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The Video Game Characters That Made Us Gay
28.6.2023
Many of us started playing video games during the crucially formative years of our lives—the time when we learn a lot about ourselves, our interests, our personalities, and our gender and sexual identities. Just like how the movies and television shows we watched may have helped influence...
Final Fantasy XVI’s Jill Should Be More Than Pretty
28.6.2023
I’m sure that I love Jill Warrick—Final Fantasy XVI’s female lead—because her hair is healthy and long, gathered at the end with a ribbon, with one delicate braid as ornament. I also love her, I think, because she wears a cream-color chemise under layers of blue leather, contrasting like the small...
Fairy Pokémon Have Become A Queer Calling Card
26.6.2023
Fairy Pokémon are technically the new kids in town, but the series’ most recent type has been around for a decade. The eighteenth type was introduced in Pokémon X and Y, and not only did it give a new, reliable counter to dragon Pokémon, it also recontextualized several old Pokémon by changing...
Final Fantasy XVI Has Fans Wondering What The RPG Series Is (And Should Be)
26.6.2023
The first Final Fantasy came out in 1987. Ever since, each new game in the beloved role-playing series has pushed it to grow, change, and often subvert fans’ expectations of what it can be. Final Fantasy XVI might be the biggest test yet, in some ways harkening back to the medieval world-building...
What Your Cosplay Says About You: Brutal Callout Edition
23.6.2023
Ten years ago I went to my first New York Comic Con dressed in a perfectly fine Doctor Who cosplay (Tenth Doctor, of course). My outfit was more a collection of H&M pieces and a pair of Converse I already owned rather than a bespoke look crafted by me in my parents’ garage, but donning such...
Overwatch Audio Bug Sure Sounds Like This Character Is Cursing Real Bad
21.6.2023
You probably overlooked a tiny, seemingly insignificant line about an audio bug in the latest batch of Overwatch 2 patch notes. It makes sense–the patch notes included the return of the long-missed “on fire” animation along with a host of hero updates, so a single line about “audio reverb settings”...
The Resident Evil 4 Remake Totally Failed Ashley Graham
20.4.2023
“Leon! Heeeelp!”Read more
The Resident Evil 4 Community Is Obsessed With Ashley As A Cartoon Mouse
4.4.2023
Capcom’s social media team has been hard at work churning out a cavalcade of fancams and thirst trap posts to generate buzz for the Resident Evil 4 remake. However, as is the case with most things, it’s work created by fans themselves that has more staying power than any corporate-generated meme...
8+ Action-Packed Games To Play After Resident Evil 4 Remake
4.4.2023
Ever since its 2004 debut on GameCube, Resident Evil 4 has been one of the highest points in Capcom’s long-running survival-horror series. Its fresh third-person camera perspective and more action-oriented gameplay meshed perfectly with the careful resource management and horrifying creatures...
Resident Evil 4 Remake: The Kotaku Review
29.3.2023
Resident Evil 4 remake—a complete reimaging of the classic 2005 survival horror game out now on consoles and PC—follows Capcom’s previous Resident Evil refreshes. Following the somewhat standalone Resident Evil 1 remake, we got the excellent Resident Evil 2 remaster. After that, we got the good...
Resident Evil 4 Remake Sounds Like A Repeat Of An All-Time Classic
17.3.2023
The Resident Evil revival marches on with a vengeance. Early praise for Resident Evil 4 remake makes it sound like the best game of 2023 so far. While not everyone is as impressed as those who think it’s an early GOTY contender, It appears to be a modernized version that’s still true to the spirit...
10 Iconic Video Game Intros To Jumpstart Your New Year
4.1.2023
We are in the moments of 2023 before the title card, when things are still preparing to be defined. I love it—from here, the next few months look magical, like there’s infinite time to do anything, or for anything to happen. This is when we make resolutions, brainstorm logistics for the trips we’ve...
5 Unconventional Holiday Movies Gamers Will Love
21.12.2022
I’m reporting myself as a hard-hearted (if more modern and beautiful than average) Scrooge: a rejecter of the holiday spirit. Due to a combination of unresolved angst and a distaste for other people’s joy—I no longer see this as a personality flaw, but as God’s design—the holidays are my most hated...
Everything We Saw At The Big Resident Evil Showcase
21.10.2022
Today, Capcom held another digital showcase dedicated to all things Resident Evil. Previously, the publisher had done something similar back in June and before that, in April of 2021. Like those past events, Capcom used the event to show off new trailers and gameplay footage from upcoming Resident...
Let Us Notis That Ari Is Leaving
9.9.2022
Ari Notis, Kotaku’s primary source for guides, puns, and woefully uncritical games coverage, is leaving us. That absolute bastard.Read more
The 7 Best BDSM Sex Games To Play, Learn, And Experiment With Kink
2.8.2022
Video games, like all art forms, can inform and inspire people…and their sex lives. Popular culture might like associating games with crushed cans of Monster Energy and glasses held in the middle with tape, but some video games are sexually active. Some, like the ones in this slideshow, can welcome...
Let’s Use Dall-E Mini To Conjure Up Half-Life 3 And Other Sequels We’ll Never Get
24.6.2022
One of my favorite activities growing up as a video game nerd was randomly typing the names of fictional game, movie, or book sequels into Google just to see what came up. I didn’t care if it was real or fake. I enjoyed the daydreaming that came from imagining “what if?”Read more
Resident Evil Village Will Let You Play As The Big Vampire Lady Herself Later This Year
14.6.2022
With not-E3 season in full swing, Capcom took the time to highlight its upcoming slate of games and updates during a special broadcast this afternoon. Resident Evil naturally played a big part in the show, which included info on a variety of upcoming downloadable content for Resident Evil Village...
Pokémon Scarlet And Violet’s Crying Lechonk Would Be Great On A Sandwich
1.6.2022
The new Pokémon Scarlet and Violet trailer introduced players to three new exciting Pokémon, the fluffy and electric Pawmi, greasy, gasping Smoliv, and the lil’ piggy Lechonk, who is already the subject of adoring fan art and odes of protection. But in this chonk eat chonk world, no one can protect...
Wework Co-Founder Adam Neumann’s Crypto Project Secures $70M, Funding Round Led by A16z
25.5.2022
The co-founder of the company Wework, Adam Neumann, is behind a new crypto project called Flowcarbon and on Tuesday, the blockchain project revealed it raised $70 million from a handful of investors and was led by Andreessen Horowitz (A16z). Flowcarbon’s chief executive Dana Gibber says...