I Have Had It With All These Snakes On This Mother Base

Today on Highlight Reel we have a whole load of Metal Gear, good Fulton extractions, head bobbin’, Mad Max cars, and much more! Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out, like and subscribe the original videos via the links below. Assassin’s Creed…

You might already know all about the SPECIAL system in Fallout, but you should give this Fallout 4 short about the strength stat a watch anyway: it’s cute and funny!

Pokémon Go Could Be Amazing (And Maybe A Bit Dangerous)

The words “alternate reality game” were the last thing some hardcore Pokémon fans wanted to hear last night. I understand why. It’s a spin-off. It’s on mobile. You can’t play from the comfort of your own home. And yet! Pokémon Go could be the shot in the arm that the monster-collecting series needs. The key…

Why Metal Gear Solid V‘s Ending Is So Disappointing

Metal Gear Solid V is a stellar game, with top-notch stealth action and a malleable world that leads to all sorts of memorable moments. Too bad the ending is such a mess. As I explained in my review—which you can read here—the latest Metal Gear Solid is saddled with incomprehensible characters and an unsatisfying, unfinished…

Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime: The Kotaku Review

By and large, love is better with other people. And when saving all the love in the universe means shooting a bunch of weirdo space aliens—as it does in Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime—you definitely want another person helping you. Out this week for Xbox One and Steam, Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime is a…

A Glimpse At League Of Legends’ New System For Reforming Toxic Players

Earlier this year, Riot Games announced a promising-but-still-kinda-vague “report card” system they’d developed to better address toxic in-game behavior by League of Legends players. Now they’ve finally given a sneak peek at how this new type of instant feedback will work. The new reform cards went live on League of Legends’ public beta environment last…

How Until Dawn Messes With Two Of Horror’s Most Overused Tropes

“Blondes make the best victims,” said filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock to CBS in 1977. “They’re like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.” Blondes are hardly the only character-specific trope in horror, of course. There’s the the black guy who always dies, the mean jock who is murdered horribly, the character who wanders off on…

Miyamoto Confirms That Super Mario Bros. 3 Was A Play

One of my favorite video game theories to emerge over the past few years is that Super Mario Bros. 3, with its hanging blocks and curtains, was actually just a stage performance. Turns out, according to Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto, the theory is true If you’re not familiar with the theory, or by some chance…

Japanese Commercial Says, ‘Screw Laundry; Play Destiny!’

Forget about your dirty underwear. Your Hunter needs new guns. Like the Batman: Arkham Knightadvert back in July, this Japanese PlayStation commercial for the next big thing in Destiny outclasses its Western counterparts, at least as far as goofiness goes. Actor Ryo Katsuji is the guy wearing the Guardian get-up and, boy, does he get…

Final Fantasy VII‘s Crew As Cartoon Characters

Artist ZedEdge’s making a series of Final Fantasy VII character redesigns, mostly inspired by Big Hero 6 and other recent animated movies. This means Cloud & co. got some extra charm while they all remained faithful to their original characteristics. Vincent with his quiet look is perfect for example. But here’s Aeris, Cid, Cloud and…

Why Batman‘s Story Isn’t Tragic At All

Bruce Wayne beating random thugs as Batman is probably not what Gotham needs, when corruption and poverty is all over the city, and as one of Gotham’s richest, he could be the one ending it. Dorkly’s recent video also shows that Bruce Wayne’s childhood as an orphan is nothing compared to the life of that…