A Beautiful Video Game Puzzle

Maybe you haven’t heard of Samorost 3. It’s a very lovely adventure game by Amanita Design that also happens to be wickedly hard. The only way I can think to try to get you to play it for yourself is to spoil one of its best puzzles. Don’t worry; it’s only the first part. The…

Minecraft TARDIS Is Ready To Adventure in Time and Space

This is what happens when Minecraft, a love for Doctor Who, video editing skills, and a spiffy custom map meet. In this clip, redditor ShaneH7646 shows off his TARDIS Minecraft map with some video editing trickery: While the effect is achieved via green screen, you can take the map itself for a spin (it actually…

Think Grand Theft Auto Meets Syndicate, But Set in Tokyo

This is Tokyo 42. It’s an isometric action game that is inspired by the first Grand Theft Auto and Syndicate. And damn, it looks glorious. In Tokyo 42, you are a gun for hire, and the game features a rotating camera mechanic, stealth, cats, shoot-outs, and many nice colors. Below is the game’s debut trailer.…

Married Life Suits Master Thief Lupin III

What happens when the world’s greatest thief gets married? A whole lot more than he bargained for. Lupin the 3rd Part 4 is the story of Lupin and the gang’s adventures in Italy. It begins with his marriage and soon devolves into a battle against MI6 for a treasure of unspeakable value—with Lupin’s new bride…

Artists Showing How They’ve Improved

We’ve seen (here and here) how artists develop over the years. But now on Twitter, many artists, some of whom are Japanese and some of whom are not, are sharing images to show just how their skills have progressed. It’s fascinating to see artists find their style, hone their talents, and improve at what they…

When Pokémon Get Too Much Training

Dugtrio really needs to cut back on those gym hours. Singaporean game developer Lai Sen recently did this human muscle anatomy study, using the ground-type Pokémon for the character models’ heads. Now we know what’s underground. Pink nipples! Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan,…

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16 Killer Cosplay Shots From WonderCon

WonderCon, one of the bigger cosplay events of the year, went down over the weekend in San Diego. Photographer Martin Wong was there taking pics of some of the best of them Below are some highlights, but you can see the full gallery on Martin’s Facebook page Note: if you know/are any of the cosplayers…

WarCraft Statue? Nah, It’s Giant Cosplay

Remember Steven K Smith’slife-size Orc build we featured a while back? It’s now finished, and holy shit. It could literally crush a human. The scale. The detail. The fur. This could have walked onto the set of the WarCraft movie and nobody would have batted an eye. You can see more of Steve’s amazing work…

Observe The Future Tank, At Play In Its Native Habitat

Inka Shu is an artist based in China who works for Tencent. You can see more of Inka’s work at his ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art…

Overwatch Cosplay Will Never Forget The Butt Pose

One of the highlights of this year’s Sakura Con was this trio of Overwatch cosplayers. Note, just in case someone wants to take up arms, that these pics were snapped before the whole butt pose thing blew up, so this is just a homage to what was at the time a victory pose, not cosplay-as-commentary.…

Another Stab At First-Person Sword Combat

Mordhau is the latest attempt to try and get first-person melee controls working properly in a video game. If you think it looks like Chivalry, you’re not alone. I had to check that this wasn’t just a rebadged update for the cult melee game. But no, this is new, and while it’s promising to have…

Star Wars: Rogue Squadron Is Now On Steam

Star Wars: Rogue Squadron on the Nintendo 64 was the first game that made me feel like I was really soaring through a Star Wars movie, my X-Wing buoyed by glorious trumpets and gentle flecks of Bantha poodoo. Now it’s on Steam. The arcade-y flight game, originally released on Nintendo 64 and PC back in…

The Division’s NYC vs Google Maps’ NYC

As anyone who’s both played The Division and been to New York can instantly recognise, the developers did a pretty good job nailing the look and feel of the city’s streets. Which is cool for tourists and residents, but what about cartographers? For those concerned with the accuracy of the game’s map (and mission placement…