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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Sports, Winners!
SPORTS! That’s the content I crave right now. Sports and only sports. I don’t want any damn politics or opinions. I just want sports content. So last week, I tasked you fine Kotaku readers with providing me with sports images featuring video game characters. Our winning image this week comes from sciteach who shows what…
By Zack Zwiezen Published November 9, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe First Popular Mods For Red Dead Redemption 2 Are All About Skipping The Opening Chapters
Red Dead Redemption 2 is a slow game. The opening chapters are the slowest of the bunch, filled with tutorials, deep snow and lots of riding around the empty winter wilderness. And it seems PC players aren’t interested in dealing with that stuff, so they are creating and using mods that let them skip it…
By Zack Zwiezen Published November 9, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe Best Level In Luigi’s Mansion 3 Lets You Help Or Betray A Friendly Ghost
Luigi’s Mansion 3 is, weirdly, set in a large hotel. Each floor of this hotel is a differently themed level, some more ordinary than others. For example, early floors feature kitchens and hotel rooms, while later floors feature deserts and pirate ships. But the best floor and level in Luigi’s Mansion 3 is one where…
By Zack Zwiezen Published November 9, 2019 -
UncategorizedMario Maker Contest: Too Many Thwomps, Winners!
Last week I challenged you fine Kotaku readers to create some courses in Mario Maker 2 and load them up with Thwomps. I was curious how far you all would take the challenge. I discovered some of you really, REALLY like Thwomps. In many ways, I asked for my own punishment this week. Thwomps lend…
By Zack Zwiezen Published November 9, 2019 -
CulturePokemonOranguru Is Probably A Rick And Morty Fan And Wants To Debate You
Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Oranguru! Oranguru Details Type: Normal/Psychic Average Height: 4′ 11″ Average Weight: 167.6 lbs. First Added In Generation VII Apes…
By Zack Zwiezen Published November 9, 2019 -
CultureMorning CheckpointI Prefer Boneless Donuts
Hello! This week we get ready to play Death Stranding, learn what Luigi and Geralt have in common, watch a trailer for a new Vampire: The Masquerade game, play a game starring John Goodman and eat some boneless donuts. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week I a great dive into a game that most…
By Zack Zwiezen Published November 9, 2019 -
CulturePlanet Zoo, As Told By Steam Reviews
If you’re the sort of person who sees packs of animals majestically gallivanting about in forests or on the National Geographic channel and thinks “I need to manage those,” you’re in luck: Planet Zoo is now out on Steam. But does it have Steam users squawking, or do they want to lock it up and…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 8, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsModern Warfare‘s New Maps Are A Lot Less Campy
Today’s big Modern Warfare update brings two new maps, and the free content feels like a small step forward for the heavily criticized multiplayer aspect of the new Call of Duty As promised with the new Modern Warfare, all maps are going to be free for everyone, and released across all platforms simultaneously. But after…
By S.E. Doster Published November 8, 2019 -
CultureSplitscreenIt’s Hard To Play Death Stranding When You Have An Actual Baby
All three of us on Kotaku Splitscreen have begun to play Death Stranding, but only one of us did so with a newborn baby in the mix. Jason explained to me and Kirk this week that it’s just not cool to put your baby down for a nap and then get prompted to rock your…
By Maddy Myers Published November 8, 2019 -
UncategorizedFans Honor Deceased YouTuber Etika With A Stunning Mural
When YouTuber “Double A” watched Desmond “Etika” Amofah’s final YouTube video, one sentence stuck out to him: “I know this world’s gonna forget me.” “That’s just not true,” said Double A, who lives in New York City. “We all miss him. We all love him.” Amofah, a popular 29-year-old YouTuber who created videos about Nintendo…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published November 8, 2019 -
CultureElite: Dangerous Players Compete To Decide The Fate Of The Ancient Ship
There’s a meditative quality to soaring through Elite: Dangerous’ vast reconstruction of outer space, but every once in a while, players discover something that jolts them out of their hyper-space stasis. Earlier this week, it was an ancient ship full of still-living passengers that turned heads, reinvigorating the game’s community after a sleepy few months.…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 8, 2019 -
UncategorizedComing to PC in 2020 from developer Hosni Auji and AMC Games, Airplane Mode simulates being stuck in a window seat on a passenger plane for the real-time duration of a flight. Players eat snacks, read magazines, do crossword puzzles, and watch in-flight movies from the 1930s. It even features authentic baby crying ambient noise.…
By Mike Fahey Published November 8, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsSuper Lucky’s Tale Is Better On The Switch, But Also Worse
Following his debut in Oculus Rift launch game Lucky’s Tale, adorable fox hero Lucky gave traditional platforming action a try in Super Lucky’s Tale for the Xbox One and PC. New Super Lucky’s Tale for the Nintendo Switch is an enhanced version of Super Lucky’s Tale, with new and remixed levels, story cinematics, and a…
By Mike Fahey Published November 8, 2019 -
ReviewsMultiplatformDisco Elysium: The Kotaku Review
The most important thing about Disco Elysium, an oddly titled role-playing game that came out last month for PC, is that it’s funny. Set in a beautifully ugly world of smudged watercolors and throbbing noir music, Disco Elysium appears at first to be the type of game that might take itself too seriously. It seems…
By Jason Schreier Published November 8, 2019 -
Tips & GuidesPSA: Get To Death Stranding Chapter 3 As Quickly As Possible
I’ve already laid out some Death Stranding tips alongside my coworker Tim Rogers. Travel light; build structures in smart places; have an extra pair of shoes. One tip stands above them all, though: Do not get sidetracked at the start of the game. Death Stranding drops players into a large world to complete tons of…
By Heather Alexandra Published November 8, 2019 -
UncategorizedHappy Death Stranding Day! Many critics (including myself) mentioned QWOP and Getting Over It in their reviews. I felt the need to go one step further, and invite Getting Over It With Bennett Foddy’s own Bennett Foddy into the Kotaku Goblin Bunker to play the game. I will give him an objective, and no instructions…
By Tim Rogers Published November 8, 2019 -
CultureWhat Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for finally throwing out all the takeaway containers that don’t have lids, because my tendency to think “I could use this, I’ll save it!” has tipped over into a frightening compulsion. The weekend is also for playing video games. I’m on the fence about playing Death Stranding: I have very little patience for…
By Riley MacLeod Published November 8, 2019 -
UncategorizedSix new games join the ever-growing Apple Arcade lineup today, including Guildlings, a magical episodic adventure from Sirvo Studios and Asher Vollmer, creator of Threes. Also new are puzzle adventure Discolored, Marble It Up: Mayhem, Sociable Soccer, UFO on Tape: First Contact, and bite-sized RPG Takeshi and Hiroshi.
By Mike Fahey Published November 8, 2019
