Apple Pie Oreos Don’t Taste Quite Like Apple Pie, But Yum

Due to a rapid-fire barrage of novel new flavors, Snacktaku has instituted a temporary moratorium on Oreo videos. But then they had to go and drag apple pie into this. Fine, Nabisco, but you’re not getting a video. Let’s talk Apple Pie Oreos. With Snacktaku threatening to morph into Oreotaku, I’ve been doing my very…

How To Spot Fake Japanese Figures

Fakes are a problem in the world of collectibles. That’s why Japanese figure company Good Smile has acustomer support page dedicated entirely to spotting pirated goods. The page updates on a regular basis, showing recent phoney items and how customers can spot them. The differences are sometimes small but noticeable. Other times, they’re big and…

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Hold My Droid

Lim Chuan Shin is a freelance artist from Malaysia who has worked on games like Street Fighter V and Agents of Mayhem You can see more of Shin’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…

Why Wario And Waluigi Don’t Have Girlfriends

If Mario has Peach, why doesn’t Wario have…I dunno, Meach? It’s a fair question, and one that I’d never known the answer to (if in fact there ever was an answer). I do now, though, thanks to the unearthing of an old Nintendo Power interview by the excellent Supper Mario Broth Back in 2000, the…

Fans Bring Classic Lord Of The Rings Game Into The HD Era

Once upon a time, EA had the rights to the Lord of the Rings (film) series, and they made a bunch of games. Many of them were surprisingly good, like Return of the King, but two in particular stood out: the Battle for Middle Earth RTS games. They were very good, combining powerful hero units…

Pyre‘s Composer On The Challenges Of Creating His Most Diverse Game Soundtrack Yet

Bastion and Transistor are complicated games with emotional depth. Supergiant Games’ latest, Pyre, follows its predecessors—this time with a focus on existential questions of freedom, religion anddogs with mustaches. Accompanying the games are equally as complex and gorgeously arranged music by composer Darren Korb. As the audio director and composer for the now eight year…

The Fake Sega CD Exclusives We Never Knew We Needed

Anyone up for a game of Cool Spot Buries the Bodies or Don’t Make the Dog Happy? The Sega CD is often cited as one of Sega’s first big missteps on their slow spiral out of the console market. The system was criticized for featuring far too many Genesis ports and Full Motion Video (FMV)…

Meet Final Fantasy XII‘s Most Obnoxious Family

Final Fantasy XII’s gorgeous locales are filled with vast deserts that host blinding sandstorms. Its jungles are shrouded in mist and mystery. The game’s ruins are beautiful even when the undead rise from the trap-laden ground. Then there’s that damned family hanging out in the aerodomes. They can die by firaga. After letting Final Fantasy…

Gaming’s Weirdest Mashups That Worked Surprising Well

Titles like Puyo Puyo Tetris and Street Fighter X Tekken prove that bringing two successful franchises together can yield a match made in heaven. But every now and then two brazenly different intellectual properties form an unholy union that manages to get things right. The somewhat surprising success ofMario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle for the Nintendo…

Last Day of June Is Beautiful, Touching, And Emotionally Draining

2013 was a trying year. That August, two months after losing my job, death took my favorite uncle. Weeks later on Labor day, it came for my mild-mannered orange tabby. I think about mortality often, more so as my parents grow older. Given these thoughts, playing Last Day of June was more difficult than I…

Splatoon 2‘s Salmon Run Is More Fun With Ridiculous Enemy Nicknames

Though the hype surrounding the sequel to everyone’s favorite squid fighting simulator has died down a bit, players are still flocking to the games ever-changing horde mode. Salmon Run drops a team of four inkings onto a small map with a host of possible challenges. Water levels rise and fall, waves of fog creep in,…

The Amazing Music Of The No More Heroes Series

If I could dig my Wii out from wherever it’s hiding to replay No More Heroes and its sequel, I would. Since that’s impossible, I’ll instead ask: What better way to celebrate the return of Travis Touchdown than by listening to some killer tracks from this gem of a series? Last week’s announcement of a…

OK K.O.! Is Charmingly Imperfect

With Regular Show officially out of production and Adventure Time in the midst of its final season, the head honchos at Cartoon Network are hoping audiences will tune in to witness the goofy antics of their newest show — OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes. Featuring an overly optimistic lead and a super powered supporting cast,…

Realistic Paintings Of Japanese Snacks And Drinks

Japanese artist Polka has an interesting specialty: Painting acrylic still-life portraits of snacks. Why paint flowers and fruits when there are Calorie Mate and Lunch Pack sandwiches? The timer shows how many hours Polka works on each painting. There are many more clips on YouTube. Here are some highlights. Kotaku East is your slice of…

New PS4 Exclusive Is Perfect For Making Anime Characters

Everybody’s Golf golf features a robust character creator, which can churn out iconic anime and game characters. Kotaku’s Tim Rogers already checked out the character creation and its running animations. They are spectacular. While on Twitter, people have been crafting game and anime inspired avatars: Looks like it’s possible to make just about, well, everybody.…