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UncategorizedFan Creates Awesome Holographic Pokémon Projections
Great fan project! Kennywdev made a prism of plexiglass and mounted a camera on top for image tracking. Then, he projected some 3D Pokémon scenes that he made in Unity on it. It’s a very smart way to create cool-looking holographic projections. It’s worth watching a tutorial on how these are made, it’s actually not…
By Gergo Vas Published February 22, 2016 - Uncategorized
Duriel, Scariest of the Lesser Evils
Duriel, with his tiny-ass lair, slow-down aura and incredibly dangerous attacks, is an annoying Diablo II boss to fight. Now, thanks to this piece of fanart, he’s also terrifying to look at. Yay! The one responsible for Duriel’s HD-ification is one Svein Yngve Sandvik Antonsen, who works as a character artist at Interceptor Entertainment (the…
By András Neltz Published February 22, 2016 - Kotaku East
Beards Make Dragon Ball Characters Sexy, Too
We’ve seen how facial hair turned Street Fighter character Ryu into “Hot Ryu.” And now, in the most recent Dragon Ball Super episode, let’s see how beards do the same for Vegeta and Goku. [Image via SoulOfAngel] Of course, Vegeta had a mustache in Dragon Ball GT (above), but this time, he and Goku are…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 22, 2016 - Kotaku East
Five-Pound Edible Kaiju Is a Destroyer of Appetites
This is not a Gamera figure. It’s a Gamera dessert. You can eat this. Shoya Okamoto is a student at Otemae College of Confectionery in Japan, and he created this Gamera out of sweet bean paste, with food coloring mixed in to achieve the proper hues. [Photo: aiiida308] [Photo: aiiida308] [Photo: aiiida308] The dessert weighs…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 22, 2016 - Kotaku East
Cosplayers Turned into Drawings
For the past month or so, cosplayers have been uploading photos to Twitter, asking illustrators to turn their photos into 2D illustrations. Previously, Kotaku published a series of photos that were turned into illustrations. The key difference here is, as mentioned above, cosplayers have been requesting these drawings, using the Twitter hashtag #絵師さんにイラスト化してほしい画像をレイヤーが垂れ流す (loosely translated,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 22, 2016 - Uncategorized
“Is E.T. really the worst game of all time? Probably not. But the story of the fall of the video game industry needed a face and that was E.T.” Howard Scott Warshaw, the designer behind 1982’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial for the Atari 2600, talks about the game, his career, and his life in an interview…
By András Neltz Published February 22, 2016 -
EsportsClassic Rivals In A “Best Of The Rest” Battle In North American League of Legends
With Cloud9 and Counter Logic Gaming tied and Team SoloMid just one game behind them, this would be a dream season of League of Legends, if only it were still 2014. In 2016, it’s still pretty great, but it’s also bittersweet watching the big three of NA LCS playing their guts out for a (very)…
By Rob Zacny Published February 22, 2016 - Culture
The Many, Many Faces Of Nathan Fillion
Brad Shortt is a Senior Character Artist at 343 Industries, the (current) developers of the Halo series. For Halo 5, Brad got to play around with Nathan Fillion’s (slightly improved) video game face. A lot And everyone else’s face too, mind. But they’re not quite as interesting as seeing the Firefly star look like he’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 21, 2016 - Uncategorized
Dad Hacks Zelda So Link Can Be Anyone, Not Just A Boy
Reader Tony has a young daughter who, fingers crossed, will soon grow up to play the classics. And when she moves onto The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past, he’s got a little surprise waiting for her. Aware that as a young boy he got to play through his favourite Zelda games as…a…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 21, 2016 -
EsportsWhy Fnatic Are The Best Counter-Strike Team
Fnatic are the greatest Counter-Strike team in the world right now. Just look at this crushing defeat they inflicted on Astralis in their final match today at the Barcelona CS:GO Invitational. Astralis were putting up an heroic fight against a heavily-favored Fnatic on the Inferno map. Astralis had tied the match after starting from a…
By Rob Zacny Published February 21, 2016 - Culture
The Week In Games: Enter The Beastmaster
Thog love kitty. Kitty Thog friend. Thog and kitty always together. Thog name kitty Phsteven. Good Phsteven. Games come. Thog fear games. Games scare Thog. Phsteven keep Thog safe. Thog want to play Agatha Christie. Tuesday, February 23 Far Cry Primal — PS4, Xbox One Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders — PS4, Xbox One, PC…
By Mike Fahey Published February 21, 2016 - Uncategorized
Welcome To City 17. It’s Safer Here.
By Luke Plunkett Published February 21, 2016 -
UncategorizedOne Final Twilight Princess HD Comparison Vid Before Our Memories Get Muddled
With the high definition remaster of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess less than two weeks away, Nintendo UK releases a final comparison between Gamecube and Wii U before the jaggy lines go all blurry in our heads. One good thing about Nintendo’s baby-stepping graphics hardware upgrades over the past few consoles is that HD…
By Mike Fahey Published February 21, 2016 - Uncategorized
The Legend Of Zelda Was Born 30 Years Ago Today On An Ugly Little Floppy Disk
On February 21, 1986, Japan got its first taste of the magical land of Hyrule, though not on the famous gold cartridge Western gamers are familiar with. In early 1986, while gamers in the U.S. were getting acquainted with the Western version of Nintendo’s Family Computer (Famicom), the Japanese original got an upgrade in the…
By Mike Fahey Published February 21, 2016 - Culture
Sunday Comics: Snake Sex
Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published February 19. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published February 15. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
By Mike Fahey Published February 21, 2016