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UncategorizedPokémon YouTuber Feels Need To Drop Diss Track
A Pokémon YouTuber dropped a diss track against another Pokémon YouTuber, and the weirdest thing about all this is that the track is kinda good. “Verlisify” is a track from Pokémon YouTuber Shofu’s upcoming mixtape, Trap Ketchum. It’s also, kind of, a diss track about the controversial Pokémon YouTuber Verlisify. It’s not exactly Nas’s “Ether,”…
By Gita Jackson Published July 25, 2017 - Uncategorized
The Lord of the Rings has a complicated history with race, and the upcoming game Shadow of War will feature the series’ first black character. “I don’t think we thought twice about it when we were writing the story and when we wrote Baranor,” Monolith’s Andy Salisbury told Waypoint. “It was just kind of an…
By Jason Schreier Published July 25, 2017 - Uncategorized
The Friendly Rivals Who Created Final Fantasy V
Big news for me today: Boss Fight Books has launched its fourth Kickstarter, and my upcoming book Final Fantasy V is part of it. Here’s an exclusive excerpt, discussing a bit about how this legendary role-playing game was made. Final Fantasy V, the book, is many stories woven together: One is my own story of…
By Chris Kohler Published July 25, 2017 -
UncategorizedDestiny 2‘s Patrols Are Way More Interesting Than Destiny‘s
Perhaps the most exciting thing about the upcoming shooter Destiny 2 is how developer Bungie is approaching the open world—specifically, how many interesting activities they’re sticking into patrol zones. In a video published yesterday that’s part of IGN’s monthlong Destiny 2 trickle, Bungie showed off some of the features that the sequel will bring to…
By Jason Schreier Published July 25, 2017 -
UncategorizedCars 2 Does Not, In Fact, Suck
Cars 2 was not a classic film. It was unfocused and a bit too dependent on plot rather than characters. But it was a solid film. It had great action set pieces and ‘blink and you’ll miss it’ humor. And it doesn’t deserve the death by omission it is currently enduring. I watched Cars 3…
By Kevin Wong Published July 25, 2017 - Esports
What Prevents Esports From Taking Off In Japan
Esports is big business. Yet in Japan, home to many talented players, it has yet to reach the same money-making heights as elsewhere. The recently foundedJapan Esports League has big-time sponsors like Twitch and Mainichi News, one of Japan’s biggest newspapers. Japanese pro soccer team Verdy also has an esports team in the league, but…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 25, 2017 - Kotaku East
A Toyota 86 Fit For A Japanese Superhero
Japan’s biggest superhero Ultraman is no stranger to cars. In the early 1970s, Return of Ultraman featured a rotary engine-powered Mazda Cosmo Sports. Now, in 2017, there’s a Ultraman-themed Toyota 86 going on sale in Japan. The Ultraman-themed Toyota 86 is called “M78x86.” M78 refers to Nebula M78, which is the home of the Ultras.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 25, 2017 -
Kotaku EastThe Tokyo Olympics Is Embracing The Akira Anime
When the Tokyo Olympics were first announced in 2013, there were immediate comparisons to Akira’s 2020 Neo-Tokyo Olympics. Now, the real 2020 games are not shying away from those comparisons but embracing them in a recent promotional event. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government held a projection mapping event last night with a “Three Years To Go!”…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 25, 2017 -
CultureNoita is an action roguelite that claims to “physically simulate” every pixel. Basically, that means things burn, melt, and blow up Real Nice. You’ll craft your own spells to help traverse its procedurally generated caverns. Its developers have worked on games like The Swapper, Crayon Physics Deluxe, and Environmental Station Alpha. Definitely one to keep…
By Nathan Grayson Published July 24, 2017 - Culture
A Spartan And His Very Large Rocket Launcher
Luke Kopycinski is an artist who worked on Halo Wars 2. Specifically, he did a bunch of the game’s cards, the system used to build units in Blitz multiplayer mode You can see more of Luke’s work at his ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 24, 2017 -
UncategorizedKingdoms and Castles Is A Very Fun City-Building Game
Kingdoms and Castles isn’t the most challenging or complex city-building game I’ve ever seen, but it is one of the best to just pick up and start playing. The game—which was released on PC earlier this week—randomly generates a small patch of land for you, then asks you to build a lil’ Medieval settlement on…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 24, 2017
