Don’t Have Sex with This Robot

If you were planning on buying Pepper the robot for your pleasure, you might want to reconsider. The four-foot tall robot, which talks, tells jokes, and dances about, but should not screw humans, sold out in a minute earlier this summer in Japan. AFP Jiji Press reports that Pepper’s usage agreement states, “The policy owner…

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Why So Sad, Call Of Duty?

Yan Ostretsov is a visual designer at Call of Duty developers Infinity Ward. Prior to that, he was at id working on games like RAGE. You can see more of Yan’s work at his personal site To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them…

Someone Swallowed The Internet And Vomited On Dark Souls II

Mods are great. I love them. They made Skyrim feel relevant for like a million years. I’m excited about Fallout 4 and mods being available on console. That feels like a game-changer to me. But this Dark Souls 2 mod. Why would you do this? Why? Yes. This is a mod of Dark Souls 2…

Look At This Dog That Loves Animal Crossing More Than You Do

From Tumblr You Booze You Lose, this Bull Terrier is way better equipped to express his love for Animal Crossing’s KK Slider than our ridiculous human bodies could ever be. The video’s caption reads: So my dog loves KK Slider from the Animal Crossing games and when he hears him he runs over and watches.…

When Cosplay Hits The Catwalk

We’re used to seeing cosplayers at stuff like conventions and gaming shows, but strutting the catwalk alongside models and designers? That’s exactly what happened last week, though, when Vicky Lau, aka Vivid Vision (and some friends) were invited to show their stuff as part of Western Canada Fashion Week Lau designed and made all the…

The Week In Games: Ballin’

It’s time for the basketball games with the number 16 in the title! Also, Mega Man Legends. Maybe I should have led with that. As part of my current quest to appreciate competitive virtual sports games more I’ve been playing close attention to the rivalry between EA’s NBA Live 16 and 2K’s NBA 2K16. Right…

The First Gameplay Footage From The South Park Xbox Game That Never Was

The original Xbox never got a South Park game, but if it had it would have looked something like this. The raw work in progress was allegedly discovered on a debug original Xbox procured in August by Nintendo Age forum moderator qixmaster, who posted a few screenshots and a single cutscene from the game. Sometime…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Ugliest PlayStation 4

Earlier this week our own Evan Narcissecalled the upcoming Call of Duty PlayStation 4 “Ugly As Sin.” He wants ugly? We’ll give him ugly. I’m not too put off by Activision and Sony’s Pumpkin Spice PlayStation 4. Black, grey and orange aren’t that bad of a combination, and considering how insane the pumpkin crowd is…

Thank You For The Amazing Game Cube Collection, Random Game Store Guy

I went to my local video game store on Friday to pick up a copy of Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, and I walk out with an entire generation’s worth of Nintendo console goodness. Thanks, random game store guy. No, I didn’t get his name. I want to say Dave, but I want to say…

Sunday Comics: Best Gaming System Ever

Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your pretty much weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published September 25. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published September 21. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry…

A LEGO Dimensions Buyer’s Guide For The Discerning Player

Tonight at midnight $465 worth of LEGO Dimensions product goes on sale. How much does one need to pay to have a good time? Let our buyer’s guide be your…guide. LEGO Dimensions, taken as the whole of the first series of starter and toy kits, is the priciest total game release of the year. Skylanders…

The First Five Rip-Snortin’ Minutes Of A Fistful Of Gun 

My admiration for FarmerGnome’s epic multiplayer Spaghetti Western is rivaled only my my lack of dedication to a fake Southern accent during the first five minutes of A Fistful of Gun. Released last week on Steam for little doggies everywhere to get along to, A Fistful of Gun is a unique little top-down pixel shooter…

Afro Samurai 2 Is Some Bullshit

I was going to record a video demonstrating why the recently-released follow-up to 2009’s Afro Samurai is such a waste, but I couldn’t bring myself to play it any longer. Fuck this game. I wasn’t a fan of the Afro Samurai animated series when I played and reviewedthe first game some six years ago, and…