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Man Folds One Piece Of Paper For 50 Hours, Makes Samurai
19.1.2021
Finnish artist Juho Könkkölä took a single sheet of 68cm x 68cm wafer-thin Wenzhou paper and folded it for fifty hours. The result? A samurai papercraft that is around 20cm tall.Read more
A Hand With Many Fingers Captures The Paranoia Of Cold War Conspiracies
18.1.2021
Most mystery stories involve flashy detective work and sharp deductions, culminating in a dramatic reveal. In the novel Murder on the Orient Express, there’s a point where detective Hercule Poirot gathers everyone together and dives into a detailed breakdown of exactly how a murder occurred,...
This Bot Turns Reddit Arguments Into Ace Attorney Debates
18.1.2021
Ever since there’s been more than one person on the internet, there have been arguments. Some forum debates have become so outrageous that they’ve been forever ensconced in the collective unconscious of the web. And now, they can be turned into Phoenix Wright debates.Read more
Auto Chess Is Getting a MOBA, Continuing the Eternal Cycle
18.1.2021
The history of the MOBA genre is one of mods and iteration. Its most popular and still-standing games today are the result of multiple reimaginings and tweaks to skirt copyright issues. Now, there’s one more absurd step to the story: the makers of Auto Chess are making a MOBA. An Auto Chess MOBA...
Massive Fallout: New Vegas Mod The Frontier Is Finally Out
18.1.2021
A mod years in the making launched just last Friday, and it was a launch so big it took Nexus Mods with it. Fallout: The Frontier is essentially a new game, built onto Fallout: New Vegas.Read more
Anamanaguchi's Scott Pilgrim Soundtrack Is Still Pop-Rock Pixel Perfection
18.1.2021
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game, after years of being stranded on old consoles, was finally re-released last week. I’m eager to hop back in, but more than just playing through it one more time, I’ve been digging re-listening to the game’s perfect pop-rock soundtrack.Read more
Decades After Ban, Robot Anime Getting Live-Action Version In The Philippines
18.1.2021
Robot anime Choudenji Machine Voltes V debuted on Japanese television in the late 1970s. Now, decades late, it is getting a live-action television show in the Philippines.Read more
Dead Or Alive Creator Launches His Own Game Company
18.1.2021
Tomonobu Itagaki made his name creating Dead or Alive and designing Ninja Gaiden games. After leaving Koei Tecmo, he founded Valhalla Game Studios, releasing Devil’s Third. Now, he’s back with a new company.Read more
Fly Delta, Fly Chunky
18.1.2021
Duncan Halleck is a concept artist and illustrator currently working on Utopia Syndrome, an upcoming point-and-click horror/adventure game.Read more
Man Fined $270 For Breaking Lockdown To Play Pokémon Go
18.1.2021
Look, weren’t we only just warning people last week to be more careful playing this game in these strange and uncertain times?Read more
The Week In Games: Agent 47 Is Back
17.1.2021
Load up on expired cans of soup, flamingo costumes, and explosive golf balls. Hitman 3 is almost here and it’s time to kill some assholes. Read more
The New York Times Is Worried Kids Are Playing Video Games Too Much During The Pandemic
17.1.2021
Yesterday, the New York Times ran a story that focused on how kids are spending too much time playing video games and using their phones during the covid-19 pandemic. Today, that story was on the front page of the paper. This seems strange considering how the world is falling apart and democracy...
'Shop Contest: Potato CEO
17.1.2021
Turns out, Taco Bell is run by some kind of sentient potato. Who knew? Though the reasoning behind removing potatoes from the menu now makes more sense. Read more
This Website Lets You Make GLaDOS Say Whatever You Want
17.1.2021
Do you like GLaDOS, the homicidal, yet charming AI overlord of the Portal games? Do you also wish you could hear her sing the opening line from My Chemical Romance’s “Black Parade?” Guess what? I got a website for you and your oddly specific dream.Read more
'Shop Contest: Gengar Plush, Winners!
16.1.2021
Last week, we got our first look at a new Pokemon plush Gengar toy that is also a bed and nightmare, rolled into one small package. Few things are more perfect for a Photoshop contest.Read more
Congratulations, You Are Being Rescued
16.1.2021
This week on Snapshots we have some cool black and white screenshots, some urban decay, a swingin’ Spider-Man, some colorful cars, big and creepy bones, and a droid looking to chokeslam a Jedi. Read more
Pirated Copies Of Take On Helicopters Make Your In-Game Pilot Drunk
16.1.2021
For a very long time, people have been making games. And a moment after people started selling these things, other people began stealing them. So developers have continued to include features that trip up pirates. For example, getting drunk in a game about flying helicopters.Read more
Poipole Is The Terrible Mascot Of Anti-Vaxxers
16.1.2021
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 Poipole!Read more
Community's Paintball Episodes Have Been Turned Into A Free Online Game
16.1.2021
I liked the first two seasons of Community. Then I liked the third season a bit less and then I just stopped watching. But those first seasons were good and I loved those paintball episodes a lot. And what do you know, some folks who are clearly streets ahead, created and released a free online...
Sunday Comics: Any Questions?
16.1.2021
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon.Read more