Witcher 3 Cosplay Is Burning Through The Snow

A reminder: it may be 2018, but I will forever be posting Witcher 3 cosplay here as though 2015 never ended. Today, it’s this incredible Cerys, and while this version doesn’t have a horse, it does have terrifying accuracy going for it, from the hair to the freckles to the snow. Cerys is SoranoSuzu, while…

My PC Building Adventure, Part Two: Something Went Horribly Wrong

Last week, I wrote that my PC building adventure would lead to a three-part series on Kotaku, unless something went horribly wrong. Well, my friends, it may not shock you to hear that something went horribly wrong. On Friday afternoon, all of my parts in hand, I ripped open my sleek new case and started…

AGDQ Twitch Chat Is Tolerable Right Now, But Not Everyone Is Happy

The Games Done Quick speedrunning charity marathon started up this weekend. The event, coming off years of increased runner and chat-related controversy, has taken extra steps to keep their chat free from spam and trolls. Their solution has drawn anger from fans and led to short lived chat alternatives that are quickly banned. Before this…

Swivel Grips Make Switch Joy-Cons Easier To Hold

Playing multiplayer Switch games with a single Joy-Con isn’t the best, especially for those with large hands. Nyko’s snap-on Swivel Grips make a big difference, while turning the Joy-Con into an alien fly creature. I have very large hands, so the already tiny Joy-Con feels much smaller to me than it might to the average…

There is still no release date for Assassin’s Creed Origins’ first expansion. It’s just “January,” as Ubisoft reiterated today in a post that also reveals that the publisher is finally going to add Origins’ pricy paid DLC items, released weeks ago, to the rotation of items found in the game’s free Heka Chest lootboxes

Returning To Cardcaptor Sakura Isn’t Just Nostalgia

Over the weekend, a new season of anime Cardcaptor Sakura premiered, after being off the air since 2000. Although many things have stayed the same in the sleepy town of Tomoeda, protagonist Sakura has gone through some important changes since we last saw her. The original Cardcaptor Sakura series aired from 1998 to 2000. Based…

Only One Joy-Con Was Harmed In The Modding Of This Switch

Nintendo’s Switch is an excellent gaming console, but it is noticeably not Watermelon Red and painfully un-transparent. Over the winter holiday I decided to fix both of those glaring issues. All it took was an inexpensive third-party shell replacement kit, and an extra set of Joy-Cons to replace the one I broke in the process.…

The Week In Games: Port Season 

After the first week of 2018 it’s still slim pickings looking ahead. The Xbox One is getting some old PC games, a bunch of stuff I’ve never head of is hitting PS4, and the Nintendo Switch continues to build out its library with some of the best games of the last few years. You could…

Why Katana Are So Polished And Shiny 

How do you make a katana disappear? It’s very simple. You angle the blade down so it reflects the ground below, making the katana blend right in and appear to vanish. This isn’t some trick, but rather, a combat technique that can mean life or death. When the clip below was originally aired on Japanese…

For A 5 Year-Old, This Kid Is Pretty Good At Gran Turismo

Twitter user Yashu’s daughter not only loves cars, but she is also pretty good at Gran Turismo Here she is practicing at home with her cat co-drivers. Nice racing line! She’s been interested in motorsports since she was small (well, smaller). Here she is when she was three years old at the Tokyo Auto Salon.…

Hokanji Pagoda Autumn Sunset. Kyoto, Japan. By Ze Wong | Instagram  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! 

PUG Battlegrounds

Su Jian is an artist based in China. You can see more of Jian’s work at his ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best of both their professional…

Civilization Mod Adds A Super AI That Can Destroy Humanity

Time to give Gandhi a rest Via RPS, The University of Cambridge’s Centre for the Study of Existential Risk has released a mod for Civilization V called Superintelligence, which adds some artificial intelligence options to the late-game. It can be good! But also bad. Artificial intelligence can initially provide some benefits, and eventually can turn…

Nintendo Is Releasing Some Lovely Phone Cases

They’re out in April (in Japan only, at least for now), and there are cases based on Breath of the Wild, Splatoon and Animal Crossing There are four Animal Crossing cases, two soft ones for iPhones and two nicer folding flip ones. The Splatoon and Zelda ones also flip, and these four are for pretty…

When 2018 meets 2005.

Someone Fixed The Genesis Nomad’s Biggest Problem

You might remember the Genesis Nomad as Sega’s mammoth 1995 successor to the Game Gear. It was huge and heavy and ran on six AA batteries. Decades later one owner was fed up with subsidizing the Energizer Bunny and decided to add a rechargeable internal battery pack of their own. As a DIY modder by…