Sunday Comics: Fan Service

Welcome to Kotaku‘s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics, chosen by our readership. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon in the lower right corner. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published Sept. 5. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik. Published Sept.…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Ultimate Exploitable: The Winners

My PAX 2013 summit with Warrior—no, really, that’s his name, legally changed—was plenty enough to get your creative minds cookin’ for our latest ‘shop contest. Our winners inside feature the usual gang of suspects, plus overall No. 1 ForeverWhatever! Brandon0151 Contrarianator ForeverWhatever GiantBoyDetective Ginger Snap halfbeast JB MrEshady Orion resdog sciteach Vorgier Wiisley64 To contact…

GTA‘s Latest Teaser Shows Tennis, Triathlon, and Other Vanity Sports

Another update to the Grand Theft Auto V site gives us a glimpse of the leisure activities in Los Santos—always a draw of this series—as well as a preview of some of the radio stations in the game, less than two weeks before release. “Fitness & Relaxation,” brought to you by the “Egochaser Energy Bar”…

There’s a Reason for Metal Gear‘s Sexy Sniper. What It Is, Who Knows.

First, Hideo Kojima wanted the mute female sniper of Metal Gear Solid V to appear “erotic.” That was either a poor choice of words, or poor translation, but he evidently wanted the art director to sex her up to encourage cosplay. Or figurine sales. Well, now Kojima is Tweeting, and says we have it all…

Nintendo’s Official Wii U Facebook Page Gets A Weird Name Change

Here’s an odd e-mail that those of us who “like” Nintendo’s official Wii U Facebook page received today. Are you thinking what I first thought when I got that? They couldn’t be thinking about…they wouldn’t change the name… no way, right? Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime told Kotaku just a couple of weeks ago…

Even the Making-Of Video for the Aliens Chestburster is Horrifying

The original Chestburster from Alien lacked arms. They were added by propmasters in the sequel, which surprised special effects artist Stephen Norrington, who narrates this video about the creation of the little bastard. “I’m amazed at how much emotion comes out of those little arms,” he says.

‘On a Path to Irrelevance’: Atari founding father Nolan Bushnell, who knows a thing or two about failed consoles,thinks Nintendo is pinched. The hardware it does well—handheld gaming-only devices—”don’t make sense” compared to tablets or mobile phones. And he thinks the Wii U’s target audience is limited.

Fan-Made TimeSplitters ‘Greatest Hits’ Remake is Coming to PS4

Crytek, custodian of the TimeSplitters franchise since the dissolution of its original studio, will support a fan-made “greatest-hits” style remake of the series that was announced earlier this week. Crytek’s blessing means the game will release on PlayStation 4 in addition to PC. TimeSplitters Rewind will be made absolutely free to everyone, as a condition…

PlayStation Intern, Ordered to Test Games for Free, Sues and Wins

Chris Jarvis, 25, thought he would be shadowing a staff developer as an unpaid intern last year at Sony Computer Entertainment’s Cambridge studio in the U.K. When he showed up, he says he was ordered to test games instead. Forgive me for finding that kind of servitude, well, Dickensian. Jarvis didn’t think it was funny,…

Hooray, Your Madden ‘Monopoly’ Check is in the Mail

Good news, Madden fans. The objection to a $27 million class action settlement in the case brought against the exclusive license held by the series has been dropped. Your money should be on the way soon. Rewind: Last year, Electronic Arts settled the now-five-year-old lawsuit brought by Geoffrey Pecover, alleging that EA Sports much-loathed exclusive…

This Week in the Business: Show, Don’t Tell

What’s happened in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “Games are not about being told things. If you want to tell people things, write a book or make a movie.”—Game designer Warren Spector on the commandments of game design he developed for Deus Ex STAT | 1 million—Number of copies…

The Best of Kotaku, The Week of September 2

It’s officially September, which means Kotaku Selects is about to get overrun by Grand Theft Auto V articles, or at least that’s my prediction. So before that happens, go check out what else we have to say about games and other stuff. Can we still make 2DS jokes? It’s not too late, is it? I…

You Never Expect A Friggin’ Gum Ad To Be This Emotional

Okay so, regardless of whether or not this Extra bubblegum commercial makes you tear up, you gotta admit, most gum ads don’t try to hit the notes that this does. As far as I can tell, most gum goes for humor. That do nothing for you? Hmm. Maybe we need to change it up so…

I Wish All Games Had Glitches Like Total War: Rome II

Fiendish stares from hell, death animations that look like dance moves, subterrestrial ships, a Superman army, weird low-res textures… Total War: Rome II has some of the funniest glitches of any strategy game. And since a patch comes out today, all these things will probably be lost in time, like Spartan ships in the sand.…

Oh god, why, Ash? I don’t know why this gif of Ash twerkin’ exists, but it had to be shared. Y’know, in case you haven’t had your daily dose of twerk.(Via .hardp!nq, thanks Lulu)

If Dr. Seuss Recapped The Walking Dead For You

Haven’t been keeping up with the latest episodes of The Walking Dead? Well, that’s alright. Here’s a fantastic recap of season 3 of the show, done in the style of Dr. Seuss. Now if only the folks at CineFix could do all the other seasons in this style too…alas! The Seussing Dead – Walking Dead…

Possibly The Best GLaDOS Cosplay Ever. Dang.

Now, we’ve featured plenty of GLaDOS cosplayers before—all great!—but no cosplay, to our knowledge, has ever done GLaDOS like this before. The cosplayer suspended in the air is none other than Enayla, and she says the Portal 2 costume took a few months to make. Though we caught a few seconds of this cosplay in…

Remember When Japanese Games Replaced Alcohol With Coffee?

I’ve been playing some Grandia on my Vita recently, and when I saw this moment last night, I thought it was too ridiculous not to share. “Wow, they even have coffee here!” Justin remarks, while staring at a gigantic beer keg, in front of what is clearly a bar. Oh, JRPG censorship, how funny you…

Nintendo 64 Games Had Some Of The Best Glitches

The graphics of early 3D games such as Donkey Kong 64, Conker’s Bad Fur Day or The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time on the Nintendo 64 are just perfect for silly, glitchy corruptions that have become an artform lately, thanks to the one and only Vinesauce Vidya on YouTube (who we’ve featured a few…

Final Fantasy XIV MMO Log One: There Is No Hate Here

I got a lot of flack last weekend when I wrote about Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn‘s launch being a disaster. I get the feeling people thought I was dissing the game. That’s just not true. I was dissing the fact that so many people who wanted to play it could not do so,…