Homeworld: Deserts Of Kharak’s Creators Worked With NASA On A Cool Mars Project

Blackbird Interactive, developers of the excellent Deserts of Kharak, have teamed up with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to create an interactive tour of a concept Mars base. Not the most obvious thing to reading about, I grant you, but they’re a good fit, with Blackbird’s sleek designs helping create a colony that looks real, but…

The Nier: Automata Commercial That Square Enix Censored For Japan

There are two versions of a new Nier: Automata ad. One can be played on TV in Japan, while the other probably cannot. Here is the commercial that can be shown on Japanese TV. The narrator says, “We were born to be destroyed. Action RPG Nier: Automata. Even though we’re inanimate, we kill each other.”…

Bringing Video Game And Anime Hair To Life 

Tokyo-based hair stylistShotac has an interesting forte: turning game and anime hair into reality. Shotac specializes in doing wig hairdos for cosplayers, but he’s also able to style those game and anime locks on real heads of hair. Have a look at his work: This one, of course, is probably the hardest. Of course. Kotaku…

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This gif by Simon Bachmann, currently working on Pathway, marriesthe sci-fi art of Simon Stålenhag with a Lucasarts adventure game. There’s an alternate timeline out there where this is one of the best games of the 90s.

Sorry Dude, Just Trying To Show Off These Rick & Morty Games, Bro

Because Rick & Morty’s third season won’t be here until the sun explodes, Cryptozoic are releasing a couple of games based on the series to tide people over. One is a board game set in Anatomy Park, the other a deck-building card game about Close Rick-Counters of the Rick Kind. A CTRL + F on…

Half-Life 2 On Super-Low Settings Looks Like Minecraft

LowSpecGamer, who we’ve previously seen destroying games like The Witcher 3, has done something very special to Half-Life 2, taking what it still a fairly decent-looking shooter and turning it into something that looks it came out of a 12-hour game jam. He’s gone well beyond just moving every setting to low, of course, digging…

Many people have pinged me asking what Hasbro is showing for Yo-Kai Watch at Toy Fair. We’ll have to wait until we’re closer to season three to see new toys, but they did have connectable Wibble Wobble figures, as mimicked here by the best demo guy ever, Eric. Eric Von Demoguy.

Claim Your Nintendo Switch Account ID

You can now claim your uniqueNintendo Account User IDforthe Switch. Users who already have Nintendo Accounts may not yet have Nintendo Account User IDs, which explains to rush to claim one. So far, there are a few Nintendo account types you can make: A Nintendo Account: The e-mail and password combination through which you access…

Watch Dogs 2 Players Discover A New Mystery Quest

After last week’s Watch Dogs 2 patch, players have unearthed a mystery quest hidden in the game. Players’ investigations have led them to turn over every rock, and even mine the game’s code, to hunt for more information on “The Shuffler.” Ubisoft added Patch 1.11 to prepare players for Watch Dogs 2‘s upcoming DLC, released…

Look What Mega Bloks Is Doing To Pokémon 

Announced last week in advance of the 2017 New York Toy Fair, Mega Brands has added Pokémon to its Mega Construx line, with sets coming this fall. I got a chance to snap some of them during Mattel’s Toy Fair event, and they aren’t too shabby. They’ve got basic Pokémon in plastic balls, which are…

One Rough Year Later, Daigo Plans To Stick With Ryu in Street Fighter V

For 20 years, Daigo “The Beast” Umehara has been considered a Street Fighter legend. Defeating champions from around the world, Umehara emerged as one of the greatest fighting game players of all time, defending his top standing for most of Street Fighter IV’s lifespan. But since the early 2016 release of Street Fighter V, Umehara…

Twenty Years Later, A Furry MMO Fights To Stay Alive

At Furcadia’s September town meeting, a hundred humanoid animals lounged on purple pillows in a lush, 32-bit meadow. Emerald Flame, Executive Producer of the oldest social MMORPG, was explaining Furcadia’s largest update since its 1996 founding to the motley pile of furry avatars, known in-game as “furres.” It was called the “Second Dreaming.” (Originally published…

Man Tamed By Toy Tiger

I swore I wouldn’t fall in love with an animatronic pet at Toy Fair this year. Dammit, Hasbro.

Overwatch Mom Is Really Stoked For Her Son’s Team

It’s not easy being a competitive gamer or a college student at an elite university, and especially not both. Fortunately, Overwatch player SlurpeeThief has the support of both his teammates and an extremely enthusiastic mom to pull from. At the Tespa Collegiate Series finals for Overwatch last night in California, Berkeley put the kibosh on…