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This Optimistic New Manga Is Why I Subscribe To Shonen Jump
9.8.2022
I started reading Akane-banashi because I didn’t want to start a manga that was hundreds of chapters long. I thought that I’d be able to briefly sample a new series, cancel my Shonen Jump sub, and then go back to chipping away at my games backlog. But Akane-banashi caught me completely flat-footed...
Funko Partners With Entertainment Giant Paramount to Drop Avatar Legends NFTs
30.7.2022
On July 29, the pop-culture consumer products firm, Funko, announced that the company has partnered with the multinational mass media and entertainment corporation Paramount Global. The two corporations plan to introduce a series of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) based on the Avatar Legends universe....
HD-2D, The Unique Retro-Inspired Art Style, Took Off In 2022
28.7.2022
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Our Favorite Cosplay From Anime Expo 2022
27.7.2022
Anime Expo 2022, held earlier this month in Los Angeles, bills itself as “the largest celebration of Japanese pop culture in North America”. Just before the pandemic it was attracting over 100,000 people to the LACC, and while numbers were well down on that for this year’s show, for attendees...
Stray Falls Into The Usual Orientalism Pitfalls Of The Cyberpunk Genre
25.7.2022
If you’ve felt uncomfortable about the rice paddy hats in Stray, you aren’t the only one. Stray lifts Asian aesthetics to evoke exoticism and danger, but it doesn’t engage with the history of the city it appropriates. This is especially problematic because its real-world setting carries painful...
The Internet Turns Jordan Peterson’s Hateful Transphobic Rant Into Video Game Gold
8.7.2022
Previously named “Canada’s most infamous intellectual” by Vice News and the “custodian of the patriarchy” by The New York Times, blubbering meat puppet Jordan Peterson has now been reduced to making long YouTube videos whining about being kicked off Twitter for doubling down on transphobic...
New Robocop, Terminator Games Are Coming
8.7.2022
Publisher Nacon announced some new games today, and among them are RoboCop: Rogue City, an upcoming FPS starring the famous cyborg police officer from the 1980s, and Terminator Survival Project, a survival game set in that universe’s bleak, machine-ruled future.Read more
Red Dead Online Won't Get Big Updates As Rockstar Shifts To GTA 6
7.7.2022
Rockstar Games has confirmed what many already suspected: There will be no major content updates for Red Dead Online moving forward. Instead, the company is shifting resources to focus on the next installment in the Grand Theft Auto series. It also confirmed more updates and quality of life...
Mega Events Company Won’t Let E3 Die, Promises ‘Return To Form’ In 2023
7.7.2022
Like the video game with three endings, or the final boss fight that never ends, E3 refuses to die. Now the video game events world is doubling-down on it. ReedPop—organizers of PAX, New York Comic Con, and Star Wars Celebration—announced Thursday it will take over planning the annual summer gaming...
Take-Two Going After Another GTA Modder
6.7.2022
Another day, another DMCA takedown notice sent to a Grand Theft Auto modder. This time, it’s virtual reality modder Luke Ross who says that Take-Two has issued him a DMCA claim over his VR mods even though he argues that his work contains no copyrighted code or material. It’s just the latest in...
Stranger Things Creators Are Making A New Live-Action Death Note For Netflix
6.7.2022
Hope you haven’t tired of live-action anime adaptations because the creators of Stranger Things, the Duffer Brothers, are making a new live-action Death Note. Read more
Metal Gear Speedrunner Reveals He Faked ‘Live’ World Record, Claims It’s A ‘Puzzle’
5.7.2022
In a week filled with fantastic live speedruns at Summer Games Done Quick 2022, a one-hour playthrough of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance still turned heads. Even more remarkable was the encore, unlocked through community donations: a frantic race through the game’s Blade Wolf DLC campaign which...
Red Dead Redemption, GTA IV Remasters Shelved After GTA Trilogy Debacle
5.7.2022
Following recent rumors, Kotaku can confirm via its sources that Rockstar Games is currently focused on developing Grand Theft Auto 6, and has shelved all remakes following the poor reception of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition. Read more
Lollipop Chainsaw Is Revving Up For A Remake In 2023
5.7.2022
Hold onto your butts, because a remake of Suda51’s 2012 cult classic hack-and-slash zombie game, Lollipop Chainsaw, has been announced. Read more
Watch Cyberpunk: Edgerunners' Opening Titles
4.7.2022
Rather than following the more traditional release schedule of repeatedly delaying the Cyberpunk anime for months at a time, until finally releasing it long before they’ve finished coloring it in, Netflix has instead opted to have Cyberpunk: Edgerunners come out on time. And to celebrate this...
Our Favorite Cosplay From Yeticon 2022
4.7.2022
In case you’ve never seen our coverage of the event before, Yeticon isn’t like most other cosplay shows. Instead of taking place in a convention centre in a big American city, it’s held at the Blue Mountain Resort in Ontario, Canada, which means our gallery is swapping hotel carpet backdrops...
Old Soldiers Never Die...
1.7.2022
Graeme McCormack is a veteran artist who has worked on everything from the Halo series to Age of Empires.Read more
Sega Considering Live-Action Persona Movie Or TV Show
30.6.2022
Video game publisher Sega, fresh off the success of its live-action Sonic films, is looking to adapt more games into films or TV shows. Specifically, Sega says it’s in the early stages to produce live-action adaptations of Atlus games, like Persona and Shin Megami Tensei. Read more
Night In The Woods Featured In Amazing Pride Demonstration
30.6.2022
The Portland Timbers beat Houston Dynamo 2-1 last night, but the coolest moment came before the match even started when giant banners in the stands were raised to reveal an unflinching Pride display with an unlikely messenger: Mae Borowski from Night in the Woods. It was one of the best video game...
Monkey Island Creator Ron Gilbert Has Joy Sapped From Sequel Thanks To Awful People
30.6.2022
During Tuesday’s Nintendo Direct Mini, Return To Monkey Island was finally seen in motion. Ron Gilbert and Dave Grossman’s return to the series, after over 30 years away, has given a lot of cause for interest among classic point-and-click adventure fans. And unfortunately, where go fans...