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…

Amazon’s New Delivery Drone Looks Like A Flying Bed

In 2013, Amazon told the world that they wanted to start delivering stuff straight to your backyard, using drones. It seemed like a science-fiction pipedream, but here we are in 2015, and they’re still working on it while waiting for the “regulatory support needed to realize our vision”. Here’s the company’s latest model of its…

Fight Breaks Out Backstage At Counter-Strike Tournament

Police were called to the Counter-Strike tournament at Dreamhack Winter over the weekend after a fight broke out backstage between DOTA 2 player Jonathan “Loda” Berg and esports journalist Richard Lewis. A statementreleased by the LAN party—the world’s biggest, with over 20,000 in attendance—says: During the afternoon today at DreamHack Winter 2015 there was an…

Free Portal-themed goodness comes to Rocket League PC on Tuesday. Players need but to complete a match to earn several pieces of Aperture Science-flavored kit, from cake stickers to Companion Cube antenna toppers. Check out theSteam news post for full details.

Digimon Adventure Tri is for All the Adults Who Grew Up Watching Digimon

Welcome to the story of how the DigiDestined grew up. Originally published 11/27/15 Digimon Adventure Tri is a series of six planned films continuing the plot of the first two seasons of Digimon. The first of these, Reunion, was released in Japanese theaters this past week (and in the West as four separate episodes). And…

Metal Gear Solid V‘s Not-So-Secret Nuclear Disarmament Event Is Go, Still Seems Impossible

Uncovered via datamining way back in September, Konami has confirmed Metal Gear Solid V’s Nuclear Disarmament event. All players need to do to activate it is dismantle every nuclear weapon in their platform’s region, a task so easy Superman could do it. Nuke are the ultimate deterrent in The Phantom Pain’s FOB (Forward Operating Base)…