Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire: The Kotaku Review

It’s easy to miss, but the people of Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire whisper about things. Incredible things. Inexplicable things. The sorts of rumors involving legendary Pokémon that sound unbelievable, until you remember you’re dealing with a video game, where there is no such thing as a tall tale. When I was a kid,…

This Minecraft build wasn’t inspired by a real hotel, which is a shame ’cause I’d love to go there. It actually reminds me a bit of the Panau Falls Casino from Just Cause 2. In any case, the build is called the Twin Palms Hotel and it was submitted to Planet Minecraft by Jaden024. Look…

Captain Toad Is a Story of Murder, Robbery, Addiction and Greed

Recently released in Japan, Captain Toad is a cute little Super Mario 3D World spin-off about collecting coins, gems, and stars while on your way to defeat a giant bird. …Either that or it’s a tale of greed, robbery, and mass murder on a grand scale. [Note: This article is a tongue-in-cheek look at the…

Bathing Grandmas Apparently Cut from Pokémon ORAS

In the original Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, there is a hot springs in Lavaridge Town. Players could go and soak in the steamy water with some old ladies. Lavaridge Town returns in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. So does the bathing. The grannies, it seems, do not. Hot springs are called “onsen” (温泉) in Japanese.…

Wushu Is a Martial Arts Ballet of Combat and Beauty

Look. At. That. Look at it! Choreographed martial arts doesn’t get much better than this. This, of course, is the Chinese martial art wushu. In competition, there are events with individual or several participants. While the moves are choreographed, timing is key. One wrong move can not only ruin the rhythm, but result in disaster.…

Nothing Says New Dragon Ball Anime Like a Green Tracksuit

You might have seen the first promotional image for the new Dragon Ball Z anime. But did you notice what Gohan is wearing? People online in Japan have. Yep, a green tracksuit. This…doesn’t exactly scream Dragon Ball Z, does it? Or maybe it does. “What is he a gym instructor?” asked one Japanese 2ch user.…

Pokémon Omega Ruby Versus Pokémon Alpha Sapphire: Which To Buy

The new Pokémon games are good. You should play them, if you can! The question is, which game should you pick up? Pokémon is unique in that, if you want to play it, you always have a choice between two different versions of the same game. Typically, the versions are denoted by colors or stones—Red…

A Princess Mononoke Redesign I Could Get Behind

This incredible piece of fan art is the work of Tianhua Xu, a concept artist from Chinese studio ChiYan Workshop. It’s exactly what you’d want from a Mononoke redesign/movie, no? The same outfits and spirit, only more real. Course, we should probably stop talking about this, since we might invoke the demon spirit Hollywood. You…

A History Of Video Game Graphics

Stuart Brown’s fantastic YouTube series A Brief History Of Graphics starts in just about the most perfect way imaginable: “They say graphics aren’t important…but every game I’ve ever played has had them”. Running over five parts, the series takes an in-depth (but also accessible) look at the evolution of video game graphics, from the very…

The Missing Feature World of Warcraft Fans Won’t Forget

There is one piece of Warcraft lore that won’t go away, no matter how much Blizzard tries (or doesn’t try) to bury it. People have waited for its arrival, breath bated, fists balled, for more than half a decade—half of WoW‘s lifespan. It is… a dance studio. It all began back when World of Warcraft‘s…

Far Cry 4: The Kotaku Review

I want to write a letter to all the animals I’ve met in Far Cry 4 First there was the confused monkey, who looked up at me with big, sad eyes during my bus ride into Kyrat. My mother had written, as her dying wish, “Take me back to Lakshmana.” The monkey had no idea…

Fuck you, bird.