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Genshin Impact Fans Don't Like Barbara's New Voice, And They're Taking It Out On Her Voice Actor
5.2.2021
Genshin Impact’s brand new 1.3 patch, released earlier this week, added new characters, new activities, and a whole new event, but it also took something away: Barbara’s voice. Barbara is a playable character who’s basically a pop star, and before 1.3, her peppy demeanor reflected that. Now...
The Best New-Ish Movies You Have To Watch This Month
5.2.2021
Top Pick: Tenet (Blu-ray, Digital) | $15 | AmazonRead more
A Beginner’s Guide to Heavy Metal Nazi Hunting Online
5.2.2021
A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece for the Columbia Journalism Review about the way that my lifelong interest in heavy metal and ongoing career as a metal journalist had equipped me with a very specific skill set—namely, spotting Nazis, especially when they would prefer not to be found. In this...
Ys IX: Monstrum Nox’s Lush Metal Is Hitting Me Right In The Cloaca
5.2.2021
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we’re going to dive into the first dungeon from Ys IX: Monstrum Nox to see why the latest game in the series rocks so hard.Read more
Track: Design as Reduction | Artist: Brian Eno | Album: Film Music Europa
5.2.2021
Track: Design as Reduction | Artist: Brian Eno | Album: Film Music EuropaRead more
WallStreetBets Mods Are Now Battling For Control Over The Subreddit
4.2.2021
A couple weeks ago, most people hadn’t ever heard of WallStreetBets, the edgelord Reddit hangout for renegade investors and amatuer traders. Now it’s blown up to over 8.5 million users, and a war has broken out between the old mods and the new for control over the community and its future.Read more
The best films of Sundance 2021
4.2.2021
Sundance 2021 wrapped up last night, though the exact time the screening system went dark depended on when you started your last movie: So long as you clicked play before midnight Mountain Time, you could keep the festival going for at least a little while longer. Having dutifully caught up with...
The Mistake That Changed the History of Blade Runner
4.2.2021
These days, Blade Runner is considered one of the all-time masterpieces of science fiction. The combination of Philip K. Dick’s idea, Ridley Scott’s direction, Harrison Ford’s performance, and a laundry list of technical masters behind the scenes created a film that has stood the test of time....
This Violin-Playing Cosplayer Is The Hero We Need
4.2.2021
Meet the Violin Samurai. The YouTuber dresses up as iconic characters in ramshackle costumes and then plays video game music. If only he could see half the time!Read more
Fallout Mod Returns After Removing Some Pretty Questionable Stuff
3.2.2021
The Frontier, a huge Fallout: New Vegas mod that was pulled last week after one of its artists was found to have posted “animated pedophillic content” online, is now back.Read more
Sunday Comics: Loves To Party
31.1.2021
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
Cyberpunk 2077 Removes Mod That Let You Bang Keanu Reeves
28.1.2021
There was a mod available for Cyberpunk 2077 that let you have sex—or a very unsettling approximation of it—with Keanu Reeves’ character. That mod is gone now.Read more
Star Wars: The High Republic Show Host Krystina Arielle Is the Fandom's Embattled Future
28.1.2021
During the January 4 showcase of Disney and Lucasfilm’s upcoming slate of new projects set in the era of the High Republic, Skywalker: Family at War author Kristin Baver took a moment to introduce Krystina Arielle, the new host of Star Wars: The High Republic Show. It’s a bi-monthly YouTube series...
Discord Bans r/WallStreetBets Server For 'Hateful' Content
28.1.2021
WallStreetBets, the subreddit behind engineering GameStop’s record-shattering stock price surge over the past week, has been banned from Discord for hate speech, The Verge reports.Read more
Twitch Is Cracking Down On Small (But Not Big) Streamers Who Made Channels Before They Turned 13
27.1.2021
AverageHarry, a 15 year-old aspiring Twitch streamer from the UK, was in spitting distance of his dream. He’d had a breakout 2020, amassing an audience of nearly 90,000 followers, somewhat ironically off the back of a viral clip in which randos in a hotel lobby made fun of him for streaming. Late...
Nothing Says I've Given up Quite Like a Wearable Blanket Hoodie, These Ones Are up to 40% Off
27.1.2021
Up to 40% off Wearable Blanket Hoodie | Amazon Gold BoxRead more
Load up Some Deep Cuts During Best Buy's $8 Video Game Clearance Sale
26.1.2021
$8 Video Games | Best BuyRead more
The Japanese Government Could Change Cosplay Forever
25.1.2021
Currently, anyone in Japan is free to dress as their favorite characters. That will continue, most likely, but there might be big changes for those who make money from cosplaying—and possibly, even for those who don’t.Read more
Exhibitionist Cosplayer Fined And Sentenced For Exposing Herself In Public
25.1.2021
Last year at the Fancy Frontier manga and anime expo in Taipei, a Taiwanese cosplayer got in trouble with the law for exposing herself in the cosplay area near the event hall while photographers snapped photos. She was arrested for violating the country’s Act on Offenses Against Sexual...
Let us praise the humble glory of Swedish egg coffee
19.1.2021
The aisles of the Minnesota State Fair are host to a teeming game of lard-coated one-upmanship. On the left, hot dogs wrapped in funnel cake batter. Across the way, baked potatoes cocooned in mozzarella cheese, served on a stick. But it wasn’t always this way.Read more