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TMNT Illustrator Re-Imagines King of the Hill As Junji Ito Horror Manga
22.6.2022
Horror manga fans already know that Junji Ito is the king of the genre, but what if his art style featured the likes of King of the Hill’s Hank Hill, the king of all things propane and propane accessories? Well, first off, weird question, but if you happen to be a fan of these two disparate media...
One Piece Just Said 'Trans Rights' In The Most Oda Way Possible
13.6.2022
Although One Piece is going on a month-long hiatus, its creator managed to squeeze in a nice pride month surprise for readers in his latest chapter.Read more
New Dragon Age Anime Suffers From Typical Netflix Blandness
10.6.2022
I started screaming in Kotaku Slack when my fellow weeb (and staff writer) Isaiah linked a screenshot of Dragon Age: Absolution. My favorite western fantasy RPG is getting an anime adaptation? Sign me up. But then I started watching the trailer, and my enthusiasm deflated immediately. Absolution...
Metro 2033's Author Has Been Added To Russian 'Wanted' List
10.6.2022
Dmitry Glukhovsky, author of the Metro books that have since become a popular series of video games, has said he is now on a Russian “wanted” list after publicly criticising his home country’s invasion of Ukraine.Read more
New One Piece Odyssey Trailer Gives Straw Hat Pirates Movie-Esque Intro
9.6.2022
One Piece’s manga might be going on a month-long hiatus, but that didn’t stop Game Pope and Muppet enthusiast Geoff Keighley from giving fans a new look at its upcoming JRPG during Summer Game Fest. Read more
The Decade-Long Struggle To Fund Oakland’s Scrappy Video Game Museum
9.6.2022
Back in September 2021, The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment in Oakland, California, better known as The MADE, began tweeting about how impossibly difficult it seemed to fund a video game museum.Read more
One Piece ‘Super Fan’ Streamed Himself Reading All 1,051 Chapters In 106 Hours
7.6.2022
It should come as no surprise at this point that Kotaku is a pro-One Piece website on account of the manga being a crazy good read for nearly 25 years and by virtue of it being the only series to have Nico Robin in it. While some folks have yet to finally raise their anchors and venture into...
New Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl Update Adds Long-Awaited Character Voices
7.6.2022
Last October, after a surprising amount of hype, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl debuted on all major platforms. While the game was well-received, one big complaint arose from the lack of voiced characters, making the whole thing feel a bit quiet and dead, especially compared to its competition....
Consent And Compassion: How Devs Are Reshaping The Conversation Around Content Warnings
6.6.2022
It should be no surprise to anyone that the very mention of “trigger/content warnings” is likely to spark politically driven, reactionary rejections that whine about “snowflakes” and spoiled experiences. Years of poisoning the well in this area have made the terms frustratingly charged. But if...
Someone Just Bought Two Super-Rare Golden Funko Pops For $100k Cash
25.5.2022
On May 5, a man in Glendale, California met up with another man to buy from him a sealed two-pack of ultra-rare Funko Pops for $100k cash. This deal, the first six-digit Funko Pop sale ever recorded, is believed to be the largest in Funko Pop collecting history, and it might just be the start...
Looks Like Some Classic Games On PlayStation Plus Will Have Crappy PAL Framerates
24.5.2022
As the new PlayStation Plus service launches around the world, folks have reportedly discovered a major downside to the subscription’s classic games: Many of them use versions released in PAL regions rather than the NTSC versions many of us are familiar with.Read more
Upcoming One Piece JRPG Will Have Classic Turn-Based Combat
23.5.2022
After One Piece Odyssey’s announcement in March, producer Katsuaki Tsuzuki teased fans with the promise of a “full-blown” roleplaying game with an authentic One Piece feel. Thanks to an update on the game’s website, we know that Tsuzuki’s wasn’t capping. One Piece Odyssey will feature a sandbox...
Skip Reality TV This Weekend And Try These Fun, Trashy Games Instead
20.5.2022
If there is anything on the planet more invigorating, more purely and perfectly thrilling than watching five little blonde bitches throw up mimosas on TV, I don’t know what it is. Read more
Stanley Parable Fans Find Ultra Rare Creeps You Likely Missed
10.5.2022
Starting out in 2011 as a mod for Half-Life 2 before getting its own Source engine release on Steam as a standalone game just two years later, The Stanley Parable has become an undeniable classic. Its bizarre premise of the titular character stuck in an office, hopelessly navigating a labyrinth...
Credibility Concerns — Gallop Poll Shows Fed Chair’s Confidence Ratings Slid by Double Digits
9.5.2022
According to a Gallop poll published on May 2, the public’s confidence in America’s current economic leaders has been deteriorating. Confidence in U.S. president Joe Biden managing the U.S. economy has dropped from 57% to 40%, and faith in Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell...
PS5 Gets Nice New Graphics Feature
26.4.2022
Any PC gamers among you, or even more serious Xbox owners (who have had this for years), will be familiar with technology called Variable Refresh Rate, or VRR, a feature that allows for “a dynamic display refresh rate that can continuously and seamlessly vary on the fly”. That feature is coming...
And Now, A Game Where You're A Serial Killer (But Also Have No Bones)
22.4.2022
Shhh…be very quiet if you are reading this in bed. I don’t want to alarm you, but there might be a serial killer hiding under your mattress. However, he might also have no bones and can only wiggle and flail about to get anywhere, which gives you a big advantage. It’s also the setup for a silly...
All Elite Wrestling's New Game Is Named After A Crowd Chant And That's 2 Sweet
21.4.2022
After AEW Dynamite and Rampage went off the air, President Tony Khan came out to the live crowd and announced the official name of its upcoming video game. Its name: AEW: Fight Forever.Read more
Robotech Board Game Fires Enormous Missile Barrage Into Kickstarter Funding Goal
20.4.2022
It has been nine years since I last wrote about a Robotech/Macross board game on this website, and I feel like that is far too long, so thankfully I’m getting the chance to revisit the subject with a new tabletop experience.Read more
Touching One Piece Moment Turned Into Hilariously Frustrating Minigame
15.4.2022
The emotional scene where Shanks gives Luffy his omnipresent straw hat in the first chapter of legendary shonen manga One Piece is no doubt seared into readers’ minds. But what if it was used in a goofy, slapstick comedy game à la those masochistic diversions that were all the rage around 2010?...