StarCraft Nova Cosplay Shoots The Lights Out

This is Polish cosplayer Calypsen, as StarCraft’s/Heroes of the Storm’s Nova. Photos by Studio Zahora

Disney Theme Park Designer Imagines A Castle In The Sky Ride

John Ramirez, whose actual job it is to design rides for Disney, had an idea for a Totoro experience. He now also has one for a Castle in the Sky/Laputa ride, too. It’s great. Perfect. The carriage, the sections of the movie you visit, the multiple appearances of the robots, it’s all the best. As…

Comic Convention Has Cosplay PR Meltdown

Last week, the Facebook account of the Santa Fe Comic Con thought it was doing the right thing by promoting local cosplay at the expense of more famous out-of-town talent. Emphasis on thought. The communications meltdown that actually took place ended up a public relations shitstorm. Note: The convention deleted most of its Facebook comments…

Wash, Rinse, Repeat

Pretty much. Comic by Shubbabang

Mario vs Dark Souls. By Jason Chan

Cosplayer Becomes Geralt, Witcherest Of Witchers

This is Maul, from Defcon Unlimited, a cosplay/stunt team from Europe. You might remember Maul from last year, when he didn’t just cosplay as Snake, but had to go get a real wolf Defcon’s latest effort is this Geralt ensemble, which took ages to put together. I’ve included detail shots of the suit because just…

Artist Makes Badass Battlefront, Killzone & Resident Evil Figures

Snow Corporation is a British artist who, inspired by stuff like Sideshow’s efforts, builds and modifies custom action figures. Star Wars, Warhammer, Marvel, commissions, he’s done it all, and they are all incredible Note this is different to the VTS figures we showed last week; those are commercial bootlegs, while these are either for commission…

Tank Murder Is A Very Funny GTA V Video

Tanks aren’t just in GTA V for shooting stuff and evading cops. There’s so much scope to do more with their heavy, swinging bodies. Like slapstick murder. AwesomeAlvin’s video here covers a lot of GTA V escapades (some of it a bit much), but it’s any part with a tank that’s the highlight.

The Week In Games: Make America Free Again

Is it time to liberate the country from foreign invaders already? Man, 2016 is going by so fast I completely forgot Homefront: The Revolution was a thing. It’s totally a thing, you guys. A thing that I for some reason know absolutely nothing about. Apparently the city of Philadelphia, four years into occupation, has become…

DOOM PC Benchmarks: Not Hellish At All

Twenty two years ago an obscure game developer called id Software released a first-person shooter that would have a huge impact on the future of PC gaming, computer graphics and the industry as a whole, that game was Doom At the time I was 10, and while I can’t exactly recall if my first encounter…

Bejeweled Is So Over Candy Crush Saga‘s Bullshit

The official description for Bejeweled Stars does not read “You like Candy Crush Saga? Fine. Here’s your damn Candy Crush Saga,” but it really should. PopCap’s Bejeweled wasn’t the first match-three puzzler, but it was the game that put the sub-genre on the map. The wonderfully simple, wildly addictive gem-matching game grew so popular there…

Sunday Comics: Still Unsquished

Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published May 13. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published May 9. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

The Official World Of Warcraft Cookbook Calls For Hungry Players, Canned Haggis

Coming this October from the author of the official Game of Thrones cookbook, World of Warcraft: The Official Cookbook will have you searching “where can I buy canned haggis” in Google more often than you already do. The fine folks at Simon & Schuster (via Destructoid) are bringing Chelsea Monroe-Cassel’s interpretation of classic Azerothian food…

Let’s Check The Battlefield 1 Trailer For Historical Accuracy

With the recently-announced Battlefield 1 sparking renewed interest in its WWI setting, historians are poring over the launch trailer to see how closely it sticks the details. The Great War’s Indy Neidell takes us through the good, the bad and the okay then. I attempted to go through the trailer myself and look for any…

That’s Just Cold, Walmart

Days after the end of Disney Infinity was announced, my local Walmart’s once overflowing shelves were stripped bare. While the three or four ragtag Thors still lingered in the electronic section’s neglected clearance aisle (set it and forget it!) and a few figures lingered in the toy section where they were never supposed to be,…

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Now With Hard Bits

The internet is abuzz with the news that, come July, Reese’s is putting out Peanut Butter Cups with tiny Reese’s Pieces inside. Corn-looking yellow candy piece aside, this doesn’t seem like that great of an idea. After a week of teasing imagery much more compelling than the end product, Reese’s has revealed its latest Peanut…