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I Have Seen Hell, And It Is Epic Thinking About A Fortnite Movie
11.10.2021
“Epic Games is considering launching an entertainment division focused on scripted video programming”. Funny how a sentence can feel both so absurd and yet so inevitable at the same time.Read more
Eastward: The Kotaku Review
27.9.2021
Eastward is a phenomenally constructed video game. All of its music hits. The characters are relentlessly charming. Its art and level design are nothing short of extraordinary. Disregarding a few pacing missteps, the game fires on all cylinders for its entire duration. Hell, they even put a second...
The Fortnite x Balenciaga Collab Is Everything The Game Deserves
21.9.2021
Hello, and welcome to the year 2021, where fashion brand Balenciaga is selling hoodies on a dog in a video game, and you can buy the same hoodie in real life for $725.Read more
Suda51 Encourages Fans To Cop Bootleg No More Heroes Shirts
8.9.2021
During a recent interview, Grasshopper Manufacture CEO Suda “Suda51” Goichi was asked whether he plans to produce apparel for No More Heroes 3, the superbly absurd hack-and-slash his studio released two weeks ago. His answer? No, but feel free to grab bootleg tees wherever you can find them.Read...
No More Heroes 3: The Kotaku Review
27.8.2021
“If a young boy takes acid and experiences a change, the least a film can do is give him more than acid gives him. But you mustn’t give him the visions that acid gives him; you must give him the pill. And then let each individual see his own visions.”Read more
Suda51 Has Ideas For No More Heroes 4, But The Series’ Future Isn’t Up To Him
18.8.2021
It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, but eccentric No More Heroes creator Goichi “Suda51” Suda has already put some thought into what a potential No More Heroes 4 might look like ahead of the third entry’s release next week. Sadly, the future of the franchise isn’t entirely in his hands, even...
Fortnite's Next Big In-Game Concert Stars Ariana Grande
1.8.2021
Epic announced today that Ariana Grande is the next big musician who will be teleporting into the virtual world of Fortnite in a series of concerts starting next week. Read more
Dante In Smash Bros. Turned Into Some Real Monkey's Paw Stuff
28.6.2021
Nintendo revealed some new Mii Fighter costumes coming to Super Smash Bros Ultimate today, including one based on Dante from the Devil May Cry series. While fans have long wanted the demon-killing Dante to appear in Smash, this was not what they were asking for—and it has led to a lot of sad...
It's A Bummer There Aren't More Travis Scott x PlayStation Sneakers Being Made
23.6.2021
Let’s get this straight: I am not a Travis Scott fan, nor have I been the biggest fan of the constant stream of sneakers he’s released in collaboration with Nike over the last few years (or their over-hyped resale price, for that matter). But his PlayStation Dunk Lows? They are extremely good.Read...
No More Heroes 3 Hired Shao Kahn To Voice A Cat
17.6.2021
Close your eyes and picture a cat. A fuzzy feline, purring away in the afternoon sun. Now, imagine that cat can talk. What does it sound like? Cute as a button? Perhaps a little sassy? Nothing like Shao Kahn, former emperor of Outworld and major antagonist of the Mortal Kombat franchise, right?...
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart: The Kotaku Review
8.6.2021
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is an enormous, breathtakingly beautiful third-person action platformer for PS5. It has hours of exquisitely crafted worlds, world-leading platforming, and a bold, engaging story told by a superb cast. It’s just… so did 2016’s Ratchet & Clank. And, well, 2002’s...
Twitch Isn't Overwhelmed With Far-Right Extremists, But It Does Have A Big Misinformation Problem
3.5.2021
Twitch’s relationship with misinformation is complicated. In 2020, platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter grappled with their outsized roles in the creation and cultivation of conspiracy movements like QAnon. Misinformation troubled Twitch in a different way, but the platform emerged...
No More Heroes 3 Launches On August 27
17.2.2021
No More Heroes 3 is coming to Switch on August 27, according to today’s Nintendo Direct presentation.Read more
Travis Kling: In the Fed Era, There’s No Such Thing as Market Fundamentals
5.2.2021
The Ikigai Asset Management investor discusses WallStreetBets, institutional investors and recent bitcoin critiques
Crypto-Centric VC Fund Lures in Billionaire Investor Paul Tudor Jones and Rapper LL Cool J
5.2.2021
This week the former Digital Currency Group (DCG) Vice President of Investments, Travis Scher, announced a $72 million crypto-focused venture capital fund backed by the billionaire investor Paul Tudor Jones and hip-hop star LL Cool J. The crypto VC fund was invoked by Scher, the private equity...
Hit Record Producer Murda Beatz Tells Fans He Purchased Bitcoin
9.10.2020
Another hip hop artist has joined the cryptocurrency community, as the Canadian record producer, DJ, and songwriter ‘Murda Beatz’ (Shane Lee Lindstrom) said he bought some bitcoin on Tuesday. The music producer joins a slew of other recording artists that have joined the crypto...
Bitcoin Is Half-Priced ‘Hurricane Insurance,’ Says Crypto Fund Manager
21.3.2020
At the current price levels, the Ikigai CIO believes that buying BTC like purchasing half-priced “hurricane insurance
Travis Kling on Bitcoin as a Safe Haven Asset
8.1.2020
Ikigai’s Travis Kling looks at BTC's correlation to gold and crude in response to Iran missile strikes, plus SEC priorities and Congressional intrigue