How To Make Incredible StarCraft Cosplay 

Back in 2013, Kotaku introduced a spectacular cosplay of StarCraft’s Kerrigan. This week, cosplayer Tasha shows how the costume was done. As pointed out by tipster Sang, Tasha recently documented the whole thing on her blog. It took four days to do the body alone and then another seven hours for makeup and to get…

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Does Australian eSports Have A Drug Problem?

“We were all on Adderall,” Kory “SEMPHIS” Friesen said. That was the moment when the latest eSports scandal kicked off in earnest. The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player, who is still featured on the official CS:GO tips and tricks video page, had lit the fuse: it was time to talk about drugs again. This post originally…

Taking Heroes Of The Storm’s New Monk Character For A Spin [Done!]

Thanks so much for watching, this was a lot of fun. I’m definitely going to start streaming more often. The Monk from Diablo III officially joined the fray inHeroes of the Storm today—though his full name is now technically Kharazim. Is he any good? We’re about to find out! You can watch me and some…

Mo’ Money Mo’ Problems

Igor Burlakov is a concept artist and illustrator who works across video games, books, music and board games. You can see more of Igor’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 New Tales From The Borderlands Episode Has A Major Shocker

Wow, I can’t say I was expecting that. Even if you’re just a fan of Borderlands—not Tales from the Borderlands, specifically—this is a big one. (Warning: big spoilers for Tales from the Borderlands episode four ahead.) A new Tales from the Borderlands episode came out today, and it kicks off with one hell of a…

We’ve Been Soldiers And Athletes. Time For A Structural Analyst.

INFRA is a game about a town that’s gone to the dogs. Its big employers have gone bust, and everything is breaking down. Enter you, a guy who will walk around and “survey some routine structural damage”. Sounds boring! But bear with me. I kinda like that premise: video games ask us to do a…

Mad Max Recreated With Go-Karts And Paintball

His world is fire, and blood, and tiny little cars. If you’re wondering why a “fan” video like this looks so slick, it’s because it was bankrolled by WB, the publishers of the upcoming Mad Max game. Which doesn’t look anywhere near as much fun as making this video did (via Super Punch)

The Manliest Chun-Li Of All

Ladybeard—who is onto a very good thing in Japan as a cosplayer, pin-up model, wrestler, and metal singer—was at Comiket this year, absolutely killing it as…Chun-Li. Brian posted a single shot of himin his roundup, but I thought he deserved his own showcase, since he not only posted a bunch of studio photographs in the…

Why Star Citizen Is Taking So Long

On September 17, 2013, Star Citizen director Chris Roberts wrote a public letter in celebration of a milestone achievement: He and his team had raised a whopping $19 million from fans, significantly more than any other crowdfunding project in history. Roberts, best known as the designer of Wing Commander and a pioneer of the space-sim…