Dragon Ball Super Looks Super Crappy

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…

The Mother Of All GTA V Crashes

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.

I Believe It’s Magicka

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),…

A Guide To Making Gifs

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…

Nausicaä cosplay that isn’t Nausicaä! Reki-Konran, take a bow.

Tifa Lockhart, Everyone

Rinoa from cosplay duo Eyes On Me does her best impression of Final Fantasy VII’s Tifa Lockhart.

PaciFire Is A Game Were You Shoot Babies But Are Also A Baby

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…

Replica Force Awakens Lightsaber Looks Hot

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,…

Someone Is Programming The Original Diablo From Scratch

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 —…

Speedrunners Discover Totally New Way To Break Final Fantasy VI

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…

Copyright Trolls Get Videos Pulled For Using The Word ‘Pixels’ [UPDATED]

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…

Why You Should Play Suikoden II, One Of The Best RPGs Ever Made

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…

American Team Wins Dota 2 International, Takes Home $6.6 Million

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…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Virtual Reality

You knew this was inevitable. Let’s see if you guys can improve TIME’s fantastic August 17 cover, which features Oculus Rift CEO Palmer Luckey prancing like he’s never pranced before. Competition will be tough for this one, given how many people have already been ‘shopping it up since the cover came out earlier this week.…