Hearing “Ebola” After Eating Bat Meat Can’t Be Good

On August 4, one of Japan’s largest newspapers, the Asahi Shimbun, published a story on eating bat meat. You know what happened that same day? Another Japanese site warned that bat meat could be spreading Ebola. That’s unfortunate timing. The Asahi Shimbun article was titled “I Tried Eating a Whole Bat.” The writer described her…

Regarding those misconstrued Studio Ghibli comments Kotaku previously pointed out, producer Toshio Suzuki recently said he was talking about changing the the way Studio Ghibli works. What’s more, he said, “It looks like Hayao Miyazaki also wants to make something.” There’s talk of Miyazaki doing an animated short, which wouldn’t break his retirement from animated…

I Had No Idea Electric Guitars Were So Damn Dangerous

Well, they are electric. But, I guess I’d never really thought about it. But if you’ve never wondered what happens if there isn’t proper grounding, watch this. That’s Bae Chul-soo, the singer for the legendary Korean band Song Gol Meh. The clip is super old, but was recently unearthed on Japanese site Livedoor News. The…

Game Of Thrones Subway Map Is A Handy Guide To Westeros Travel

Michael Tyznik, a graphic designer, has built something that could have saved some folks – Arya and The Hound especially – a lot of time and bother. It’s a subway map for the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. I love that not only does it look great, but the lines and stations serve a kind of…

Gordon Freeman Is A (Relatively) Tiny Murder Machine

Artist Andrew McGee, who did something similarfor Shadow of the Colossus, returns with another “for scale” pic, this time for Half-Life 2. Funny how size, while looking impressive on paper, means so little in that game. I’d fight 1000 Striders before taking on a single Poison Headcrab. Half-Life 2: Freeman vs. Combine [DeviantArt]

If you want to see what marketing regret looks like, scroll down this Twitter thread, as folks respond to Nintendo’s question to “tell us what you love about” Princess Peach.

4344739’s channel modded a 3DS so they could use a Gamecube controller on it. Woah. Suddenly, portable Smash Bros actually sounds enticing! (Via Tiny Cartridge)

It Took Seven Years To Find 400 Stunts In Halo

The Ultimate Stunting Tutorial is a tremendous effort by dozens of people who came together in the name of doing awesome stuff in the original Halo. Flips. Explosions. Balancing acts. Vehicle launches. Defying physics. UST has it all. Best of all, as the name implies, the video series—which takes place entirely in Blood Gulch—teaches you…

Track: Dancing in the Dark | Album: These Wilder Things | Artist: The Ruth Moody Band Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Kratos Is A Loser Even When He Wins

If there was ever a video game character that needed to go into therapy, it’s God of War star Kratos. Even David Jaffe, one of his creators, has said that the guy should calm down But can you really blame him? He lost his entire family before the original God of War even started. And…

Someone’s Suing Sony Because A PS4 Game Isn’t 1080p

Proving the theory that anyone will sue anyone for anything, a legal firm filed a class-action lawsuit for $5 million against Sony yesterday because the multiplayer mode in PS4 game Killzone: Shadowfall doesn’t run at a “native” resolution of 1080p. Yep, this is for real. The suit, which you can read below, alleges that Sony…

The Sims 4 Without Toddlers Looks… Weird

The Sims 4 will have no toddlers. None. You can look in ball pits, on precariously high tables, at Lego-eating conventions—anywhere. You will not find them. Many players are upset. How will the game work without that crucial stage of development? Like this. So that’s a bit, um… strange. Don’t get me wrong: I wish…

I Love That I Can Pause Dota 2

The first time someone paused a match of Dota 2, I was shocked.I didn’t know pausing was possible. I remember thinking to myself, wow, what the hell? What’s happening? Am I seriously playing a multiplayer game that people can pause? Games have done stuff like this before, that’s true. But as I sink more time…