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Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Five Anime of Winter 2014 You Should Be Watching • Video Games Should Stop Trying To Be Movies • An Open Letter To Square Enix On Mobile Games TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By Tina Amini Published February 14, 2014 -
ReviewsThe Last of Us: Left Behind: The Kotaku Review
I’ve never played anything quite like The Last of Us: Left Behind Oh, something like it might exist, out there in the hidden corners of videogame-land. I’ve just never seen it. Let’s cut to the chase. My recommendation: Go play it. We can talk spoilers next week. But okay, okay. If you really want a…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 14, 2014 - Uncategorized
There’s a huge festival for indie games in New York City this weekend. It’s called IndieCade East and it begins today, running through Sunday. If you’re in the area and you want to play cool indie games, you should check it out! Three days of indie games and panels. Event details here. | Pricing.
By Stephen Totilo Published February 14, 2014 - Uncategorized
Pop Culture’s Greatest Hits, Now In Pixelated Form
A 16-bit recreation of some of the most dramatic punches in pop culture history? Well, artist Aled Lewis just made a collection of those. From Game of Thrones to Harry Potter, and most of them look just like something from the SNES era. Hell, I’d play an Ace Ventura beat ’em up. Here’s our picks,…
By Gergo Vas Published February 14, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Evil Within Starts Scaring Folks This August
Shinji Mikami’s long-awaited return to classic survival horror comes out during the dog days of summer, on August 26 for North America and August 29 for Europe. If you’re someone who’s been disappointed by the increasingly action-heavy take that Resident Evil has taken, then the next game by Mikami—who created the seminal Capcom series—should be…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 14, 2014 - Uncategorized
Forget Free-To-Play Dungeon Keeper, Play The Classic For Free Instead
Once upon a time there was a Dungeon Keeper game that everyone loved. It had no arbitrary timers, no microtransactions, and it’s mere mention did not cause spontaneous vomiting. Today through Sunday, that Dungeon Keeper is free on Gog.com. Can you feel the love? Classic gaming hub Gog.com is celebrating Valentine’s Day weekend with a…
By Mike Fahey Published February 14, 2014 - Uncategorized
Now that’s a video game tattoo done right. Dhalsim from Street Fighter, becoming one with its owner’s leg. Hopefully it looks just as cool from angles other than the one in the photo. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and art that we can…
By Gergo Vas Published February 14, 2014 - Kotaku East
Walkure Romanze is My “Guilty Pleasure Anime” from Last Season
Guilty pleasures. We all have them: Something you like but feel that you shouldn’t. Walkure Romanze is one of those for me. It has more than a few tropes I normally hate in anime, but these are combined with other aspects I truly love to create something I am embarrassed to admit I like. Good…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published February 14, 2014 -
UncategorizedI Wish Skyrim Had Towns That Looked So Idyllic
Look at the colors. So peaceful. So pretty. Well, until they burn a witch or two. In their most recent dev diary, the folks behind alt history RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance gave several demonstrations of what normal day to day town life looks like in their game. Have a look: While I adore Skyrim, aesthetically…
By András Neltz Published February 14, 2014 - Kotaku East
Animal Omelettes Make Mealtime Adorable
In Japan, there’s a dish called “omurice” (オムライス). It’s a type of omelette that is filled with rice. Kids, in particular, love it. There’s a way to make this tasty meal cuter: add animal characters. Here’s what omurice looks like: It’s rice wrapped in an omelette with ketchup or a sauce. Gosh, I wish this…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 14, 2014 - Kotaku East
Giant Babies Born in China
This week in Shanwei, China, a mother gave birth to one big baby (pictured). How big? Try 7.12 kilograms—that’s 15.6 pounds. And that’s not even the biggest baby born in the country this month. Searchina reports (via Yahoo! News) that another mother—this one in a totally different city—also recently had a giant baby boy, who…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 14, 2014 - Kotaku East
Check Out This Great Donkey Kong Miiverse Art
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze came out in Japan yesterday and with it came an influx of awesome art over at the Donkey Kong Miiverse page. Look below for some of the best. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze was released in Japan on February 13, 2014. It will be released in the United States and…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published February 14, 2014 -
UncategorizedA Hacking Game Where You Hijack the US Government
Anyone remember Uplink? Yeah, this game is like that, only not thirteen years old. Disrupt, as it’s called, is a deceptively simple-looking game, much like Uplink. It’s mostly text-based, as you can see in the trailer below: In-game, you’re a hacker who manages to gain access to the government’s NexOS, which gives you the ability…
By András Neltz Published February 14, 2014 - Kotaku East
History’s Most Famous People Re-Imagined as Weapons
Nobunagun is a currently running anime that is basically Pacific Rim—only instead of fighting otherworldly monsters with giant robots, they use weapons and other tools created from the souls of some of the most famous people from history and legend. Oda Nobunaga The main character of the show, Shio, has the soul of Oda Nobunaga,…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published February 14, 2014 - Uncategorized
That retro 3D roguelike-ish beat ’em up about dystopian robot love is now on Kickstarter. They aim to collect $20,000 to finish development on Heart&Slash. Interestingly, the top reward at $10,000 is a copy of the finished game’s code in C#, delivered six months after its Q1 2015 release. Haven’t seen that before.
By András Neltz Published February 14, 2014 - Culture
Chocolate Teeth Are Certainly Something to Chew On
It’s Valentine’s Day! And nothing says that like chocolate teeth. As noted on Togetter, a dental student named Matsumoto created chocolate-shaped chompers, with dark chocolate for the gums and white chocolate for the teeth. Today, Matsumoto planned to bring the Valentine’s Day chocolate to dental school for everyone to eat. The image of the sweet…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 14, 2014 - Kotaku East
A Monster Game Deserves Yet Another Monster 3DS XL
To mark the release of Monster Hunter 4, Nintendo is releasing a special Monster Hunter 3DS XL. Yes, again. The handheld comes in “Rajang Gold.” In case you are not familiar with Monster Hunter, Rajang is the monster on the packaging below. Priced at 18,952 yen (US$186), the bundle will be out March 27, but,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 14, 2014 - Uncategorized
It’s Like Taking Drugs and Looking at Cats
LSD plus cats is LSDcats. The internet doesn’t get much trippier than this. Thank goodness, because I don’t think our brains could take it. Since late last month, Twitter account @LSDCats has been uploading “trippy pictures of cats.” Deep breaths, let’s dive in: Just say “no” to doing drugs and looking at cats. LSDCats [Twitter]…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 14, 2014 -
UncategorizedI’m Most Excited About A Nintendo Game Nobody Has Heard Of
I don’t mean that in a hipster sense. I mean it in a sense that this is a game Nintendo hasn’t marketed as strongly as perhaps it could have. At least to me This isn’t a Zelda game. Isn’t a Mario game. There’s no Yoshi, no Luigi, no Donkey Kong. Yet unless you’re from Japan…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 14, 2014