Bethesda Says It’s Going To Fix Skyrim: Special Edition‘s Audio Problems

If you’ve been playing Skyrim: Special Edition on PC or Xbox One, you might have been a little surprised by what you heard in the game. According to a Reddit user by the name of LasurArkinshade, that’s because the audio files for these new versions of the game use a compressed format that makes them…

16 Years Later, Fans Find Secret Messages Hidden In Paper Mario

Sometimes, developers put stuff inside of a game that players are never supposed to see. Such was the case with the original Paper Mario, which apparently had a bunch of dialogue that was not discovered until very recently. As Paper Mario expert Stryder7x explains in the video below, if you go out of bounds using…

Critically-acclaimed anime movie Your Name is on a U.S. theatrical run that may qualify it for an Academy Award. It’s the story of a small-town girl and a Tokyo boy switching bodies—and changing each other’s lives—that is the fifth highest-grossing anime film of all time. In 2003, Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away won the Best Animated Film Academy Award.…

The Most Hardcore Pokémon Challenge Changed How I Felt About Pikachu

As a kid, I never liked Pikachu much, preferring the softer and squishier Jigglypuff or the catlike Eevee. I didn’t see the point in capturing a Pikachu. Pikachu was the mascot. Everyone loved Pikachu. I could save my love for someone else. 20 years later, I decided to try the “Nuzlocke Challenge” in Pokémon X.…

Netflix is now streaming all 12 episodes of the first season of Skylanders Academy. If it helps, just think of it as Spyro and Friends.

Track: So What | Artist: Miles Davis | Album: Kind of Blue  Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.