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UncategorizedWill Smith And Jimmy Fallon Remake A Hip-Hop Classic Using An Ipad
Jimmy Fallon and Will Smith—who somehow still looks like a 25-year-old— used Loopy, a tiny app for the iPad, to beatbox a few layers and record a complete hip-hop song. A remake of the The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air opening theme (or a RUN-DMC track) would have been cool, but DJ EZ Rock’s “It Takes…
By Gergo Vas Published February 6, 2015 - Uncategorized
No longer content with just 2D icons, redditor rwbronco remodeled (the majority of) World of Warcraft’s health potions in 3D. They all make for pretty good wallpapers, along with rwbronco’s 3D hearthstone model from about a week ago. The potions are all in an embedded Imgur album below. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs…
By András Neltz Published February 6, 2015 -
Kotaku EastPacific Rim, You’ve Met Your Match
The Evangelion movies always look terrific. They’ve always been, at the very least, visually interesting. But man, the CG in this latest Evangelion short is something else. The computer graphics are damn good—like Pacific Rim good. And that movie looks fantastic. Can’t wait to see if this animated short is spun off into a feature…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 6, 2015 - Kotaku East
Robot Vacuum Attempts to Chew Owner’s Head Off
Fret not! The owner, and her head, made it through this ordeal in tact. The robot vacuum, though, did not. South Korean paper Kyunghyang Shinmun (via tipster Sang) writes that a 52 year-old woman called the fire department earlier this month when a Roomba-like vacuum cleaner hoovered up her hair. I’m assuming the woman was…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 6, 2015 - Kotaku East
Nintendo Is So Annoying About Smartphones
You know what would be cool? If Nintendo released its old games on smartphones. Instead, Nintendo has another plan: Releasing more smartphone games on the 3DS. Oh. In a recent interview with the Nikkei, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata revealed that Nintendo will be remaking more smartphone games on the Nintendo 3DS. Iwata added that the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 6, 2015 - Kotaku East
The Legend of Legacy Is One Hard JRPG
Over the past week, I’ve been spending a lot of time with the new 3DS RPG The Legend of Legacy. If you long for the days of unforgivingly challenging JRPGs, then this is the game for you. The Legend of Legacy is the brainchild of several people who definitely know their ways around JRPG classics.…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published February 6, 2015 -
Kotaku EastThe World of Ninja Tourism
This is from a ninja promotional video. That’s right, a ninja promotional video from a ninja tourist association. No, really. The video below is from the Igaryu Ninja Tourism Promotion Council. The group has a website and really wants you to visit its museum in Iga, Japan. Ninja tourism! I’ve been to Iga—I have family…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 6, 2015 - Kotaku East
Nintendo’s New Business? Your Health.
In a recent interview, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata outlined the company’s three main pillars: game hardware, game software, and health care. Nintendo has made exercising and video games work before, but here, Nintendo is spinning health care off into a specialized business. This shouldn’t come as a complete surprise, because it’s not. Last year, Nintendo…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 6, 2015 - Kotaku East
He’s Just A Pink Blob, But Kirby Sure Has Changed Over The Years
When Kirby debuted in 1992, he was a pink balloon thing on the original Game Boy. Now, 20 years later, he’s still a pink balloon thing—but one that is occasionally made of yarn or clay Check out the pictures below to see exactly how he has changed across the main series. (Note: Spin-off titles, cross-overs,…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published February 6, 2015 - Uncategorized
Website Will Track Amiibo Stock So You Don’t Have To
Reader Chris Ryan, keenly aware how damn hardit’s proving to get your hands on certain Amiibo, has gone and built a website called Amiibo Trackr that can tell you at a glance which online retailers currently have which figures in stock. Here’s how it works, according to Chris: As soon as you click on one…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 5, 2015 - Culture
Back To The Future Redesign Scraps The DeLorean For Something…Faster
Artist Khyzyl Saleem has an idea on what he’d like Back to the Future to look like. I’ve got to say, as emotionally attached as a lot of people are to the DeLorean DMC-12 from the movies, this looks pretty damn good. If you’re wondering what car that actually is, it’s a DeTomaso Pantera. Which…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 5, 2015 -
UncategorizedKill Zombies In A Fabulous Dress
We get a lot of people pitching their indie games to us here at Kotaku. Some of these pitches are dreadful, others tolerable, but sometimes you get one that just nails it. Here’s the opening to an email I got about a game made by a small team of students from Cairns, Australia. RegentZ is…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 5, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Hottest New Game On Steam Sure Lives Up To Its Name
It can’t be all that fun to be a character in a game called Darkest Dungeon. You spend all your time in caves and ruins, risking your life while fighting horrible monsters, watching your friends suffer and even die. The emotional toll must be high. Turns out that idea—that heroes can suffer from mental fatigue…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 5, 2015 - CultureCosplay
Awesome Skyrim Cosplay Even Includes Horse Armor
This. This is dedication to the source material. Ewenaehasn’t just built a damn fine set of Skyrim armour for herself, but her horse is suitably protected as well. Shame she’s not riding vertically up a cliff while the horse’s legs go all weird, but then, there’s a limit as to how accurately you can recreate…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 5, 2015 - Uncategorized
Game Of Thrones: TV Actors vs. Game Characters
Game of Thrones finally has a good video game series, with solid cameos by some of the TV show’s most memorable ladies and gents, to boot. With episode two out, many of the major players—Jon Snow included—have made their polygonal debuts. But do they actually look… right? Let’s find out. Cersei Lannister Cersei’s pretty close,…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 5, 2015 - CultureCosplay
Now That’s How You Do Fantasy Cosplay
We live in an age where people are cosplaying characters from games that aren’t even out yet. Sometimes this is advertising, sometimes it’s just excitement, but when it looks this good, I don’t know if many people are going to care. This is cosplayer Lady Lemon dressed up as Senua, from Hellblade, the next game…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 5, 2015 - Uncategorized
Every Country That Has Ever Been In The Civilization Games
England is obvious. So too Japan, and China, and Egypt. But there have been a lot of Civilization games featuring a lot of Civilizations, so let’s take a look at a map (made by sirprizes) showing every nation that has made it into the series and those who, sadly, have not. You want to pay…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 5, 2015 -
UncategorizedDark Souls II Patch Radically Changes The Game’s Ending
When you reach the end of Dark Souls, the players is presented with a big choice. You help decide the fate of the world. When you reach the end of Dark Souls II, the game simply ends. Not many players were satisfied with this conclusion, and the game’s new patch changes this. We’re gonna need…
By Patrick Klepek Published February 5, 2015 - Uncategorized
The Sculptor Is the First Must-Read Graphic Novel of 2015
Would you shorten your life to be really good at something? As in the best in the world? What if you couldn’t negotiate and the deal meant you died in 200 days? Would you take it? That tempting deal is offered to David Smith, the titular lead character in a new graphic novel called The…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 5, 2015
