Superheroes With A Progressive Redesign

After Marvel revealed that the next Captain America will be The Falcon, an African American, and Thor will be a woman in the future, the folks at Dorkly imagined a couple more heroes trying to change the status quo. Here’s Iron Man, whose suit uses even more clean energy than the original one, vegan Wolverine,…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Are you Undead Jerks Ready to Die Twice?!: Gravity Falls Season 2, Episode 1-2 Recap • Divinity: Original Sin, Unlike Most Games, Does Real Relationships Perfectly • Silent Protagonists: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Pt. 2 TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them…

Watch 17 Minutes Of The Sims 4 In Action

The Sims 4 doesn’t have any pools or toddlers, but its new, more emotional approach to The Sims is still pretty neat. Watch this video for an overview of what’s new and stick around to see me grill producer Graham Nardone on concerns of removing content and whether this game is really a worthy sequel.

Mod Brings Selfies to GTA IV

Now Niko, Johnny and Luis can also get in on that sweet GTA V selfie action. And the results can be pretty fun! You can check out the mod, the instructions, and some screenshots over at its GTA X Scripting page, where you can also find a loud dubsteppy trailer. But the mod isn’t just…

This is not how you deal with the Executioner Chariot boss fight in Dark Souls II, but waiting for the boss like this is way more badass. It is almost like you can hear the player saying “Welcome to Dark Souls II, bro”. via Steam Community To contact the author of this post, write to:…

BioShock Goes Portable, Heading to iOS

Ready to return to Rapture? On your Apple devices? Today, 2K announced that, yes, BioShock is coming to iOS. Details are scant, and the teaser image says the game is “coming soon to iOS.” Originally out in 2007, BioShock has been released on Xbox 360, PC, PlayStation 3, and Mac. This is the first portable…

Who Knew Surgical Masks Made Awesome Transformers Cosplay?

I didn’t! Then again, I’ve never really thought about it. Zawachin is a makeup artist and internet celebrity who became famous for impersonating famous Japanese stars…while they are wearing sickness masks. That’s her thing! The vast majority Japanese people wear masks when they are sick, worried about getting sick, or have pollen allergies. However, more…

The Hardest Lesson in The Last of Us

The story of a minor character you never meet in The Last Of Us teaches one inescapable truth of that world: one way or another you are getting blood on your hands and you’d best make sure it’s not your own. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK Note: the article contains mid-game spoilers for…

One of Minecraft’s Greatest and Oldest Web Series Turns Four [UPDATE]

“You’re probably asking yourself, what the heck is this? And, yeah, you are 100% right to ask yourself that. This is Minecraft, and everything you see around me right now is a randomly generated world.” Minecraft was first revealed to the public in 2009, but it would only really take off with the release of…

Eggs and Plastic Bottles Thrown at Japanese Porn Star in China

While politicians bickered, one thing China and Japan could always find common ground on was anime. And, uh, pornography. Which is why this recent incident was all the more surprising. Japanese adult video stars Emiri Okazaki and Anjyu Kitagawa were guests at the Dalian International Adult Expo, an adult goods convention in Dalian, China. [Photo:…

Interested in a behind-the-scenes look at last week’s real-life Mario Smash Bros. trailer? The creator, Dean Wright, now has a making-of post online on his blog detailing how much work went into filming, animating, and even recording sound effects for his one-minute video over the course of four+ weeks.

This Pokémon Bread Looks Like Crap. Literally.

Pocket Monster Dedenne just got its own Pokémon bread. Congrats! Too bad the snack looks like… Shit. [Photo: fla_mofu] Above, you can see an image posted by Twitter user fla_mofu, who wondered if it was alright that Dedenne’s bread looks like poop. Pokémon bread (ポケモンパン or Pokémon pan) is a long-standing snack food, with each…