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The Cosplay Police Seem Awfully Chill

Photographer Lawrence Brenner took these shots of cosplay superteam Spiral Cats while they were in NYC doing some League of Legends work. I’ve never seen an assault rifle-carrying police officer look so happy in my life. You can see more of Lawrence’s photos here

This is Jelfishwith some Ring cosplay. Photos by Georgia Nelson

Grandmother Who Plays Skyrim Has Made Over 300 Videos

Unsurprisingly, Skyrim: Special Edition quickly became one of the most popular games on Steam over the weekend. And given that she had already established herself as a channel for older gamers and Skyrim fans, it made sense that Shirley Curry, aka Grandma Shirley, would return to Skyrim Her 300th video highlights just how prolific the…

It’s Geralt. With A “T”.

Come on guys. Nobody that handsome would be called “Gerald”. Cosplay by Maul

Narcos Cosplay Keeps It All In The Family

There may be more elaborate Halloween costumes on the internet this year, more technical costumes, but none will win my heart like this family’s take on Narcos It’s not the first series that comes to mind when I think “wholesome family cosplay”, especially given the relationships between some of the characters here, but I’m willing…

Guy Spends Five Years Building A Minecraft Castle

Five years ago, danrharvey wanted to “get stuck into a creative mode build” in Minecraft. Looking back on it today, he’s built something that’s not only original, but beautiful. “It was fairly aimless at first”, he says, “I just started building a castle, with tunnels beneath, then about three or four months in, during an…

The Week In Games: If These Sprites Could Talk

Owlboy is finally coming out. Like for real. This week. It’s here. The game has been in development for ten years. Originally intended to ship in 2011,development became a long and winding road of what-ifs and some-days. Life is complicated. The team wanted the game to live up to the hype. So instead of coming…

Halloween, 2016

By Cassandra Calin

Steam Runs Out of Keys For A Game, Keeps Selling It Anyway

The Splinter Cell series for PC went on sale this weekend on Steam. Every game was discounted at 75% off, including Splinter Cell: Blacklist, the most recent game which Kirk Hamilton called in his review a sort of “greatest hits” collection borrowing the most successful parts from each previous game. There’s only one problem. Apparently…

EA Blocks Entire Country From Playing Games On Origin, Says They Plan To Fix It

Electronic Arts says they’re working to fix Origin in Myanmar in the wake of recent news that players could not access their EA PC games in the Southeast Asian country. The ban, widely reported on Reddit (and emailed quite a bit to Kotaku’s tips line today), prevents Origin users in Myanmar from playing any of…

Resident Evil Taught Players How To Love Survival Horror

My love for survival horror games began with the first Resident Evil. As a kid I hated everything related to horror, but, after Resident Evil, I came to love and even seek out horror games. I didn’t know anything about the game and had no idea what to expect. The opening, with its live-action footage,…

Pro Overwatch Player Demolishes Opponent In Three Simple Steps

Ana is everybody’s favorite Overwatch sniper mom, and what better way to show off those motherly instincts than by telling Genji to gtfo when the ninja pops in uninvited. In yesterday’s Sweden vs. Brazil group stage match for the Overwatch World Cup, Sebastian “chipshajen” Widlund did just that against a very outmatched James “soulive” Luigi.…