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Dragon Age Fans Are All Making The Same Joke About Chappell Roan’s SNL Look
1.11.2024
We love Chappell Roan here at Kotaku. The “Good Luck, Babe” singer puts out queer bangers, dresses up in chainmail at award shows, and has cultivated a fanbase of gay nerds who record her shows on Nintendo handhelds. So when she shows up on Saturday Night Live this weekend on November 2, I will...
Valve Cracking Down On Joke Reviews Flooding Steam
14.8.2024
Today, in a new update, Valve is changing how it sorts and displays user reviews on Steam in an attempt by the company to hide all the joke reviews and memes that are flooding the digital storefront. Read more
AI offerings are a bad joke, and investors aren't laughing
10.8.2024
Neither OpenAI nor other tech giants have produced systems capable of doing much, but that hasn't stopped them from pushing for massive new investments
Borderlands Star Says Tenacious D Will Return After Joke Fallout 'When It Feels Right'
7.8.2024
Jack Black, who voices Claptrap in the upcoming Borderlands live-action movie, says that Tenacious D isn’t permanently done after all. The initial announcement followed a joke by longtime bandmember and friend Kyle Gass, about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. Instead, Tenacious D...
Helldivers 2 Trolls Crowdstrike Over Worldwide Outage
24.7.2024
Live-service games face an extraordinarily tough time battling to maintain their player-base, competing against a dozen similar games, and trying to constantly satisfy impossibly disparate audience—but one benefit that’s all too rarely utilized is the ability to be incredibly topical and reactive....
New Joker 2 Trailer Reveals A Chaotic Musical Love Story
23.7.2024
The second trailer for Joker 2 is here and more twisted than a six-pack of hard iced tea. It pulls back the curtain a bit more on how the canonical love story/abusive relationship between Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker and Lady Gaga’s Harley Quinn will take center stage in the sequel, but who’s going...
Here's Why The Destiny 2 Community Is Cracking Jokes About The Crowdstrike Outage
19.7.2024
Earlier today, most of the world effectively shut down thanks to an IT outage. A cybersecurity company named Crowdstrike pushed out an update that bricked millions of PCs around the world, resulting in blue screens of death (BSODs) globally. They might’ve even got the Sphere in Vegas! It’s...
Bowser Star Jack Black Cancels Tenacious D Tour Over Trump Joke Backlash
16.7.2024
Rock duo Tenacious D (Jack Black and Kyle Gass) are in crisis mode following backlash to a joke about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally over the weekend. “After much reflection, I no longer feel it is appropriate to continue the Tenacious D tour,...
Everyone Thought Joe Biden Was At ‘1 HP’ During The Presidential Debate
28.6.2024
If you somehow didn’t know, current U.S. president Joe Biden and ex-U.S. President Donald Trump had a presidential debate last night. How did we get here? Well, our country’s two-party system is so absolute that people looked at these two geriatrics who can barely string two sentences together...
A Rare Piece Of Batman: Arkham History Is Back On Streaming
8.5.2024
In 2011, Warner Bros. and WaterTower Music put together a compilation album for Rocksteady’s open-world superhero game Batman: Arkham City. The album featured some pretty big names like Panic! at the Disco, Blaqk Audio, and Serj Tankian, all contributing original songs meant to pay tribute to...
From joke to jackpot: DOGE and SHIB’s surprising market resilience
22.4.2024
Dogecoin and Shiba Inu have transcended their origins as internet memes to become staples in the portfolios of many cryptocurrency investors. This remarkable transformation from joke to jackpot is a testament to their surprising market resilience and the profound loyalty of their communities. This...
Real Hollow Knight Silksong News, Fake April Fools' Jokes, And More Of This Week's Biggest Stories
6.4.2024
April Fools’ is always a weird time for news, because it’s hard for us to discern the real from the fake. There were quite a few game-related April Fools’ jokes this year, but there was also a lovely, real bit of Hollow Knight Silksong news to balance everything out. Plus, this week had streamers...
Palworld Is The Latest Game To Fall Into A Tiresome April Fools’ Trend
1.4.2024
April Fools’ Day is a nightmare for news writers. This morning, I woke up to an Overwatch Cavalry post about an Overwatch 2 x Valorant crossover, and it took my brain at least eight seconds to catch up to the date posted underneath the graphic. April Fools’ Day is the annual “make fun of dating...
Today’s NYT Connections Puzzle Is A Cruel April Fools' Joke
1.4.2024
Just a few months ago, I was incapable of completing the New York Times’ Connections puzzles. Now, I can usually do the daily word-based puzzle without too much of a hassle—which is why today’s version has got me (and others) so irrationally angry. You see, today, April 1, 2024, I opened up the...
Apex Legends Tournament Hacker Speaks, Swears It Was ‘A Joke’
20.3.2024
An individual responsible for hacking an Apex Legends global tournament over the weekend has revealed their motivations: they did it “just for fun.” Read more
Andrew Tate’s Crypto Proposal Suffers Early Death and Draws Criticism From Industry Experts
2.2.2024
Social media influencer Andrew Tate stirred controversy in the crypto space after revealing plans to launch a digital coin with a now-deleted February 2 X post. The social media influencer has since deleted the post, however, stating that it was just a “joke.” Andrew Tate’s $100M...
Dogecoin (DOGE) just a memecoin while Retik Finance (RETIK) to be used by every individual in day-to-day life
14.12.2023
Dogecoin (DOGE), a cryptocurrency with a colourful history, has become very popular due to its meme-inspired beginnings. What was once a lighthearted joke gained a dedicated following and became a symbol of internet culture with DOGE. However, Retik Finance (RETIK) is a project with a revolutionary...
Shytoshi Kusama and the SHIB community Proved that ‘Meme Coins’ Are No Joke
4.12.2023
With the launch of Shibarium this year, Shytoshi Kusama and the SHIB community have established themselves as a force to be reckoned with in DeFi and Web3
Cardano’s Charles Hoskinson Clashes With Blockstream’s Adam Back Over Crypto Security Classification
28.11.2023
Charles Hoskinson, co-founder of Input Output Global (IOHK) and the Cardano blockchain initiative, recently expressed his frustration in a video over the U.S. regulator’s decision to categorize the cryptocurrency cardano as a security. He’s perplexed and critical about the exemption...
Detective Pikachu Returns Has A Fun Joke About The 2019 Movie
6.10.2023
Detective Pikachu Returns is out on Switch today, October 6, and as someone who considers the original 2016 3DS game to be one of my favorite things Pokémon has ever done, I’m stoked. But Nintendo’s adventure game sequel exists in a weird place, because the 2019 live-action Detective Pikachu movie...