Final Fantasy Explorers Is Crystal Chronicles Meets Monster Hunter

It’s time to team up and go hunt some of Final Fantasy‘s most iconic creatures. Good – Iconic Monsters There’s not a lot of plot to Final Fantasy Explorers. You make a character, come to the one town on a remote island, and receive quests from its inhabitants. The island itself is a macrocosm of…

XCOM: The Board Game Works – You, Your Friends and a Table vs the UFOs

In real life Toby’s a database guy for Goldman Sachs. Tonight, he’s XCOM’s Chief Scientist and he’s spending worryingly large amounts of our money. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK As Commander, I should be restraining his spending – after all, we’ll need that money to pay for Skyranger and Interceptor flights, to hire…

Game About Building Ikea Furniture Is Tough To Finish

It’s one of life’s toughest challenges. Now it’s one of video games’ toughest challenges. Höme Improvisåtion is a game about building Ikea furniture. You twist, pivot and hope to God that the thing with the peg is going in the right hole before you go sticking any more shelves on it. Coffee tables look easy…

I Like That The Witcher 3 Treats Me Like an Adult

Like Nathan, I played a good four or five hours of The Witcher 3 the other week, and like him, I’ve been oddly preoccupied by it ever since. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK Its rhythm of exploration was very absorbing, alternating between calm periods of admiring the countryside on horseback and sudden bursts…

How Thor Flies, According to Science

Of all the major superheroes who can defy the laws of gravity, Thor’s mode of flight seems like one of the most unlikely: spinning his magic hammer Mjolnir around and holding on after flinging it. Is there any way that would actually work? Science actually says yes. Sure, he commands the wind and the storm…

The Hidden Meaning Behind the Name of One Pokémon Region

Pokémon’s current series director Junichi Masuda has been working at Game Freak on the Pokémon series since the original Ruby and Sapphire, the source material for the two newest games, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK Back then, he was what’s known as a “planner” in Japanese game companies:…

Skyrim Mod Lets You Marry Creepy Wooden People

I do not like the implications of Skyrim‘s craftable followers/NPCs mod. Not one bit. You can create life—give birth to fully formed adult wooden children—and then marry them if you so please. I can’t believe I even need to say this, but don’t marry your wooden children, people. OK, aside from the unholy matrimony, this…

I Totally Did Not Realise That Amiibos Were This Popular

Wandering around New York earlier this week, I found myself in the vicinity of the Nintendo World Store. I thought I’d pop in and have a look. I did not expect to encounter over 300 people queuing around the block. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK They were waiting for a chance at getting…

OK, So What The Hell Is This

This is First Person Lover. It’s a game made to sell European clothes. Its trailer is one of the most fabulous things I have ever seen. The music, the Vladimir Putin, the PlayStation Home-gone-bad vibe, the music, it’s just…how did this get made? Who is this for? I mean, the literal answer is retired tennis…

Rad Skateboarding Game, Rad Trailer

OlliOlli, a 2D skateboarding game with a killer soundtrack, was one of 2014’s nicer little surprises. As is this trailer for its sequel. It’s coming later this year to PS4 and Vita.

Maniac Resident Evil Players Use Only Knives, No Guns

You have access to all sorts of weapons in Resident Evil. Pistols, shotguns, rocket launchers—you name it, and it’s somehow sitting around an abandoned mansion. Players can also wield a knife, except it’s super weak and has to be used extremely close range. It’s a backup plan. Unless, of course, you’re one of the many…

Mortal Kombat X Preorder Deal, Fresh Humble Bundle, and More Deals

If you’re planning on getting Mortal Kombat X for PS4 or Xbox One anyway, you might as well get a $10 Best Buy gift card to go with it. preorder Mortal Kombat X plus $10 Gift Card ($60) | PS4 preorder Mortal Kombat X plus $10 Gift Card ($60) | Xbox One Note: You must…

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Grand Theft Auto V Looks Incredibly Creepy Without Textures

This isn’t the Los Santos from Grand Theft Auto V that I remember, but it’s one I’d like to visit. Artist Kim Laughton has stripped the open world game of its detailed textures, resulting in a bold, creepy version of Los Santos. Anyone else getting the sense we’re now on an alien planet? The piece,…