The Switch Joy-Con’s Infrared Sensor Is Cooler Than We Thought

One of the most interesting parts of the Nintendo Switch has gone nearly unused by game developers, including Nintendo, for the first year of the system’s existence. A mind-blowing demonstration yesterday, however, showed that the little sensor on the bottom of the right Joy-Con is more capable than we ever imagined. Specifically, it can be…

One of The Biggest Harry Potter Fanfics Still Holds Up In 2018

If you don’t read fanfiction, it’s hard to really understand the purpose it serves. At its worst fanfiction is self indulgent, but at its best, fanfiction transforms the work it’s based on, and gives small moments in the canon more depth. A great example of how a derivative work can add to a piece of…

People Can Now Beat Super Mario World In Less Than A Minute

Super Mario World has plenty of warps and tricks to help players finish the game faster than usual, but none are as extreme as the credits warp. This intense glitch was once thought to be nearly impossible for a human to perform, but one speedrunner recently used it to complete the game in less that…

Dissidia Final Fantasy NT Is Pretty Bad At Telling Players How To Play

Dissidia Final Fantasy NT is a highly technical online fighting game featuring 28 different characters. Each character has their own special moves and abilities, none of which are referenced in the game whatsoever. That’s not good. Dissidia Final Fantasy NT is a console port of a Japanese arcade game, so an amount of console unfriendliness…

Zelda Player Turns Map Progress Into Wall Art

Since its first DLC, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has given players the option to look back at all the places they’ve traveled by showing their path in green, known in the game as the “Hero’s Path.” While the feature has always been neat, it looks even more unique and intimate when…

Football, Reviewed

Maybe some impending social situation requires you to understand football. Or maybe you’re just interested in the sport because beer commercials have started to reference Game of Thrones. Well, Kotaku Dot Com’s Tim Rogers (that’s me) is here to help you out with this handy video. It’s a lot like my words-based review of football…

Kaz Hirai Is Stepping Down As Sony CEO

This April, Kaz Hirai will step down as Sony CEO in a management transition he proposed to the Sony Nominating Committee. His successor is company exec Kenichiro Yoshida. The management shuffle takes effect April 1, when the Japanese financial year begins. Hirai’s current titles are Director, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, President and Chief Executive Officer.…

The New Definition Of “Pro Gamer” In Japan

In Japanese, “pro gamer” previously had one definition: a gamer who got money to play. Hence, a professional. Today, the word was given a new definition by the newly established Japan Esports Union. The organization is supported by Japanese gaming’s biggest organizations (such as CESA and JAMMA) and will issue pro gamer licenses for a…

Back To The Future Turned Into A Manga

Yusuke Murata, who illustrates One-Punch Man for Weekly Young Jump, is doing a manga version of Back to the Future Bob Gale, who co-wrote the original film, is overseeing the manga, which is based on the movie’s screenplay and titled BTTF Murata first showed off a Back to the Future illustration on Twitter a few…

Where Manga Is Destroyed To Make Toilet Paper

Ever wonder what happens to unwanted manga? Here, it gets torn into pieces to make toilet paper. Manga artist Rensuke Oshikiri recently visited a warehouse publisher Kodansha manages. (Full disclosure: My first two books were published by former subsidiary Kodansha International.) The warehouse holds returned and defective manga volumes. Workers feed the manga volumes into…

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The Demon Team

Satoshi Matsuura is an illustrator and creature designer based in Tokyo. If you like Mike Mignola’s style, you’ll dig these monsters. They’re a selection from a set of 72 he designed, with an impressive amount of individuality across the range. You can see more of Matsuura’s work at his ArtStation page To see the images…

We Tried Nintendo Labo And Mostly Like It A Lot

I spent a couple of hours messing around with Nintendo’s bold new Labo project today, and I was impressed. The pure act of assembling the cardboard to build the games’ specialized controllers is lots of fun by itself, and some of the games that come with it look promising as well. Just a short walk…

Counter-Strike Co-Creator Arrested For Sexual Exploitation Of A Child [UPDATE: Valve Suspends]

Seattle police arrested Counter-Strike co-creator Jess Cliffe, 36, early this morning for sexual exploitation of a child. Police have not yet commented further on the case. The arrest record shows that Cliffe, who has been an employee of Valve since 2003, was booked at 1:17am Pacific Time this morning. He was denied bail, according to…