Animators Team Up To Redo Smash Bros. Melee‘s Intro

More than 30 animators brought in their unique styles for the Reanimation Project’s attempt to remake the beloved intro of Super Smash Bros. Melee This means it’s dozens of small clips, segments of the original intro, (gotta love the Monty Python one around 1:18), tied together as one long fan remake. Here’s the original one…

Fallout 4‘s World Map As A Globe

Suddenly, Fallout 4‘s Commonwealth, which feels pretty big in first-person view, shrinks when we can see most of it from above. An awesome idea from kidaXV, who used a panorama photo stitcher on 45 carefully selected screenshots to make this unique projection. Slightly bigger pic above, and there’s an even larger one (it’s 50 MB…

An Audience with EVE Online’s Space Pope

Two weeks ago, at EVE Fanfest, a convention for players of space MMO EVE Online, I began hearing odd snatches of conversation: “Dude, the pope’s in our hotel”, “Did you kiss the ring?”. This is at the same time as the real pope is out in Greece meeting with refugees, so, clearly, we’re talking about…

Japan’s Game Boy Mailbox

Previously, Kotaku pointed out that Japan sure has some interesting Japan Post mailboxes. Looks like there’s another one to add to the list: the Game Boy mailbox. Spotted by a Japanese Twitter user who was going fishing, the post box appears worn and weathered. If you look closely, you notice the Japan Post symbol (that…

Here’s the Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Debut Trailer

I’ll cut to the chase: It’s Call of Duty. There’s shooting. There are spaceships. There’s a “Space Oddity” cover. That’s right, besides the ground combat for which the series is known, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare takes players to space, allowing them to pilot a spacecraft. The Italian trailer seemed to first hit the Call…

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The First Order’s TIE Pilots Are Lookin’ Sharp

We get a lot of Rey, Finn and Kylo Ren cosplay around here, but master props builder Shawn Thorsson has turned his eye towards one of the cooler and more obscure designs from Force Awakens: the new TIE pilots. Beginning with 3D models, Thorsson built a few suits from scratch, making everything from the helmets…

Popular League Of Legends Streamer Banned For Trolling

Tyler1, a popular League of Legends streamer who recently made a name for himself as a poster boy for toxic behaviour in the game, has been “indefinitely” banned by Riot. Previously a relatively small-timer on Twitch, Tyler1’s popularity exploded earlier this month after word got out that his streams featured non-stop trolling, including everything from…

Virtual Prison Does Not Sound Like A Fun Afternoon

Companies like Facebook aren’t pouring billions into VR just for games. They see the wider possibilities for the tech. As do media outlets like The Guardian, who have released a VR app called 6×9 that simulates the “psychological damage of extreme isolation” in a solitary confinement prison cell. “Right now, more than 80,000 people are…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Civil Skirmish

Sure we’re dealing with some super-powered being sand Spider-Man isn’t in the art to represent Team Tony, but this is hardly a war. If they want a war, we’ll give them a war. Captain America: Civil War arrives in my brain this Thursday night, taking the massive Marvel Comics event I didn’t like and whittling…

Hidden Object Games Are Mindless Fluff, And That’s Why I Love Them

It’s looks a bit like BioShock concept art, but it is most definitely not. This is a screenshot from Abyss: The Wraiths of Eden, one of the finest examples of hidden object games, the trash novels of casual games. I love them so. Many casual game genres can trace their roots back to titles that…

The Week In Games: Big Bad Battleborn

For some reason every time I hear the name Battleborn the theme song to Big Bad Beetleborgs gets stuck in my head. I expect there’ll be a lot of that this week. Misery loves company. I’m looking forward to playing some Beetleborgs when it launches in North America tomorrow at midnight. Sunday, May 1 Michael…

The Weirdly Dark And Insightful StarCraft Visual Novel Is Getting A Sequel

One of the most honest looks at competitive gaming, the literally-named StarCraft visual novel SC2VN, is getting a Brood War-themed sequel: Don’t Forget Our eSports Dream It might seem odd that a visual novel ends up being one of the best pieces of media about esports and pro gaming. But one reason why Team Eleven’s…

Toy Time Plays With Captain America: Civil War LEGO Sets

Team Steve and Team Tony don’t face off on the big screen until May 6, but the battle has already begun on my desk, courtesy of LEGO’s trio of Captain America: Civil War sets. Expect really big things. Originally published 3/14/16. More Civil War Toy Time coming later this week! Before you watch the video…

The GSL StarCraft 2 Final Was Everything That’s Still Good About The Game

Following a pretty lousy winter for StarCraft, Korea’s GSL ended on a high note Sunday morning as two teammates fought a pitched-battle across six games in an instant-classic StarCraft final. Joo “Zest” Sung Wook was the favorite heading into the final, especially because his opponent was a Terran. He has pretty much owned the Protoss…

Happy Mythical Darkrai Day, Pokémon Fans

It’s May 1, which means the mythical 20th anniversary Pokémon celebration says goodbye to Jirachiand helloto Darkrai. But to get a level 100 version of the dark creature you’re going to have to head to a dark place: GameStop. After few months of Toys’R’Us exclusive plushies and figures and mythical Pokémon easily accessible over the…