Mobile Gaming Didn’t Kill The Vita — Sony Did

I have long been a fan of the PlayStation Vita. So this quote from one of Sony’s head honchos about portable gaming seriously bums me out. Here’s Shuhei Yoshida at a recent Q&A, as transcribed by Eurogamer, when asked if Sony will ever develop a Vita successor: “That’s a tough question. People have mobile phones…

My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last Week

Marvel Comics used to have Assistant Editors’ Month, and last week, for reasons planned and unplanned, Kotaku had its version of the same. The top two editors of the site were out, but the rest of the team more than compensated with perhaps the strongest week of stories for September. It was hard for me…

Captain Planet Saves The Day In GTA V

Captain Planet was the only 90s edutainment show that had enough charm to fit into the heavy line-up of Saturday-morning cartoons. And we probably all remember its intro. If not, Merfish’s perfect GTA V version, including an environmental-friendly Trevor and all the Planeteers, will help to bring back memories. So, with Captain Trevor Planet on…

Twitch’s Boss Plays Hearthstone With Blizzard’s Boss At TwitchCon

One of the coolest things at Twitch’s very first convention this weekend was a bunch of Hearthstone matches, in front of an audience, between two very laid back CEOs: Blizzard’s Mike Morhaime and Twitch’s Emmett Shear. You might think someone like Mike Morhaime would easily obliterate anyone with some kind of perfect developer’s deck, but…

Minecraft Can Now Do In-Game Tutorials

Visually, this Minecraft map is nothing fancy, but it does demonstrate how the game could be used as a teaching tool. The map’s the result of a collaboration between Marc Watson, who works at Mojang, and Dragnoz, a renowned Minecraft builder. Here’s Marc explaining the goal of their map: This map is a simple demonstration…

The Game Boy That Can Walk

Here’s how you redline on the adorable meter. Niconico user Lamman turned a Game Boy Color into a WALKING GAME BOY COLOR. The Evangelion box is a nice touch! (You can watch the full clip on Culture Labo.) This isn’t Lamman’s first rodeo. In the past, he made a moving GameCube. Nintendo should seriously consider…

Don’t Have Sex with This Robot

If you were planning on buying Pepper the robot for your pleasure, you might want to reconsider. The four-foot tall robot, which talks, tells jokes, and dances about, but should not screw humans, sold out in a minute earlier this summer in Japan. AFP Jiji Press reports that Pepper’s usage agreement states, “The policy owner…

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Why So Sad, Call Of Duty?

Yan Ostretsov is a visual designer at Call of Duty developers Infinity Ward. Prior to that, he was at id working on games like RAGE. You can see more of Yan’s work at his personal site To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them…

Someone Swallowed The Internet And Vomited On Dark Souls II

Mods are great. I love them. They made Skyrim feel relevant for like a million years. I’m excited about Fallout 4 and mods being available on console. That feels like a game-changer to me. But this Dark Souls 2 mod. Why would you do this? Why? Yes. This is a mod of Dark Souls 2…

Look At This Dog That Loves Animal Crossing More Than You Do

From Tumblr You Booze You Lose, this Bull Terrier is way better equipped to express his love for Animal Crossing’s KK Slider than our ridiculous human bodies could ever be. The video’s caption reads: So my dog loves KK Slider from the Animal Crossing games and when he hears him he runs over and watches.…

When Cosplay Hits The Catwalk

We’re used to seeing cosplayers at stuff like conventions and gaming shows, but strutting the catwalk alongside models and designers? That’s exactly what happened last week, though, when Vicky Lau, aka Vivid Vision (and some friends) were invited to show their stuff as part of Western Canada Fashion Week Lau designed and made all the…

The Week In Games: Ballin’

It’s time for the basketball games with the number 16 in the title! Also, Mega Man Legends. Maybe I should have led with that. As part of my current quest to appreciate competitive virtual sports games more I’ve been playing close attention to the rivalry between EA’s NBA Live 16 and 2K’s NBA 2K16. Right…