​Why Cosplayers Dress Up

People all over the world love looking at and performing cosplay. But it’s still relatively rare to hear the motivations and stories that spur folks to craft their elaborate costumes. A new documentary series aims to do just that. Cosplay Boom comes from producers Todd Kenreck and Meagan Sadler, who’ve been spending much of the…

Adding DBZ Sound Effects to Glitchy Games Rules

Time to go into the time machine back to the distant past of 2012! Translation: here’s an old-ass YouTube clip that I still think is funny. Miau Coin took footage from a glitched-out, tilted cartridge of WCW/nWo Revenge for the N64 and added Dragonball Z music and fighting noises. It’s all too apropos. Enjoy it…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Dex’s Review: Genesis of Aquarion & Aquarion EVOL • Protonstorm’s Music Awards for Summer 2014 Anime • Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1: The TAY Review • Assassin’s Creed IV: An Individual Review TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

Pharrell’s New Music Video Is Part Anime, Part Video Game

Hat connoisseur and vampire songwriter Pharrell Williams, best known for his smash hit “Happy,” is also a giant anime fan. Earlier this year he collaborated with the virtual pop singerHatsune Miku. And today he released this video: Produced by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami, the video, which juxtaposes half-naked anime girls with lines like “Imma hold…

The much-anticipated next part of the Longest Journey saga comes out on October 21st. Dreamfall Chapters, Book One will have PC and Mac versions hit Steam on that day, with a PS4 version to follow next year. Find out more here

Another Damn Assassin’s Creed Game Just Snuck Out

Let’s see now, there’s Assassin’s Creed Memories, Assassin’s Creed Unity, Assassin’s Creed Rogue and the recently-announced Assassin’s Creed Chronicles. That’s not nearly enough Assassin’s Creed. How about a new 3D action-adventure game for the iPad? Available for free download today in the Australia and New Zealand iTunes App Stores, with a planned international release date…

What It Feels Like To Play Against Protoss Players In StarCraft II

Channelman manman‘s video won’t blow away the preconception that Protoss, in the current state of StarCraft II, is overpowered. In his comparisons, he first shows Protoss units attacking as they usually do, and then with their abilities modded and humorously exaggerated. Number one is pretty much my favorite, with all those Stalkers and their “Blink…

The Potato Salad Kickstarter Festival Actually Happened

Remember the potato salad that raised $55k on Kickstarter? The instigator Zack Brown promised to use some of the money for a festival. It happened, it was called PotatoStock, and that’s him eating the food in question. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK PotatoStock took place in Columbus Ohio last Saturday, where portions of…

Space Cats, Meet Space Sumo Wrestler

You know those Photoshopsof cats and space backgrounds? They’re neat and all, but the sumo ones are pretty neat as well. This is former sumo wrestler Takamisakari, one of Japan’s most popular sumo wrestlers in recent memory. He was one of sumo’s more expressive wrestlers and was famous for his cute, almost anime character-like smile.…

When Bad Controls are Good

The best comedy is undercut with tragedy. The apocalyptic satire of Dr Strangelove, the claustrophobic awkwardness of The Office, Basil Fawlty wailing impotently on his car with a tree branch in Fawlty Towers. It helps to laugh at our own shortcomings. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK Life is hard, and if we can…

That’s Gotta Hurt

This is a pretty standard finishing move from Shadow Of Mordor

Kojima Is Watching You. Always Watching.

Elvira Trofimova is an artist who has done work for various social gaming companies over the past few years. You can see more of Elvira’s stuff at her personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click…