Overwatch‘s Director Both Loves And Hates The Mash-Up Videos People Make Of Him

In recent times, a YouTuber named Dinoflask has dedicated their life to mashing-up videos of Overwatch’s Jeff Kaplan, turning them into everything from enraged rants to stories of Kaplan drunkenly pretending to be Junkrat’s ult at a party. It’s masterful work. Even Kaplan himself thinks so… begrudgingly. As part of a recent Reddit AMA, somebody…

Euclidean Lands Puts A Clever Twist On Strategy

While the hero of Euclidean Lands seems to be wielding a spear, his greatest weapon is his axes. His X, Y and Z axes to be precise, the ones that make up the three-dimensional space of Euclidean geometry. Euclidean Lands is a game that combines turn-based strategic movement with puzzles that rotate on those axes…

Splitscreen: Kotaku’s Video Game Podcast

Splitscreen is Kotaku’s podcast covering the world of video games and, occasionally, robot vacuum cleaners. Join hosts Jason Schreier and Kirk Hamilton as they break down the latest gaming news, discuss the biggest new games, and interview special guests from all around the world of gaming. Listen above or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart…

Even Nintendo Seems To Be Abandoning Game Instruction Manuals

One of the last reliable supporters for the concept that video games should have instruction manuals appears to be backing off. Nintendo has released its first games on its new console without instruction manuals: nothing on paper and not even a digital manual. Nintendo’s 1 2 Switch party game has no paper manual inside it,…

Sweet Dreams, Carthage

Mariusz Kozik is an artist who has worked on games like Total War: Rome 2 and Civilization V You can see more of Kozik’s work at his personal site and 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 of…

At First, Nintendo Couldn’t Agree On How To Depict Zelda In Breath of the Wild 

The Legend of Zelda has legacy, and every entry in the series is a chance to embrace or refute that tradition. Nintendo’s considerations on how to do away with conventions even trickled down to established characters, such as Zelda. Today, Nintendo released a 3-part series on the making of Breath of the Wild in which…

Smash Bros. Players Are Desperate To Solve The 11-Year Mystery Of Ness’ Super Yo-yo Glitch

The “super yo-yo glitch” is one of the great mysteries of the competitive Super Smash Bros. Melee community, and now, 11 years after its existence was first rumored, someone has put up a bounty for the person who finally proves it is real. The glitch involves Ness, the schoolboy from the Earthbound series, who is…

Destiny Player Glitches Through Entire Vault of Glass

Destiny, a video game in which you can see mountains and then go there, has always been full of mysteries. Mysteries such as: Can you glitch through the entire Vault of Glass? It took intrepid raider djxyz0 more than two years, but thanks to ingenuity and a whole lot of trial and error, he’s made…

Nvidia Geforce GTX 1080 Ti Review: Comfortably 4K

Last year Nvidia launched its Pascal gaming line with the GTX 1080, bringing capable 4K PC gaming to the masses. The new Geforce GTX 1080 Ti upgrades that “capable” to “comfortable.” The original GTX 1080 is an excellent graphics card that hits at least 30 frames per second on most contemporary PC games, especially when…

A Tokyo Parking Garage For Geeked-Out Cars

“Itasha” are decal-covered nerdmobiles. One Tokyo garage might be the best place in Japan to spot them. That, or you know, just walking around the streets of Akihabara. Whichever! Akihabara UDX is a 15-story building in Tokyo’s anime and gaming epicenter of Akihabara. UDX is filled with shops, restaurants, offices, and event spaces. Underneath are…

Cosplay Gear Made For Super Cheap 

Throughout Japan, there are one hundred yen shops, which are the equivalent of dollar stores in the US. On Twitter, Japanese cosplayers are showing props and gear they’ve made with cheap items they’ve at these discount shops. On Twitter (via Togetter), under the tag #百均のグッズ間違った使い方選手権 (or “The Championship of Incorrectly Used 100 Shop Goods), people…

Pancake Baths Open In Japan

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Morinaga hot cake mix, special pancake baths are opening at a resort in Kanagawa Prefecture for a limited time. While the baths aren’t actually filled with pancake mix, each hotto keeki ofuro (ホットケーキお風呂), or “hot cake bath,” does smell like vanilla and maple, reminding bathers of a delicious breakfast.…

Bring Me The Head Of The Giant Gundam

Just look at that! Workers pulling the head right off of the life-sized Gundam. This giant Gundam went up in 2009 and this fall, a new giant Gundam, RX-0 Unicorn Gundam,will go up at the same location. Via Twitter user yoshi115t, these images of the head removal are surreal.  Have a look at more photos…

From Outer Space. Mar Azul, Argentina. By Marcos G. Pesquero.  JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!

Nintendo Switch Vs. High Pressure Water Jet

From eBay: “This is the only Switch that has a Triforce cut into the screen….This item doesn’t work as a video game console but is a terrific piece of art.” “Only”, “Terrific”. UPDATE: Here’s a video of the holes being cut with a high pressure water jet. Amazing how long the game remains playable!

Star Fox, by Tyler West

Civilization VI Is Already So Much Better

It’s been five months since Civ VI was released, and if you thought—like with Civ V—that you’d be waiting years for the game to get better, boy have I got news for you. Through a combination of official content and the tireless work of the modding community, I’ve spent the last week playing a version…