Superb Gaming Animations

Fanart is a high form of flattery. Turning scenes from your favorite games into animated clips, each taking hours to days to weeks to finish, has to be the highest form. These amazing short animations all come from the US-based, 17-year-old artist AmazingArtistYellow. The one on the top is their latest, called “Come back here…

The Seven Samurai Looks Glorious in 4K

Akira Kurosawa’s masterpiece Seven Samurai is over sixty years old. Film prints have become worse for the wear, which is why movie studio Toho is going back and restoring the picture in 4K, making it more beautiful than ever. NHK and AV Watch report that Toho converted the film’s nearly 30,000 frames into digital data…

Yurikamome Elevated Train. Odaiba, Tokyo, Japan. By Nathaniel Chan. 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!

The Snorlax Cushion of Your Dreams Costs $460

Enormous, officially licensed Pokémon cushions aren’t cheap. According to Inside, Premium Bandaiis rolling out a huge Snorlax cushion. You might remember that Kotaku previously introduced a Snorlax pillow (which was official) and a Snorlax bed (which was not). This cushion if an officially licensed product. It’s also huge. How huge? [Image: Bandai] It’s bigger than…

Heya Fran, Been A While

James Strehle is an artist currently working at VOLTA, a studio whose members we’ve showcased here on Fine Art a bunch of times You can see more of James’ work at his personal site and ArtStation page, while you can check out his Patreon page here To see the larger pics in all their glory…

1999 PS1 Game Launch Party Was A Wonder Of The 20th Century

Masaya Matsuura, of Parappa the Rapper fame, uploaded a video yesterday of the launch party—complete with live performances—for PS1 rhythm game UmJammer Lammy. It’s from 1999. It’s awesome Come for the late-90s wonder. Stay for Jeff Gerstmann winning a plastic guitar.

Giant Cat Eats Caveman Dick

Today on Highlight Reel we have savage prehistoric cats, close street fighter calls, quiet meetings between muscular men, killer streaks, 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…

I was forced to tell the truth while playing Undertale today. #animeisnotreal

Modder Is Trying To Make XCOM 2‘s Snake Ladies Sexier

I suppose this was inevitable. Somewhat notoriously, XCOM 2 has snake lady enemies called Vipers. They’re alien snake monsters with boobs, which of course flies in the face of hella biology, but whatever. Aliens. They don’t play by our silly, boob-less rules, apparently. Maybe they store venom in there. Or maybe Firaxis didn’t take time…

Necropolis’ 4-player co-op is lookin’ pretty cool. Unfortunately, we’ll have to wait a tiny bit longer to play it in full, as the the roguelike dungeon crawler has been pushed back to summer 2016.

Valve Is Making Counter-Strike Look Better

After a lengthy update drought, Valve is suddenly lobbing Counter-Strike news like a first-time player haphazardly tossing grenades. First there was the new Nuke (Newke) and Operation, then $1 million CSGO majors, and now new graphical effects. Valve has introduced a whole host of new lighting and shader effects to CSGO (the nitty gritty elements…

In Defense Of XCOM Save Scumming

It’s true, I’m one of those people: a save scummer. And I’m not ashamed of it. XCOM was a difficult game, and XCOM 2 is even harder. Missing shots is the least of your problems in the early hours, moments filled with enemies capable of wrecking teams in a single turn. It makes sense, as…

Podcast: Kirk’s Only Friends Are Fire Emblem Characters

“It’s not sad if it’s anime,” Kirk says on this week’s episode of Kotaku Splitscreen, explaining his love for Fire Emblem characters. OK, Kirk. On today’s show, we take a deep dive into Fire Emblem Fates and all of the waifus it has to offer. We also talk about Final Fantasy XIV, Destiny 2, and…

The Real Metal Gear

Metal Gear is a series that’s (at least partly) about giant mecha and Cold War drama. It may be pure fantasy, but in the early 1960s, the US did actually build a giant two-armed military machine: the “Beetle”. This story was originally published in June 2010. Built by Jered Industries in Detroit for General Electric’s…