Overwatch Isn’t Very Good At Picking Kanji Characters

Blizzard released a short animation to explain the rivalry between bow-wielding mercenary Hanzo and cybernetic ninja Genji. The animation is neat and all, but people online in Japan have been pointing out that the kanji sure is odd. Japanese has a rather complex writing system that features kanji characters from China. There are also native…

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Where Are My Cosplay Testicles, Summer?

Cosplayers Drcane (who built Snowball) and his friend Jerry (Rick) have outdone themselves here with this Rick & Morty shoot. Snuffles/Snowball isn’t an outfit (there’s nobody in there), it’s more of a prop, but still. It looks awesome. The matching graffiti is also a nice touch.

It really was that easy

Good Cosplay You Got There, Atlanta

Atlanta’s MomoCon was held late last month, and there was some good cosplay on show. Over 28,000 people went through the gates over four days, and below you’ll find shots of some of the best cosplayers in attendance. All photos by Mineralblu. Note that while I’ve got credit info for some cosplayers, others are missing,…

A Look At Some Of The Animation Behind Overwatch

Those Overwatch characters didn’t just animate themselves. Someone had to get in there and make them move, and Blizzard’s David Gibson is one of those responsible. We featured some of Gibson’s stuff a little while ago, when he shed some light on the technical side of making the game look so buttery-smooth. Today, though, we’re…

Some A-Mei-zing Overwatch Cosplay

I’m not sorry. And yes, this is going on the list

The Week in Games: A Hop, Skip and an Origin Story

It’s a good week to love indie and strategy games. Mirror’s Edge Catalyst drops this week for those of us who tried real-life Parkour and failed (cough me cough). The reboot focuses on Faith’s origin story. Next week is a bit sparse thanks to the E3 lull, and our fingers are crossed for a few…

Eloquent Plea For Free Overwatch Rejected By Blizzard In The Best Way

Reader Kyle really, really wants to play Overwatch, but he hasn’t been able to buy it. Hoping to earn a copy—using wit alone—he wrote to Blizzard about his valiant efforts to convince his wife he needs it. According to Kyle, his plea began with a table dance, though his wife asked him to get down.…

X-Men: Apocalypse‘s Finest Moment Recreated In Fallout 4

Between Days of Future Past and Apocalypse, Evan Peters’ Quicksilver has swiftly established himself as a cornerstone of the X-Men movie universe. YouTuber Ez pays tribute to the speedster by recreating his latest heroic music video in Fallout 4 Mild spoilers for the movie ahead, though really nothing we’ve not seen in the trailers. First…

Sunday Comics: Don’t Pet the Mimic

Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published June 5. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published May 30. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

Someone Turned A Burger King Toy Into A Game Boy Color Nano

Back in 2000 Burger King made these cute little plastic Game Boy Color toys with analog games built-in. Now someone’s taken one of those toys, crammed a Raspberry Pi Zero into it and turned it into a working Game Boy Color (and more) emulator. Redditor ChaseLambethhad been working on a similar project for months when…

Give Us Your Best Tabletop Moments, Earn Praise And Fake Points

As the pantheon-blessed people at Out of Context D&D Quotes have shown us, moments from tabletop campaigns can be inspiring, poignant and weird. Mostly really, really weird. Hi, readers. I’m Mary, I’m doing some weekend work for Kotaku, and I’ve been playing tabletop games since college. I’ve written characters, worlds, and lots of ugly fights…

The LEGOification Of Overwatch Continues

Yesssss. Bring us more Overwatch LEGO characters, Tim Schwalfenberg. Between your glorious Tracer, last week’s D.Va and Dead Frog Inc.’s Zenyatta, we’re well on our way to collecting the whole set. Our friends over at The Brothers Brickare slowly catching Overwatch fever. It’s too late for Omar, and Jennifer will break soon. Who can blame…