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Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Pre-Cult: Saints Row: Gat out of Hell • Confessions of an Aging Gamer • Bulk up or Stretch it out: Spacing Serialized Stories • Indie HYPE: Infinifactory TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By András Neltz Published February 27, 2015 - Uncategorized
Fan-Built TARDIS Makes The Doctor Who LEGO Set Complete
Although LEGO has an official Doctor Who set in the works with the TARDIS and minifigs, it won’t include the huge interior of the otherwise tiny telephone box time machine. So Thorsten “Xenomurphy” Bonsch built one to make the set complete. It is the 11th Doctor’s (Matt Smith, who was the Doctor from early 2010…
By Gergo Vas Published February 27, 2015 -
UncategorizedHow To Get All The World of Warcraft Garrison Jukebox Music Rolls
With patch 6.1 World of Warcraft got a Jukebox that plays custom music while we’re hanging out in our Garrison. The gadget itself is easy to assemble, but finding all the tunes for it will take some time. Bellular has a nice video showing all the locations for all 40 tracks for both factions. Some…
By Gergo Vas Published February 27, 2015 - Uncategorized
Tiny Felt Pokémon Contain Weaponized Levels of Cute
They’re round, they’re small, they’re fluffy, they’re based on cute fictional monsters, and they’re smiling. Yep, that’s a deadly combo alright. The talented individual behind these felted dolls is DeviantArt’s xxNostalgic. She’s made quite a few of them over the past few years—up top, you can see Pikachu Pudding and Ribbon Raichu. There’s a lot…
By András Neltz Published February 27, 2015 - Kotaku East
Google’s Street View Car Stopped by the Japanese Police
Google Street View is filled with all sorts of strange things. But one of the less odd things is the Google car getting stopped by the Japanese police. If you’ve ever driven in Japan, you’ll know that the speed traps often include unmanned radar guns stationed somewhat away from the actual police. There will be…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 27, 2015 - Kotaku East
This is One Violent Game of Pool
When I think of violent sports, pool is not one that immediately comes to mind. Of course, when the stakes are life and death like in the anime short Death Billiards, a bit of violence is understandable. Death Billiards is a 2013 anime one-off episode that served as the prototype for Death Parade—one of this…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published February 27, 2015 -
Kotaku EastWhy Ash from Pokémon Isn’t Dead Yet
On last night’s episode of Pokémon XY, Ash Ketchum was electrocuted by Pikachu’s 100,000 volts. He should be dead, right? Not exactly. [Photo via Story_terror] Just look at how Ash withstands Pikachu’s electric shock. This isn’t new. Over the years, Ash Ketchum has been electrocuted numerous times. It’s a running gag. But, as asked by…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 27, 2015 -
Kotaku EastThe New Tales Game Plays Differently Than You’d Expect
Since Tales of Symphonia, combat in the console Tales games has been largely the same (though with a few admittedly unique features in each one). But the newest game, Tales of Zestiria, has several changes that, while small, alter how the battles work on a fundamental level The most major change is the abandonment of…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published February 27, 2015 -
Kotaku EastThese Swords Will Mess You Up
The martial art Kalaripayattu is elegant and beautiful. Those flexible swords the two men are wielding? Goodness, they’re scary. In the below video, via Boing Boing, you can see whiplike swords called urumi in action. The weapons, apparently, are difficult to master as they can accidentally cause serious injury. I can’t imagine how difficult—or dangerous—it…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 27, 2015 -
Kotaku EastListen to Japanese Voice Actors Talk to Themselves
The complaint often arises with anime that the voices all sound the same. So how does it sound when you have one voice actress having a conversation with themselves? The anime Kantai Collection, based on the game of the same name, features anthropomorphized battleships. Each of the characters that appears in the series is based…
By Toshi Nakamura Published February 27, 2015 - Culture
The Queen Of Skulls Will See You Now
Sandra Duchiewicz is an artist currently working at Creative Assembly, the developers of the Total War series. Her work is featured in the book I wroteabout yesterday, but you can also see more of her stuff on her DeviantArtpage and personalsites To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough,…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 26, 2015 - Culture
The Best Stupid Jokes About That Stupid Dress
Today the internet lost its collective mind, and so everyone finds themselves arguing about what color a dress is. Really. This is the dress, in case you (somehow) haven’t seen it— as Gawker explains, it originally started floating aroundon Tumblr, got picked up by Buzzfeed, and now it’s taking the rest of the internet by…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 26, 2015 - Uncategorized
And Now For An Addictive Game About Selling Hamburgers
Fuck those jerks over at Filthy Burger. Seriously, fuck ’em. They think they can get more customers than me with fancy signs? Well… well, they might be right. Grab Them By The Eyes is a new free game from Terry Cavanagh, best known for mega-hard games like Super Hexagon and VVVVVV, but also the mastermind…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 26, 2015 - Culture
Super Euro Truck Galaxy 2
No, Euro Truck Simulator 2 will never be a candy-coated, wonderment-oozing Nintendo platformer, but what a cool effect in this piece from jm_. New cover art, anyone? The Steam Community Showcase is a regular look at the cream of the Steam community’s boundless crop. Art, videos, guides—whatever. Each installment highlights a specific piece or person.…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 26, 2015 - Uncategorized
Twitch Is Playing Halo, And It’s Excruciating
When Twitch users playedPokemon, it kinda made sense. That’s a game you can break down into simple movements. Halo? That’s a pretty complicated game! Which might explain why this stream is so funny. If you were watching a single human wander around the dead corners of the map, shooting at rocks and aiming at the…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 26, 2015 -
UncategorizedNew Fighting Game Is Basically An Indie Power Stone
I don’t really like fighting games. But I’ve always had a soft spot for Capcom’s Power Stone series, which broke free of the limitations of most other fighters and dropped you in a small 3D arena, meaning your combat felt more “real” than being trapped on a 2D plane. That series is long gone, but…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 26, 2015 - Uncategorized
Homeworld: The Return Of A Game That’s Almost Perfect
Playing through Homeworld again after all these years is weird Games are forever changing. Usually, they’re advancing. They progress not just in terms of visuals, but design. Shooters, for example, change the way you take cover and recover damage, while stealth games have developed smoother controls and give the player a greater awareness of what’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 26, 2015 -
CultureAll Of Besiege Beaten With A Single, Perfect Machine
It’s hard not to marvel at the boundless (sometimes disturbing) creativity with which people approach Steam construction mega-hit Besiege. This, though, is different. Cold, mechanical precision. Infinite versatility. Doom. OK, maybe Niet Ivo‘s Doom Copter doesn’t look quite as intimidating as its suggests, but make no mistake: it will fuck your shit up. Well, if…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 26, 2015
