The Art of Traditional Japanese Storytelling Makes for a Compelling Anime

Rakugo, the art of traditional Japanese storytelling, has existed for over 1000 years. Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju uses the modern day world of Rakugo to tell a story of love, loss, and tragedy through the life of Japan’s last great storyteller. At first, however, Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju seems nothing like this. The start of…

The New Kojima Productions Logo Has a Whole Body, Apparently

You’ve seen this, no? It’s the new Kojima Productions logo (above), which was first shown last December and which shows a skull and some sort of helmet. But that’s not all, according to Hideo Kojima. “I can’t really say yet,” Kojima recently told Famitsu, “but this logo has a secret. It has a full body,…

The Super Lucky Cat Has Its Own Buddhist Temple

You’ve might have seen the super lucky cat in restaurants and shops. But did you know the cat has its own temple in Tokyo? In Japanese, the lucky cat is called “maneki neko” (招き猫) or “beckoning cat.” Japanese in origin, some Westerners think the cat is waving good-bye. However, it is making the Japanese gesture…

Damn, This Korean Dude Is Good at Overwatch 

In places, it’s hard enough trying to keep up just watching this play through. Imagine going against it. Via tipster Sang and r/Overwatch, here’s popular Team Fortress 2 pro “Pine” showing what he can do in Blizzard’s Overwatch as Widowmaker. He can do a lot. And very, very quickly. Man. And this is only the…

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Look At This Might & Magic Cosplay

Have you ever seen Might & Magic Heroes VII cosplay? I don’t think I have. I don’t think I’ll ever need to again after this, either. Germiaknocks it out of sight here, with everything from the armour to the shading being absolutely perfect

The First Few Minutes Of The New DOOM

I just installed Doom on my PC. So let’s take a look at the first few minutes of id’s new/old shooter. This is the intro and opening firefights of the game. There is shooting, there is a shotgun, there are lots of these melee attacks where you rip limbs off demons and slap them in…

Sandbox Survival, Minus The Gravity

Hellion is a sandbox survival game. Only instead of being set on an island or a city, it’s set in the depths of space. It’s still very early days (the video below is pre-alpha), but I like what I’m seeing so far. Players have full access to their ships and stations, meaning you can get…

As if there weren’t enough strategy games to get excited about in 2016, along comes Hearts of Iron IV with its bombers and little men and menus

Guy Fieri vs Fallout 4 Cosplay

Inspired by some fan art, Michael Hibbison from Entelechy Props has cosplayed as Guy Fieri. If the TV “chef” was a radioactive ghoul from Fallout 4. You know. Ghoul Fieri There’s a long story behind it, which tells a tale of fan art, friendship, book signings (where Fieri actually signed a copy of the art)…

Fan Building Counter-Strike Surfing Game

Tired of surfing in Counter-Strike as an optional extra, Rory McHenry is working on building his own standalone surfing experience using Unreal Engine 4. Here’s his first proof of concept video: And here’s a newer design, with a bit more polish in the physics. Yeah, being Unreal Engine 4 and not Source means it’s not…

Sources: The Ambitious (Now Cancelled) Plans For Disney Infinity‘s Future Included Rogue One, Bigger Figures

Disney’s cancellation of its lucrative toy-centric Disney Infinity series is even more shocking given the tantalizing plans for the series that two sources close to the project have shared with Kotaku Developers were planning numerous new level packs, including one based on this fall’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story movie, as well as a…

Overwatch Player Has An Excellent Backhand

Today on Highlight Reel we have the end of the Overwatch Beta, Dark Souls invasions, orphans, Nathan Drake 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…

Madden 17‘s Cover Star Is Rob Gronkowski

The next cover athlete for Madden will be Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski, EA announced this evening. Given that the Xbox Store leaked this news earlier today, the only real shock here is that he’s wearing a shirt. Here’s the cover: As a Jets fan, I can only hope that Gronkowski winds up as successful…

Free Sidescrolling Permadeath MMO Is Surprisingly Fun

I didn’t expect to get so into StarBreak. It’s a free-to-play sidescrolling MMO—think Contra, but with, like, 30 other people swarming around you—where every death counts. If you die, loot and stats go out the window. Despite that, it’s weirdly relaxing to play. I picked up StarBreak from Steam on a whim yesterday, thinking I’d…

Mod Turns Steam War Game Into A 64-Player Mass Effect Battle

Running With Rifles is basically top-down Battlefield. Thanks to a mod, you can turn it into top-down Battlefield: Mass Effect, aka the game you never knew you wanted. Running With Rifles recently got Steam Workshop support, bringing its mercenary band of mods into the same bunker. People have made some creative-ass (ass!) stuff for the…