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CultureCosplayGalleryOur Favorite Cosplay From Anime Expo 2019, North America’s Biggest Anime Con
Anime Expo, held every year in Los Angeles (at the same venue E3 is at), is the biggest anime show in North America, having run for 27 years and attracting over 110,000 people through the gates in 2019. That means there was a lot of fantastic cosplay on show, much of it captured by Mineralblu…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 26, 2019 -
UncategorizedSuper Mario 64 Is Being Remade Inside Super Mario Odyssey
If you ever wondered what it’d be like to play through Super Mario 64, only with Cappy doing his thing, here’s your chance to (hopefully) find out. Super Mario 64 Odyssey is a new project being worked on by a team of Mario modders that’s trying to rebuild every level from the 1996 classic inside…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 26, 2019 -
CultureTwitchOver A Million People Are Watching World of Warcraft Classic On Twitch
After two years of anticipation, WoW Classic is finally live. Top streamers from every corner of Twitch are streaming it right now, resulting in an audience of over one million concurrent viewers—and some seriously congested starter areas. As of this writing, the slavering horde of Horde (and Alliance) fans topped out at 1.1 million people.…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 26, 2019 -
CultureBefore Destiny 2: Shadowkeep, Here’s What You Need To Know About Eris Morn
When Destiny launched in 2014, it wasn’t really a place you went for rich, interesting characters. Sure, they were around, but it would take some time before they’d be fleshed out. Commander Zavala, Ikora Rey, and of course, Cayde-6 are all much more memorable now than they were five years ago. That’s not just because…
By Joshua Rivera Published August 26, 2019 -
UncategorizedEmulator Can Now Use Machine Learning To Translate Games (Poorly)
The developers behind RetroArch, the popular one-stop shop for retro gaming emulation, announced a new feature over the weekend: translating Japanese text to English on the fly. The results aren’t great, but they’re better than nothing and likely to improve over time. RetroArch’s new “AI Service button” uses a Google API to scan whatever is…
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CultureIon Fury Developer Backtracks, Says It Won’t Remove Gay Joke Because Of ‘Censorship’
Upon its release, Ion Fury seemed like a bullet-proof success. The Duke Nukem and Shadow Warrior-inspired retro shooter launched earlier this month to rave reviews, with many praising its bloody, chunky blend of old and new. But, shortly after, players discovered homophobic content in the game, and some began to circulate screenshots of transphobic and…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 26, 2019 -
CultureYouTubeFive Awesome Sims YouTubers To Watch
Playing The Sims can be a huge time sink—if you’re at all particular about building houses or the way your Sims look, you can spend at least an hour setting things up before you actually let the simulation begin. And that’s before you even get to things like Legacy Challenges, which are supposed to run…
By Gita Jackson Published August 26, 2019 -
CultureDungeons & Deceptions: The First D&D Players Push Back On The Legend Of Gary Gygax
Everybody calls Rob Kuntz last, he says. Those who want to know about the history of Dungeons & Dragons start with co-creator Gary Gygax’s kids, one of Gygax’s biographers, or D&D publisher Wizards of the Coast. As they’re wrapping things up, they might get around to dialing up Kuntz, a 63-year-old game designer. And once…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published August 26, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryMy Co-op Gaming Night Turned To A Couple Sad Hours Of Downloading Updates
Recently, a close friend of mine returned after having been out of town for a little while—like way out of town, where time zones made real-time communication out of the question, even though we live in The Future. To celebrate his return to my time zone, we decided to play some games together online and…
By Joshua Rivera Published August 26, 2019 -
ReviewsMultiplatformControl: The Kotaku Review
Control is the latest game from the makers of Max Payne, Alan Wake, and Quantum Break. It’s a twisted, haunting odyssey through an old post-WWII office building under siege by parasitic beings from another dimension. Control has all the standard elements of a regular third-person shooter, but its exhaustive world building and all-consuming eeriness make…
By Ethan Gach Published August 26, 2019 -
CultureTrack: Daily Battles | Artist: Thom Yorke & Flea | Album: Motherless Brooklyn OST
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 26, 2019 -
Kotaku EastYoung Buddhist Monks Win Esports Tournament In Thailand
This month, a group of young monks won an esports tournament at Khon Kaen University’s Nong Khai campus in Thailand. According to World of Buzz, the winners are seniors at Balee Sathit Suksa, a school in Thailand that trains monks. “The novices wanted to try entering the competition, so we gave them that opportunity. However,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 26, 2019 -
CultureJawbones And Swords, Man, That’s What I Do
Andrew Mar is an artist and illustrator who has worked for companies like Wizards of the Coast and Bethesda. You can see more of Andrew’s stuff at his personal site and ArtStation page. He’s also got a hardcover art book coming out which has already passed its Kickstarter funding goal, and you can get that…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 25, 2019 -
UncategorizedLittle Kid’s Hand-Written Xbox Fan Mail From 2002 Is Very Wholesome
Seamus Blackley, one of the key people involved in the creation of the original Xbox console, was going through some old stuff the other day when he came across an adorable piece of fan mail written 17 years ago by little Mitchell Riley. Realizing he’d never replied, Blackley decided to track him down and make…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 25, 2019 -
CultureTotal RecallSega’s Logo Is A Different Color In Japan
File this under “things I had not even noticed let alone thought to ask”. Over the weekend, Japanese developer Yuichiro Kitao (I am Setsuna, Crystar) pondered on Twitter why some Sega games had different coloured logos than others. While this could have just been some idle observation, turns out he was onto something: Sega of…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 25, 2019 -
CultureThe Week In Games: Off The Chain!
It’s almost September, and you know what that means. It’s time to ride the cybernetic battle cat of your dreams into the alien frey. Huzzah! PlatinumGames’ newest Nintendo exclusive is finally here, and it looks like it might actually live up to the hype. I still don’t really understand what the game is about, but…
By Ben Bertoli Published August 25, 2019 -
CultureWhat Game Do You Love, But Can’t Seem To Finish?
Will The Phantom Thieves ever steal all the hearts? Will I ever eat curry again with the best boy, and starving artist, Yusuke? When can I expect it to stop being November in Persona 5? When I pick up the controller and finish the game, you say? Oh. Okay. You know how, sometimes, you really…
By Narelle Ho Sang Published August 25, 2019
