VR Talk Show Is Awkward And Amazing

The first episode of The Foo Show, a virtual reality-based talk show hosted by Tested’s Will Smith, begins with a trio of gawky avatars sitting around discussing the game Firewatch. Then they step inside, and it’s pretty magical. Smith and his guests, Campo Santo’s Jake Rodkin and Sean Vanaman, move jerkily about like old Thunderbird…

I Think You Mean “Loss,” Street Fighter V

Subnautica Developer Explains Why He Won’t Add Guns To The Game

Underwater survival game Subnautica has a lot of things that can kill you. As has long been a point of contention among players, you can’t do much to kill things back. This weekend, one of the game’s developers revealed the reasoning behind Subnautica’s lack of lethal weapons. Charlie Cleveland, Subnautica’s game director, responded to a…

Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ, the mobile version of the game that first appeared on browsers in 2013, will be heading to North America on April 7 It’ll be available for iOS and Android devices.

Ask Dr. NerdLove: Am I Wasting My 20s With Her?

Hello, Internet! Welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating advice column that also protects Hell’s Kitchen with anti-gentrification fists of justice. This week, we’re going into our heads to unfuck our emotions. How do you make sure that you’re not going to wake up in the future and realize you wasted your 20s? How…

Finally, 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…

There’s Something Not Quite Right About The New DOOM

I hadn’t even finished downloading the beta on Friday when the first messages began flooding in. “If the campaign for the new Doom is anywhere near the quality of the multiplayer beta, then that’s the franchise over,” the most scathing take read. This post originally appeared 4/3/16 on Kotaku Australia It wasn’t that bad. But…

Donald 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…

15 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…

The 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…

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…

Snacktaku 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…

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]

Overwatch‘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.…

GTA 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…

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…

Ace 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…