Jamie Lee Curtis Went to BlizzCon as World of Warcraft Undead

That’s one way to hide from people at a big convention like BlizzCon. We already knew actress Jamie Lee Curtis and her family likes to infiltrate gaming events in disguises and she proved it once again at BlizzCon by dressing up as a Forsaken character from World of Warcraft Nailed it. Especially the hair! Safe…

Celebrating Fifteen Years of No One Lives Forever

On November 9, 2000, the saga of superspy Cate Archer kicked off with the release of The Operative: No One Lives Forever. What followed was a thrilling spy adventure spanning two awesome stealth first-person-shooters (and one straight-up shooter, with a different protagonist, that nobody really talks about). As Cate Archer, you’d carry out various missions…

Blizzard Held a StarCraft Wedding in South Korea

Tonight, former StarCraft pro NaDa had the most fitting wedding ceremony you could imagine: at the Legacy of the Void launch party. As tipster Sang points out, the ceremony was livestreamed on Twitch and the Blizzard Afreeca channel. How’s this for an entrance? And here is NaDa’s bride, whom he met while in college, with…

One Piece’s and Dragon Ball’s Creators Talk About Not Sleeping

Making manga is not easy. Something has to give and that something is usually sleep! Eiichiro Oda, the creator of One Piece, is an infamous workaholic. His hero, Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama, is no slouch. In an interview from ages ago (recently, uploaded to 2ch), the two talked about their hectic work schedules. “Now,…

Japanese Comedian Will Show You Some Butt Naked Poses

This is Tonikaku Akarui Yasumura. He’s a funny man who’s achieved a certain degree of fame in Japan for his “I’m wearing” underpants gag. As Afternoon News points out, the comedian has done an English language version of his gag: As well as a Korean and a Thai version. Butt naked gags are universal. That’s…

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This Guy’s iPhone Passcode Is Too Damn Long

It really is. How does he even remember it? I have no idea! Japanese Twitter user yossy1999116, it seems, originally uploaded the clip, writing, “There’s this amazing dude on the subway…” I’ve seen other videos of people with long passcodes, but this is the first time I’ve seen someone out in the wild with one…

“Hey You, Show Me Your Season Pass, Assholes”

There are many actual, official ways EA will try and get you to buy a season pass for Star Wars: Battlefront. This Unscriptedvideo (via Kotaku AU) is not one of them. Warning: Some NSFW language here. It’s a funny video, but to be fair, it’s more a clip about the concept of season passes (and…

Hot Warplane Art Dump

Antonis Karidis is an artist from Greece who has done work for companies like Ubisoft and 777. He specialises in images of military hardware, aircraft in particular. You can see more of Antonis’ art at his DeviantArtand ArtStationpages. To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can…

Someone Fixed Alien: Isolation For Cowards Like Me

Ah, Alien: Isolation. A game I could have loved, were it not entirely about something I hate Walking around such a faithfully-recreated version of the original 1979 film’s universe was great! Being chased the whole time by a giant monster was not. So I’m very excited about [Lebowski]-=ThArK=-’s mod, which is actually from 2014 but…

Black Ops 3 Launched A Bit Broken On PC

Call of Duty campaigns are a guilty pleasure of mine, so I was excited last week to fire up Black Ops 3 on PC. Ten minutes later, I’d shut it down, and a sad sense of déjà vu was washing over me. It was a year ago that I was writing about how Advanced Warfare’s…

For The Hatsune Miku Gamer Who Has Everything (Except This, Of Course) 

Hardcore fans of Japanese virtual idol Hatsune Miku have already picked up a copy of Project Mirai DX for the 3DS—many even picked up a 3DS just to play it. What they probably don’t have is the Hatsune Miku Project Mirai Complete box set, packed with music, movies and toys. Watch the video to hear…

The Week In Games: Nothing Coming Out This Week, Everyone Take A Nap

Nothing really stands out in this week’s release list. Oh wait, there is that one game… Of course I am talking about Superbeat Xonic from PM Studios, the folks previously responsible for the mostly glorious DJMax series of rhythm games. I’ve been playing it for a couple of weeks now on Vita, and while I…

Star Wars Episode VII: Party City

Why did Redditor eleetpancake recreate the poster for The Force Awakens using stock photos of people in Star Wars costumes from Party City? Because he’s the best. . Via Super Punch

What’s More Exciting Than Overwatch? More Overwatch Animation. 

Yannick might be quite fond of Overwatch, but I wasn’t charmed by an online shooter. I was charmed by a beautifully animated trailer. As this storyboard animation reel from BlizzCon demonstrates, there’s a lot more animation on the way. During yesterday’s World of Overwatch panel at BlizzCon, Chris Metzen and crew talked about how a…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Fallout 4 Adventures

Fallout 4 launches this week, and hundreds of thousands of gamers are eager to see where Bethesda’s vast open-world adventure will take them. Let’s speculate with pictures! It’s the classic tale of a boy (at least in this case) and his dog, wandering the wastelands of post-apocalyptic Massachusetts. Or modern day New York City. Or…

Sunday Comics: Your Everyday Life

Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published November 3. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published November 2. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…