As the week comes to a close and the temperatures rise, flip on the AC and check out Worth Reading, our guide to the best games writing around. Hey, You Should Read These “Ridealong: The Underground Fight Clubs Of Dark Souls III” by Brendan Caldwell For the many hours I’ve spent with Souls, I’ve never…
Look, we tried to keep Trump alive. Honest. As you may have heard, Surgeon Simulatordebuted an “Anniversary Edition” this week, and one of the new things this revamped version comes with is a mode that lets you cut open none other than the Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump. Below, you can watch Gawker writers Marina…
It’s raining games! Hallelujah, it’s raining games! It’s also June. And it’s also the weekend! It’s actually not raining here in Portland; it’s hot as fuck, and it’s supposed to break 100 degrees tomorrow. Seems like a good weekend to stay inside and play some games with the air conditioner cranked. Maybe you’ve heard? It’s…
If you haven’t seen Jacob’s Ladder, now is the perfect time to change that. Paramount Vault is an overlooked YouTube channel where the company publishes old films, usually the stranger and more obscure ones. As of today, that now includes the still-creepy Jacob’s Ladder, one of many movies that inspired the original Silent Hill game.…
Someone made an NES version of The Witness, and it looks wonderful. Check it out right here. (You’ll need an emulator to play.)
Near the entrance to your base in Mirror’s Edge Catalyst, two young cyber-runner rebels have taken the aphorism “practice makes perfect” to heart. You’ll pass them on your way to meet with your rebel boss. The game doesn’t tell you their names, so I’m assuming they’re called “Apex and Daedalus” or “Jinx and Bosco” or…
When you first open up Final Fantasy II, you’re asked to name four characters. Seconds later, those characters are stuck in an unwinnable battle, and you’re forced to watch them die. This is part two of Kotaku’s Final Fantasy Retrospective, in which we take a look back at every mainline FF game leading up to…
We’ve talked about Uncharted 4‘s single player a lot. It’s time to discuss the game’s multiplayer. We like it, respect it but don’t quite love it. Patrick, Jason and I chatted about it earlier today. We’ll go first, but I’d also love to hear from those of you who’ve been playing it down in the…
An article concocted to attack one of our writers and our publication as a whole several years ago continues to make the rounds, most recently in a video that’s garnered more than 500,000 views on YouTube in the last two days. To make it clear to those not able to figure this out on their…
Jan Buragay is a freelance artist from The Philippines who has a knack for sketching anime-stlye mechs and starships just the way I like ‘em. You can see more of Jan’s work at his ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them…
Crash mode was a divisive addition to Burnout, and you either loved it or hated it. Personally, it’s what really brought me into the Burnout series; it felt like a series of destructive puzzles. Dangerous Golf, a new game from a group of Burnout vets, is an attempt to make a whole game out of…
Overwatch’s “play of the game” is supposed to be a post-match highlight that showcases a moment of badassery, but the internet has transformed the feature into so much more. You’ve probably already seen examples of this in action, but basically, the play of the game has become a big meme where people splice together footage…
Soft Body is a new(ish) puzzle game for PS4 and Steam from game developer Zeke Virant. It’s a $13 test of your ability to control two blobs through a field of bullets and barriers, each steered with a different analog stick. One blob is weak but can paint walls. The other can take a bullet…
Depending what part of an Uncharted game you see him in, Nathan Drake is either a wisecracking dude clinging to a cliff face or a cold-blooded murder machine. Players have to do a fair amount of mental gymnastics to believe that this is the same guy in both instances. Uncharted 4 makes that cognitive exercise…
It’s unfortunate that Konami, a Japanese gambling company, owns the license to Suikoden, one of the greatest video game series ever made. Still, fans haven’t given up yet. The Suikoden Revival Movement, a wonderful group devoted to raising awareness and trying to bring life to Konami’s now-dormant RPG series, today launched a campaign called #SuikodenOnSteam.…
Street Fighter is owned by Capcom USA. It’s developed in Japan. Keep that in mind as we talk about what’s going on with Ibuki’s delayed release. Earlier this year, Capcom USA’s community blog published a road map for this year’s releases, which set expectations for Ibuki to be released in late May. That didn’t happen.…
Devil’s Third Online, the online PC multiplayer version of…Devil’s Third, officially begins service in Japan on June 8. No word yet on a Western release.
Right now, there are some people in Japan who appear to be doing their best to kill off tattoos. This guy is one of many who wants to stop that. For the past two years plus, I’ve been working on a tattoo book called Japanese Tattoos: History * Culture * Design. It’s about the symbols…
Yesterday, Konami revealed Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater for pachinko slot machines. Today, people are mass-disliking its debut trailer. As of writing, the clip has been viewed nearly 450,000 times, while the dislike counter has hit 23,888 and there are 814 likes. That’s some ratio. This comes after a very strange yearfor Konami. Fans seems…
What do Terra Formars, Fullmetal Alchemist and Final Fantasy X have in common? They all had backgrounds done by studio Kusanagi. The Tokyo-based studio has worked on an incredibly impressive list of games and anime that include the likes of Final Fantasy XII, Love Love?, Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Cowboy Bebop, Front Mission 2, Sakura…
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