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Kotaku EastJapanEven Coronavirus Covid-19 Cannot Stop Cosplay
Last month, Kotaku posted what could have been this year’s last cosplay gallery. For an in-person show, that’s probably true! This spring’s Comiket, always a big cosplay draw, was canceled. However, the show was reborn in an online iteration, with cosplayers doing their thing even while in quarantine. Comiket (Comic Market) is the largest fan…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 5, 2020 -
UncategorizedIf you’ve ever visited the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Tokyo, you probably know about its strict photography rules inside. Now that the museum is temporarily shuttered due to coronavirus concerns, it is allowing cameras to film inside for a short tour. Let’s have a look!
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 5, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanTokyo In Ruins Makes For Hauntingly Beautiful Art
Artist Tokyo Genso imagines what Tokyo, the world’s biggest city, would look like in ruins. The results are beautiful and haunting. Via Spoon & Tamago, here is a look at his art. Here is a look at how Tokyo Genso puts together his art. For more, check out Tokyo Genso’s Twitter. You can buy his…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 5, 2020 -
UncategorizedStar Wars Recreated Using Nothing But Action Figures
A group of Star Wars fans have taken their action figures off the shelf and done something practical with them for a change, dressing them up in amazing dioramas and recreating, set-for-set, the plot of Star Wars: Episode IV The project initially planned for a shot-by-shot remake, but after finding that would be an insane…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2020 -
UncategorizedSuper Mario 64 Has Been “Ported” To The PC
Last year, Super Mario 64’s N64 code was reverse-engineered by fans, allowing for all kinds of new and exciting things to be done with Nintendo’s 1996 classic. Like building a completely new PC port of the game, which can run in 4K and ultra-wide resolutions. This is a very new and cool thing! Previously, if…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2020 -
CultureDoom Eternal’s Soundtrack Has Been A Trainwreck
A video game soundtrack release is normally a pretty straightforward thing, but Doom Eternal’s 59-track OST has found itself mired in controversy as the game’s composer and publisher Bethesda are at odds over the quality and composition of much of the score. The story begins last month, when the album was released (after some delays)…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2020 -
CultureTop Smash Player Uses Fake Name In Online Tournament
The fighting game community’s shift to online competition in the wake of the covid-19 pandemic has increased the scene’s vulnerability to problems that rarely proved serious in the past. Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament organizers learned this firsthand when a top player using a fake name threw their plans into disarray. Rona Rumble, an online…
By Ian Walker Published May 4, 2020 -
CultureMassive Nintendo Leak Reportedly Includes Wii Source Code, Developer Materials, And N64 Test ROMs
What appears to be an unprecedented trove of information related to several past Nintendo consoles was leaked to the internet starting last Friday. Many of the thousands of leaked files concern Nintendo’s 2006 Wii console, including detailed design documents and even seemingly its source code. Such information would be of great interest to emulation enthusiasts,…
By Ethan Gach Published May 4, 2020 -
UncategorizedBattlefront II, From Launch To Its Final Update
The last X-Wing has left the station and the Death Star is shutting down: Star Wars Battlefront II will no longer receive big content updates. While the servers will remain up, the game will not be supported in a major way by Dice or EA moving forward. Released back in November 2017, Battlefront II has…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 4, 2020 - Uncategorized
The A.V. Club Daddy’s finally home: 14 deadbeat TV dads who made good | The Takeout The best cooking lessons Gordon Ramsay has ever taught us | Lifehacker What to Watch Tonight | Jalopnik Elon Had Some Pretty Crappy Ideas About Video Games And Cars Over The Weekend | Gizmodo CDC Predicts Daily Coronavirus Deaths…
By G/O Media Published May 4, 2020 -
CultureIt Took You Cowards Long Enough To Add Yaddle To A Video Game
In 1999, our galaxy received a gift: a wise Jedi Master named Yaddle. This Jedi Master was a female member of Yoda’s species. She never appeared in any video games, but that’s going to change when LEGO Star Wars The Skywalker Saga releases later this year. Finally. Yaddleappeared in a few scenes in the first…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 4, 2020 -
Tips & GuidesYou Can Basically Clone Your Fallen Gears Tactics Troops
Gears Tactics, like many strategy games, has a permadeath feature. The three main characters—Gabe, Sid, and Mikayla—are classified as plot-essential Heroes. (Players who pre-ordered the game received a fourth Hero, Augustus “Cole Train” Cole, the popular franchise mainstay.) If any of them die, you get a game over and start fresh from the most recent…
By Ari Notis Published May 4, 2020 -
CultureStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Update Adds New Game Plus, Combat Challenges
Today is a made-up Star Wars holiday, but the new update for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is in fact very real. The free patch adds a new game plus mode, combat challenges, additional cosmetics, and a slew of upgraded accessibility options. Where many games allow you to carry over abilities into a second playthrough,…
By Ian Walker Published May 4, 2020 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryI Don’t Want To Finish Final Fantasy VII Remake
When this time of imposed social isolation began, I had a theory: In the absence of real human connection, some people would find themselves growing more attached than usual to video game characters. Well, dear reader, It Happened To Me. For the past handful of weeks, I—like a great many members of the zeitgeist-chasing gamer…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 4, 2020 -
CultureHow’s It Going?: Reset Edition
Welcome to another week, and welcome back to our daily open thread. Social distancing is starting—or continuing—to wear on me. Nothing’s really changed where I live, but the string of days stuck at home is starting to take its toll. My apartment, particularly my couch, looks lived in in a way no amount of cleaning…
By Riley MacLeod Published May 4, 2020 -
UncategorizedEA is moving ahead with its E3-adjacent event this year as a completely digital showcase. EA Play Live 2020 will take place on June 11 beginning at 7:00 p.m. There’s no schedule for it yet, but EA says the livestream will include world premiers and other news.
By Ethan Gach Published May 4, 2020 - Uncategorized
Jalopnik Aston Martin Didn’t Want To Give Pierce Brosnan A Free Car For Playing James Bond | Gizmodo After Months of Teasing, the New 13-inch MacBook Pro Is Finally Here | The Root Trevor Noah Is Paying Daily Show Crew Furloughed by COVID-19 Out of His Own Pocket | Jezebel Just What We Need, Murder…
By G/O Media Published May 4, 2020 -
UncategorizedStar Wars virtual reality adventure Vader Immortal is coming to PlayStation VR this summer. All three chapters of the PC VR game will be available upon launch for PSVR, along with the lightsaber dojo segments. Check out today’s PlayStation Blog post for more info.
By Mike Fahey Published May 4, 2020
