Ten Catchy Anime Theme Songs from Spring 2015

One of the best things about each new anime season is the vast amount of new anime music that comes with it. And with so many anime this spring, there is a wealth of musical styles to enjoy. So here are ten of my favorite openings and endings—along with a few notes about why I…

What You Need to Know Before Playing the New Sword Art Online Game

Love it or hate it, there is no avoiding the fact that Sword Art Online is one of the most popular anime of the past few years. However, before you jump into the newest game tie-in, Sword Art Online: Lost Song, there’s more than a bit of lore to get caught up on first. To…

Earthquake Stops Tokyo Disney Ride at the Worst Possible Point

You know the point right before you drop on a theme park ride? Your heart is beating faster and tension is mounting, and then…whoosh. Imagine getting stuck at that point during an earthquake. Yesterday, there was a 5.5 magnitude earthquake in Tokyo. According to the WSJ and AP, there were no immediate reports of injuries…

The Times Mario Wasn’t a Nintendo Exclusive

When you think of Mario, you think of Nintendo. The two are linked so firmly in your mind it’s almost impossible to think that the beloved character’s games ever showed up on other systems. But it has happened—and more than once. Donkey Kong (1981-1988) The first Mario game (though he was only known as “Jumpman”…

Dragonfly. Maokong, Taiwan. By Eric Nguyen JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!

Track: Lit | Artist: Kiasmos | Album: Kiasmos Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment

I Care About Star Wars Because It Introduced Me To ‘Lore’

Today, May 25, is Star Wars Day—not the weird pun nonsense earlier this month that people love to call “Star Wars Day”, but the anniversary of the release of the original film in 1977. And today here on Kotaku we’re going to celebrate an oft-mocked part of Star Wars: the Expanded Universe. Today, nerds (this…

An Etsy Shop For Crystal Poké Balls

If you know where to look, you can buy anything on Etsy. And, yes, “anything” apparently sometimes includes Poke Balls made of crystal with pokemon laser-carved into them. First things first. They’ve sold out of the Poke Balls but are trying to make some more, and in the meantime the listed price of $99,999.99 is…

Bloodborne has been patched to allow co-op with friends regardless of level with password matching. That’s according to DualShockers’ English translation of the Japanese patch notes. The patch is about 300mb, positively svelte for an update to a current-gen game.

The Longer The Witcher 3 Goes, The Faster I Move Through It

If you write about games professionally for a while, and get suckered into writing game reviews freelance, a couple things happen. First, you play way too many games. Second, you play all those games very quickly. The latter has led me to take on some habits that I find troublesome. I usually try to avoid…

This Dog Was Pretty Mad About The Witcher 3‘s Visual Downgrade

It isn’t just humans who are upset that development for consoles might have caused The Witcher 3 to lose some visual luster. via reddit user InfernalH

Blizzard Removed Tychus’ Cigar To Meet Ratings Requirements

We discovered last week that Tychus’ trademark cigar was missing from the open beta version of Heroes of the Storm, and some people were rather upset about it—bro is always chewing on that thing, after all. And Blizzard artist Phill Gonzalez hopped on reddit to explain what the deal with that was. As some had…