A Fallout 4 Boss That Scared The Crap Out Of Me

Sometimes, Fallout 4 feels less like an RPG than it does a straight-up horror game. I’ve gone on missions that took me well beyond the main map, to a hellish inferno where nobody treads. I’ve gotten caught in storms that turn the entire wasteland into a dangerous, irradiated netherworld. More than once, I’ve gotten ambushed…

This Week in the Business: Bum Raps and Harsh Tokes

QUOTE | “If you want to talk about who is getting bum raps I think Nintendo got some pretty harsh tokes.” – Capy Games president Nathan Vella, saying the Wii U maker deserves more credit for the way it treats indies Elsewhere in the business of gaming this week… QUOTE | “No one is actually…

The Most Exciting Women’s UFC Fight This Weekend Doesn’t Involve Ronda Rousey

Joanna “Champion” Jedrzejczyk is one of the UFC’s least-known champs, but these days she might be my favorite fighter, period. Jedrzejczyk, whose last name is pronounced “nope, I give up,” has only been competing in MMA professionally since 2012. She’s the UFC’s strawweight (115 lb) champion, and she’s undefeated. Before leaping into the burgeoning shark…

I Finally Like My Xbox One

I didn’t realize I hated my Xbox One until I loaded Fallout 3 on it and felt all warm and fuzzy when I saw the Xbox 360 logo and heard the Xbox 360 theme. It was Thursday, and it was the first time my Xbox One has ever made me feel warm and fuzzy. All…

Fallout 4 Fan Mods Their Actual Dog Into The Game

Dogmeat is quite a companion—almost like a real dog when he’s not doing egregiously silly/suicidal things. One Fallout 4 fan, however, didn’t think he was real enough. Over on Nexus, modder 7iger explained: “I created this texture using photos of my pup, ‘Pirate.’ He’s a kelpie x blue cattle dog and a lovable mutt. After…

Players May Never Solve Undertale‘s Final Mystery

Undertale, the Steam RPG hit where you don’t have to kill anyone, is loaded with secrets. Dedicated players have unearthed every last one… well, except for the last one. (Big Undertale spoilers ahead.) I addressed Undertale’s last big mystery a bit in my piece on the unique ways the game weaves its web of secrets,…

The New Ultimates Team Is Trying to Solve Marvel’s Galactus Problem

Galactus keeps trying to eat the Earth. A team of the smartest, most powerful heroes around isn’t waiting for him to get hungry again. They’re going to go knock on his door and talk to him. Over the years, lots of superheroes—but mostly the Fantastic Four—have convinced, cajoled or otherwise stopped Galactus from absorbing the…

Slowly but surely, I’m losing it in a Super Mario Maker level that was made to be my undoing, The Klepocapalyse (90C3-0000-00DA-97AF.) You can watch me try to unravel this stage over here

It’s Time To Buy A Modern Video Game Console

Hey, you. Gal or guy who’s interested in video games but still doesn’t have a PlayStation 4 or Xbox One (or, of course, the PC equivalent). Now is the time to buy one. In November of 2013, when Sony and Microsoft first launched their video game boxes, it was hard to recommend either of them…

How YouTube’s Horror Gaming Phenomenon Is Helping Developers

The temperature’s starting to drop, so grab a cup of coffee, cozy up to the monitor, and check out Worth Reading, our roundup of the best games writing. Hey, You Should Read These “Playing Civilization to Keep a Loved One Close” by Kirstin Kelley When you lose someone close, it’s natural to search for ways…

The Fallout 4 Podcast Extravaganza

Today on the podcast, we’re talking about the brand new role-playing game F4llout. It’s a Fallout 4 extravaganza! Fallout superfan Patricia Hernandez joins us on this week’s episode of Kotaku Splitscreen to talk about her adventures in the wasteland. We’re talking guns, glitches, Bostonian accents, and how this game would just be so much better…

Beautiful Game Pays Tribute To Grandfather Lost In a Plane Crash

Oases is a game about flying, with pulsing music and beautiful colors all around you. It’s both simple and surprisingly personal, as it posits what happened to the developer’s grandfather after their plane disappeared back in 1960. Here’s the full setup, as proposed by designer Armel Gibson: “My grandfather’s plane was reported lost in 1960…

Star Wars Battlefront Impressions: Skimpy Singleplayer, Fun Multiplayer

What is Star Wars Battlefront actually made of? The heavily hyped multiplayer game from the makers got an early release for EA Access subscribers on Xbox One. I dove in on Thursday to see what the game is all about. Battlefront is, not surprisingly, a multiplayer-centric game. Everyone figured that, given that that’s pretty much…

Cell Returns In Dragon Ball Fan Movie

Some of the animation in BlackSmokeFilms’ Dragon Ball short film “The Fall of Men” is just excellent. It’s shorter, but I might even say that overall it’s better than the 2009 movie Dragonball Evolution And it’s great that there’s not much dialogue in it. Bad acting would certainly ruin everything. With these words TRUNKS reminds…

Warcraft Movie vs World of Warcraft Locations, In Screenshots

2010 World of Warcraft graphics (and 2005 graphics where Cataclysm didn’t happen) vs. the upcoming Warcraft movie. Aerial51zd compared all the recognizable locations in the Warcraft movie trailer with their in-game counterparts. Some of them, like the human capital Stormwind, were pretty obvious already but Lakeshire and Redridge Mountains, for example, weren’t. Well, here they…

Fallout’s Flaming Sword, Recreated in Real Life

Debuting in Fallout 3, the Shishkebab is, at its most basic level, a sword made of junk that’s on fire. In honor of the blade’s return in Fallout 4, a fan decided to make a real one. It went terrifyingly well. The owner of the (in this case, very appropriate) maniacal grin above is one…

Conan O’Brien: Video Game Salesman

Do you have a video game that needs promoting? Well, Conan O’Brien is your man. He’s quite good. The best, even. Conan’s late night talk show has a segment called “Clueless Gamer.” In it, he checks out new titles and cracks jokes. The segment is popular, racking up millions of views on YouTube and bringing…

Embarrassed By Selfie Sticks, Man Creates a “Selfie Arm”

Who cares if the result is even more embarrassing. Not this guy! Over on Japanese comedy site Omocoro, a fellow who goes by “Mansooon” said that he found selfie sticks embarrassing because when you use them, other people know you are using a selfie stick. Then, there’s the fact that some hate folks who use…