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UncategorizedBorderlands 3 Finally Gives The Series Good Shotguns
Shotguns in previous Borderlands games could be great weapons to use, but even some of the better shotguns in the game didn’t feel satisfying in a fight. They were loud and did a lot of damage, sure, but they didn’t feel like powerful cannons of death. Borderlands 3 changes this and finally gives the series…
By Zack Zwiezen Published September 22, 2019 -
CultureSunday Comics: Why Are We Naked?
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Sept. 16. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published Sept. 16. Read more of Corpse Run Clueless Hero by…
By Zack Zwiezen Published September 22, 2019 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Oh No, Claptrap, Winners!
Last week I asked you fine Kotaku readers to celebrate the release of Borderlands 3 by sticking Claptrap, the annoying robot sidekick from the games, into different games, movies, and TV shows. You all delivered some of the best images I’ve seen in some time! Our winning image this week was created by Done With…
By Zack Zwiezen Published September 21, 2019 -
UncategorizedFans Found An Assault Rifle Texture Hidden In Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Princess Peach is powerful and not to be messed with in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. But I never expected that she was secretly carrying an assault rifle. Yet that’s what fans found when they dug around the files of Brawl. YouTuber Oddheader recently released a video showcasing some secrets in video games that players and…
By Zack Zwiezen Published September 21, 2019 -
ReviewsETCFinding A Snake In Your House: The Kotaku Review
I don’t have a problem with snakes, spiders, scorpions or any other small and potentially dangerous creatures that lurk outside. That’s their territory. I get it. But when one of these things comes into my apartment, I find it annoying. It also is a terrible thing to come home to in the middle of the…
By Zack Zwiezen Published September 21, 2019 -
UncategorizedMario Maker Contest: Going Up!
For a long time, Mario went left to right and sometimes right to left. Life was good but simple. But over the years vertical sections and levels have become more a thing in Mario games. Let’s add some verticality to this week’s Mario Maker contest. Your Challenge This Week: Create vertical levels! Theme: Going Up,…
By Zack Zwiezen Published September 21, 2019 -
CulturePokemonWhimsicott Will Sneak Into Your Home And Move Your Furniture
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 Whimsicott! Whimsicott Details Type: Grass/Fairy Average Height: 2’04” Average Weight: 14.6 lbs. First Added In Generation V Who is…
By Zack Zwiezen Published September 21, 2019 -
CultureMorning CheckpointCombat Juggling Looks Awesome
Hello! This week we spend too much money on Runescape, listen to some baby gators, run away from killer robots, play a new Zelda game and do a little combat juggling. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week There are too many good games coming out right now and I’m sorry to inform you that…
By Zack Zwiezen Published September 21, 2019 -
CultureFortnite‘s Batman Event Turns Tilted Town Into Gotham City
Today is “Batman Day,” which explains why banks are closed and your town is hosting its annual Batman Day Parade. Fortnite has gotten in on this most solemn of occasions by adding new Batman-themed items and turning part of its map into Gotham City. A livestream announcing the Fortnite/Batman crossover took place on YouTube at…
By Riley MacLeod Published September 21, 2019 -
UncategorizedEvery Game Needs A Studio Trigger Anime Opening
Today Skullgirls studio Lab Zero Games debuted the animated opening to Indivisible, the eagerly-anticipated action role-playing game. I thought I could not get more excited about this game. I was wrong. Flashy animated intros from Studio Trigger, the folks behind Kill La Kill, have that effect. Every game should have one. Founded by former Gainax…
By Mike Fahey Published September 20, 2019 -
UncategorizedFarewell To My Cat
I put my cat to sleep on Tuesday afternoon. She sat on my lap, swaddled in a medical blanket and a favorite scarf of my wife’s. A veterinarian injected anesthesia to knock her out and then delivered a fatal shot. I knew Quimby the cat for 15 ½ years. Some readers of this site may…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 20, 2019 -
CultureUntitled Goose Game’s Developers Stopped Work On Launch Day To Attend The Climate Strike
Today is the long-awaited launch day of Untitled Goose Game, the avian sensation that’s been sweeping multiple nations since its first trailer came out in 2017. It’s also the day of the Global Climate Strike, meaning that people across more than 150 countries are walking out of school and work to demand urgent action in…
By Nathan Grayson Published September 20, 2019 -
CultureWhat Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for having finally gotten certified to belay people in rock climbing, so skulking around the gym looking for people to belay. It’s also for playing video games. I’m looking forward to playing more Overland, as well as more Untitled Goose Game. They’ve both been fun to have on my Switch: easy to…
By Riley MacLeod Published September 20, 2019 -
CultureDespite The Haters, The Division 2‘s All-Women Gaming Group Is Going Strong
The note atop the thread in The Division 2 subreddit was awkward. “The moderators have allowed for many congratulation raid completion posts,” it began. This was one of many threads in celebrating various groups of gamers for clearing The Division 2’s daunting eight-player raid. But, it continued: “This one is unfortunately being locked due to…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 20, 2019 -
ReviewsMultiplatformBorderlands 3: The Kotaku Review
Take a bag of potato chips—any brand, anywhere—and you more or less know what you’re going to get. Crispy, greasy salt and oil delivered via thin layers of starch, they make a mess of crumbs and grease, and they’re terribly delicious, extremely difficult to stop eating once you’ve caved into the first, and likely to…
By Joshua Rivera Published September 20, 2019 -
UncategorizedWorld of Warcraft‘s Greatest Tragedies Look So Much Cuter In A Pop-Up Book
Last year, in the lead-up to World of Warcraft’s Battle for Azeroth expansion, Horde leader Sylvanas Windrunner went a bit more evil than usual. She set the world tree ablaze, destroying the night elf capital of Teldrassil and murdering countless innocents in the process. It was one of the most horrific events in the online…
By Mike Fahey Published September 20, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryIf I Had Infinite Time I Would Never Stop Chasing Perfect Ranks In Games
I play games because they give me pleasure, but sometimes, that pleasure comes specifically from a desire to master all of their secrets. Clear all the time trials, get higher ranks, collect all the goodies. Sayonara Wild Hearts, Devil May Cry 5, Monster Hunter World. Sometimes you just want to be the best. I felt…
By Heather Alexandra Published September 20, 2019 -
ReviewsMultiplatformUntitled Goose Game: The Kotaku Review
The way Untitled Goose Game’s goose moves, I think, is what makes it so endearing. Its self-assured waddle. The way it leans its feathered neck forward, with an almost innocent inquisitiveness, before turning on some poor guy’s sprinklers and drenching him. How it flaps and flutters after its plans have been thwarted by a human,…
By Nathan Grayson Published September 20, 2019 -
CulturePerson Naruto Runs Through ‘Storm Area 51’ Newscast
In what started as a joke and is now our manifest reality, thousands of people are expected to storm Area 51 today. Today, we witnessed just one of many on camera running through the desert like characters from the popular anime series Naruto “Storm Area 51, They Can’t Stop All of Us” began as a…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published September 20, 2019