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Uncharted 4‘s Stunning Photo Mode Art
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End is a beautiful game on its own. Add an extensive Photo Mode and a creative player base and it becomes an art engine, generating an endless array of eye candy. Here are some of our favorites. With plenty of filters, tools and even the avility to remove characters from scenes…
By Mike Fahey Published May 16, 2016 - Uncategorized
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…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 15, 2016 - CultureCosplay
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…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 15, 2016 - CultureCosplay
Wash, Rinse, Repeat
Pretty much. Comic by Shubbabang
By Luke Plunkett Published May 15, 2016 - Uncategorized
Mario vs Dark Souls. By Jason Chan
By Luke Plunkett Published May 15, 2016 - CultureCosplay
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…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 15, 2016 - Uncategorized
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…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 15, 2016 -
UncategorizedTank 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.
By Luke Plunkett Published May 15, 2016 - Culture
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…
By Mike Fahey Published May 15, 2016 -
CultureToy Time Plays With He-Men, The Most Powerful Men In The Universe
If you’re a He-Man fan that likes to keep their MattyCollector.com figures pristine in their packaging then look away. It’s about to get really sad up in here. Originally published 5/12/16 MattyCollector is a special place where Mattel can supply fans of classic properties that might not have the mass market appeal they once did…
By Mike Fahey Published May 15, 2016 -
UncategorizedDOOM 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…
By Steven Walton Published May 15, 2016 - CultureSplitscreen
Podcast: ‘Censorship’ And Localization
When does video game localization become ‘censorship’? And how often are localization decisions just made for business reasons? Originally published 5/12/16 Today on Kotaku Splitscreen, former XSEED editor Jessica Chavez joins the show to talk about her experiences bringing games from Japan to U.S. shores. She’s got plenty of stories from the trenches of localization,…
By Jason Schreier Published May 15, 2016 -
UncategorizedBejeweled 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…
By Mike Fahey Published May 15, 2016 - Culture
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…
By Mike Fahey Published May 15, 2016 - Uncategorized
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…
By Mike Fahey Published May 14, 2016 - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Civil Skirmish: The Winners!
“Pick a side, and then make it better than the other side.”Those were the instructions I gave in our Civil War-themed Photoshop contest. These are the results. Originally published 5/11/16 Earlier this week I mentioned postponing these results to the weekend due to sickness, but I made it back in time to run them on…
By Mike Fahey Published May 14, 2016 -
UncategorizedLet’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…
By Mike Fahey Published May 14, 2016 - Uncategorized
Greg Ellis (Jonny Rees), voice actor for Dragon Age’s Cullen and many others, went missing from his North Hollywood home on May 11. Information surrounding his disappearance and contact info for the LAPD missing persons unit can be found at the Bioware forums. Update 5/15 4 AM: Ellis’ friend Jeff Rosenthal reports the actor has…
By Mike Fahey Published May 14, 2016