Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Marsh Naylor’s rant about the PS4’s most serious issue refuses to let the Wobble-stroversy die. Then, the TAY funnyperson shares the Mushroom’s advice about how Cooking Mama can focus the homicidal rage of the holiday season. And S-Meister calls out pre-order DLC as a Last-Gen…

Tearaway: The Kotaku Review

The first time my face popped up to animate the sun in Tearaway‘s papercraft world, I beamed, as a sun should. From ear to ear, I smiled, and I watched my smile grow in real time. And the little paper messenger girl named Atoi, who is fashioned out of an envelope, looked up at me…

The first (by a hair) official iOS 7 controller for iPhone and iPod Touch is now ready to buy. Power A’sMOGA Ace Poweris available today for $99 at Apple Stores online and off, as well as the MOGAanywhere website, which also contains a handy list of more than 160 iOS games with controller support.

​The Xbox One: The Kotaku Review

The Xbox One is a testament to Microsoft’s towering ambition. It represents their desire not only to occupy a place in your home entertainment center, but to lumber straight into the center of it. It is a black plastic tank, a hard-edged chunk of corners meant to conquer everything in its path. But for all…

11 Minutes of Lightning Returns: FFXII For Your Viewing Pleasure

The fine folks over at Japanese news site 4Gamer.netmanaged to get their hands on the shortly-releasing Japanese version of Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. So, of course, they immediately went and captured some footage for the rest of us. So without any further ado, above’s eleven minutes of gameplay from the next Final Fantasy. 4Gamer…

Let’s Learn How To Draw Butts!

We’ve already talked about drawing penises. And drawing boobs. How about the fine art of butt drawing? YouTuber and former Newsweek Graphics Director Karl Gude walks us through how to draw fantastic butts using only a few lines. After watching this, you will become an ass master. How to draw GREAT BUTTS with just FIVE…

Xbox One In Stock In 30 Minutes

Here’s your friendly morning reminder that at 8am ET Amazon will have a limited number of Xbox Ones available for purchase. Get that tab open in your browser because we don’t expect this release day inventory to last long. Stay tuned to Kotaku Deals for availability of both new consoles going forward. [Amazon] Follow Kotaku…

Probably The Weirdest Sandbox Game I’ve Ever Seen

It’s called UemeU (pronounced “You Me You”). It’s currently in development for PC. And, uh… I’m not entirely sure what it is. I mean, I see that you’re supposed to build stuff with it. The video shows the developers building a bare-bones version of Erebor from The Hobbit. But it’s not just building, there’s modelling…

The Most Dramatic Dinner Plates Will Emphasize Your Meal

How to transform boring french fries and pancakes (the pancake below is actually not that boring) into the most dramatic part of your dining room? The obvious answer is to serve them on special manga plates that’ll make your meal part of the—heavily emotional—panels. Just make sure to place the appropriate food on them properly,…

Why on Earth Do Action Figures Need Trailers?

This is a great-looking Sonic diorama, make no mistake. It’s just… why is there a trailer? The inappropriately energetic rock music, the silly effects, the weird-as-hell vibration—ugh. The video does have “informative” in its title, and I’ll give it that, it is a rather informative video. But you can get all the same info from…

Happy Birthday Nintendo Co., Ltd.! On November 20, 1947, Nintendo Co., Ltd. was established as a publicly traded company, making NCL sixty-six years old. Of course, Nintendo itself is older than that (it was founded in 1889), and you can read about Nintendo’s past right here

Here’s Eight Minutes of the New Ghost in the Shell: Arise Anime

Anime Ghost in the Shell: Arise border: 2 Ghost Whisper doesn’t hit Japanese theaters until November 30. But if you can’t wait until then, you can watch the first eight minutes. Right now! In case you missed it, here is Kotaku‘s review of Ghost in the Shell: Arise border: 1 Ghost Pain 「攻殻機動隊ARISE border:2」冒頭8分 [YouTube…

1993 SimCity Documentary Is 20 Minutes Of Madness

In 1993, Britain’s Channel 4 ran a four-part documentary series on video games. The third episode was about SimCity, and twenty years on, it stands as a monument to all that was amazing about both the early 90s and antique PC gaming. Dug up today by Motherboard, it’s fascinating seeing the way the doco blurs…

For Those Who Would Rather Build Space Bases Than Go Next-Gen

Spacebase DF-9 is a game for people who think “Theme Hospital meets FTL in space” sounds like a good time. While currently still in development, an alpha of the game is playable (you pay to get access, funding further development), and even taking that into account this is hampering my ability to get work done.…