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CultureChef Turns Splatoon‘s Biggest Stars Into Tasty Squid Recipes
The most important factor in creating Splatoon-inspired dishes, as Food Network’s Justin Warner does in his latestFoodie Call video, is to make sure the main ingredient is a squid now. Once that’s confirmed, cook away. Warner, winner of the eight season of the Food Network Star series, is a pretty big fan of the game,…
By Mike Fahey Published November 30, 2015 -
UncategorizedWhat Happens When You Release 50 Synths At The Start of Fallout 4
In two words: pure chaos. It’s hilarious. Normally, no combat occurs at the start of Fallout 4. It’s a pretty linear experience: you spawn, you make your character, you meet your son, and then you dash into the vault before the bombs fall. If you dilly-dally at all, it’s game over, and everything explodes. Unless,…
By Patricia Hernandez Published November 30, 2015 -
UncategorizedPlaying Against League Of Legends’ Annie In A Nutshell
Annie always looks so small and easy to kill when she’s wandering around with her stuffed teddy bear until…TIBBERS!!! Then, this happens: As YouTuber Darkk Mane shows, being slapped by what looks like a large overstuffed taxidermied grizzly doesn’t always look super impressive. But it sure feels intense when you’re on the receiving end. Watch…
By Yannick LeJacq Published November 30, 2015 -
UncategorizedModder Turns Dota 2 Into A Third-Person Shooter
You know what would make Dota 2 more fast-paced and exciting? Turning it into a different video game, of course! Say hello to “Slayers of the Ancients” a “highly experimental” mod made by Steam user BMD that turns the MOBA into “a capture-the-flag 3rd person shooter in the style of Team Fortress 2.” Spotted earlier…
By Yannick LeJacq Published November 30, 2015 - Uncategorized
Marvel’s Cute New Superhero Comic Has An Awful Tension Lurking Inside
At first, you think you know what you’re getting in the first issue of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #1: adorable girl genius befriends crimson T-Rex for eventual hijinx. Then you get to page 8 and a very bleak moment adds a grim undercurrent to everything. The main character of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur—out…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 30, 2015 - Uncategorized
Fallout 4 and Skyrim Might Be In The Same Universe
There’s a pretty great easter egg hidden in Fallout 4, and it has some juicy implications about two of Bethesda’s biggest series. Some of you have probably found this already, especially if you’ve allied with a certain faction in Fallout 4, but! For the rest of you, here’s something pretty cool that you can see…
By Patricia Hernandez Published November 30, 2015 -
UncategorizedFarming Simulator Is Much More Fun With A Complicated Controller
Real farmers do not operate their tractors using keyboard and mice. They don’t operate their tractors using Saitek’s $300 Heavy Equipment Precision Control System for PC either, but it’s much closer and a hell of a lot more entertaining. I love Giants Software’s Farming Simulator series. Or maybe I just love the idea of it.…
By Mike Fahey Published November 30, 2015 -
UncategorizedJust Cause 3 Has a Cool Marvel Comics Easter Egg
There’s something very heavy in one of Just Cause 3’s mountain craters and no amount of fancy tether-work by Rico Rodriguez can pick up it up. The latest entry in Avalanche’s open-world chaos series comes out tomorrow but YouTube channel Arekks Gaming has already uncovered a cool nod to the thunder god of Norse mythology.…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 30, 2015 -
UncategorizedDisney 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…
By Mike Fahey Published November 30, 2015 -
UncategorizedComputers 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…
By Gergo Vas Published November 30, 2015 -
UncategorizedCustom 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…
By Gergo Vas Published November 30, 2015 - Uncategorized
Fallout 4 is at its best when it’s a horror game—at least, that’s what our esteemed overseas colleagues at Kotaku UK say in their most recent feature (and we can certainly attest to how terrifying Salem is in-game.) Head over here to take a look
By András Neltz Published November 30, 2015 -
UncategorizedFallout 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…
By András Neltz Published November 30, 2015 - Uncategorized
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…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 30, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe fourth episode of Dreamfall: Chapters, Red Thread Games’ sequel to the classic Longest Journey adventure game series, is out this week—on December 3, Thursday, to be exact. The trailer announcing the release date is above, and you can find our impressions of the first three episodes here, here and here.
By András Neltz Published November 30, 2015 - Kotaku East
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.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 30, 2015 - Kotaku East
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…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 30, 2015