Street Fighter Juri Statue Looks Very Uncomfortable

As a big fan of Street Fighter’s South Korean monster, I was initially quite pleased with the latest statue from Pop Culture Shock Collectibles. Then I took a moment to really look at the straps on the side of her battle bib. Ouchie. For the most part it’s a very nice statue, as it should…

DC Legends Is Star Wars: Galaxy Of Heroes With A Story

Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes is a free-to-play RPG in which players build a team of characters from throughout Star Wars history and take them through a series of progressively difficult turn-based battles. Replace “Star Wars” with “DC Comics” in that description and you’ve got DC Legends When I previewed DC Legends back in July…

A Mistake In My Neighbor Totoro People Are Now Noticing

My Neighbor Totoro is a wonderful movie. It came out in 1988, but recently, people on Twitter seem to be noticing one thing: The goat’s teeth are all wrong. You remember the goat, right? (Yes, there is a goat.) Mei is walking around with her corn, and a goat walks up, and Mei is all,…

Huge Japanese Mascots In Huge Raincoats

We’ve already seen cute photos of big Japanese mascotsstuck in doorways. So now let’s look at photos of them stuck in bad weather. Jumbo mascots often appear at events in Japan, but like with anything outdoors, you cannot control the weather. And since these are large characters, they need large raincoats. Case in point: Otherwise,…

Nintendo’s New JRPG Miitopia Looks Nuts In A Good Way 

Last week, Nintendo’s new Mii-based role-playing game Miitopia was revealed. Today, we got a better look at what to expect. It looks wild and like a lot of fun. The best way to describe Miitopia is Tomodachi Life meets JRPGs. Nintendo revealed more details in its Miitopia Direct, which was different from other Nintendo Directs.…

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Dishonored, A Stealth Game For People Who Hate Stealth

I’m terrible at stealth games. I lack the patience, the focus, and the discipline to unravel the knot at the center of each level. Don’t get me wrong, I love sneaking around in the shadows. I just don’t like getting caught. And I always get caught. But while some games punish this sort of behavior,…

How A Filthy Old Arcade Cabinet Is Restored To Its Former Glory

As you can probably guess, a lot of old arcade cabinets from the 80s aren’t exactly in the best shape in 2016. That doesn’t mean they can’t be salvaged though, as long as you’re willing to put a little love, cash and elbow grease into it. Tony Temple, whose arcade exploitswe’ve covered before, has detailed…

The Week In Games: Dishonorable Mention 

It’s time to return this week to Bethesda’s macabre steampunk heaven where the sun is only ever rising or setting and probably no one ever takes a shower. I can’t wait to embark on yet another stealth adventure with all of the best intentions in mind only to abandon my “perfect” play-through the minute something…

Diablo III’s Witch Doctor Will See You Now

Methyl Ethyl Cosplay isn’t just doing Diablo III cosplay here, she’s paying direct tribute to some of the game’s early concept art by Blizzard’s Glenn Rane All photos by Michael Mac. You can see more of Methyl Ethyy’s cosplay at her Facebook page

Unfinished Left 4 Dead Campaign Released By Original Creators

Turtle Rock Studios must be cleaning out some old closets now that they’re done with Evolve, because three days ago the team released the final, unfinished Left 4 Dead campaign they’d been working on before Valve took over the zombie shooter. It’s rough (much of the latter stages are Gray Box), but playable; you can…

Manga Horror Still Makes For Excellent Cosplay

Mamakiteru, master of Japanese horror cosplay, is still at it this Halloween season, turning creepy manga stills into a tableau of blood and crazy eyes. I know the black & white images are more “authentic”, but there’s something about the colour of her blood make-up that’s just fantastic.

Winning The World Of Warcraft Arena World Championship Is Sweaty Business 

Professional competitive gamers are often derided as fake athletes. After all, who could possibly compare sitting in front of a computer screen mashing buttons on a keyboard and mouse to running several miles on a soccer pitch or ramming into the linesman opposite you play, after play? But intense competition of any kind is grueling…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Sombra’s Day Job

Sombra is finally here! After a months long, arduous ARG campaign from Blizzard teasing the latest Overwatch character’s reveal, the punk hacker will be available to play this week. She was greeted with a mixture of joy and sorrow, laughter and crying, and jokes…and more jokes So what took so long? What was Ms. Purple…

Rick Fox’s Esport Teams Can’t Stop Losing

It’s been almost a year since retired NBA player Rick Fox purchased Gravity Gaming for $1 million. Choosing to rename the organization and expand it beyond its humble origins, Echo Fox was born, a burgeoning esport enterprise that seemed, in part, to signal a new era for competitive gaming. If Fox, who claimed earlier this…