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What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for taking a long nap after E3. Also taking a break from hearing about video games to actually play some. I am so pumped for Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, readers, because The New Order freaking ruled. (I even wrote a bloga while back about BJ [and other dudes] taking a bath.)…

Ask Dr. NerdLove: Is Porn Killing My Sex Life?

Hello all you spaceporn lungfish of the Twitternet, and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating advice column whose coming was predicted by the sacred mutterings of the oracle of E3. This week, we’re looking at two sides of the same coin. On the one side: what do you do when your girlfriend thinks…

Hasbro’s Marvel Knights Figures Look Like TV Stars

Fans of Netflix’s comic book shows can realize the dream of having a tiny plastic Krysten Ritter, Jon Bernthal or Charlie Cox on their desk this fall, when Hasbro releases its Marvel Knights series of six-inch Legends figures. And who doesn’t want to build a Man-Thing? Just like the Marvel Netflix-verse, the Marvel Knights line…

Snatcher Is Cyberpunk Noir At Its Best

Hideo Kojima's 1988 game is a cult classic for good reason

Track: Come Together (Terry Farley 7″ mix) | Artist: Primal Scream | Album: Screamadelica Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

E3 Day Five Podcast: The Director Of South Park: The Fractured But Whole

We’ve almost survived E3 2017! Just a couple more weeks to go. Today on Kotaku Splitscreen, Jason sits down with two more game developers: the director of South Park: The Fractured But Whole and the executive producer/lead programmer of Pillars of Eternity 2 Listen here: Jason and I start out by catching up on how…

The Hall Of Ancient Treasures

OK, phew, E3 is pretty much done! Let’s get back to some Fine Art, and we return with a feature on Allison Carl, a freelance illustrator and designer. You can see more of Allison’s work at her personal site To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left…

Track: Grace Kelly Blues | Artist: Eels | Album: Sixteen Tons (Ten Songs) 2003 KCRW Session Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Studio Ghibli Cosplay Gets The Age Right

Here’s Manuel D’Andrea with some Howl’s Moving Castle cosplay, which features a very special guest: his 85 year-old grandmother dressed as Sophie. Photos by Andrea Aureli

E3 Day Four Podcast: Luke Smith On Destiny 2

The press conferences may be over, but E3 2017 is still going strong. Today on Kotaku Splitscreen, Jason sits down with two game directors: Destiny 2‘s Luke Smith and Days Gone’s John Garvin. Listen here: (Quick technical note: If you subscribe to our show, for some reason a five minute version of this episode initially…

Track: Money To Burn | Artist: Richard Ashcroft | Album: Alone With Everybody Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

The Great Cosplay Pool Party

Every June, without fail, the tropical surrounds of the Kalahari Resort in Sandusky, Ohio play host to Colossalcon, and some of the best cosplay of the year. Why Ohio, of all places? It’s got something to do with the fact Colossalcon combines thousands of cosplayers, a swimming pool, expensive cameras and the first days of…

E3 Day Three Podcast: Nintendo, Super Mario Odyssey

Jason and I continue our Kotaku Splitscreen E3 coverage with Nintendo’s morning announcements. Were two Metroid games enough to energize an otherwise low-key E3? Is Super Mario Odyssey as weird and ambitious as it looks? (The answer to both, basically, is yes.) Listen here: This is our third E3 episode—check out our day-one reactions to…

Track: 24 Hour Party People | Artist: Happy Mondays | Album: Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out) Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

I will always post Persona 5 cosplay on this website. Cosplay by QT3.14 Cosplay, photo by Ross Holbrook

Track: Blind | Artist: Elder| Album: Reflections of a Floating World Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

The Internet Is Coming Around On Mario + Rabbids

When a marketing presentation for Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle was leaked in May, the internet met it with mockery and bafflement. But now that people have finally seen the game in action at Ubisoft’s E3 press conference, the internet has done a 180. Huh. Mario and Rabbids seemed like like a totally incongruous combination,…

Track: Labyrinth | Artist: Mondo Grosso | Album: Nandodemo Atarashiku Umareru Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Overwatch Cosplay Rap Video Is Just The Best

That’s a lot to take in there (cosplay! rap! live-action!), but this is one hell of an effort from a team of French Overwatch fans. Everything here works! The rap is just fine (it’s in French, but there are English subtitles). The live-action effects are pretty good! And the cosplay is exceptional UPDATE: Ah, seems…

The Week In Games: Armed And Dangerous

This week is E3, which means tons of games are getting announced and none of them are actually coming out, at least not right now. Except apparently Nintendo didn’t get the memo. It’s first new IP to debut on the Switch arrives this Friday after a week of bad t-shirts, memes, and undiluted hype. What…