Vehicles Make A Massive Difference In Skylanders: Superchargers

Adding land, sea and air vehicles to the mix gives this fall’s Skylanders game an exciting new twist. More importantly, it gives children toys they can actually play with. This is Hot Streak. It’s one of the 20 vehicles being introduced in Skylanders: Superchargers this September. Like previous Skylanders figures, Hot Streak will be placed…

Japanese Ice Cream Face Art

You know how sometimes you take the lid off a container of ice cream, and you can see a face? This is kind of like that. As noted on Spoon & Tamago, Makoto Asanotakes this further by carving funny characters in the ice cream using those disposable ice cream spoons. The resulting sculptures are deliciously…

Pikachu Is Selling Ketchup in Japan

Didn’t you know? Pikachu friggin’ loves ketchup. And now, a major Japanese ketchup maker has roped in that electric rodent to help promote the stuff. Kagome is rolling out a “I Love Pikachu’s Ketchup” campaign, complete with instructions on how to draw the character on a Japanese rice omelette. In case you are curious, like…

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Chappie Is Cosplay Gangster Number One

There’s a lot of great cosplay in Sneaky Zebra’s video from the London Comic-Con, but my favourite has to be this strutting Chappie.

The Most Beautiful Race Car In The World (Of Tomorrow)

OK, let’s get personal. I like cars. I like F1. My favorite F1 cars of all time are basically any of the McLaren Hondas (with 91’s probably taking top spot) . The lines of the cars, that iconic Marlboro branding, ungh. Sadly, those cars are long gone, though as today’s Fine Art feature shows, they…

The Khans Are Coming To Crusader Kings II

Crusader Kings II—one of the best video games ever made—has had a ton of great expansions and post-release content over the years. But none of it has been quite as exciting, at least to me, as this. Ever since CKII launched, one of the most defining features of the game has been the slow, inevitable…

The Witcher 3, As Told By Steam Reviews

Before The Witcher 3 officially released, much of the talk online was about downgrades, or disappointment about the graphics. Now that people have had a chance to actually play the game, however, the discussion around The Witcher 3 is very, very different. There are over a thousand reviews on Steam right now, and almost all…

Steam Refunds Could Cause Some Big Problems

Finally, Steam is offering refunds! Oh joyous day. But actually, the new policy could cause more problems than it solves. Doubtless, Steam needs a refund policy. It’s a good thing to have in general, and especially on Steam, where tons of potential predators—in the form of faulty Early Access games and ample trash heaped on…

Hatred: The Kotaku Review

Last fall, a producer for CBS This Morning called me to talk about the video game Hatred. I had been on CBS a year earlier to teach co-anchor Gayle King how to play Grand Theft Auto V, the biggest entertainment property in the human-discovered universe. This time, instead of talking about a game made by…

Splatoon’s Ranked Mode Is Surprisingly Hardcore

Normally, Splatoon matches are nice and chill—I frequently find myself smiling even when I lose. Things are different in ranked mode. Ranked mode is intense. Ranked mode is fierce. Ranked mode is where the kids are separated from the squids. Last night, Splatoon got an update with a number of goodies, including a new map…