a tricky platformer with plenty of things to make entertainers mug and scream for their audience. But playing reveals a movement-based game as fun as Mirror’s Edge or Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater. It’s silly. but the thrill of completing a level really does…

Getting Bored And Walking Away Is How Most Games End For Me Now

Last week, I realized I have a problem. I’d just finished browsing the Nintendo Switch’s entire eShop for a second time in search of a new game. That’s a weird thing to do, especially considering that I still haven’t finished Breath of the Wild. I should finish it, but I can’t bring myself to do…

The Games That We’ll Be Playing Forever

I’ve always been fascinated by those games that we return to over and over again. I like to refer to them as “forever games.” They are the ones you’ve either played since you were a child, the ones that feel like favorite movies you know line by line. With new games constantly coming out, it…

Cat Bus From Totoro Spotted In Japan

Imagine you are driving down the street in Hiroshima and you see a Cat Bus from My Neighbor Totoro making its way down the sidewalk. Like so This is not actually a cat, nor is it a bus. It’s some sort of bicycle-type contraption Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you…

Chocobo Popcorn Bucket. Universal Studios Japan, Osaka. By Lexi | Seoul Searching JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

Don’t Give Up, Dark Souls Skeleton

Dark Souls modder Zullie the Witch has been messing around with the game and got something cool up and running: the ability to swap the player’s model with other characters and enemies. The best of them being a skeleton. In addition to looking cool as a naked skeleton, you can also put clothes on the…

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Now Supports Nintendo Labo

If your Nintendo Labo cardboard is lying around in a post-launch pile, you could try digging it out and playing some Mario Kart 8 Deluxe with it. I don’t know what it is about Labo, but using cardboard handlebars looks so much cooler than the plastic wheel. The compatibility is part of an update for…

We’re streaming PlatinumGames’ Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance right now on Twitch. Heather literally wrote the book on it, so expect some fun commentary and killer action.