What really set Portal 2 apart from the first game was its clever use of gels, each providing new ways to zip around…
In a piece on the Lolita Complex, punks, and otaku, game translator and author Matt Alt points out that the word…
Kronus, also going by iwilding, is just starting out on a career in graphic design. He may be onto something.
Dicks. Cocks. Penes. Half the population has them, and they've been the object of fascination for centuries—whether…

The recent Anime North convention in Toronto, Canada, had its fair share of cosplayers. Nothing new there. So Yung…
Fancy Swiss watchmaker Romain Jerome has teamed up with Taito to create these Space Invaders watches that go a…
Twenty years ago on Christmas Day, Andrzej Zamoyski and his brother Adam spent the day playing with their new toy: a…

Using the game's in-built level creation tools, Halo: Reach player Pete_the_duck has been able to construct a…
This week, pop superstar Lady Gaga arrived in Japan, sporting the aqua colored hair she's had for weeks now. She's…
He's not rolling anywhere in that. Though it does look like a hoot.
Kotaku reader Shockwaver (not his real name)[1] wrote, letting Kotaku know that his wife is big Mass Effect. Proof…

Indie Game: The Movie is an upcoming documentary focusing on the trials, tribulations and processes behind some of…

Sir Mix-A-Lot tried tricking Kotaku Editorial Director Joel Johnson to sign a nondisclosure agreement with whiskey…
Mario and Metal Slug. They're two of 2D gaming's most wonderful franchises, and for these three shining moments,…
Mario hasn't always been known as Mario. Back in the day, one of his earlier names was Jumpman. The story of how the…
Capcom is releasing two calendars for 2012: One is a Capcom girls calendar, and the other is a Capcom heroes…

Taking his cues from Avatar: The Last Airbender and fighting games, Wren roped in his buddy and friend to make…

It's not the fact that he's cute that makes me mad. It's that he's cute and better than me.
Inspired by the minimalist arcade stylings of Defender of the Favicon, Boing Boing's Rob Beschizza has crafted…
You may have seen Converse's Super Mario Bros. 25th anniversary Chuck Taylors before (or maybe just its gorgeously…