If you really think about it, the in-game camera often makes little to no sense. This isn’t true for every game (and generally, I think games have gotten way better), but Twitter user NSKEEEEE uploaded a comparison between The Evil Within’s in-game perspective and what the actual P.O.V. would look like. [via NSKEEEEE] Certainly brings…
It’s summer! In Japan, that means muggy heat, fireworks, and cold noodles. But for one Japanese celeb, it also means covering oneself in insect shells. Note: Some readers might get grossed out by these images. I know I kinda did. Shoko Nakagawa—singer, TV personality, and reigning Pokémon queen—has been covering herself with cicada husks for…
The Sky Over Hakone. Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. By Martin Fu. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!
You are not looking are some fan drawn images. These are official images from Dragon Ball Super’s fifth episode. Fan drawn images probably look better! The images look stiff, rough, and incredibly awkward. Polished, they are not. Online in Japan, people are saying this is a “massive breakdown” (大崩壊 or dai houkai) of the anime’s…
Track: Orchard | Artist: Windhand | Album: Soma Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.
When Hoosker Don’t crashed his bike playing GTA V, he probably figured—as the opening seconds of this video suggest—that he’d just get up and get another vehicle. No big deal. Oh, how wrong he was. Before too long, the game’s driving AI has…had some problems. By 1:50 it’s a warzone.
Pontus Olofsson works as an artist at Paradox Interactive, where he most recently did some stuff for Magicka: Wizard Wars You can see more of Pontus’ 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),…
Hi fellow editorial staff members! It’s 2015, and the internet is full of gifs. Here’s how to make your own. Doesn’t matter if you work at Kotaku or are some random person who stumbled upon this post accidentally (hi!), you’ll get the same results. MAKING GIFS There are two ways to make gifs. One is…
From this vid about ChinaJoy 2015
Nausicaä cosplay that isn’t Nausicaä! Reki-Konran, take a bow.
Rinoa from cosplay duo Eyes On Me does her best impression of Final Fantasy VII’s Tifa Lockhart.
In almost every other respect, PaciFire sounds like just another first-person shooter. It has teams, and funny hats, and grenades. Only, instead of controlling a gruff military dude, you’re playing as a baby. And the maps are, like, cribs, and playgrounds. It’s fresh, yes, but also kinda creepy; the baby animations are weirdly competent, like…
Now that the jokes about Kylo Ren’s lightsaber have gone away, folks are getting down to the business of seriously recreating the thing. But this one, from Saberforge, is the best I’ve seen. It’s not some plastic replica; the thing is made out machined metal and comes with its own blade and lighting. Being hand-made,…
Diablo III might be doing a good job of quenching your thirst for action RPGs today, but let’s not forget its humble origins: Rogue. Ahem, sorry, the first Diablo. You may rarely feel the urge to play the 90s classic, however, if you do in the future, you might want to check out Freeablo —…
There’s something incredibly fun and irreverent about breaking all-time classic video games, isn’t there? That’s the reason Ocarina of Time is so popular to speedrunners—and it’s why I love watching people figure out how to totally dismantle Final Fantasy VI In May of this year, the speedrunning community discovered a unique new glitch in Square’s…
Inspired by Deadspin’s excellent recurring Let’s Remember Some Guys series, let’s remember some video games. Dark Sector Bushido Blade Tobal Red Steel Solstice Vectorman Yoshi’s Cookie Faxanadu Beyond the Beyond Rival Schools Fester’s Quest Torin’s Passage Milon’s Secret Castle Joe & Mac Hexen: Beyond Heretic Kid Chameleon Lair Elite Beat Agents Black & White Brave…
The video “Pantone Pixels,” published in 2011, was an independent art project that used a swath of colors to illustrate a picture of the creator’s parents. Last week, Vimeo took it down. Turns out it was too similar to “Pixels,” a 2015 movie starring Adam Sandler. Update (11:40 am EST): In a statement, Vimeo said…
Is this track, by Yoko Shimomura, the best video game boss music of all time? Discuss.
For a certain subset of gamers, last December was big. Really big. Like, the biggest month in years [This article was originally published on December 9, 2014, when Suikoden II came out on PSN. I’ve bumped it up because I’m guest-editing Kotaku this weekend and am doing my best to turn it into a Suikoden…
The U.S. team Evil Geniuses won on Dota 2’s biggest stage last night, earning a $6.6 million prize and becoming the first American squad to win the International tournament. Evil Geniuses defeated the Chinese team CDEC, generally considered to be an underdog, 3-1 in the best-of-five Grand Finals late Saturday night, capping off a week…
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