Prey for the Gods Is Basically Shadow Of The Colossus, For The PC

A bleak landscape, battles against massive enemies which you can climb over…Prey for the Gods is as Shadow of the Colossus as you can get without actually playing Shadow of the Colossus The game’s description even says “you must survive the colossal dangers that you encounter”, in case you hadn’t picked it up already. Not…

The Evolution Of A Destiny Character

In a game about collecting guns and armor (and shooting aliens), everything you put on your character should make you look cooler, right? To test that theory, I took 54 screenshots of my Destiny character over the past month, as she leveled up. I got the idea shortly before the September release of Destiny’s big…

Why The Latest Number One Mario Maker Course Is Such Garbage

Here, captured in a three second GIF, is the entirety of the current top-rated Mario Maker course. It’s hilariously bad. How in the world did it climb the ranks, then? The answer is in the course title, which is written in Japanese: It says “I will play the courses of everyone who likes this,” according…

Star Wars: Battlefront Trailer Is Strangely…Emotional

Get out of my head/fantasies/emotions, you relentless holiday season marketing machine.

World of Warcraft Players Discover Secret Cave With Pet Inside

Although WoW is a huge game, it doesn’t have many secrets. Fans datamine everything before a patch or an expansion goes live and immediately share it online. Sometimes tiny things do remain hidden though. But only for a few weeks. Terky the Murloc was one of those Asia-only pets, not added to the game on…

Someone Built A LEGO Safe With A Working Combination Lock

LEGO builder Jason Allemann has proved that 3-number combination locks aren’t that complicated, and a few carefully assembled LEGO bricks are enough to create one. It’s a pretty smart build as you can see in the video, designed to be impossible to take apart without knowing the combination… or without using a hammer. Time to…

I’ll Never Skip Tales Of Zestiria‘s Opening Movie

Nothing gets me ready for buttoning through endless expository dialog like the music from the opening of Tales of Zestiria. There are Japanese role-playing games with openings I watch once and then skip, and then there are JRPGs that I turn on just to watch the opening sequence over and over again. Grandia III is…

Start Off Monday With Some Blocky Snacks

The blocky sushi and blocky salad are both sublime. To enjoy them, all you need is a copy of Minecraft These were made using MrCrayfish’s Model Creator, by a minecrafter named VanillaBurp, in about a week and a half. There’s thirteen food items in total, and since the models are included in the map file,…

Move Over Hello Kitty, This Sanrio Food Shits

Gudetama might be Sanrio’s laziest character. And this might be Sanrio’s most disgusting-looking food. But really, we shouldn’t judge food on whether or not it looks like it’s shitting all over the place. I’m willing to bet these are delicious. Previously, Sanrio had Gudetama themed cafes in Japan, but this month, one set up shop…

The Evangelion Bullet Train Looks Truly Magnificent in Real Life

We’ve seen the teaser images. We’ve seen the concept art. But nothing, I repeat nothing, can prepare you for seeing an actual Neon Genesis Evangelion bullet train. The bullet train won’t be in service until next month in Japan, but today, it was shown off to the Japanese press, and Tokyo Keizai, Inside Games, Tetsudo…

Japanese Restrooms Are Still the Best on Earth

This the Orifuji. It’s the most polite toilet paper dispenser you’ll find and further proof that Japanese restrooms really are terrific. Joining the ranks of heated seats, potties that play music, and commodes that have night lights is a new toilet paper dispenser that automatically cuts the toilet paper so you don’t have to tear…

StarCraft II Match-Fixing Scandal Leads To Arrests & Lifetime Bans

Team Liquid is reporting that up to eleven people have been arrested in Korea in association with allegations of match-fixing and illegal gambling on StarCraft II matches. A statement released yesterdayby the Korean eSports Association (KeSPA) names one of those arrested as Park Wae-Sik, head coach of the pro team Prime. Another named is Choi…

World’s Best Smash Bros. Player Loses, Ending 53-Tournament Streak

Gonzalo “Zer0” Barrios, a Smash Bros. Wii U player so good that he hadn’t lost a tournament in over 50 attempts (and had a “bounty” on his head), finally lost a tournament this weekend. At the MLG Finals, Zer0 went down 3-2, 3-1 to Nairoby “Nairo” Quezada. You can see it go down below (the…

Good Evening, Kotaku

Alexey Shirokikh is an artist from Russia. I want to eat these colours. All of them. You can see more of Alexey’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on the “expand”…

Reader Frederick Nakos snapped this Jason Voorhees cosplay at the Quebec City Comic Con over the weekend. Terrifying.