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A former Midway Games employee is raising money on Kickstarter for a documentary called Insert Coin, a look at the studio in the 90s. At the time, Midway was pumping out classic after classic—NBA Jam, Mortal Kombat, Smash TV. Looks interesting! You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at…

By Patrick Klepek Published July 17, 2015

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Thousands Attend Two-Day Funeral For Satoru Iwata

Thousands attended a two-day funeral service for the late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata in Kyoto, Japan this week, carrying umbrellas and even bringing Nintendo 3DSes to pay their respects. Over 2,600 people showed up during the first day and some 1,500 came on the second, Nintendo said in a statement to the Wall Street Journal.…

By Jason Schreier Published July 17, 2015

Esports

15-Year-Old StarCraft Pro Shows How To Play Protoss Properly

American protoss player Arium showed us during this year’s Dreamhack Valencia how to annihilate an entire Zerg army and win a match with two protoss Immortals and a single Warp Prism. And this wasn’t just a random game. He played against one of the best zergs out there: the Korean GSL veteran Symbol Arium (who’s…

By Gergo Vas Published July 17, 2015

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Guy Spent Three Years Making His Own Ghostbusters Ecto-1

Now that’s a classy way to drive around the yard: in a perfect replica of the Ghostbusters Ecto-1. British enthusiast Paul Harborne spent three years and around $150,000 renovating his rare Cadillac Miller-Meteor and turning it into the iconic car. Must be fun to do a vehicle safety test with this particular car. ButCatersTV’s video…

By Gergo Vas Published July 17, 2015

Kotaku East

This Anime Isn’t Really About Picking Up Girls In a Dungeon

If you randomly heard a title like “Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? ,” you’d probably expect to be in for an anime filled with fanservice and nothing but. Yet, while there is some degree of it in this one, it’s never really the focus of the show. In…

By Richard Eisenbeis Published July 17, 2015

Kotaku East

Let’s Play Dress Up With Persona 4

Persona 4: Dancing All Night has a lot of awesome remixes of your favorite Persona 4 songs. You know what else it has? A ton of costumes to dress everyone up in. And while I may be partial to those of a certain young detective, every Persona 4 cast member (except poor Margaret) has at…

By Richard Eisenbeis Published July 17, 2015

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Mario, Luigi & Wario Cosplayers Crash The Tour De France

If you need the music for this kind of atheticism, here it is (via Reddit) UPDATE: Here’s a still:

By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2015

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Every Single Popular Destiny Gun Is Getting Nerfed

Tonight, Bungie announced some crazy news in the world of Destiny, a video game where players fight against vile, disgusting enemies like the Cabal, the Vex, and Red Bull. You know all those weapons that everyone uses? Gjallarhorn? Thorn? The Last Word? Hawkmoon? They’re all getting nerfed. Every damn one Thanks toa massive weapon overhaul…

By Jason Schreier Published July 16, 2015

Culture

A Metroid TV Series That Looks Like This, Please

Alberto Camara is an artist at Rovio in Finland, where he’s worked on a whole bunch of Angry Birds games. Not that there are any Angry Birds pictures in this gallery. You can see more of Alberto’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or,…

By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2015

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Luckslinger Is A Cowboy Hip-Hop Game

Ever wonder how wild the Wild West would have been if everyone had been scratching records instead of rustling cattle? Luckslingermight be the game for you. It’s a side-scrolling shooter and adventure title that is mostly a cowboy game, except for the places it takes a detour and dumps a bunch of hip-hop in the…

By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2015

Culture

Welp, That’s It For Besiege

Here lies Besiege. It was massacred by a giant elephant robot monster. Yes, people are still making stuff in Besiege—stuff more elaborate and terrifying than anything they were making back when everybody was paying attention. This elephant is goddamn absurd. Between layers upon layers of armor and so many methods of attack that I lost…

By Nathan Grayson Published July 16, 2015

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By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2015

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Very Cool Box Art. Maybe The Coolest.

I am an aficionadoof fine box art, it is known. And this is an ever-growing collection of damn fine box art. Cool Box Art is a Twitter account run by @TheSonicMole and @87th, which collects the finest examples of packaging art (and posters) in video game history and dumps them back onto the internet a…

By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2015

Culture

New Skyrim Mod Is Basically A Skyrim Expansion

Skyrim mods, they’re the gift that keeps on giving. Years after the fantasy RPG kingpin came out, we’re seeing stuff that’s practically professional-quality. The Forgotten City could be mistaken for a full-on Bethesda-made expansion. It’s not quite on Enderal’s level, but there’s still a lot to be cautiously optimistic about. Check it out: The mod…

By Nathan Grayson Published July 16, 2015

Esports

The Injuries That Are Ending eSports Careers

They may be sat behind a desk instead of being out on a field or court smashing into other humans, but that doesn’t mean esports players are immune from career-threatening injuries. Motherboard has a great interview up with Dr. Levi Harrison, a hand and arm surgeon based in Los Angeles. Harrison—who specialises in athlete injuries—tells…

By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2015

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Guild Overcomes World Of Warcraft‘s Hardest Raid Yet After 472 Tries

“13/13,” Method’s Scott McMillan tweeted. And just like that, the World of Warcraft community went nuts. McMillan was referring to the fact that his guild defeated all 13 bosses in WoW’s latest top tier raid, Hellfire Citadel, on Mythic difficulty. And they only wiped 472 times before pulling it off. (For some perspective, they wiped…

By Nathan Grayson Published July 16, 2015

Esports

Ganging Up On A League Of Legends Pro Is Never A Good Idea

Oh man. I bet these two League of Legends players thought they were being so clever, teaming up at the very beginning of the match to jump into top lane and surprise their opponent who was all alone up there. The would-be ambushers should have checked the in-game handle of their target more carefully, because…

By Yannick LeJacq Published July 16, 2015

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You Can Now Play DOOM Inside DOOM

I’m starting to feel a little dizzy. We have YouTube user TheZombieKiller to thank for this ridiculousness. Of course, this isn’t the only weird place you can run DOOM. How about an inkjet printer? You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at @patrickklepek

By Patrick Klepek Published July 16, 2015

Reviews

Tetris: The Kotaku Review

Like the delightful and oppressive mobile-game galaxy that it summoned, Tetris is both seductive and dispiriting. Alexey Pajitnov’s falling-block puzzler captures the pleasure and the vacuousness of virtual labor. Each game of Tetris contains an interactive “Ozymandias,” a fruitless quest to build something that will outlast the lone and level sands. Look on my tetrominoes,…

By Chris Suellentrop Published July 16, 2015

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StarCraft II‘s New Campaign Is Short But Sweet

You might be wondering if the new StarCraft II prologue, Whispers of Oblivion, is any good. I am here to tell you that yes, sure. It’s good! Short and sweet. The bigger question—and one I’m still not sure about—is whether you should pre-order Legacy of the Void to get it. Let me explain. Yesterday, Blizzard…

By Jason Schreier Published July 16, 2015