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Politician Dressed Like The Joker Is Campaigning In Japan
10.3.2021
Meet Yuusuke Kawai. He is running for governor of Chiba Prefecture and recently appeared on NHK to present his platform. It looks as though he wants Japan to put on a happy face.Read more
1.2 Billion People Live Under Double-Digit Inflation, ‘Many Have Found Escape in Bitcoin’ Says HRF’s Alex Gladstein
9.3.2021
While central banks are focusing on creating more stimulus and economists expect inflation in the U.S. to rise, a number of other countries are suffering from considerable inflation right now. On Monday, the chief strategy officer for the Human Rights Foundation, Alex Gladstein, explained that...
I Also Accidentally Ordered A Burger From A YouTuber
9.3.2021
In early January, Kotaku weekend editor Zack Zweizen wrote about his experience unknowingly purchasing burger delivery from popular YouTuber MrBeast. I read, laughed, shook my head, and promptly forgot it happened. Then, late last month, while home alone and hungry, I did the same damn thing with...
There Is No Love For Toad In This Cat Mario Three-Pack
9.3.2021
Following up on yesterday’s gorgeous Bowser boat, toy-maker Jakks Pacific’s second MAR10 week reveal is a $30 Super Mario 3D World three-pack featuring articulated four-inch figures of Cat Mario, Cat Luigi, and Cat Peach. Cat Toad can go straight to hell. Read more
Hades Almost Starred Theseus, Which Would've Been Boring AF
9.3.2021
Imagine playing Hades, working to escape the underworld, fighting, and succumbing to swarms of relentless enemies. Every time your character perishes, you hear the low, sinister chuckle of the King of the Dead in your ear, mocking you for your weakness. Until finally, after countless attempts,...
X-COM: UFO Defense Would Have Been Canned If Its Creators Hadn’t Secretly Revolted
9.3.2021
Monsters in the Dark: The Making of X-COM: UFO Defense tells the story of the early years of legendary strategy game designer Julian Gollop and the making of the original X-COM, and is funding now on Kickstarter. In this excerpt from the book, MicroProse’s acquisition by Spectrum Holobyte places...
Fear The Cosmic Unicorn
6.3.2021
This week on Snapshots we have some colorful screenshots, some dead bodies, shadows, superheroes, darkness, and a big, cosmic unicorn.Read more
Whiscash Sleeps All Day, Eats Anything And Predicts Earthquakes
6.3.2021
Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Whiscash!Read more
Steven Spielberg and the Duffer Brothers Will Take on Stephen King's The Talisman
6.3.2021
After essentially creating a show made of pure Spielberg-King fanfic, Matt and Ross Duffer will go from honoring their heroes to working with them.Read more
Bored Fugitive Caught By Police After Venturing Out To Buy Call Of Duty
5.3.2021
After escaping from jail last year and hiding for months, a man in the UK was arrested after leaving hiding to buy a copy of Call of Duty, only to get caught by the police in the process.Read more
Queen: Rock Tour Is Packed With Great Music, Not Ads And Microtransactions
5.3.2021
Queen: Rock Tour is a mobile game that isn’t filled with nasty microtransactions, ads, “energy” timers, or make-believe currencies. Instead, it’s a fun rhythm game that replaces that crap with a ton of classic Queen songs.Read more
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
5.3.2021
The weekend is for screening attractive anime characters to determine which are friends and which are disguised aliens hell-bent on murdering all of humanity. That, and maybe some light gardening. Read more
Best Buy's 3 Day Games Sale Includes Everything From Avengers to Zelda
5.3.2021
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It's Time For Crusader Kings In Space
5.3.2021
If you’ve been wondering why there haven’t been more clones of Crusader Kings, it’s because the systems that define Paradox’s game are really hard to copy! Pawley Games are going to give it a shot, though, and they’re going to do it in space.Read more
Loop Hero Is A Wonderful New RPG About Overcoming Despair
4.3.2021
Loop Hero is a lot of things: an RPG, a roguelite, an auto-battler, a card game, a city builder, an evocative visual novel. It’s also excellent, and I can’t stop playing it.Read more
The PlayStation 2 Is Now 21 Years Old
4.3.2021
Can you believe it? The PlayStation 2 was first released in Japan on March 4, 2000.Read more
Maquette's Love Story Has Already Broken My Heart
3.3.2021
Ever listen to a song so powerful you stop, drop, and roll to frantically figure out what it is? That’s what happened to me last night while playing Maquette, a puzzle game out this week for PC, PS4, and PS5. Yes, the game’s fantastic, which we’ll get to in a moment, but first: that song.Read more
Presenting The Takeout’s official Fast Food Fish Sandwich Power Ranking
3.3.2021
The Lenten season requires you to suspend your disbelief. Not sure about a skinny 33-something dude turning down a loaf of bread after fasting in the wilderness for 40 days? It’s Lent, baby! Get over it! Planning to give up sugar for six weeks? Sure, okay—Lent! A little shaky on hand-washing...
Legend Of Mana’s Grand Score Helps Me Take Its BS Seriously
3.3.2021
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today, it’s time to revisit an obscure PS1 classic from Square Soft’s JRPG heyday, which had some of the chillest city-builder tunes around. I’m talking about Legend of Mana,...
It's Only 243 Days Until Halloween
3.3.2021
Abigail Larson is a character designer at Netflix who has also worked on books, games and even tarot cards.Read more