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UncategorizedSpend Some Quality Time With Nier: Automata’s Director
In this latest instalment of the excellent toco toco TV, everyone gets to remotely hang out with Yoko Taro,the director of Nier: Automata It’s not just an interview about his processes and the game; like the other episodes in the series, it takes you to a place of great importance in Taro’s career/life, in this…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2017 - Uncategorized
Take A Moment To Remember One Of The Best April Fools’ Gaming Hoaxes Of All Time
It was 1992 and print was still alive and well with most people relying on monthly magazines for their gaming info. As a result, a joke about a secret Street Fighter character called Sheng Long spread world wide. 25 years later, it’s time we poured one out for all those tortured souls who went looking…
By Ethan Gach Published April 2, 2017 - Culture
The Week In Games: Back To School
It’s time to leave childish things like tower climbing, cyborg-dino slaying, and planet scanning behind and go hit the books. In case you weren’t feeling buried enough under the weight of all those open world RPGs, here’s another 100+ hour epic to eat away whatever remains of your time an sanity. I can’t wait to…
By Ethan Gach Published April 2, 2017 -
UncategorizedLucasArts Was Really Good At Canceling Star Wars Games
The latest video from GVMERS takes a look back at all of the Star Wars games that never saw the light of day. Consider it a eulogy for a galaxy far, far away still littered with what-ifs. Starting with Return of the Jedi: Ewok Adventure planed for the Atari and going all the way up…
By Ethan Gach Published April 2, 2017 - Esports
Madden Pro Trips Over His Own Players
This weekend, the Madden Challenge is pitting virtual football’s best against each other one last time before the championship in May. Though the players behind the controllers are pros, the quarterbacks in the game could use a little work. Tuning into the series, the literal first play I saw on stream had Eli “Trueboy” Clayton’s…
By Eric Van Allen Published April 2, 2017 - Uncategorized
You can now download 8-Bit Bayonetta on Steam and play it for free. Unfortunately, the demake which doubles as an April Fools’ joke is a bit feature incomplete. Bayonetta can only jump and fire at the oncoming enemies so there’s no side-scrolling exploration.
By Ethan Gach Published April 2, 2017 - Culture
Speedrunner Gets Sabatoged By His Own Twitch Chat During Super Mario 64 World Record Attempt
This weekend a speedrunner who goes by Cheese broke the existing record for beating Mario 64 with all 120 stars with a time1:40:05. But his goal was to come in under 1:39, something he might have achieved if not for one of his spectators spamming a text-to-speech bot. Despite forgoing the LBLJ exploit, a backyards…
By Ethan Gach Published April 2, 2017 -
EsportsBlind Player Racks Up A Win At His First Street Fighter V Tournament
Competing in a Street Fighter tournament is hard, especially if you’re blind. But that didn’t stop a Dutch player by the name of “Sven” from managing to take a few sets off his opponents in the early rounds of Spain’s Sonic Boom tournament for Street Fighter V. Playing as Ken, Sven faced Musashi’s Akuma in…
By Ethan Gach Published April 2, 2017 - Culture
Sunday Comics: Deathly God Parents
Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics that usually occurs on Sunday except when it doesn’t. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published March 28. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published March 27. Read more…
By Ethan Gach Published April 2, 2017 - Uncategorized
Surprise, There’s A New Episode of Rick And Morty That You Can Watch [UPDATE]
It’s still April 1st, but this is no joke: Rick and Morty season 3 is here, and you can watch the first episode right now, for a while at least. It’s been a while, huh? The season 2 Rick and Morty finale aired in October 2015, and since then, fans have patiently been waiting for…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 1, 2017 -
UncategorizedThe Earthbound Vibes Get Even Stronger In Knuckle Sandwich‘s Latest Trailer
Knuckle Sandwich is an RPG about day jobs and cults caught somewhere between Earthbound and Undertale. Need I say more? It’s never clear whether fever dreams like these will pan out. I also had high hopes for Citizens of Earth, another Earthbound-inspired RPG from not too long ago that ended up feeling more than a…
By Ethan Gach Published April 1, 2017 - Esports
Inside The Weird World Of Video Game Wrestling Leagues
Ghosts, weddings and hit-and-runs are all just small threads that wrestling has used throughout the WWE’s legacy to drive storylines. But for the non-wrestling fans who prefer their action in the vein of Celebrity Deathmatch, there exists a small but fervent community of wrestling modders, crafting some of the most exotic and extravagant cards in…
By Eric Van Allen Published April 1, 2017 -
UncategorizedDark Souls Trolling Hits New Peak With Giant Door Deaths
This is what it looks like when a Dark Souls 3 gangsquad double-doors you to death. The troop was led by Iron Pineapple, well known for his antics trolling players in Dark Souls games. Their weapon of choice? The Great Door Shield, a bizarre new artifact available in the game’s latest DLC, The Ringed City…
By Ethan Gach Published April 1, 2017 - Uncategorized
The first episode of Attack on Titan’s second season is finally available to stream. While season one was made available back in 2013, the second has been plagued with delays. But no more! You can now find the latest episode on Crunchyroll, Funimation, or Anime Lab (for Australia and New Zealand).
By Ethan Gach Published April 1, 2017 -
UncategorizedThe Best (And Worst) April Fools’ Day Jokes For 2017
Today is April 1. Every year we forget it exists, until March comes to an end and every brand on the planet prepares to remind you for twenty four hours straight just how difficult it is to be truly funny. Here’s a roundup of the mostly best (and worst) April Fool’s gags for 2017. (If…
By Ethan Gach Published April 1, 2017 - Esports
The Weekend In Esports: Gears Of War Goes To The Beach
Dota 2 returns this weekend with the Asia Championships, while big things are also happening across League of Legends and elsewhere. A little game called Gears of War 4 is also returns with a major tournament down at the Jersey shore. If you woke up early enough this morning you might have even caught Evil…
By Ethan Gach Published April 1, 2017 - Esports
Dueling Dota 2 Pocket Picks Culminate In Bananas Comeback
The lower bracket seems like a strange place for a match-up like Evil Geniuses and Wings Gaming to happen, but in the first round of the Dota 2 Asia Championships bracket, both teams found themselves on their last leg in a best-of-one match. Back against the wall, both teams turned to oddball strategies, leading to…
By Eric Van Allen Published April 1, 2017
