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The Problem With Critical Role’s Latest Campaign
8.2.2022
In early fall, the hugely successful Dungeons & Dragons “actual play” series Critical Role announced plans for their third campaign, set in the fictionalized world of Marquet. While the campaign would draw inspiration from real-life SWANA [Southwest Asian/North African] cultures, the group...
Wordle's 'Best' Starting Word Has Been Found, And Ruined, By Math
8.2.2022
One of the cutest things about Wordle, and also one of the most important if you value having any kind of success with the game, is the selection of your starting word. For most players this has probably been their own favourite combination of vowels and consonants, but if you really want to...
Sneaky NY Times Crossword Breaks Star Wars, Star Trek Fans’ Brains
7.2.2022
The debate between Star Trek and Star Wars is older than time—I know it’s older than I am anyway—and it reared its head as recently as the Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle, which poses a brain-breaking question.Read more
Can We Talk About Pokémon Legends: Arceus' Shockingly Dark Tone For A Second
4.2.2022
For years now, Pokémon fans have been begging Game Freak for a more “mature” monster-collecting video game, ideally one that’s more difficult than the mainline games in the franchise. With Pokémon Legends: Arceus, it seems that folks might have finally gotten what they wanted–and it’s kinda...
'Dutiful son' drugs dad's tea to access BTC funds worth $400K
4.2.2022
The 25-year old told his dad “it’s really good for you” as he poured white powder into his father’s drink
První recenze Dying Light 2 chválí, ale vyložená pecka to není
2.2.2022
Poslední dny nás dělí od vydání očekávané zombie akce Dying Light 2. První recenze ji vesměs chválí, na hru roku to ovšem nevypadá. Největších pochval se dočkal zejména parkur a pohyb po městě
Dying Light 2: The Kotaku Review
2.2.2022
The idea of being excited about yet another zombie video game in this, the year of our lord two-thousand and twenty-two, might seem ridiculous to some. Even I, a die-hard fan of the undead, understand how tired people are of zombies. They really are everywhere, from Back 4 Blood to Project Zomboid....
There's One, Set For Stun
2.2.2022
Yannick Stahl is a freelance artist based in Germany.Read more
Wordle Tips To Help You Nail It In Fewer Guesses
1.2.2022
If you’ve grown green with envy seeing everyone’s green emoji squares on Twitter celebrating their Wordle success, these tips will help you up your game. People go back and forth about whether it takes skill or luck to be good at Wordle, but the truth is it’s both. Every once in a while, you’ll...
My, Link, How You've Grown
28.1.2022
Dan Eder is an artist currently working on Warner Bros’ fighting game Multiversus.Read more
Canceled Star Wars Game Footage Teases Boba Fett Bounty Hunting Action
27.1.2022
Star Wars 1313 footage was recently discovered wiling away in an animator’s online portfolio, providing us with yet another brief glimpse at the canceled game.Read more
Myanmar Military Government Proposes to Jail Digital Currency and VPN Users
25.1.2022
Myanmar’s military-ruled government is proposing to enact laws that will see users of virtual private networks (VPN) and digital currencies being jailed for up to three years. In addition, offenders will be made to pay fines of up to $2,800. Draft Bill Open for Comments Myanmar’s...
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 Wiz Completes Each Level In One Enormous Combo
20.1.2022
Just speedrunning a game is hard enough. So it’s wild that for his first speedrun, engineer and web developer Steve Wozniak decided to make the already-difficult task of finishing a game as quickly as possible even harder. The task he set for himself: Don’t just complete all the goals in Vicarious...
Halo Infinite’s Shimmery Nail Polish: The Kotaku Fashion Review
19.1.2022
Everyone’s talking about Microsoft this week, with the massive megacorp’s big moves in the gaming space setting everyone’s tongues wagging. But everything you heard is true: Yes, Microsoft just debuted a very weird collaboration with cosmetics manufacturer OPI consisting of 12 Xbox-branded nail...
Shinji Mizushima, One Of Japan's Most Prolific Manga Artists, Dies At 82
17.1.2022
Award-winning manga artist Shinji Mizushima passed away due to pneumonia on January 10 in a Tokyo hospital, reports ANN News. He was 82. Read more
Monkeys Figure Out How To Play Crane Games
17.1.2022
A crane game filled with raisins was left in the monkey pen at Japanese zoo Nagasaki Bio Park to see if the animals could figure out how to use the redemption game to get snacks. Read more
AGDQ 2022 Raises Record $3.4 Million For Charity
16.1.2022
Awesome Games Done Quick 2022 is over, but the online speedrunning charity event wrapped up its week-long run with a brand new, all-time record for any GDQ event, raising $3,422,122 across over 49,000 individual donations. It also reached a million dollars and two million dollars faster than...
Oh No: Logan Paul's $3.5 Million Box Of 'Pokémon' Cards Was Just Old G.I. Joe Junk
14.1.2022
Internet personality, boxer, and Pokémon fan Logan Paul made news last month after spending $3.5 million dollars on a box of supposedly “sealed & authenticated” first-edition Pokémon cards. However, shortly after announcing his purchase, many in the Pokémon card community pointed out that...
Arcade Previously Attacked By Axe-Wielding Man Now Crashed Into By SUV
13.1.2022
On the night of January 12, an SUV crashed into the Sea Cave arcade in New Orleans. The vehicle damaged the front of the building, crashing through a wall and allegedly smashing into two people who were inside near the front of the arcade at the time. One person was hospitalized as a result of...
They Gave Kirby A Gun
13.1.2022
My mind has been consumed by it for the last 24 hours. I woke up in a cold sweat last night, almost convinced that I imagined it in a fever dream. But no. Flipping open my laptop today and clocking into work, the inescapable truth was still waiting there, staring me in the face and daring me...