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UncategorizedFinally, A Great Trailer For A Virtual Reality Game
It is notoriously difficult to convey what a virtual reality video game looks and feels like to people who aren’t wearing virtual reality goggles. This trailer for Vive launch game Fantastic Contraption, however, nearly nails it. The mixed-reality video from indie trailer maker Kert Gartner inserts live-action footage of a person playing the gizmo-building VR…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 4, 2016 -
UncategorizedDonald Trump Tweets A Terrible Campaign Ad That Rips Off Mass Effect
I’m Commander Shepard, and this is my least favorite racist on the Citadel. Continuing his tendency to Tweet absolutely anything,no matter how ridiculous, Donald Trump recently shared the following video with his 7.3 million followers: Yes, that is Mass Effect music and voice acting throughout the ad, which appropriately ends with a title card reading…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 4, 2016 -
UncategorizedThe Sad, Strange Fates Of Live-Action Video Game Actors From The 1990s
Back in the 1990s, folks thought that video games that relied heavily on filmed sequences were the future. That future never really came to pass, but the cheesiness of 1990s games like Night Trap and Harvester earned them places of affection in gamers’ collective subconscious. However, some of the onscreen talent from those games wound…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 4, 2016 -
Uncategorized15 Minutes of Uncharted 4’s Beautiful Madagascar Level
Surprising absolutely no one, Uncharted 4 continues to look amazing. Naughty Dog released a new chunk Uncharted 4 footage today, and though it’s brief, you can spot all sorts of cool details within: Some highlights… The mud physics! They’re great. Naturally, trying to drive your car up a very muddy incline is difficult, if not…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 4, 2016 -
UncategorizedThe Great Wars Of EVE Online
EVE Online is a complicated game full of politics, subterfuge, and grand-scale wars. Factions rise and fall, corporations are overthrown, and you don’t have to play the game to know that a lot of what’s going on in it is really cool. Empires of EVE: A History of the Great Wars of EVE Online by…
By Riley MacLeod Published April 4, 2016 - Uncategorized
A 3D Legend Of Zelda Tribute You Can Play In Your Browser
Or at least while it lasts. A pair going by Scott and Mike are well on their way to creating a playable voxel-based The Legend of Zelda in honor of the game’s 30th anniversary. Hosted at Zelda30Tribute.com (via Nintendo Life), the fan recreation is built entirely in WebGL, mixing 3D voxels with the music, sound…
By Mike Fahey Published April 4, 2016 -
CultureSnacktaku Eats Honey, Chili And Coffee Peanut M&Ms
This fall M&Ms is adding one of three new peanut flavors to its lineup. Much like the presidential race, they’re asking folks to eat each one and vote for which tastes best. Which one gets my vote? Originally published 4/3/2016 Now I may not know much about how the American political process works, but I…
By Mike Fahey Published April 4, 2016 - Uncategorized
A More Mature Super Mario
Super Mario and the Mushroom Kingdom becomes a dark world with some intimidating enemies in artist Sylvain Sarrailh’s fantastic fan-art. The top pic’s set in a crystal cave, while this second one looks like one of the first stages of any Mario game. To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]
By Gergo Vas Published April 4, 2016 -
EsportsOverwatch‘s Tracer Has Some Powerful Abilities In Heroes of the Storm
Heroes of the Storm wouldn’t be a true Blizzard arena brawler without someone representing Overwatch. And finally, after all the characters added from Diablo or WoW, the first Overwatch hero is ready to make her debut Tracer looks like an assassin type hero here with a quite powerful basic ability: she can move while attacking.…
By Gergo Vas Published April 4, 2016 -
UncategorizedGTA V Mod Lets You Play as The Flash
Here’s a GTA V mod, in case you ever wanted to run so hard that you create a tornado and suck up all nearby objects. In GTA V This script mod which, of course, turns you into The Flash, was made by JulioNIB (via DSOGaming), he of legendary status in the modding community and purveyor…
By András Neltz Published April 4, 2016 - Kotaku East
Turning Photos into Anime Images
Twitter user ujr50138 has uploaded some images showing how photos can be turned into anime stills, thanks to the power of Photoshop. These effects can be achieved by lowering the brightness, but increasing the contrast and adding in blue shadows to show reflected light. Adding in yellow-green and blue highlights to vegetation also helps give…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 4, 2016 -
Kotaku EastAce Attorney’s First Episode is a Cheap-Looking But Loyal Adaptation
With five main games and four meaty spin-offs, the only thing surprising about Ace Attorney getting an anime is that it took this long to happen. Too bad it’s not exactly the prettiest one out there. Episode one follows the first case of our hero Phoenix Wright as he defends his best friend, Larry, from…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published April 4, 2016 - Kotaku East
The Inevitable Sailor Moon Hamburger
It’s very, very pink. The pink buns, we’ve seen before on Kotaku. And in Japan in recent years, other characters (here and here, for example) have been turned into burgers. This is the latest. Starting on April 16, a Sailor Moon-themed cafe is opening in Tokyo’s Roppongi for a limited time. Included on the menu…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 4, 2016 - Kotaku East
Dragon Ball‘s Newest Super Saiyan Name Was a Mistake
The newest Super Saiyan form is Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan. Which sounds silly, yes. That’s why, as Kotaku previously reported, it was changed in the manga. Now the most recent Dragon Ball Super is following suit. As mentioned before, a Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan is when a Saiyan gets the power of a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 4, 2016 -
Kotaku EastJapanese Company Apologizes for 9 Cent Price Increase
Akagi Nyugyo Co. is apologizing for increasing the price of its long-selling ice treat Gari-Gari Kun. Starting April this month, each popsicle’s price will be raised from 60 yen to 70 yen. This is the first price hike in 25 years. Sorry about that! As the Mainichi News points out, Akagi isn’t the only company…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 4, 2016