Let Bartlet Be Bartlet: If you’re a fan of the TV series The West Wing, you owe it to yourself to read this new Hollywood Reporter feature. It’s got a ton of great stories from pretty much every person who helped make the show.

​Pharrell And Hatsune Miku, Together At Last

It’s always interesting when two pop stars from different parts of the world collaborate. It’s even more interesting when one of them isn’t real. Last Night, Good Night (Re:Dialed) -Pharrell Williams Remix- is a remix by Pharrell of the popular Hatsune Miku song by Livetune. The collaboration is for the surrealist film Jellyfish Eyes, the…

Pokémon Snap On The Oculus Rift Makes Me Want A New Pokémon Snap

Sure, taking photographs of spunky Pokemon in the wild using an Oculus Rift looks like a lot of fun—but we all know we can’t mention Pokemon Snap without sighing about wanting a new game in the franchise. For now, we’ll have to settle on watching Chadtronic play the old game in virtual reality—it’s still cool,…

Track: You Go Down Smooth | Album: Bad Self Portraits | Artist: Lake Street Dive Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

​A Strategy Game Where You Grow Your Own Godzilla

Anyone who’s played Rampage has probably enjoyed assuming the role of the Kaiju, destroying cities and leveling armies in an unstoppable quest to… eat… things… or whatever. But what if Rampage could be a bit more strategic? Enter Kaiju a Gogo, an in-development game from Kerberos Productions. The game will let you play one of…

‘Bong Animation Did Not Sync Properly’ And Other GTA V Patch Notes

Software patch notes usually make for dry reading. Other times, as with The Sims, they’re pure poetry. The patch notes for Grand Theft Auto, like many things in Rockstar’s popular series of open-world mayhem simulators, are pure insanity. I stumbled upon the latest set this morning when looking into Rockstar’s new updates forGTA Online, and…

Edward Snowden Sees Himself As A Video Game Hero

Mario. Solid Snake. Cloud Strife. EDWARD SNOWDEN. Anyone who’s been following the story of America’s most notorious whistleblower undoubtedly knows that he’s a big ol’ geek, but this nugget from a recent GQ interviewwith reporter Glen Greenwald—who worked with Snowden on the infamous NSA leak last year—is particularly interesting: You mention in your book that…

Cartoon Network Wants You To Test The Adventure Time MOBA

This Thursday, Cartoon Network is hosting an open beta test for its upcoming browser-based MOBA, Adventure Time Battle Party. Since this is the first time I’d heard of the game, I thought they might need some help spreading the word. Everybody wants to make a MOBA, so why shouldn’t Adventure Time get one? Players form…

The Internet Reacts To Kinect-Free Xbox One

Starting in June, the Xbox One will be available without the Kinect, enabling Microsoft to sell the console at a cheaper price-point. It’s a controversial move that many were hoping Microsoft would eventually make—which also means it’s a move that plenty of people have opinions on. Overall, reactions mostly fall in a few camps: snark,…

Overdrive Blast: here’s another look at Sunset Overdrive, which tells us a little more about the mechanics (the game rewards you for playing with style), the weapons, and the open-world you’ll be traversing.

Add Up All The Sins Of X-Men: First Class, Then Subtract One

With the release of X-Men: Days of Future Past just around the corner, Cinema Sins checks off all the problems with the first appearance of lil’ Xavier and Magneto, wisely not forgetting to include the best bit. If the new movie fails to address the early encounter between the good, the bad and the questionably…

Kinect Cut Could Lead To Two Interesting Xbox One Developments

The Xbox One might eventually allow system-level voice commands through headsets and even offer more horsepower to game developers, both as a result of Microsoft’s big decision to start selling their new console, optionally, without the Kinect sensor. Neither of those next-level changes is happening just yet, though both appear to at least be on…

Demon’s Souls, Everything Logitech, Kinect-Less Xbox Ones, GTAV

Playstation 3 owners can grab the digital version of the game that started the Souls series, and my favorite of the three, for just $11 today. Umbasa. [Demon’s Souls digital, $11] We also added quite a bit to our release calendar, so check that out and help us out by letting me know what’s missing.…