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Pokémon Art Made From Rubik’s Cubes
To make this Pokémon art, you need lots and lots of Rubik’s Cubes. I mean, lots. Twitter user Epee bought a whole bunch of Rubik’s Cubes to make these creations But look at what you can do with them Each one took about 900 Rubik’s Cubes to complete. This one, however, needed around one thousand…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 11, 2018 - Uncategorized
This Japanese Cat Cafe Also Has Hedgehogs
For years, there have been cat cafes in Japan. Hedgehog cafes are not new, either. But now, starting this spring, it has a cat and a hedgehog cafe. Cat and Hedgehog Cafe Cherish opened this past May in Takatsuki, Osaka. If you don’t have to visit a cat cafe and a hedgehog one, it looks…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 11, 2018 - Uncategorized
K-pop Superstar Dresses Up As Squirtle To Check Out Fans’ Birthday Wishes
JR from the Korean boy group Nu’est recently had a birthday. According to SBS, fans rented out subway billboards with birthday wishes. JR wanted to go see the ads for himself and dressed up as Squirtle as he ventured out in public. Below are images of JR, apparently dressed as Squirtle, checking out the birthday…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 11, 2018 -
Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: Superman
Pay close attention to this music video, and the lyrics. Notice anything funny? Norazo is a criminally under-appreciated comedic rock duo that takes irreverence to an art form. Superman’s a particularly great example; not only does the song poke fun at the Man Of Steel’s sillier traits, the music video is filmed as a serious…
By Seung Park Published June 11, 2018 -
UncategorizedWait, Skyrim: Very Special Edition For Amazon’s Alexa Is Kinda Real?
During Bethesda’s E3 show earlier tonight, there was a cute video starring Keegan-Michael Key about Skyrim coming to Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant. We all chuckled and got on with our lives, because Key is a comedian and that would be a stupid game. And yet here we are, a few hours later, and you can…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 11, 2018 -
UncategorizedWhen JRPG Dreams Come True
In 99% of instances, Twitter is a waking hellscape. But sometimes there is room for joy, even if it comes in the form of video game localisation announcements. 2008’s Tales of Vesperia was released worldwide on the Xbox 360. One year later, it was also ported to the PS3, but that version—enhanced with more voice-acting…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 11, 2018 -
UncategorizedMetal Wolf Chaos, A Game About Presidential Robot Battles, Is Finally Getting Released In America
Devolver Digital is bringing FromSoftware’s cult-classic mech action game Metal Wolf Chaos to modern platforms. During their E3 livestream tonight, the publisher announced Metal Wolf Chaos XD, a remastered version of one of the Xbox’s wildest games. Metal Wolf Chaos was released on the Xbox in 2004 but only in Japan. FromSoftware, now best known for…
By Heather Alexandra Published June 10, 2018 -
CultureE3Everything Bethesda Showed At E3 2018
Bethesda capped off the second day of E3 press conferences by showing a bunch more Fallout 76, announcing Doom and Wolfenstein sequels, and teasing The Elder Scrolls VI as well as a new sci-fi game called Starfield The show got off to a slow start but picked up steam as it went, with an unexpected…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 10, 2018 -
CultureE3Bethesda Announces Elder Scrolls VI
During today’s press conference, Bethesda briefly teased The Elder Scrolls VI It was just a brief teaser that showed a large landscape, and Todd Howard implied it’ll be coming after single-player sci-fi RPG Starfield, which he announced seconds beforehand. If I had to guess, Elder Scrolls VI will almost certainly be on the next generation…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 10, 2018 -
CultureE3Bethesda’s Next Singleplayer RPG Is Starfield, A Sci-Fi Game
Bethesda’s Todd Howard just announced on stage at E3 that the company’s next big singleplayer RPG is an all-new story set in an all-new universe. Here’s a very brief trailer: Your guess as to what it’s all about is as good as mine. Interestingly, he also described it as a “next generation” game. Maybe it’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 10, 2018 - Uncategorized
Base-building vault management sim Fallout Shelter is coming to PlayStation 4 and the Nintendo Switch tonight. It will still be free, and the Switch version will have both touchscreen and Joy-Con controls, so get to making some more of those horror vaults
By Eric Van Allen Published June 10, 2018 -
CultureE3The Elder Scrolls Blades Announced For Phones
Today Bethesda announced a new Elder Scrolls game called Elder Scrolls Blades Todd Howard likened it philosophically to Fallout Shelter as a “uniquely mobile experience.” It’s first-person ala traditional Elder Scrolls games, but with touch-screen based swiping combat. It features both handcrafted and procedurally generated dungeons. It’s not just a dungeon-crawler, though. There are outdoor…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 10, 2018 -
CultureE3Bethesda Confirms Fallout 76 Is An Online Survival RPG
After a couple of teases and some inside information, we just got our first real look at Fallout 76, an upcoming survival RPG from Bethesda. As we told you last month, this isn’t a traditional Fallout adventure. While in the most immediate sense it looks like one, with its iconic visual style and first-person perspective,…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 10, 2018 -
CultureE3Prey‘s DLC Is Called Mooncrash, ‘Infinitely Replayable’
After a lot of teasing, Bethesda finally revealed Prey’s next DLC at their E3 press conference tonight, along with a bunch of new Prey stuff. Called Mooncrash, it’s available now. Mooncrash is a roguelike adventure on the moon in which enemies, goals, and loot will be different on each replay. You have to escape a…
By Riley MacLeod Published June 10, 2018 -
CultureE3Wolfenstein: Youngblood Is A Co-Op Game Coming Next Year
Today during Bethesda’s E3 press conference, Machine Games announced a new Wolfenstein game. The next Wolfenstein is called Youngblood. It’s set in the 1980s in Paris and stars series hero BJ Blazkowicz and love interest Anya’s twin daughters (!!!). It’s “a co-op experience” that you can also play solo. In the trailer, BJ monologues about…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 10, 2018 -
CultureE3Doom Is Getting A Sequel, Doom Eternal
Players eager to rip and tear are in for a treat. Bethesda announced Doom Eternal during their E3 press conference tonight, showing off a trailer full of demons. Bethesda rebooted Doom in 2016, offering a slightly different take on the classic first person shooter that was full of arena fights and melee executions. At the…
By Heather Alexandra Published June 10, 2018 -
CultureE3Our First Proper Look At Rage 2
As part of today’s E3 press event, Bethesda revealed footage of Avalanche-developed post-apocalpytic shooter sequel, Rage 2 The demo was preceded by a full-blown goddamn Andrew W.K. concert, which absolutely rocked and was completely wasted on an audience full of already-tired E3 attendees. I mean, look at this: Amazing! The actual game was cool, too.…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 10, 2018 - CultureE3
Podcast: We React To Xbox And EA At E3 2018
We’re two press conferences into E3 2018, and there’s already so much to talk about. Won’t you join us? On the first episode of Kotaku Splitscreen’s special E3 coverage, Jason Schreier and I talked about everything we liked (and didn’t like) about EA’s press conference yesterday and Microsoft’s conference today. Listen below, and download an…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 10, 2018 - CultureE3
We’re Liveblogging Bethesda’s E3 Press Conference [Update: We’re Done!]
It’s the second big press conference of the day with Bethesda starting at 9:30PM EDT. Hopefully we’ll get more specifics about Fallout 76 and who knows, maybe a new Elder Scrolls. Gita and I will have live commentary here for you in a few moments. You can watch the press conference here or follow along…
Ethan Gach & Gita Jackson Published June 10, 2018