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The Art Of Building Menus, Icons & Maps
User Interface stuff fascinates me, because it has to dance such a fine line between looking pretty and being useful. Fall too far on either side and you’re in danger of ruining a game; get it just right and, like Deus Ex and Mass Effect, you can become as memorable as any piece of character…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 1, 2015 - Uncategorized
Giant Street Fighter Graffiti Covers Tokyo Building
Graffiti artist CASE (from German crew Maclaim) is famous for covering buildings in enormous, life-like images. This E. Honda he did last week in Japan is no exception. Done near the Tennōzu Isle Station in Shinagawa, Tokyo it’s around twelve stories high, and because of its size/prominence there’s a ton of cool progress shots of…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 1, 2015 -
UncategorizedOh, It’s N64 Games, Running On A Watch
Is this practical? No. But screw practical. Like we saw with Half-Life, trying to play a video game on a watch is futile. The touchscreen controls used by the emulator are just too damn small. But it’s the drive that we appreciate. If an “old” LG G Watch can run N64 games, then who knows,…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 1, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Batmobile Is Just Wrecking Los Santos
brb, re-installing Grand Theft Auto V We’ve seen Batmobile impersonations in GTA V on the PC before, but this mod is the real deal. Recreating the “tank” design from Arkham City, taltigolt’s clip is the combination of three mods: esrohraw’s Tumbler, LUISDACOS’ texturesand xmod’s nitro boost Nice to see at least one Batmobile working properly…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 1, 2015 - CultureCosplay
Killer Joker Cosplay, Courtesy Of A Hollywood Legend
When Hollywood effects master Rick Baker wants to help make his family some Halloween costumes, everybody comes out having a better day. Baker—famous for his work on Thriller, An American Werewolf in London and Men in Black—and his family decided to go with a Joker theme this year, the exception being his wife Silvia, who…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 1, 2015 -
CultureThe Week In Games: Something Something Call Of Duty
Is it Call of Duty week already? Man, I could really use a sandwich. If it weren’t readily evident from the release of the game’s official live-action trailer (starring the Human Torch until that memory gets scrubbed from my brain), Black Ops III comes out this week. Friday, for some godawful reason that I am…
By Mike Fahey Published November 1, 2015 -
CultureSplitscreenWatch GoldenEye 007 Teach Teens The Joys Of Split-Screen Gaming
With the release of Halo 5 leaving at least one of our writers yearning for same screen multiplayer, Fine Bros.’ React channel uses an N64 classic to ensure six photogenic teenagers never forget its fractional majesty. Over the past decade and change we’ve moved from cramming as many players onto one screen as possible to…
By Mike Fahey Published November 1, 2015 -
UncategorizedBlade & Soul Is Going To Kill Me With Adorable
The Summoner class in Blade & Soul, NCsoft’s latest massively multiplayer Korean import, get to choose a feline companion to fight by their side for the rest of their days. There are other classes to play in the current closed beta, but they are not important. It bears noting that the cartoon of me doing…
By Mike Fahey Published November 1, 2015 - Uncategorized
Batman: Arkham Knight PC Refunds Offered Through 2015. Get One.
Following last week’s re-release of a game still broken for many players, Warner Bros. is now offering full refunds on Steam copies of Batman: Arkham Knight until the end of the year. Everyone who purchased a copy should take advantage. As the legend goes, Warner Bros. released a shoddy port of Batman: Arkham Knight for…
By Mike Fahey Published November 1, 2015 - Culture
Sunday Comics: The Third Idiot
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 October 30. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published October 26. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
By Mike Fahey Published November 1, 2015 - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: A Very Scare Bear Halloween: Winners!
I just cannot tell. I think this is the winner oflast week’s bear mask Photoshop contest, but I’ve seen such horrors. Such maddening horrors. The picture above wasn’t technically Ozimov’s main entry, but I feel as if his take on one of the strangest moments from The Shining is a great deal more horrifying that…
By Mike Fahey Published October 31, 2015 -
ReviewsThe Snacktaku Caramel Apple Halloween Spooktacular
As snackers around the world prepare for one of the most important holidays of the year—the day after Halloween—Snacktaku celebrates the only flavor combination powerful enough to knock pumpkin spice off the fall charts. While children and sexy versions of non-sexy things around the world may revel in pseudo=pagan ritual on October 31, snack aficionados…
By Mike Fahey Published October 31, 2015 -
UncategorizedWhile We Wait For Fallout 4, Here’s Fallout ’84
Passing some time before their November 10 trip to Boston, chiptune artists 8 Bit Weapon put together a art project to pay tribute to the upcoming sequel—a demo for Fallout ‘84 running on an Apple IIc. With a name like 8 Bit Weapon, what else could they do? The prominent chiptune group (who appear in…
By Mike Fahey Published October 31, 2015 - Uncategorized
Graphics Card Battle 2015: Nvidia Versus AMD At Every Price Point
You might say 2015 hasn’t been the most exciting year for graphics cards, though in many ways it was more eventful than 2014. The only big highlight last year was the arrival high-end Maxwell GPUs in the form of the GeForce GTX 980 and 970. Then this year Maxwell did what many thought was impossible:…
By Steven Walton Published October 31, 2015 -
EsportsSKT Recovers From Terrible Game To Win League Of Legends World Championship
God, SKT. You really scared us for a minute there! The top Korean League of Legends team SKT Telecom defeated the not-quite-top Korean challenger KOO Tigers today after a bitterly contested four matches. SKT is widely considered to be the strongest League team in the World (and in history), so the end result of today’s…
By Yannick LeJacq Published October 31, 2015 -
EsportsAmazing Turnaround Saves League Of Legends Team’s Winning Streak, But Not For Long
UPDATE (10:57 am): Well so much for that! SKT’s dream of a perfect run at Worlds is officially over, as KOO just trounced them in the third finals match. Did anyone really see that coming? Original story follows: For a nail-biting 35 minutes this morning, it seemed like SKT might actually lose a game in…
By Yannick LeJacq Published October 31, 2015 - Esports
Suits? You Don’t Need Suits For League Of Legends
Despite being in Europe, today’s League of Legends World Championships finals are between two Korean teams. Riot analyst Christopher “MonteCristo” Mykles celebrated the country’s League dominance with a piece of traditional “Hanbok” attire. It’s sparked some bemused and confused reactions. League of Legends Twitter, which is already an almost incomprehensible hype-train during the lead-up to…
By Yannick LeJacq Published October 31, 2015 -
CultureUndertale: The Kotaku Review
People don’t just like Undertale; they love it. This game is personal for them. It’s personal for me, too. Undertale is a JRPG-inspired game (think Earthbound, more than Final Fantasy) where you don’t have to hurt anybody, unless you want to. You play as a kid who’s fallen into a world of monsters, and their…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 30, 2015