The Sailor Moon Reboot We’ll Never Get

Doom? No, no, no. Moon This comes via PegasusPowers from DeviantArt and apparently “took for fucking ever.” PegasusPowers didn’t draw the background, but it has been heavily—and awesomely—edited. [h/t Daniel Feit via Gwyn]

Japan’s Coolest-Looking Capsule Hotels

If you are visiting Japan, stay in a capsule hotel. At least for a night. It’s part of the experience. And here are some of the coolest-looking capsule hotels the country has to offer. Previously, Kotaku published a guide to capsule hotels. Now, via Matome Naver, here’s a list of some chic capsules. Recently opened…

Erased Is the Perfect Melding of Time Travel and Murder Mystery

What would you do if you were nine again and were the only one who had a chance to prevent a murder? Erased is the story of Satoru, a 29-year-old aspiring manga artist who spends most of his time working pizza delivery. However, his life is not without a touch of the supernatural. Occasionally, Satoru…

Nintendo is streaming a Star Fox anime short on April 20. Titled Star Fox Zero: The Battle Begins, it’s a collaboration between Production I.G of the Ghost in the Shell anime fame, WIT Studios of the Attack on Titan anime fame and Shigeru Miyamoto of Shigeru Miyamoto fame. Trailer below:

Ueno Park Earlier This Spring. Tokyo, Japan. By Aaronsxedge Tokyo 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!

More Details Emerge On PS4.5, Which Reportedly Won’t Get Its Own Games

Last month, we told you that Sony was working on a new, improved model of the PS4, what was basically a PS4.5. Now Giant Bomb is reporting some further details on this new console, and it all sounds…a bit weird. Their reportsays Sony is referring to the upgraded hardware as NEO (something we’ve also heard),…

Rick Boer as Solid Snake.

RIP GameFront, 1999-2016

GameFront, the long-serving portal for mod and patch downloads which has existed in one form or another since 1999, will close down on April 30. Founded as FileLeech, and once also a major destination for demo downloads, the closure was announced in a post on the site yesterday. GameFront was bought a few years back…

Valley is a game about controlling the forces of life and death. Also grappling hooks. Your special L.E.A.F. suit grants you the ability to give and take life from any living thing. Also interesting: the more you die, the more the valley itself will die. The game will be out this summer.

How People Make VR Porn

Virtual Reality porn is not like normal porn (obviously). So, porn companies now have to think a little differently about how they shoot footage. (NSFW warning!) Wired recently spoke to Kink.com about how they shooting VR porn, and it’s a fascinating watch: The video goes into more detail about the differences between normal porn and…

The Perils Of A Comic Book “Tit Window”

Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger has been one of the studio’s more successful comic book series over the decades. But that shouldn’t stop us laughing at Dagger’s “big old slice of tit window pie”. These comics are by the always-wonderful Kate Beaton, and if you’re the type for whom a tiny cartoon nipple risks endangering your…

A Survival Game About Being A Refugee

Games have applied survival mechanics to everything from dinosaurs to zombies to aliens. Once relegated to childhood sandboxes, we can now explore these topics in… video game sandboxes! But there have been more grounded takes on survival as well. This War of Mine kicked off the trend, and HomeBehind looks to continue it. It’s a…

Never Interrupt A Dark Souls Sunbro

Today on Highlight Reel we have have sunbro interruptions, AT-AT crashes, skeleton wrecking balls, turtle back saves and much more! Watch the video above or on our Youtube Page, then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below Rocket…

That Time Nintendo Canceled The Nearly Finished Star Fox 2

It’s never been strange for Nintendo to delay a game until they’re happy, but Star Fox 2 was a rare moment it canceled a game that was almost done. Star Fox was a big hit when it was released in 1993, and showed how the SNES could still compete technologically, even as new hardware was…

The Division Is Having A Bad Time

In Tom Clancy’s The Division, there’s a war on the streets. There’s a war on the message boards and in the forums, too. This game is having a tough time all around. The real-world forum war centers around bugs, changes to the endgame economy, and a handful of exploits found in the new endgame “Incursion”…

From the Heart of Africa, An Action Video Game With Soul

If you’ve been playing video games a long time, parts of Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan will feel very familiar to you. But the parts that are infused with an African sensibility won’t feel familiar at all, and that’s a very good thing. Last week saw the release of Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan, the…