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I Am A Hero Is One Of The Best-Looking Comics I Have Ever Read

Like Toshi, I’ve been reading the manga I Am A Hero, and like Toshi, I’ve been loving it. But I wanted to spend some time today looking at one aspect in particular that leaves me speechless every time I flick through it, and that’s the art. One of the things that I love about my…

We Were Spared A Jurassic World Game

Some people actually liked Jurassic World. Good for them. For the rest of us, news that a video game had been in development but never made it to the finish line will be…an idle curiosity? A small blessing? As fan site Jurassic World report, word got out in May that when Cryptic Studios North closed,…

Here’s Carl Sagan’s Pitch For A Contact Video Game

Carl Sagan’s birthday would have been today. The astronomer is known for many things, but video games? Not really! But he gave the medium some thought, especially when it came to one of his most famous novels, Contact The Library of Congress has a bunch of Sagan’s personal documents, including one where he outlines some…

The Problem With Video Game Crowds

Video games are getting better and better at showing us convincing-looking cities. Cities are usually full of crowds, however, and video games aren’t nearly as good at handling those. As I explored a London train station in Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, I detected some faint piano notes floating above the din. Curious, I made my way…

How Blizzard Is (And Isn’t) Changing World Of Warcraft‘s Combat

World of Warcraft’s been around for more than a decade. Combat is one of its cornerstones, but also, perhaps, a bit of a relic. In light of recent MMO evolutions like Destiny, I asked Blizzard how far they’re willing to push WoW’s combat. Over the years Blizzard has, of course, added all sorts of new…

Twitch has introduced the ability for users to have two-factor authentication on their accounts. It’s not required, but given the frequency at which online databases are compromised, I’d recommend everyone does this ASAP. It’s still wild that Sony hasn’t added two-factor authentication to PSN! One day, I guess. Contact the author at [email protected]

It’s Always Fun To Stop Shooting And Let Call Of Duty Play Itself

Like most Call of Duty games, Black Ops 3’s story campaign is a highly scripted, tightly controlled experience. Go here, stand next to that, shoot those guys. Sometimes, in fact, you don’t even have to pull the trigger. As I made my way through Blops 3’s opening levels, I reached the first Official Call Of…

MOBAs Can Learn A Thing Or Two From Overwatch

Overwatch is, at the very least, a MOBA-like game. This means that it has some features that are similar to the ones in Heroes of the Storm, League of Legends, and Dota 2. Except they’re a lot better in Overwatch I’ve been playing Overwatch for a little over a week now, and I fully expect…

Fallout 4 Has Lots Of Bugs, Reviewers Say [UPDATE]

Fallout 4 comes out tomorrow, and with it comes a few big questions. One of those questions: Just how buggy will it be? Anyone who’s played the last two games by developer Bethesda Game Studios, Fallout 3 and Skyrim, has grown accustomed to a certain level of what we all call “jank”—physics not working properly;…

Brave Players Risk A Steam Ban To Play Fallout 4 Early

In some parts of the world, Fallout 4 is already out. Those lucky players can go out into the Commonwealth right now and blast some Radroaches, if they’d like. Everyone else, though? They have to wait…unless they know of a loophole. Savvy internet users are probably already aware of “virtual private networks,” or VPNs, and…

My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last Week

Last week was the calm before the Fallout 4 storm, a good week to find some unexpected stories, which the team did marvelously. Here are my favorites: The Life and Creativity of A Great Bethesda Artist – An inspirational remembrance Call of Duty: Black Ops III’s Most Brutal Scene Haunts Me – A critic’s nightmare…

Heroes of the Storm’s World Champions Won Semifinals With The Strangest Team Possible

North American team Cloud9 ended up taking home the trophy for the first-ever Heroes of the Storm World Championships this weekend at Blizzcon, surprising many who expected a top Korean or Chinese team to win. More surprising was how they won. Specifically, it came down to one bonkers match in the semifinals. Cloud9’s grand finals…

Bob Ross Will Now Be A Weekly Show On Twitch

Last week, the Bob Ross Twitch marathon ended with a peculiar twist: a ‘Stay Tuned’ countdown. Now we know why: Bob Ross isn’t actually going away! Congrats, #KEEPBOB supporters. According to a Twitch press release, the Bob Ross broadcast was so successful, they’ve decided to keep it around, long-term. Only this time, instead of having…

Twenty Hours With Fallout 4

I’m 20 hours into Fallout 4, and I still don’t know whether I like it. That’s a testament to the game’s virtues as well as the game’s failings. I have no plans to stop playing. I’d rather be playing Fallout 4 than typing these words. Yet I still haven’t forgiven the game for taking so…

Xbox One’s First Wave of Compatible Xbox 360 Games Has Hidden Gems But Not Fans’ Most Wanted Titles

Starting tomorrow this week, over 100 games originally made for the Xbox 360 will be playable on the Xbox One. But the titles that garnered the most votes in a Microsoft user poll are missing. If you were hoping you’d be able to play last-gen classics like Red Dead Redemption or Halo: Reach on your…

Halo 5 Player Snipes Entire Enemy Team Seconds After Starting A Match

Now this is how you start a Halo 5 round. Watch as Xbox player I Habb I opens up a Shotty Snipers match with a sick 4-player killstreak on Truth: [Source: XboxClips.com] That’s some sharp shooting, for sure. A well-earned Overkill! On maps like these, I tend to immediately run away so as to avoid…

Call of Duty: Black Ops III‘s Most Brutal Scene Haunts Me

Lately I’ve been having nightmares about robots. Spoilers for the end of the first mission of Call of Duty: Black Ops III follow. It’s strange. I thought it would have been the zombies. My mind’s been fertile soil for the seeds of bad dreams since I was a small child, and over the years I’ve…

After Diablo III‘s Set Items, Get Ready For… Set Dungeons

Adventures in Diablo III didn’t end with patch 2.3. There’s a new, similarly large content patch coming soon with enough new things packed in to make it worth going back and gain a few more Paragon levels. One of the most exciting things will be a feature called set dungeons. Bright green set items are…

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…