Breath of the Wild Helped Me Beat The Legend of Zelda’s Second Quest

My childhood friends thought the original The Legend of Zelda for the NES was easy: just gather the eight triforces and defeat Ganon. I had a hard time just finding the second labyrinth. I eventually learned that my trek through Hyrule at the age of seven was actually the Second Quest, a remixed journey with…

Lego’s Rocking Two New Thor: Ragnarok Sets

While moviegoers have to wait until November to watch the Hulk and Thor battle for Jeff Goldblum’s amusement, Lego fans can get in on the action starting this month with a new pair of Thor: Ragnarok playsets—Arena Clash and The Ultimate Battle For Asgard. How ultimate is it? Eh, middlin’. Available alongside the Arena Clash…

A Nier: Automata Anime Seems Like A Good Idea

If this fan-made sequence is anything to go on, then a Nier: Automata anime could be a very good idea. YouTuber Shiika Sadamasa uploaded this 2B sword action clip, showing what a Nier anime could look like: Sadamasa is a self-taught animator who previously spent four years making a “World Is Mine” music video, which…

Splatoon 2 Voice Chat Set-Up Looks Totally Bonkers

If you are planning on using voice chat for Splatoon 2, here’s an official headset with an officially nutso set up. As Kotaku reported earlier this year, Splatoon 2 voice chat will be in the form of an app through your phone. If you’ve been wondering what exactly that will look like, we now know…

Studio Ghibli Getting Its Own Theme Park In Japan 

“Ghibli Park,” a Studio Ghibli theme park, is slated to open outside Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. According to Chunichi Web, the park is set in the world of My Neighbor Totoro and will allow visitors to enjoy flowers and trees during each of the four seasons. Don’t expect rides per se, but rather, a…

Destiny Action Figures Are Like Fancy Dress GI Joes

There’s a new line of Destiny figures coming from McFarlane, and these ones are both smaller and a lot less expensive than the current option. Out later this year, the figures will be 7″ tall (except for Lord Saladin, who is 10″), very articulated and come with a range of the original game’s most famous…

Watch (Part Of) A Mario Anime That’s Been Lost For Almost 20 Years

While most of Mario’s adventures through 1980s animation have been preserved on YouTube, not everything has managed to find its way online. Like 1989’s Super Mario Traffic Safety, which for the first time we’re now able to watch (well, at least some of it). Produced by Toei as an instructional safety video for Japanese schoolkids,…

London Put On A Very Good Cosplay Show

MCM London Comic Con was held in the UK over the weekend, and photographer Carlos Adama was kind enough to send us in some shots he took of the cosplayers attending the show.

Nintendo Switch Survives 1,000 Foot Drop

Nintendo products are primarily known for two things: functioning as portals to wonderlands of whimsy, and being so durable that they can survive being hit by trucks, or more dangerously, children. The Switch is a worthy heir to that legacy. Thin, glossy, and fragile as it looks, Nintendo’s console/portable hybrid is a damn brick. UnlockRiver…

Here’s pixel artist Paul Conway with an excellent Lucasarts x The Thing mashup. Because SCUMM always needed the option to tie someone to that fucking couch Bonus: here’s a WIP.

Those Prey Tracking Bracelets Were Junk All Along

Prey is filled with mysteries. What’s going on aboard Talos-1? Who is Morgan Yu, and how did she get into this mess? And most importantly, should I hold on to this tracking bracelet I’ve been carrying around for the past six hours? That third mystery has been solved, at long last. The patch notes for…

Meet The Medical Professionals Keeping Esports Pros Healthy

Players have to practice for hours on end every day to stay competitive, but with that level of play comes risks. Repetitive motions and poor habits can lead to strains and injuries, and left unattended, could end careers prematurely. In the first entry of our season of Compete videos, our team interviewed several professionals who…

Killing Jason Is Possible In The Friday the 13th Game, But It’s Not Easy

Killing Jason in Friday the 13th is a complicated process that’s easy to mess up. Watching people attempt it is thrilling, even when they fail. Since it’s possible for counselors to escape on their own, and because running into Jason can often lead to getting impaled on a tree branch, you might be tempted to…

The Weirdness Of Fire Emblem Heroes‘ Bride Class

While Fire Emblem has had “Brides” for years now, their recent inclusion in a seasonal Heroes event makes the label “waifu simulator” feel less like a joke and more of a staple of the series’ identity. I’ve learned to love the sillier side of Fire Emblem Heroes and the franchise as a whole. A funny…

Programmer Puts $50,000 On Stock Market, Lets Twitch Decide What To Do

Yesterday, “playing the stock market” took on a whole new meaning. On new Twitch channel Stock Stream, Amazon engineer Mike Roberts entrusted his $50,000 savings to the chaos that is Twitch chat, where thousands of anonymous users invest it in what they please. Roberts says it’s the world’s first co-op, multiplayer game that uses real…

Battlegrounds Player Pretends To Be An Army Man, Crushes It

In PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, squads live and die on effective communication and, when all else fails, gutsy bravado. There are worse things you can do, then, than pretend to be an over-the-top military commander. In a video posted over the weekend, StoneMountain64 dropped into a random matchmaking squad and immediately began acting like an absurdist pastiche…

For The First Time, European Call of Duty Team Wins U.S. Tournament

A competitive Call of Duty team made history over the weekend by becoming the first European team to win a major tournament on U.S. soil. Call of Duty pro teams had battled for four weeks to earn a spot in Infinite Warfare’s CWL Global Pro League Stage One Playoffs. The top 16 teams were pared…

Our First Impressions Of Tekken 7: Satisfying, Difficult

Early on in Tekken 7’s story mode, I’m told to throw Heihachi’s five-year-old son off a cliff. It’s canon in the Tekken series, typically a drama saved for cut scenes. Here, it’s flippant—push the square and triangle buttons and, buh-bye, kid Tekken 7, which will release on June 2nd, entices players who, like me, fell…