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CultureIn Can’t Drive This, You Race While Someone Else Builds The Track
Can’t Drive This is a multiplayer driving game where one player putters along in their car while the other furiously scrambles to finish the road their arch-frenemy is driving on. In real time. Those are some grade-A ingredients for a batch of chaos-and-yelling soup. Here’s the game’s Steam Greenlight description: “Drive your Big Rig WHILE…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 19, 2016 - Culture
Designing A Counter-Strike Weapon Skin Isn’t Easy
Prolific Counter-Strike cosmetic item designer The Honey Badger just unveiled their latest creation, a piece (both in the artistic and, you know, gun senses) inspired by Greek myth. They also revealed how they came up with it, both thanks to and in spite of Valve’s rules. For those unfamiliar with the process, Counter-Strike players can…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 19, 2016 - Reviews
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair: The Kotaku Review
Good morning, everyone! Welcome to Kotaku’s review of Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair. Since the two of us—Jason and Kirk—have already spent a ton of time talking about Danganronpa, we figured we’d team up to review the sequel together. [This review originally ran on 9/02/2014. We’ve bumped it up in light of the 2016 PC port…
Kirk Hamilton & Jason Schreier Published April 19, 2016 -
UncategorizedMinecraft In Virtual Reality Is The Real Deal
Like chocolate and peanut butter, Minecraft and virtual reality go together about as well as two things can. This is easily one of the best things I’ve done in VR. Here’s a video of me playing some of the game: I’m playing a version of Minecrift that’s been designed to work with the HTC Vive.…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 19, 2016 - Uncategorized
A NSFW Look At Every Game Twitch Has Banned
As of this morning, the website Twitch has banned 32 games from appearing on its streaming services. But just what kind of games are they? Let’s take a look. Out of sheer curiosity and maybe a dash of masochism, I’ve spent the past few hours scanning through all 32 games Twitch has deemed ban-worthy. Most…
By Jason Schreier Published April 19, 2016 - Uncategorized
The Joy Of Helping Other Players Survive Dark Souls 3
So much of Dark Souls is a lonely experience. There are fleeting glimpses of others in the same struggle, but you’re largely on your own. It’s why flipping the script and jumping into other people’s games is such a joy. There are two ways to interact with other players. You can invade worlds and kill…
By Patrick Klepek Published April 19, 2016 - Uncategorized
Evil C-3PO Is The Best
It’s time for the Dark Lord of the Sith’s kill-crazy robots to get their own comics or TV show. Something, anything. They’re just too damn great. The Darth Vader comics series sports one of the best new additions to Star Wars lore, Triple Zero and BT-1, the malevolent automaton doppelgangers to C-3PO and R2D2. Revived…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 19, 2016 - Uncategorized
Enter The Gungeon Is Scratching My Spelunky Itch
I’ve been waiting for another game to grab me like Spelunky did, and while it’s still early days, it seems like Enter the Gungeon might be up to the task. I fell in love with Spelunky for a few reasons: The game changed every time you played it. There was a sense of mystery to…
By Patrick Klepek Published April 19, 2016 -
UncategorizedThe next creation from the makers of Bastion and Transistor is Pyre, a party-based role-playing game where roving bands of exiles battle each other.It’s due out in 2017 but Supergiant’s bringing it to PAX East so attendees can play this weekend. You can find out more at their website.
By Evan Narcisse Published April 19, 2016 -
CultureAnd Now For Something A Little Different
Philip Harris-Genois is an artist at Framestore, a visual effects studio that has worked on movies like Edge of Tomorrow and The Martian, and whose next project is Marvel’s Doctor Strange You can see more of Philip’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or,…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 19, 2016 - Culture
The Most Popular Words In A Big Counter-Strike Tournament’s Twitch Chat
Large event Twitch chats are a blank canvas for the human id. Aggression, filth, comedy, occasional insight—all blasting by as though fired in unison from a thousand circus cannons. Despite this, they can be very… telling On a rather brilliant whim, dontstalkmepls decided to log every Twitch chat message during the recent DreamHack Masters Malmö…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 19, 2016 - Tips & Guides
How To Collect Every Ending In Stories: The Path Of Destinies
With 24 different alternate endings based on four major decisions made during each play through, collecting all of the conclusions to Stories: The Path of Destinies is a daunting task. Here’s a spoiler-free guide on filling up the game’s ending board. As I mentioned over the weekend, I’ve been obsessing over gathering each of Stories’…
By Mike Fahey Published April 19, 2016 -
ReviewsSnacktaku Drinks Pepsi’s Time-Jumping 1893 Cola Flavors
In a last-ditch effort to turn the tide of the decade-spanning cola wars, Pepsi travels back in time 123 years to recover a pair of flavors fancy enough to secure a space in the premium section of the convenience store cooler. Hitting store shelves across the nation this month, 1893 is a pair of Pepsi…
By Mike Fahey Published April 19, 2016 -
UncategorizedDark Souls 3 Party Steamrolls Everything With Armor Of Thorns
That’s a lot of players getting rolled to death. The “Armor of Thorns” is a special set in Dark Souls III, covered in thorns, that does damage when rolling into enemies. The damage is minimal, but not when a whole group of players are wearing it in 4v1 pvp. Iron Pineapple and his friends teamed…
By Gergo Vas Published April 19, 2016 - Reviews
The Banner Saga 2: The Kotaku Review
I played a lot of the first Banner Saga, and while I liked it, it never really hooked me. The Banner Saga 2, however, has got its hooks in deep The Banner Saga, for those who I’ve already lost, is a turn-based tactics game (released in 2014) set in a fantasy land where men and…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 19, 2016 - Uncategorized
Minecraft as American Political Commentary
Today, courtesy of a Minecraft map, we get a glimpse of a grim future brought on by an economic crisis, which started shortly after Donald Trump became President of the United States. Made by PlanetMinecraft’s Jossieboy, the map, titled “No Future,” is his way to deliver commentary on today’s political climate. As he put it:…
By András Neltz Published April 19, 2016 - Uncategorized
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]
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 19, 2016 - Kotaku East
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…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 19, 2016
