Disney Infinity, LEGO Dimensions Or Skylanders: Which Toy-Based Game Is Right For You?

First Skylanders, then Disney Infinity and now LEGO—the video game sections of major retailers everywhere are slowly being taken over by toys. Which plastic portal of power should you be plugging into your game console? Let’s see if we can help. In a perfect world where no one needed to care about cost or shelf…

Computers Sure Looked Goofy In 80s Movies

It’s a supercut of the weirdest movie scenes with computers and computer interfaces from a time when even copying a simple file to a floppy was shown as some sort of magic trick. YouTuber elsafrickey collected a whole bunch of these scenes from the 70s, the 90s, but mostly from the 80s. Obviously, a giant…

Custom Super Mario World SNES Is A Thing Of Beauty

Custom-themed, limited edition consoles weren’t really a thing back in the day of the SNES and the Genesis, so it’s up to a dedicated few to set things right. Zoki64 picked Super Mario World, the most obvious choice for his custom SNES. And it looks prety shiny! He also made a similar one with a…

Fallout Fan 3D Prints a Mini Nuke

Mini nukes sure look a lot more high-tech on the inside. Valcrow of the 3D printing blog Redicubricks dug the fact that Bethesda’s Fallout Anthology came with a mini nuke case, but they weren’t interested in playing the older games. So, of course, they did what any other sane person would and decided to print…

Beloved Manga Artist Shigeru Mizuki Has Died

The man behind the spooky manga GeGeGe no Kitaro passed away this morning in Tokyo, reports Nikkan Sports. Mizuki was 93. The highly influential GeGeGe no Kitaro debuted in 1960 and went on to spawn anime adaptations and live-action films. His manga, and the cartoons, helped rekindle the country’s love affair with yokai. Prior to…

Domo-kun Has Fallen and Cannot Get Up

For goodness’ sake, someone get out there and help Domo-kun! The mascot appeared at an NHK Trophy skating competition in Nagano, even taking to the ice in a special Domo-kun on Ice event. This isn’t Domo-kun’s first time on the ice. As you can see in this clip, the character is quite a good skater.…

The Biggest Selling Manga Issues of 2015

I know, I know, 2015 isn’t over yet, but the Oricon charts (think Billboard, but for Japan) have listed the biggest selling manga of this year. According to Oricon, the 2015 figure is from December 1, 2014 to November 30, 2015 (in actuality, the numbers are collected from November 17, 2014 to November 2015, because…

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The Best Cosplay From 2015’s Biggest LAN Party

This year’s Dreamhack Winter show in Sweden—the biggest LAN party in the world—featured not one, but two cosplay competitions. One was specifically for League of Legends cosplayers, while the other was for…everyone else. Though it looks like the League outfits were also allowed into the general competition. The competitors were listed uncredited on DreamHack’s site,…

Nightmare Fuel Mortal Kombat Cosplay 

Hey, that mask looks a little weird, I wonder what’s unde-OH MY GOD Mileena cosplay by LyonegraCostuming. Extra cool is the fact the outfit was made for a con, which she walked around in all day covered with fake blood and holding that severed head.

Fallout 4 House Is A Meticulous Homestead

Reader TheGoodMortysent this in, and I thought it was cool enough to share: he’s built a Fallout 4 house that, rather than being shaped a giant deathtrap/dick, is just a…really cool house, with no detail left unattended to. Take a look. Everything is just there as it should be if someone actually lived here, instead…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

Thanksgiving is over, and you all know what comes next—a Photoshop contest involving decorating your favorite gaming images for Christmas. We skipped a week due to the holidays, but this week we’re getting back at them for it. Today’s games are wonderful and immersive and all sorts of amazing buzzwords, but they’re generally not all…

The Week In Games: Thank Goodness We’re All Done With Fallout 4 

Just in time for Kung Fu Panda, Rainbow 6 Siege and Just Cause 3. Bethesda couldn’t have timed this better! The way the developers put in exactly the right amount of content to last us all exactly three weeks—it’s art, I tell you. Now everybody is finished building their dream homes, everyone has experienced the…