That's a lot of male protagonists! It's hard to tell who's having the best time in Steam user Vikster's crowded G-Mod mash-up. And don't worry, here's the ladies edition, which is just as busy and cool as the above one.
China Working To "Fix" Internet Addiction, Whatever That Means
The verdict on internet addiction
The Successor to "Duck Lips" Is "Sparrow Face"
Remember when people were doing pouty duck lips? In Japan, the pouty-faced look has evolved. The result is "Sparrow Face."
Perverts Are Making Pokémon X/Y All Salacious
Pokémon X/Y are not sexualized games. Yet, some players keep pointing to instances that seem unintentionally so. Damn them!
One of China's Best Anime Spans Five Films
Every 333 years a disaster is born onto the world of man and beast. In this fictional world, this disaster is known as "Kuiba." In our world, this disaster is probably one of the best domestically produced Chinese animations in ages.
Hey Internet, Hamsters Don't Get Cuter Than This
Is this hamster heaven? It sure as heck looks like it.
Calling Pikachu "Slow" Leads to Destroyed Childhood Dreams
Pikachu is not slow! Except for when he's crossing the street in South Korea.
Chinese Newspaper's HQ Now Looks Like a Golden Penis
You might have already known that the new People's Daily headquarters, first erected
Even Space Marines Need A Break After A Hard Day's Work
Lee Chang Woo is an artist who has done work for companies like SmileGate, the guys behind popular (and venerable) Korean shooter CrossFire.
The Slightly Terrifying Alternative To Oculus Rift
The first thing I thought when I saw these was, hey, they look like the visors from the Final Fantasy movie. Then I sighed. The second thing I thought was, hey, these sound way cooler than the Oculus Rift.
Here's The First New Star Wars Character Since Disney Took Over
He's called The Inquisitor. He hunts Jedi. He's a Darth Vader sidekick.
Oh, Walter White Was Also In This Sweet Old Video Game Commercial
When Breaking Bad finished, I rounded up
Attack On Titanic Pokémon Cosplay
Last week's Fancy Pants was a little lacking in dude cosplay. That's being rectified this week.
GTA V's Trevor Tells Fan To Go F**k Himself
During a panel at the New York Comic-Con this weekend, fans got a chance to chat with the voice actors behind Grand Theft Auto V. Or if not chat, then have the guy who plays Trevor jump off the stage and come at a fan (at the fans' request!), as though the game had suddenly come to life.
Hacker Claims League of Legends Maker Buried a Finished Card Game…
Someone has claimed to hack the Twitter account of the president and co-founder of Riot Games, the makers of League of Legends, using it to publish images and templates from a completed-but-unreleased League of Legends card-based game. "Riot doesn't want you to play this game," said "Jason," the hacker.
NYCC Cosplay: A Female Dr. Doom, A Male White Queen and Kick-Ass Korra
Man, I was either laughing with delight or staring in awe at almost all of the cosplay you'll see in this gallery. Obscure characters, sexy gender swaps and straight-up well-executed costuming are all on display here. And it needs to be said that the dude done up as the White Queen—dubbed Emmet Frost by a friend—was turning lots of heads at the Marvel booth on Saturday.
Pissed-Off Customer Gets Free PS4 After Cursing Retailer on Twitter
Badmouthing the British video games retailer ShopTo on Twitter might just get your order canceled. The company today apologized for canceling the order of a customer who used profanity in complaining to a friend—not to ShopTo—about the pricing of a PlayStation 4 bundle.
The Week in Games: Meet Swap
Skylanders Swap Force, out today on basically everything, is the week's heavyweight release. We're getting close to hunting season, too, and that means time for another Cabela's game; this one sends you to Africa.
The Most Convenient Portable Skylanders Game Yet
Now that the console version of Skylanders has finally caught up with the portable one in terms of jumping, the 3DS version of Skylanders: Swap Force ups the ante, letting players load all of their toys into the game at once.
Kotaku 'Shop Contest: I Thee Choose
BOYFRIEND used RING! It's super effective! FIANCEE fainted! Yesterday's Pokémon wedding proposal is today's 'Shop Contest exploitable, but I'm gonna need you guys to keep it respectful/charming in addition to funny, alright?
To celebrate the PlayStation Plus release (in Japan) of Gravity Rush, sand artist Kisato drew Kat in three different outfits. From what I can tell of this entrancing video, if you're an artist working with sand, it pays to have really well groomed fingernails. [via NeoGAF]
Sunday Comics: Playing Tags
Welcome to Kotaku's Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics, chosen by our readership. Please welcome newcomer Double XP to the lineup.
The New Voice Of The Joker Killed It At Comic Con
Troy Baker, who has replaced Mark Hamill as the Joker in the next big Batman Arkham video game, and who has replaced Nolan North as the ubiquitous voice-actor who seems to star in every other major game, read some lines at New York Comic Con yesterday. And not just any lines. Some lines the great Alan Moore wrote for…
Skylanders: Swap Force: The Kotaku Review
It's taken 40 long years, but it's finally happened. I've finally become an adult, and it's all thanks to the latest Skylanders game. I just don't understand the Swap Force.
Grand Theft Blotto: What GTAV Means To A Laid-Off Depressive Like Me
I am on a rampage. Having recently been laid off from my posh tech job, the one with the free sodas and Work From Home days, the one where the employees put the casual in business casual and there's non-stop tension between the Product and Design teams, the one where the staff, like its counterparts dotted all up and…
