Zelda Meets Macross, 80’s Child Brains Explode

These illustrations of Link and Zelda were done by Haruhiko Mikimoto. You may not know him by name, but if you’ve ever seen Macross, you’ll know his work. Mikimoto was character designer on the series, meaning if your heart has ever fluttered for Roy Focker, he’s the man to thank. He never worked for Nintendo,…

Nathan Drake Action Figure Replicates Half-Tucked Shirt Perfectly

It’s been two years since last saw Nathan Drake. Enough time for hearts to grow fonder, start to miss the man, miss the adventures, miss the half-tuck. To help fill the void, Sideshow have a giant $160 action figure on the way. For that price you get a posable 1:6 scale Drake, accessories, weapons, crate,…

Have Your Animal Crossing Character Brought To Tiny Life

Edberg Panganiban is now selling maybe the best Christmas stocking stuffer of them all: little resin Animal Crossing figures, hand-painted to match your own character’s design. While he sells ready-made figures – all of which are pretty cute – it’s the option to have him paint your own custom guy or girl that makes it…

Bill Gates Murders For Xbox One On South Park

Spoilers for tonight’s South Park Poor Steve Ballmer. He’s out of Microsoft in real life, and he’s out of real life in tonight’s South Park, all because he wants to find a little peace in this brutal console war. Tonight’s South Park was part two of what will likely be a trilogy of episodes dedicated…

Can you find the cow? It’s invisible, so it won’t be easy. But believe you me: There’s a cow out there. Play Find the Invisible Cow in your browser and test your cow-finding abilities. Also, your patience. (h/t Ian Bogost)

Fresh Prince + Super Mario 3D World = This song by BotanicSage. An unlikely mix, but it works!

You can own a copy of Earthbound signed by creator Shigesato Itoi—the website Fangamer is putting up an auction for it on December 1. All proceeds go to James Hensiek, a big Earthbound fan who was recently diagnosed with cancer.

You Can Rob A Store Using Your Dog’s Ball In GTA V

You couldplay fetch with your dog in Grand Theft Auto…or, you could use the ball to threaten people and force them to give you their money in a robbery. Because that’s possible in this game, for whatever bizarre reason. Dunno why this is possible, but either way, the latest round of myths tested by the…

Time for another big TF2 update, Valve kicking off something called “Two Cities“. There’s new maps, new weapons, new achievements.

Borderlands 2 Serves Up a Thanksgiving-Themed Episode Next Week

As only it could do, Borderlands 2 is desecrating a sacred family tradition for millions with its next wildass set of missions, “The Horrible Hunger of the Ravenous Wattle Gobbler.” available on Tuesday for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. It sounds nuts. The pretext for all of its Thanksgiving imagery is a “hunger-themed competition,” being…

How To Get Your Cable TV Surround Sound Working On Xbox One

There’s been some confusion about whether the Xbox One can play cable TV in surround sound. It can. There’s a catch—a presumably temporary one. As I wrote in the New York Times last week and as we mentioned in our review of the console, the Xbox One will downgrade any surround sound audio that comes…

Three Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know About Skylanders

Did you know Skylanders was originally going to be an adventure set in a magical land where no one had to pay $10 for a small plastic statue? That’s not one of the three facts presented in Lore‘s latest Fast Facts video. I still want a game where Spyro the Dragon is king of all…

Solid State Drives For Your Playstation 4, Now With Stats And Deals

Greatness awaits, and we recently recommended upgrading your brand new Playstation 4 with a solid state or hybrid drive so you don’t keep that greatness waiting. We were fairly certain there would be noticeable improvements to loading times, and it turns out we actually underestimated the benefits. Yesterday Kotaku shared with you a video from…

A Remarkable Rhythm Game With A Touching Tale To Tell

There are plenty of rhythm games out there that deliver snippets of story in-between bouts of tempo-matching finger tapping. The haunting Deemo is the first one I’ve played that lets the music tell the tale. It’s not quite like any rhythm game I’ve played before, and I’ve played more than my fair share. The genre…

Here’s How You Can Help Test Out Steam’s New Streaming Service

Valve is developing a new service that will allow you to stream games between two computers, and any Steam user can sign up to enter the beta right now. Just head to this Steam groupand sign up for a random shot at getting to test out Valve’s new program. What’s the point of all this?…

The Guy Who Got His Xbox One Early is Unbanned

Good news, says Andre Weingarten: “I’m unbanned!” Sometime in the early afternoon while the college freshman was in class, his Xbox One—the thing Target mistakenly delivered early two weeks ago—went legit. What’s the first thing he’s going to do? “Well, I’ll be streaming,” he said. You can watch here as he plays Call of Duty:…

Every Persona Fan’s Worst Nightmare

On Sunday, Atlus will announce something Persona-related. They’ve been teasing it for a while now, and lots of fans are starting to get stoked that Atlus might finally—finally!—announce Persona 5, the in-development next entry in the wonderful RPG series. Whatever they announce, it probably won’t look like this: This beautiful monstrosity was designed by Twitterer…