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Hang Out with Cute Anime Guys at This New Tokyo Cafe
Do you like anime dudes? What about cafes? Good news! Because in Tokyo, there’s a new restaurant with delicious looking food and dreamy animated boys. To mark its latest social game, popular manga and anime series Boys Over Flowers is getting its own eatery. Websites Game Biz and Comic Nataliewere on hand to check it…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 14, 2015 - CultureCosplay
Cosplay Unites Mortal Kombat, StarCraft &…Toy Story
Russian photographer Andrey Shinkarchuk (aka Sketch_Turner) is one of the best at what he does, which is not only taking great cosplay photos but applying just the right amount of Photoshop. Photoshop’s use in cosplay photography can be a little controversial! While almost every image you see on the internet has been manipulated somehow (even…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 13, 2015 - CultureCosplay
Some Excellent New York Comic-Con Cosplay
Evan was at NYCC andtook some great cosplay shots, but he couldn’t get around to everyone. Here, then, are some more photos by Mineralblu By Nadyasonika By Yaya Han By 7thlotus By Pro Voltage Cosplay By Joanna Mari Cosplay By Maweezy Cosplay By Its Raining Neon By Kadu=Out Cosplay By Becka Noel
By Luke Plunkett Published October 13, 2015 -
UncategorizedPC Shooter Adds Killer “Manga Mode”
As if Tokyo Warfare wasn’t wearing enough Japanophilia on its sleeves already, along comes this “manga mode” for the game that looks funny as hell. This isn’t what the game always looks like; it’s just an optional filter, in case the music and Tokyo streets weren’t Japanese enough for you. The game isn’t out yet…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 13, 2015 - Culture
IKEA’s Latest Product: HUMÄNBRÄINS
Andy Walsh is an artist who has worked for companies like Atomhawkand Games Workshop. You can see more of Andy’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” button in…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 13, 2015 -
UncategorizedNew Expansion Can’t Save A Dour Civilization Game
Time has not been kind to Civilization: Beyond Earth. I found it a passable strategy game at review, but the longer I stuck with it afterwards—particularly after I went back and remembered how amazing Civilization V still is—the more I went sour on it. It has some neat ideas around the fringes, sure, but the…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 13, 2015 -
Uncategorized$6800 PC Looks Like A Future Killing Machine
Custom PC builder Deblow’s amazing effort here has no need for desks. It’s so big it is a desk. That’s the PC itself lit up there, sitting under an enormous glass panel. It is also not cheap. In total it cost him around £4500 (USD$6800)to build, of which £350 was for the desk components and…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 13, 2015 - CultureCosplay
Orange Is The New Cosplay
Stellar team effort by Michaelaand friends.
By Luke Plunkett Published October 13, 2015 - Uncategorized
Not All Of Us Loved Destiny’s New Raid
Over the last couple of weeks, several of us here at Kotaku have worked our way through Destiny’s new King’s Fall raid. Some of us really like it. Others, not so much. Jason and I have completed the raid a bunch of times—we went in cold the day it came out, and along with our…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 13, 2015 -
CultureA Bomb Defusing Video Game Tested My Relationship
I played bomb disarming Steam sensation Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes with my girlfriend. That might’ve been a bad idea. Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes is a game with an extremely unique premise: one player is on their PC, interacting with a virtual bomb; the other(s) pull up the official bomb manual on their PC,…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 13, 2015 - Uncategorized
League Of Legends Is Buffing The Master-Troll Champion Teemo…Again
Teemo, nicknamed “Satan,” is such a famously infuriating champion to go against in League of Legends that many players (myself included) recoiled in terror upon hearing that he was getting buffed late this summer. But apparently his changes weren’t enough, because today Riot came back with even more. For those unfamiliar, Teemo is an adorable…
By Yannick LeJacq Published October 13, 2015 - Uncategorized
Dr. Strange Comics Were Way Different 30 Years Ago
Last week, Marvel kicked off an all-new Doctor Strange series with a more grounded, approachable takeon the most powerful magician in this reality. But they also published a collection of the character’s 1980s stories on the same day. Looking at both releases shows just how much the Sorcerer Supreme has changed. Doctor Strange: Don’t Pay…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 13, 2015 -
UncategorizedSquare Enix Embraces Fan-Made Deus Ex Upgrade
Deus Ex is one of gaming’s all-time greats, but let’s be real: 2000 was a long time ago. Some parts of the game—like, say the visuals—don’t really hold up, which is where the fan-developed Revision project is stepping in. The strangest part? Square Enix, who owns the Deus Ex series these days, is totally on…
By Patrick Klepek Published October 13, 2015 - Uncategorized
Months Later, Elite: Dangerous Players Make Major Discovery About Mysterious Alien Artifacts
You might remember the mysterious alien items that had Elite: Dangerous players stumped earlier this year. Well, they recently made a major discovery. Here’s the gist: a handful of months ago, players began coming across “unknown artefacts” that made bizarre noises—some of which were morse code scans of nearby objects, others of which had players…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 13, 2015 -
UncategorizedNintendo’s Unexpected Massively Multiplayer Puzzle-Solving Experiment
Games like Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Fez and Destiny get a lot of credit for challenging the packs of people who play them to put their heads together to solve puzzles: players share tips online and make message board breakthroughs. Nintendo kids were doing that on the playground a quarter century ago, of course, trying to…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 13, 2015 -
UncategorizedDestiny’s Microtransaction Store Is Now Open
Destiny, a video game in which players travel through space doing the Carlton on as many planets as possible, will now let you spend real money on dances. Finally As of this afternoon, the Eververse Trading Company is open for business in Destiny’s Tower. And as you’ll see through a series of annoying prompts that…
By Jason Schreier Published October 13, 2015
