This must be an alternate Sonic whose MO is to make enemies keel over from his cuteness. He was doodled by kawacy, who otherwise specializes in anime-style art—his gallery is right here, if you want to check him out, and below’s a timelapse video depicting the painting process. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs…

This Could Be Japan’s Best Ramen Restaurant

It might even be the best on Earth, if you believe the Michelin restaurant guide, which awarded a single star to Tokyo ramen establishment Tsuta. This is a world’s first. This is a big deal—especially if you are into ramen. The announcement made the evening news in Japan. No other ramen restaurant anywhere in the…

Japanese-Style Star Wars Art Shown at Buddhist Temple 

One of Kyoto’s most famous temples Kiyomizu-dera is a must see if you visit Japan. But if you’re in Japan this December, you can check out something rather unique at this World Heritage site: Star Wars art. Like the Mario and Luigi painting unveiled earlier this year, this is a Rimpa-style Force Awakens screen painting…

Scrappy Jedi Have Seen Better Days

French artist Tonton Revolver works at CodinGame, a site that tries to teach people programming skills by having them play video games. You can see more of Tonton’s stuff at his ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click…

Well, That’s One Way To Use A Steam Controller

Want a truly immersive first-person shooting experience? Want it to feel like your body is really in a video game? Try attaching a Steam controller to your head. This creative proto-VR solution comes to us by way of Plasma Quark. He’s set the Steam controller’s gyroscopic controls to always-on and attached it to his headphones.…

Tick Tock Isle, a “cute game about a guy who fixes clocks” that we first saw in 2012, is now out! It’s $3 on Steam

Just Cause 3: The Kotaku Review

Just Cause 3 does one thing really well, and a lot of other things poorly. The thing it does well can be extremely cool. Shame about all those other things, though. If you’re wondering what that good thing is, check this out: The new open-world game from Avalanche Studios captures the thrill of flight in…

Stormtrooper Gives In To His Anger

Today on Highlight Reel we have Force-sensitive Strormtroopers, horrible leg movements, lucky knives, blind kills and much more! Watch the video above, 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. Rainbow Six Siege – Seeing nothing…still two kills…

Beloved PC Game Gets Surprise Comic DLC

To The Moon was a story-based Steam game that made everyone cry. Years after its release, it just got surprise DLC… in the form of a comic. The comic takes place after To The Moon’s conclusion. It’s not a full sequel or anything like that, though. Consider it more of a cute follow-up. Here’s the…

YouTube Copyright Nonsense Hitting Yet Another Community: Hatsune Miku Fans

Sega released a trailer yesterday for the new Hatsune Miku game, Project Diva X, but if you live in the United States, it’s blocked on YouTube. This isn’t new. Rather, it’s part of an unfortunate but increasingly predictable pattern of Japanese companies butting heads with the world’s largest video service. Hatsune Miku is not a…

World’s Best Jigglypuff Player Gives Heartbreaking Interview After Winning Smash Tournament

Star Super Smash Bros. player Juan “Hungrybox” Debiedma won first place in the fighting game’s Dreamhack tournament this weekend, making him the first American Smash pro to do so on European soil. The post-game interview he gave immediately after winning quickly turned personal. You can watch the full post-match interview here: HungryBox is known in…