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Auntie Em! Wicked Barbie Boxes Send People To Hardcore Porn Site
11.11.2024
Look, we all know Barbie looks at porn. She’s an adult woman, it’s no big deal. But it’s maybe more of an issue when she starts leaving tabs open all over the merch sold to kids. This is what’s happened on the boxes for two Wicked movie tie-in Barbie dolls.Read more
Wicked Early Critic Reviews Point Toward A Magical Masterpiece
1.11.2024
Wicked, a big-screen adaptation of the famous theater production that regularly makes waves throughout New York City, is finally coming to theaters this November. From the few early critic previews of the film floating around, we know that anyone even remotely interested in The Wonderful Wizard...
Everyone Is Playing This Girly Dress-Up Game For Kids
14.8.2024
Viral Roblox dress-up game Dress to Impress first hit my radar a few months ago via TikTok algorithm. Several gameplay videos showed off what looked like an ‘00s-era Bratz game: big-lipped, big-headed femme characters with bedroom eyes in a variety of skimpy outfits walking down a runway and posing...
13 Of The Worst Video Game Movies Ever Made
8.8.2024
Video game adaptations are enjoying a bit of a renaissance right now. A video game getting made into a movie used to have fans bracing for embarrassment, expecting some cheap, unwatchable slop to be dragged out and projected onto a big screen bearing the name of their favorite games. While there...
The Borderlands Movie: The Kotaku Review
8.8.2024
An hour after leaving a screening of the new Borderlands movie, directed by Eli Roth (Hostel) and starring Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Ariana Greenblatt, I’m staring at a blinking cursor in a blank Google Doc, urging inspiration to strike. Read more
This Might Be One Of The Worst Things Fortnite's Ever Done
22.7.2024
Fortnite’s next crossover isn’t with a cool new movie or a beloved comic book franchise. No, instead Epic is adding Tesla’s silly and ugly Cybertruck to the F2P game in a move that might be one of the worst and cringiest things yet. Read more
The First Borderlands Movie Clip Looks Like An SNL Skit
8.6.2024
Today, during IGN Live, we got our first real look at the Borderlands movie, and folks, I’m not sure this is going to be very good. Read more
Demystifying AI’s Black Box: Ariana Spring and Andrew Stanco on How Blockchain Tech Can Shine a Light on Hidden Inputs
23.5.2024
AI is taking over our lives but exactly what goes on inside AI systems is unclear. Two researchers from EQTY Lab shine a light on how to make these mechanics more visible
Fortnite Removes Yoda Due To Game-Crashing Bug Involving Zoidberg Emote
8.5.2024
There’s really no gentle way to ease you into this situation so I’ll just be blunt: Yoda got removed from Fortnite because an emote inspired by Zoidberg from Futurama was turning the little Jedi master into a nasty monster that crashed people’s games. What a world we live in?Read more
Fortnite’s Next Big Musical Guest Is Billie Eilish
22.4.2024
Between in-game concerts, skins based on pop stars, and the addition of a rhythm game, Fortnite has been courting musicians and music lovers for years. I have to give props to Epic for specifically adding updates that spotlight pop queens like Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga, which has extended to full...
‘I Love Fortnite’: Lady Gaga Appears To Be Playing The Battle Royale
23.2.2024
Lady Gaga dropped into Fortnite Festival season 2 just a few days ago, and she’s already shaking up the battle royale—not only with her themed cosmetics, but also with her actual presence. Yes, it appears that Lady Gaga—the woman who once asked “what is fortnight?”—is playing Fortnite. And she’s...
Lady Gaga Teases Fortnite Festival Performance With Throwback Meme
20.2.2024
Little Monsters, rise up—Lady Gaga is coming to Fortnite. On February 20, the pop superstar-turned-actor shared a smoky, mysterious picture to X (formerly Twitter) that appears to show her Fortnite character model. The image is accompanied by one word that’s also a nod to a five-year-old meme:...
The Borderlands Movie Looks Um…Hmm…Well...
20.2.2024
It’s been a few years since we’ve heard or seen anything about that Borderlands movie starring Cate Blanchett, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Kevin Hart. So it was great to finally get our first real look at the cast in some new screenshots and oh… oh no. Read more
Kotaku's Weekend Guide: Spiky-Haired Swordsmen And Intergalactic Trailblazers
9.2.2024
We’ve arrived at another weekend. But it’s no ordinary weekend, since there’s now a demo for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth we can play through a million times before the game launches on February 29 (there’s also an open-world section that’ll be added to said demo later this month).Read more
Ahsoka Series Episode 5 Review: The Ghost Of Anakin Skywalker
13.9.2023
Ahsoka episode 5 is here, something we—and by “we” I mean Clone Wars fans, Anakin Skywalker apologists, and Star Wars nostalgists—have been awaiting for a very long time. Will Anakin get redemption? Will Ahsoka get closure? Will the live-action version of this thing we’ve seen before crackle with...
Minecraft YouTuber Dream Doesn't Regret Taking The Mask Off
11.7.2023
Minecraft YouTuber Dream has spoken about his decision to put the iconic smiley-face mask he was known for back on following face reveal, saying he doesn’t regret showing his mug to the world because it felt necessary to live.Read more
You Can Watch AI Trump Vs. AI Biden In An Endless, Unhinged Debate Live On Twitch
20.6.2023
If there’s a big enough data set to pull from, AI can create audio and visual replications of anyone suddenly saying and doing things they’ve never said before. You’ve probably already seen this in action, whether it’s those popular AI TikTok songs that show you what Ariana Grande might sound like...
Fortnite Is The Future Of Music Streaming
30.3.2023
The blockbuster industries of pop music and gaming have been collaborating for almost as long as games have existed—at least since 1983, when Journey got their very own Midway arcade cabinet. Those kinds of branded crossovers have only grown with time, especially in online games like Fortnite...
Fortnite Welcomes War Criminal Orochimaru, More Naruto Characters To The Festivities
21.6.2022
Hope you’re still a fan of battle royale games with a penchant for cognitively dissonant crossovers because Epic Games has announced that more Naruto characters are airdropping their way into Fortnite. Read more
Ariana Grande’s fundraiser for trans visibility adds crypto option
12.4.2022
Pledge has also introduced a mechanism that allows each crypto transaction to contribute to verified carbon offset initiatives via the United Nations Climate Neutral Now Initiative