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After 17 Years, Anime Character Gintama's Age Is Finally Revealed
15.2.2021
It’s rather common for anime fans to know character’s ages. But for years, Gintama’s age has not been revealed. That is, until now.Read more
Zack Snyder's New Justice League Trailer Ushers In a New Age of Heroes
14.2.2021
It’s also living in a society. Yes, they went there.Read more
Wonder Girl Didn't Get Picked Up at The CW Because We Can't Have Nice Things
13.2.2021
Well, what would have (should have) been DC’s first Latina superhero to headline her own show, is no more. The CW has decided not to move forward with Wonder Girl. Dailyn Rodriguez, who wrote the pilot, broke the news/our hearts on social media Friday. Read more
I Killed A Very Big Deer In Valheim, And It Was Metal As Hell
12.2.2021
My time with Valheim so far can be summed up thusly: I killed a fuckton of deer. They screamed in fear and died in agony. It made me sad. Then I killed the biggest, meanest deer ever conceived, and it was metal as hell.Read more
Mario Kart 64 Speedrunner Sets New World Record By Repeatedly Slamming Into Wall
12.2.2021
It’s usually pretty obvious that video game speedruns are things of finesse and precision. But sometimes, they just look like a guy is running into a wall over and over again before completely demolishing a single-track record in Mario Kart 64.Read more
Black Panther: Sins of the King Blurs the Line Between Life and Death
11.2.2021
Though Serial Box’s Black Panther: Sins of the King audiobook is set firmly outside the continuities of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe and its comic books, the new narrative drama is coursing with the same epic, politically charged energy that first made T’Challa and the nation of Wakanda some of...
Pedro Pascal To Portray Joel In HBO's The Last Of Us
11.2.2021
Deadline reports that Pedro Pascal, well known for Game of Thrones and The Mandalorian, will be starring as Joel in HBO’s upcoming television adaptation of The Last of Us.Read more
Gina Carano Is No Longer a Part of Star Wars
11.2.2021
Gina Carano, who plays Cara Dune on The Mandalorian, will no longer be on the show.Read more
The True Monster in Silence of the Lambs, Still Rearing Its Ugly Head 30 Years Later
10.2.2021
Clarice Starling first appeared onscreen in 1991's The Silence of the Lambs; the 2001 feature Hannibal followed, and the CBS series Clarice debuts this week. The lead’s immediate association has always been with the killers she pursues for the FBI—but rewatching Lambs offers a reminder of...
Japanese Animator Gets Four Months In Prison For Driving Without A License
10.2.2021
This week at a Tokyo District Court, Animator Shiro Kudaka has been sentenced to four months in prison for driving without a license and violating Japan’s Road Traffic Act.Read more
What We Loved About Hitman 3
9.2.2021
If there’s one thing Kotaku can’t get enough of, it’s Hitman 3. Between the wide-open levels, rapid-fire costume changes, and throwable bananas, IO Interactive’s latest stealth sandbox has enraptured many of us. Three of us (staff writer Ari Notis, staff editor Lisa Marie Segarra, and weekend...
Decades Later, Sailor Saturn's Transformation Scene Appears In Anime
9.2.2021
For well over two decades, we haven’t seen the henshin shiin (変身シーン) or “transformation scene” from Sailor Moon’s Sailor Saturn in an anime. That is, it seems, until now.Read more
Hey Agent 47, Slow Down On The Stairs, You Could Hurt Someone
8.2.2021
I’ve been putting a bunch of time into Hitman 3 since it launched a few weeks ago. It’s very good, if a little too heavy on storytelling, but I can’t help but cringe a little every time I’m asked to follow an NPC up or down a flight of stairs.Read more
I Want IO's Upcoming 007 Game To Be Just Like Hitman's Train Level
8.2.2021
The final level of Hitman 3 is an exciting and aggressive fight that moves across the length of a long cargo train filled with bad guys and guns. It’s also a bad Hitman level, but it might be our first sign of what an IO Interactive 007 game might look and play like. And that has me excited. Read...
WandaVision's Showrunner Says 'True Emotional Catharsis' Is on the Way
8.2.2021
Between WandaVision’s most recent pair of episodes, the show’s gone from being a kooky, slightly mysterious love letter to television itself (with some superheroes thrown in) to Marvel’s bold attempt at synthesizing some of the Scarlet Witch and the Vision’s most convoluted, iconic arcs from...
Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood Is Dumb Fun ‘90s Me Would Have Loved
4.2.2021
A man walks into a room filled with armed employees of an evil corporation that profits off harming the planet. Heavy-metal music kicks in as the man transforms into a fur-covered whirlwind of claws and fangs. One murder-filled moment later the music fades and the beast reverts to human form...
Black Panther: Sins of the King Writer Geoff Thorne Wants to Ask the Tough Questions
4.2.2021
Though we’re still a long ways out from Ryan Coogler’s follow up to the first Black Panther movie and the recently-announced Wakanda series heading to Disney+, there’s quite a bit going on with T’Challa in the broader landscape of Marvel stories about mortals stepping up to the plate to become...
Guy Goes On Super Nintendo World's Rides, Films Them
4.2.2021
Universal Studios’ Super Nintendo World was supposed to open in Japan this week before being indefinitely delayed due to the ongoing covid-19 pandemic. That said, folks who recently had a chance to visit the park during a special preview day are apparently still allowed to share footage from their...
Every Game Should Have A Train Level
3.2.2021
Hitman 3 ends with one wild ride. The game’s first five levels are sprawling playgrounds that demand stealth, caution, and careful planning. The final level, “Untouchable,” is a fast-paced race through a train. It is, in a word, awesome. More, please! Actually, you know what? Just go ahead and...
Let's Compare Resident Evil Village's Lady Dimitrescu To Other Tall Video Game Characters
3.2.2021
Lady Dimitrescu, otherwise known as Resident Evil Village’s Tall Vampire Lady, is very tall. Capcom confirmed yesterday that she stands at nine feet, six inches tall. That got me thinking: How does she compare to other video game characters?Read more