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ReviewsXbox Elite Wireless Controller: The Kotaku Review
The first thing you’ll see upon cracking open the box containing Microsoft’s new $150 premium modular Xbox One controller is a carrying case. You’re going to want to keep that. The care and handling of video game controllers in the Fahey household generally involves trying not to leave it on the floor. Packaging is torn…
By Mike Fahey Published October 26, 2015 - Uncategorized
South Park Wants Your Best Gay Fan Art
Are you an aspiring yaoi artist with dreams of seeing your work on national television? Now’s your chance. South Park’s doing an episode called “Tweek X Craig” this week, so naturally, they want drawings of the two titular characters (pictured above) going full yaoi. Just send your best work to the show’s producers by 9pm…
By Jason Schreier Published October 26, 2015 - Uncategorized
Halo 5 Day Zero Impressions: Mediocre Campaign, Promising Multiplayer
Halo 5 is beautiful, at times a lot of fun, and at times disappointing. It’s also not yet officially released and is dependent on its multiplayer working well on a large scale. So we’re holding off on a review until well after the game’s October 27 launch. For now, some impressions of one of the…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 26, 2015 -
CultureGuy Beats Ocarina of Time While Blindfolded
Runnerguy2489 showed us already during AGDQ 2015 that he’s no stranger to The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time by playing the first three dungeons with a blindfold on. Now he completed the entire game, Water Temple included, with the same method. It took him around 103 hours to beat it, but even watching the…
By Gergo Vas Published October 26, 2015 -
EsportsStarCraft II‘s New Deadly Tactic: Rushing With Pylons
Cannon rushing, a popular early game tactic, was just the beginning. With a patch already out and Legacy of the Void on the horizon, get ready for even more aggressive Protoss, rushing and beating you with the most basic thing they can build: Pylons. An update a few weeks ago added the ability to the…
By Gergo Vas Published October 26, 2015 - Uncategorized
In America, The PlayStation 2 Turns Fifteen Today
After its debut in Japan, Sony’s PlayStation 2 arrived in North America on October 26, 2000. Its launch roster featured over 20 names—games like Volition’s Summoner, Rockstar’s Midnight Club, or Eidos’ TimeSplitters. Happy 15th to all of them. Apart from the three above games, quite a few series got their start on the PS2, all…
By András Neltz Published October 26, 2015 - Kotaku East
Meme Targets Characters That Don’t Understand Ears
In anime and Hollywood movies, you’ll see it: Characters who don’t know how ears work. This is the “There isn’t an ear there” meme. Can’t follow? Here, let Ted help: [Photo: X-Weibo] Traditionally, the worst offender has been kiddy anime Shima Shima Tora no Shimajiro [Photo: entermeus] See what I mean: [Photo: kirbyshimajiro] [Photo: vitao]…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 26, 2015 -
Kotaku EastFist of the North Star Meets Japanese Rugby
Japan is doing rugby like only Japan can: with an anime! Here’s the official rugby anime that was screened at the Japan Pavilion in London during the 2015 Rugby World Cup. It’s inspired by the iconic manga and anime Fist of the North Star Japan will host the 2019 Rugby World Cup, and its team…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 26, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Lupin III Anime’s Opening Hides an Optical Illusion
Don’t you love visual tricks? (Be warned, like many optical illusions, not everyone can see this!) As pointed out on 2ch, if you cover one of your eyes while watching the new Lupin III anime opening sequence, the images appear to leap out at you. Here, watch the credits. Be sure to cover one of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 26, 2015 - Kotaku East
Claiming Censorship and Discrimination, Artist Stands Up to… LEGO
Famed artist Ai Weiwei is working on a series of portraits using LEGO. But the Danish toy company wants nothing to do with it. Last year, Ai did a series of LEGO portraits, featuring a series of famous political activists and dissidents who had either been jailed or exiled. The BBC Reports that Ai planned…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 26, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Best 80s Cartoon That Never Was
There was an awesome Toy Story short released last year, about the gang’s encounter with the complete set of a very 80s toy line: The Battlesaurs. Those dinosaur warriors had an excellent theme song. Now they have an excellent fake intro, for the cartoon tie-in show they never actually had. This clip is included on…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 26, 2015 - Culture
The Very Victorian Concept Art Of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
Fernando Acosta is an artist who has done work for companies like WB Games, Square Enix and Hasbro. One of his more recent projects, though, was the just-released Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Below you’ll see some of Fernando’s contributions to the game, which is as Victorian as you could want/need it to be. You can see…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 25, 2015 - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: A Very Scare Bear Halloween
You thought you saw the last of scary bear face. You thought wrong. There is going to be so much more. Well I suppose that’s all up to you folks. What can you do with an animated GIF of me in a scary bear mask? Probably not much. Let’s do this instead. And just in…
By Mike Fahey Published October 25, 2015 -
CultureCosplayTerrific Raiden Cosplay Has All The Moves
We showed off Masazi’s Raiden outfit when it floored people at this year’s TGS, but in the meantime she’s gone and made this very cool short film with Rescue the Princess which really showcases what the suit (and helmet) can do. You can see more of Masazi’s cosplay at her Facebook page
By Luke Plunkett Published October 25, 2015 -
UncategorizedNoct Is A Good, Scary Time
Noct is what happens when someone plays too much Hotline Miami, DayZ and maybe Call of Duty then goes and makes their own video game. And it turns out pretty fun. Noct is a game that I saw on the weekend described as “My indie game about being eaten by Nopes”. You spawn as a…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 25, 2015 -
CultureThe Week In Games: My Little Halo
No, that’s not a My Little Pony reference. Here: Anyway, Halo 5: Guardians comes out this week, along with a couple of other things you may be interested in. Check it out. Tuesday, October 27 Divinity: Original Si Enhanced Edition — PS4, Xbox One WRC 5 — PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One Halo 5:…
By Mike Fahey Published October 25, 2015
