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What The Inside Of Famous Monsters Looks Like
A Natural History of the Fantastic is a book that takes a bunch of the world’s most popular monsters and mythical creatures—from trolls to imps to angels to mermaids—and shows us what they look like on the inside. It’s all very scientific, of course. The book provides “detailed anatomy, artifacts, and biological histories” for each…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 28, 2015 - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Everybody’s Robin
Last week’s release of DC Comics’ We Are Robin #1proved that anyone can become the embodiment of Batman’s sidekick by careful application of red, yellow and the letter “R.” Anyone. See where we’re going here? Just look at this comic book cover. All it takes is a black and white image of someone—a celebrity, game…
By Mike Fahey Published June 28, 2015 - Culture
The Week In Games Chrono Phantasma Extend
It’s a previous Week in Games, only with new systems, an extended storyline and new playable characters! Isn’t that just fine? This week is dedicated to quirky Japanese fare, word games and the odd indie adventure. Everyone else is resting up after last week’s blockbuster release of that game whose name I cannot for the…
By Mike Fahey Published June 28, 2015 - Uncategorized
Batman: Arkham Knight Mod Makes Everybody Playable In Free Roam
The PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight is abit of a mess at the moment, but it’s also the only version with a mod that allows you to swap between any playable character in free roam with the push of a button. Tired of playing as Batman? Press F2 and play as Harley Quinn, the…
By Mike Fahey Published June 28, 2015 -
UncategorizedFinal Fantasy XIV‘s New Mac Client Is A Joke
Since Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn’s August 2013 release, Mac players have had to jump through the normal hoops to play a Windows game on their hardware. Now the game finally has an official Mac client, but by most accounts it’s not great. Until the release of the official Mac client, which coincided with…
By Mike Fahey Published June 28, 2015 - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Man In The Moon-Mask: The Winners!
The winner of last week’s ‘Shop Contest, inspired by the maskNier director Taro Yoko wore to Square Enix’s E3 press conference earlier this month, reminds us that there is always a creepier moon on the horizon. While this week’s runners-up feature some truly nightmare-inducing visions, UI 2.0’s image of the horrible moon from The Legend…
By Mike Fahey Published June 28, 2015 -
UncategorizedIt’s A Bad Day For Batman When Joker Calls In The Gundams
The Joker finally figures out where Batman gets his wonderful toys in this awesome stop-motion animation. Who can saved the Caped Crusader now? The latest toy animation from YouTube’s counter656 starts off as your average battle between S.H. Figurearts Batman and Joker—dodging bullets, pulling a knife, getting said knife taken away—the normal stuff. But at…
By Mike Fahey Published June 28, 2015 - Culture
Sunday Comics: When Open Worlds Collide
Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published June 24. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published June 22. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
By Mike Fahey Published June 28, 2015 - Uncategorized
The Batman: Arkham Knight PC patches begin, starting with a 67 MB patch available now that fixes a bug disabling rain effects and ambient occlusion. Check out Rocksteady’s to-do list of upcoming fixes, including getting rid of that nasty 30 FPS cap.
By Mike Fahey Published June 27, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe First Five Minutes Of Sonic Runners Are The Best Five Minutes
You wanted a game that’s just about Sonic the Hedgehog running and jumping? Here you go—pure Sonic for a whole five minutes. Available now for Android and iOS devices, Sonic Runners is a free-to-play game about Sonic and friends running. Your character automatically runs from left to right, and all you have to do is…
By Mike Fahey Published June 27, 2015 -
UncategorizedMario In Unreal Engine 4 Just Ain’t Right
Would you look at that. Turns out the uncanny valley works both ways. YouTube’s Aryoksini , the guy behind the Blender version of Super Mario 64 from last year, demonstrates why we like our Mario games in colorful cartoon kingdoms and not realistic office buildings, kitchenettes and museums. Aryoksini rebuilt the Mario animations from scratch…
By Mike Fahey Published June 27, 2015 - Uncategorized
Batman: Arkham Knight PC Benchmarks, For What They’re Worth
Although I didn’t spend much time playing Batman: Arkham Origins, I remember the game rather well after testing it on no less than 30 graphics cards and 20 CPUs. Arkham Origins appeared to take full advantage of Unreal Engine 3, it ran smoothly on affordable GPUs, though it’s worth remembering that Origins was developed for…
By Steven Walton Published June 27, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe New Persona 5 Trailer is More Anime Than Gameplay
The Persona 4 dancing game came out in Japan this past Thursday. A new trailer for Persona 5 came with it. Sure, more than a bit of the footage in this new trailer is also in the old one, but I for one am excited for each and every glimpse I get at this game.…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published June 27, 2015 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy XIV Heavensward Log One: Finally
I’m trying to write my initial Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward expansion MMO log in such a way as to minimize my time away from Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward. This is a good sign. Early access for the first major expansion pack to Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn launched on Friday, June 19. I finally…
By Mike Fahey Published June 27, 2015 - Culture
This Week In the Business: Fallout 4 The Win
QUOTE | “There is no doubt in my mind that Bethesda is the clear ‘winner’ of this E3.” – ICO CEO Thomas Bidaux, analyzing the media coverage of E3 and finding Fallout 4 had more than 3500 articles, with Final Fantasy VII in second place with a little over 2000 articles Elsewhere in the business…
By Steve Peterson Published June 27, 2015 - Uncategorized
Even In Borderlands, Telltale Makes Choices Agonizing
Tales from the Borderlands episode three is out, and it’s good. Really good. As we did with Telltale’s Game of Thrones a while back, I feel like a choice breakdown is in order. Telltale’s games are, after all, largely about choice—even if not every choice has earth-shattering ramifications. But first, some general impressions: I plan…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 26, 2015 -
CultureBatman Kicks A Henchman Silly
On today’s episode of Highlight Reel we have GTA carnage, Witcher olympic diving, Halo turnabouts, 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. Halo: MCC – my awesome ninja! –…
By Chris Person Published June 26, 2015 -
CultureLet’s Open Up A Box From The Japan Crate Snack Delivery Service
What’s it like opening up a box filled with random Japanese snacks and candy every month? Much like this, though probably without nearly as much beard. I’ve been getting shipments from the Japan Crate snack service on and off since last year, and they keep getting better every time I get them. There were some…
By Mike Fahey Published June 26, 2015 -
UncategorizedA Brief History Of Gay Marriage In Video Games
The supreme court wasn’t just copying Fire Emblem when it ruled in favor of same-sex marriage today. Gay unions have been around for quite some time in video games. Let’s look back at marriage equality’s rich history in the virtual world. Fallout 2 Widely regarded as the first video game to allow full-blown gay marriage,…
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 26, 2015