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Five Minutes Of Final Fantasy XV Driving (And Hair)

Final Fantasy XV, a game about the open road and expensive men’s haircare products, is out next year. Here is a trailer, courtesy of IGN, about a car, four dudes and “regalia”. This game looks utterly absurd. In the best way possible.

The Raddest Cosplay at PAX Prime, Day Two

Is there someone behind me?

Disney Infinity‘s Inside Out Set Brings Back The Cheap Movie Tie-In

There was a time when every animated movie came with a quick and dirty platforming tie-in console game. Thanks to the magic of Disney Infinity 3.0 those days are back, only now they come with toys. Available today for $40 or so alongside theStar Wars-themed Disney Infinity 3.0 starter kit, the Inside Out playset finally…

Drawing Breasts Isn’t Easy

Properly rendering breasts for a video game is a difficult task, but then so is simply drawing them. Luckily, as this short from animator Dylan Simpson demonstrates, an easily accessible reference point is just a click away. When I was a teenager I was really into drawing—I wanted to be a comic book artist—but my…

Wearing VR Gear Makes You Look Super Cool

Thanks for my new album cover, Oculus Touch. (It was incredible, by the way. Holy cow.)

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Don’t Need A Game To Make Mario Levels

Nintendo’s Super Mario Maker arrives in North America on the 11th of September, allowing Wii U owners to craft their own crazy creations featuring the world’s most famous plumber. Until then, we have Photoshop. Come to think of it, after that we have Photoshop (or Gimp or Paint or PSP or whatever) as well. We…

Dragon Age: Inquisition‘s Final Story DLC Is Set Two Years Later

So you and your companions saved the continent of Thedas from certain doom. What have you done for them lately? Find out in September 8’s Trespasser, a downloadable epilogue for Dragon Age: Inquisition that picks up two years after the main story ends. What happens to a world-saving organization when the world no longer needs…

Final Fantasy XIV‘s Anniversary Takes Players To A Very Special Place

Final Fantasy XIV’s two year anniversary celebration is a one-way ticket to the place where dreams become reality—sort of. If you’re an active Final Fantasy XIV player and plan on completing The Rising event running through September 7, stop reading this article and go play. As long as you’re at least level 15 or so…

Dishonored 2‘s PAX Booth Is Pretty Cool

At PAX Prime in Seattle, Bethesda’s set up a nice little collection of booths; there’s one for each of the big games they’re showing here. The Dishonored booth stands out as an unusually posh exhibit on an otherwise crowded and jumbled show floor. I took some pictures:

Seen at PAX today in Seattle: cosplayer Ori Roundtree doing his best to pay respects, Call of Duty style.

Guild Wars 2 Is Free To Play Starting Today

Since its release in August of 2012 playing the subscription-free PC MMORPG Guild Wars 2 has been a simple matter of purchasing the initial game. Starting today you don’t even have to do that. “Revealed exclusively” by IGN a couple of days back, ArenaNet has dropped the purchase requirement for Guild Wars 2. Just hit…

Mortal Kombat X For Xbox 360 And PS3 Officially Canceled 

After multiple delays left the fate of last-gen versions of Mortal Kombat X hazy, Warner Bros. finally makes it official: they’re not going to finish them. Released in April for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC, Mortal Kombat X was originally slated to hit the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 sometime during the summer.…

The Raddest Cosplay at PAX Prime, Day One

And rather than just taking photos of cosplayers at PAX, I decided to join them. Thanks to my Kathryn Klepek taking all these shots! Contact the author at [email protected]

The Saturday Morning Stream Plays Disney Infinity 3.0 [All Done!]

Saturday morning used to be all about playing with toys and watching cartoons. Let’s do that! I’ve been on vacation for the past month, and that vacation may have been specifically timed in order to ensure I was around for the launch of the latest wave of toy-based games. Either way Disney Infinity 3.0 goes…

Hi! My name is Michael Fahey and I’ll be your weekend editor for the foreseeable future. Thanks to all the fine folks who filled in for me during my month-long sabbatical, but I’ll be taking all of this back now.

Super Mario Maker Exposes More YouTube Copyright Stupidity

Two days ago, I uploaded a video to YouTube. It featured some awesome automatic Mario Maker levels that basically play themselves. Today, I was dinged with a copyright notice for that same video. The claimant was none other than…Playboy? I’m serious. I didn’t get flagged by Nintendo. Rather, I got flagged by Hugh Hefner’s operation.…

Shu’s Garden Helped Me When I Was Feeling Shitty

Things have been kinda rough lately. I was having a bad day in a bad week in a bad month in kind of a crappy year. My grandfather suddenly passed away a few months ago (he choked while eating, and the paramedics weren’t able to revive him quickly enough). It came as a shock to…

Pikachu Uses Doorway. It Wasn’t Very Effective.

Here’s a hilarious brief scene from PAX, witnessed by Kinda Funny’s Tim Gettys. Poor Pikachu. Nobody thought to check if the doorways were big enough, huh? Contact the author at [email protected]

The first playable episode of Blues and Bullets, the noir adventure that really impressed Nathan and Mike, is now out on Xbox One. $5.

Make Sure To Read The Fine Print For This Line At PAX Prime

Makes sense. The line’s for Dark Souls III, not surprisingly. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at @patrickklepek