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CultureHaunted Counter-Strike Map Is Full Of Ghosts And Dragons
Counter-Strike is a game about terrorists and counter-terrorists locked in an eternal dance of strife and headshots, as viewed by an audience of chickens. Except when it’s not. CTX (⚆‿‿⚆)‘s newly released coop_mission_haunted is one of the most popular maps on Counter-Strike’s Steam Workshop right now, and it’s not tough to see why. The cooperative…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 29, 2016 -
UncategorizedA Pro Fighter’s Best Friend Is The Guy Who Stops The Bleeding
The cutman is indispensable to combat sports. A good one adds a veneer of civility to a brutal affair by reducing swells and stopping blood. He can extend a fight for an extra round or more, armed with nothing but vaseline, a cold piece of metal called an enswell, and a chemically soaked Q-Tip. But…
By Kevin Wong Published February 29, 2016 -
UncategorizedA Very Mean Mario Maker Checkpoint
Checkpoints are usually handed out as a reward for progress, but in this Mario Maker stage, the creator decided players needed to earn it. Not everyone is a fan of the 100 Mario Challenge mode in Mario Maker; there’s no guarantee you’re actually going to play a “good” level. Thankfully, I’m more interested in finding…
By Patrick Klepek Published February 29, 2016 -
UncategorizedModern Video Games, Reviewed Based On How Hard It Is To Find The Credits
Usually, we evaluate video games based on how they play, look, and make us feel. Today, we’ll be critiquing them based on entirely different criteria. See, we want to know exactly who made some of the biggest games of 2015 and 2016. And we want to know just how easy it is to find that…
By Jason Schreier Published February 29, 2016 -
Uncategorized‘Morality Holds Progress Back’: Inside The World of Nintendo Hackers
I recently listened to someone explain why they felt no guilt about hacking Mario Kart so that they could cheat in it. “Morality holds progress back,” he said. Huntereb has been uploading proof of his various Nintendo hacks for the past year or so. His most notable hacks involved the 2011 3DS game Mario Kart…
By Patrick Klepek Published February 29, 2016 -
UncategorizedThe Goofy Reason DC Comics Says Today Is Superman’s Birthday
Over the decades, DC Comics has given the Man of Steel several different dates of birth. But the weirdest one is February 29, because it’s supposed to explain why a 78-year-old character only looks like he’s in his late twenties. If Superman was 29 (an age often cited for the character) when he first appeared…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 29, 2016 - Reviews
Far Cry Primal: The Kotaku Review
Far Cry Primal is frequently violent and occasionally, unexpectedly sweet. The caveman action game is an excellent concept best experienced by people who haven’t been playing every entry in Far Cry, another of gaming’s perpetual franchises. It’s an iteration. It’s a tweak. It’s another reprise of 2012’s Far Cry 3 formula of first-person open-world hunting…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 29, 2016 -
The BestsThe Best Video Game Shotguns
You can judge a first person shooter almost entirely on the strengths of its shotguns. A good video game shotgun is a bold and challenging weapon; a bad shotgun is a feather duster at a distance of more than a few feet. A good shotgun makes you feel like a champion, capable of taking on…
GB Burford Published February 29, 2016 - Uncategorized
Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow’s Miiverse Is Amazing
Fantastic illustrations. Hilarious screenshots. Nostalgia. Pokémon’s Miiverse has it all—including, surprisingly enough, players who are experiencing Red/Blue/Yellow for the very first time. It’s one of the most heartening things I’ve seen this year. Here’s the best of the original Pokémon’s Miiverse. Kanto is a funny place Stand-out illustrations The newbies Celebrations
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 29, 2016 - Uncategorized
The Secret History Of A 1999 Mad Max Video Game
The year was 1999. The dream: simple. Make a new Mad Max game. Make the kind of Mad Max game Australians could be proud of. This post originally appeared on Kotaku Australia That dream never came to pass. But for three short months a small team of Australian developers gave it their best shot. This…
Mark Serrels Published February 29, 2016 -
UncategorizedThe Mechanics Behind Satisfying 2D Jumping
The simple act of jumping can make or break a 2D platformer. In the first episode of Mechanically Speaking, Game Array explores how developers balance responsiveness and fairness to the player to make these movements magical. It’s much more than simply having the on screen character go up and come down. That worked for the…
By Mike Fahey Published February 29, 2016 -
UncategorizedOscars 2016 Best Picture Nominees In LEGO
Leo and the CGI bear are having a rematch, this time, in a LEGO environment. Toscano Bricks remade scenes from this year’s Best Picture nominees (Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant, The Martian, Brooklyn, Spotlight, Bridge of Spies, The Big Short, Room) and compiled them into a pretty well-made brickfilm montage. To contact the author…
By Gergo Vas Published February 29, 2016 -
CultureMeet The Latest Big-Headed Pokémon Figure And His Powerful Friend
Back in December 2014 I took a look at the first melding of two of my favorite toy properties, Pokemon and Good Smile Company’s big-headed Nendoroid line. Today we get to play with the latest addition to the line, the N Nendoroid, which is not easy to say at all. The misguided but well-meaning leader…
By Mike Fahey Published February 29, 2016 -
EsportsStarCraft II Pro Defends Perfectly Against Surprise Zerg All-In
Defending against a surprise Zerg rush usually ends with a GG. Defending against a surprise Zerg rush that’s already in our base, has to end with GG. But not for EJK, who managed to came back from a quite impossible situation. As EJK spots the Nydus worm (the nasty Zerg transport strain everyone hates) in…
By Gergo Vas Published February 29, 2016 - Uncategorized
Minecraft’s Combat Update Changes the Game in a Big Way
Minecraft’s 1.9 patch—known as the Combat Update—has been in development at Mojang for well over year, and it’s arriving on PC today. So what exactly does it bring to the table? Let’s take a look. Once you start playing, the first new thing you’ll notice will likely be the off-hand slot. This is a new…
By András Neltz Published February 29, 2016 -
EsportsAmerica Narrowly Avoids Humiliation At Home Counter-Strike Tournament Qualifier
What started out as an underwhelming tournament for North American Counter-Strike ended on a more hopeful note as Team Liquid, Counter Logic Gaming, and Cloud9 eked out victories on Sunday to qualify for the MLG Columbus Counter-Strike tournament next month, where they will compete for a $500,000 grand prize. North American Counter-Strike is regarded as…
By Rob Zacny Published February 29, 2016 - Uncategorized
The Original Starter Pokémon, Re-Imagined
“What would the first Pokémon generation look like if they were introduced today?” To answer that question, Pokéfans infinipede and ShedSimas embarked on a project to redesign the original 151 Pokémon, with their first targets being, of course, the original starters. As the introductory post on the New 151 Tumblr blog states, the pair of…
By András Neltz Published February 29, 2016 - Kotaku East
Osaka Overrun for the Glory of Satan, Of Course!
You might know Kumamon as the official mascot character for Kumamoto Prefecture. Or you might know Kumamon as the bear from the “For the Glory of Satan” meme. Whichever, there are now a ton of them dotted throughout Osaka Station. Sankei News reports that famed architect and Osaka-native Tadao Ando is supervising the project, which…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 29, 2016 -
Kotaku EastA Dragon Ball Z Figure So Intense, It Shakes
Everyone gets emotional sometimes, even Vegeta. Dragon Ball Z fans know about the time the character was moved to tears when he realized he was no match for Frieza. The moment, which can be seen here, is now immortalized in this collectible. [Image: Bandai] [Image: Bandai] Premium Bandai has the figure up for pre-order in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 29, 2016
