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Two Of The Best Recent Sci-Fi Shows Aren't On TV
13.1.2025
Science fiction TV is a risky business. Even a fantasy show can get away with filming plenty of scenes on a nearby hillside, but when it comes to sci-fi, it’s very much about not looking like our everyday reality. But what if you just removed the need to look like anything at all? That’s the secret...
Game Of Thrones Actor Will Be The New Baylan Skoll In Star Wars: Ahsoka Season 2
10.1.2025
Baylan Skoll, the nihilistic Jedi fallen to the dark side in Ahsoka season 1, has officially been recast following the death of original actor Ray Stevenson in 2023. Rory McCann, who played The Hound in Game of Thrones, will be stepping into the role for season 2 of the Star Wars show. Read more
The Nintendo Switch eShop Is A Bigger Slop Factory Than Ever
17.12.2024
If you’ve recently loaded up the Nintendo Switch’s eShop to buy something or search for a specific game, you’ve likely noticed that the digital store is filled with a lot of garbage that was likely made quickly and is only there to cash in on a trend or holiday. And worse, it seems Nintendo doesn’t...
Every Star Wars TV Show, Ranked From Worst To Best
8.10.2024
Ever since Disney bought Lucasfilm back in 2012, there’s been a steady drip feed of Star Wars television shows airing on Disney+. Before that, we had a few shows set in George Lucas’ space opera universe, but they were only animated series (mostly) geared towards children. Since the Disney deluge...
Kotaku Asks: What Do You Want To See In The Mandalorian And Grogu?
9.1.2024
As announced on January 9, another Star Wars film is on the way, one based on The Mandalorian’s dynamic duo: Din “the Mandalorian” Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and Grogu, who is not baby Yoda. Titled The Mandalorian And Grogu, it will be directed by Jon Favreau, who helped create the popular Disney+...
Night In The Woods Devs Cancel Highly Anticipated Follow-Up
7.11.2023
Revenant Hill, an adventure game about cute animals and shitty landlords, was supposed to be the next project from the makers of the critically-acclaimed 2017 GOTY contender, Night in the Woods. Today, indie collective The Glory Society announced it would effectively be canceled following...
Ahsoka Episode 7 Review: Very Much A Star Wars Show
27.9.2023
The latest episode of the Ahsoka Disney Plus series felt like it was moving all the important chess pieces around the board. And for good reason—the next episode is its last, so showrunner Dave Filoni had to make sure Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson), Sabine Wren (Natasha Liu Bordizzo), and the newly...
Ahsoka Episode 6 Review: The Threads Of Destiny
20.9.2023
If last week’s episode of Ahsoka—which featured lengthy, surreal scenes centered on Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano—was showrunner Dave Filoni catering to both Clone Wars and prequel fans, then the newest episode, “Far, Far Away,” is for Rebels loyalists. But not just Rebels loyalists, as Ahsoka...
Ahsoka Series Episode 4 Review: You’re Exactly The Way I Remember You
6.9.2023
Leave it to Dave Filoni to pull off a Star Wars nostalgia play that has me sobbing on my living room couch after years of nods to other characters that felt more fan-service-y than impactful. With Ahsoka episode four, the unofficial heir to George Lucas’ empire manages to weave together multiple...
Ahsoka Series Episode 4 Review: You’re Exactly The Way I Remember You
6.9.2023
Leave it to Dave Filoni to pull off a Star Wars nostalgia play that has me sobbing on my living room couch after years of nods to other characters that felt more fan-service-y than impactful. With Ahsoka episode four, the unofficial heir to George Lucas’ empire manages to weave together multiple...
Star Wars: Ahsoka Is Quietly Showing That Anyone Can Be A Jedi
30.8.2023
Star Wars: Ahsoka on Disney+ is a TV series that feels like a lot of different things, including a sequel to the animated series Rebels and a new live-action story about masters and apprentices. But what’s quickly becoming my favorite part of the show is its focus on a struggling padawan...
So Just Who Is That Masked Inquisitor In Star Wars: Ahsoka?
25.8.2023
Ahsoka, the latest Disney+ Star Wars streaming show, officially kicked off with a two-episode premiere on August 22. While the show introduced a lot of new characters and set up some possible mysteries to unravel, the biggest and most mysterious-est is the identity of the masked Marrok, a...
The Best Star Wars Easter Eggs In The Ahsoka TV Series
23.8.2023
Disney’s new Ahsoka TV series is, essentially, a Star Wars: Rebels sequel, so you’d expect the new live-action show to be jam-packed with references and Easter eggs. While some of these are so obvious they’re not even worth mentioning (characters like Ahsoka Tano, Sabine Wren, and Hera Syndulla...
Ahsoka Episode 1 Review: It Really Is Star Wars: Rebels 2
23.8.2023
You could certainly accuse creators within the Star Wars franchise of needlessly injecting their media with heavy doses of fan service, and Ahsoka series creator Dave Filoni might be the guiltiest of them all. There’s a reason a tweet from April 2023 sharing a fake page from a Filoni script that...
Ahsoka Episode 1 Review: It Really Is Star Wars: Rebels 2
23.8.2023
You could certainly accuse creators within the Star Wars franchise of needlessly injecting their media with heavy doses of fan service, and Ahsoka series creator Dave Filoni might be the guiltiest of them all. There’s a reason a tweet from April 2023 sharing a fake page from a Filoni script that...
Your Essential Ahsoka Refresher Before The New Star Wars Series
21.8.2023
Ahsoka, the latest chapter in the Star Wars media monolith, is set to debut August 22 on Disney Plus, and unsurprisingly, it has a ton of buzz around it. Starring Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano, Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Hera Syndulla, Natasha Liu Bordizzo as Sabine Wren, and Hayden Christensen...
Your Essential Ahsoka Refresher Before The New Star Wars Series
21.8.2023
Ahsoka, the latest chapter in the Star Wars media monolith, is set to debut August 22 on Disney Plus, and unsurprisingly, it has a ton of buzz around it. Starring Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano, Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Hera Syndulla, Natasha Liu Bordizzo as Sabine Wren, and Hayden Christensen...
Unpacking Might Have The Worst Video Game Boyfriend Of The Year
5.11.2021
The game that’s all the rage this week isn’t a glimmering racing game or a gritty first-person shooter. It’s not a massive expansion to a beloved life sim. No, the game of this moment is a delightful little puzzle game called Unpacking, which quite simply tasks you with the menial act of unpacking...
Hit Puzzle Game Unpacking Features 14,000 (!) Audio Files Replicating Ordinary Sounds
4.11.2021
Unpacking is more than meets the ears. The chillwave puzzle game, developed by Brisbane-based Witch Beam and out this week for Switch, PC, and Xbox (via Game Pass), apparently features a whopping 14,000 individual Foley sound effects. No, that’s not a typo.Read more
A Well Hidden Halo 5 Easter Egg Was Finally Found After A Dev Shared Some Hints
10.4.2021
Halo 5: Guardians was released back in 2015. But it was only a few days ago that finally, after six years, players found a secret race involving mongoose four-wheelers. All it took to find this Easter egg was a little help from the developer who added it to the game.Read more