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The Internet Falls In Love With Man’s Silly Pokémon Tattoo
Yesterday, a Pokémon-themed thread popped up on Reddit. It was titled “My friend was drunk and on Xanax when he decided to tattoo a black face Charmander with no experience or artistic ability. The flame saves it.” This is the tattoo: This is what the Pokémon is supposed to look like, for reference’s sake. Charmander!…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 16, 2015 - Uncategorized
Be careful, Mewtwo players—there’s a glitch in Smash Bros. Wii U that can prevent some people from playing online if they play Mewtwo in certain modes. Nintendo says they’re working on a patchto fix the problem, but for now, stay away from Smash Run, All-Star, Classic, Stadium, and Trophy Rush modes while playing as Mewtwo.
By Jason Schreier Published April 16, 2015 -
UncategorizedA Horror Game That Looks Straight Out Of 1995
We’ve seen plenty of games filled to the brim with pixels, but what about crappy polygons? Back In 1995 promises to be “just like PlayStation or Sega Saturn in 1995.” Thanks to Rely On Horror, one of the better horror gaming sites around, for pointing this out! Back In 1995 has loading screens with flipping…
By Patrick Klepek Published April 16, 2015 -
CultureAsk Dr. Nerdlove: Help, She’s Way Out Of My League!
Hello, Internet! Welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating column that knows what to say when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. This week: what can you do when the person you like is out of your league? Is there even a point…
Harris O'Malley Published April 16, 2015 - Uncategorized
Popular YouTuber Says He Won’t Cover Game After Twitter Spat
Should a critic cease coverage of a game simply because a developer does not like them? According to one YouTuber, tensions between himself and a developer are pronounced enough to make any potential coverage that developer’s game biased. Earlier this week, commentator John Bain—known by many as TotalBiscuit, the PC-centric commentator with over 2 million…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 16, 2015 -
UncategorizedHere’s The New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer
Good afternoon, everyone. Here’s a new trailer for that movie about space. The teaser, which opens with a great Luke Skywalker monologue about his family’s connection to the Force—and sets the stage for plenty of speculation that this new set of movies will star his kids—is full of sizzling moments that will likely be analyzed…
By Jason Schreier Published April 16, 2015 -
UncategorizedLooks Like This Will Be The Darkest Justice League Cartoon Ever
Superman is General Zod’s son. Wonder Woman’s the daughter of Ares, evil god of war. And Batman? He’s an actual vampire. Things are going to be different in the next animated Justice League movie. Justice League: Gods and Monsters won’t be like the other recent animated film projects from Warner Brothers. This one won’t be…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 16, 2015 - Uncategorized
What We Loved (And Didn’t Love) About the Daredevil TV Show
I’ve been waiting for a show about Marvel’s blind lawyer superhero lawyer for, like, 20 years. So, of course, I binged on the new Daredevil show on Netflix as soon as I could. I wasn’t the only one here at Kotaku who felt that way. You know what? We loved it. Daredevil’s a different beast…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 16, 2015 - Uncategorized
App Lets You Leave Cryptic Bloodborne Messages In Real Life
If you love leaving weird messages for friends and strangers in Dark Souls and Bloodborne, perhaps you’d like to extend your services to the real-world, too. While the Souls games take place in dangerous lands, you’re not alone. While exploring (and dying), you often come across messages from other players. The messages are typically vague…
By Patrick Klepek Published April 16, 2015 - Uncategorized
The Maps Behind Our Video Games
The video games we play are made by people who live and work around the world. But how often do we think about that aspect of this most international of collaborative art forms? I made some maps. I thought it might help. Here, for example, are the locations of the development studios (down to the…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 16, 2015 -
UncategorizedEverything You Might Have Missed In The Final Fantasy XV Demo
If you skipped the Final Fantasy XV demo last month, you can go on continuing to skip it, because this morning Square Enix released a three-minute video that sums up all the cool parts just for you. Of course, watching something is never quite the same as playing it, but this video will give you…
By Jason Schreier Published April 16, 2015 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku’s reader-run community: Pokémon One a Day, Series 2 Returns! Wobuffet, Girafarig, Pineco • We Should Stop Judging Games on How Fun They Are with Friends • Game of the Week—A Wild New Role-Playing Adventure [Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars] TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY…
By András Neltz Published April 16, 2015 -
UncategorizedEverybody’s Gone to the Rapture, the fascinating PS4 adventure game announced back in 2012, will be out this summer, Sony says. New trailer above. This one looks pretty neat—it’s developed by The Chinese Room, the game studio behind Dear Esther
By Jason Schreier Published April 16, 2015 -
Kotaku EastIn the New Pokémon Movie, Evil Ash Looks Terrifying
Those glowing eyes. Those clinched teeth. That crazy hair. Damn, Ash. You’re scary. The Pokémon Company released the Japanese trailer for the upcoming feature film Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages. It’s slightly different from the U.S. trailer (here) and doesn’t contain footage of nightmare Ash. Fans of the possessed Ash from…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 16, 2015 - Kotaku East
My Love Story Pays Homage to Japan’s Most Famous Anime Bully
One of the new anime this season, My Love Story, is a romance story featuring an atypical protagonist. A protagonist with certain similarities to one of Japan’s most famous bullies. The main character of My Love Story is Takeo Goda, a high school boy with an intimidatingly large physique, and a heart of gold. The…
By Toshi Nakamura Published April 16, 2015 - Kotaku East
Tetsuya Nomura on Redesigning Characters for Dissidia Final Fantasy
With the release of the latest Dissidia Final Fantasy trailer, Kingdom Hearts director and zipper enthusiast*, Tetsuya Nomura sat down to talk about the newest addition to the character roster. *Not officially “With the two PSP games, I felt I’d ‘done all there is to do’ and took the stance that it was ‘completed,’ so…
By Toshi Nakamura Published April 16, 2015 -
Kotaku EastChappie Censored in Japan, Director Wasn’t Told
When Chappie was released in the U.S., it was a R-rated film. But for the movie’s upcoming Japanese release, Sony decided to edit the film for kids 12 years-old and up. Here’s where things get really awkward. Sony Pictures Japan issued a statement about re-editing the movie to give it a more family-friendly rating of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 16, 2015 -
UncategorizedGTA V Already (Kinda) Working With The Oculus Rift
It’s not perfect VR, as in this case the headset is simply recreating the mouse/thumbstick view from the regular controls (and not giving you full and proper VR support), but still. This motorbike ride looks like a lot of fun. Falandorn, the video’s uploader, says he managed it using vorpX (a program that converts existing…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 16, 2015