Remember NFTs? Y’know, those weird digital receipts vaguely attached to terrible-looking images of monkeys and apes that people have spent millions of dollars on over the last year or so. Well, while it seems many have moved on, Warren Spector is here to remind us all that they are still very ridiculous and a complete…
Source: Kotaku – Warren Spector Thinks NFTs are ‘Ridiculous’ And Not A Good Idea
Sometimes the best way to win a fight is to be the biggest, toughest badass in the room. However, there are other times when it pays to keep your head down and do nothing. One Elden Ring player did just that, pretending to be an NPC when their game was invaded by another player. And eventually, their crazy strategy…
Source: Kotaku – Elden Ring Player Pretends To Be NPC And Successfully Tricks Invader
Domina, a small game on Steam about managing gladiators, is currently being review bombed by users after the latest patch notes for the game included an unrelated rant about people wearing masks during the pandemic. The message also explains that not wearing a mask will “get you laid” and seems to imply that parts of…
Source: Kotaku – Steam Game Dev’s Patch Notes Include Anti-Mask Rant, Users Immediately Revolt
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon.
Source: Kotaku – Sunday Comics: Good Idea
I wasn’t sold on the idea of Bungie adding glaives to Destiny 2. Something about the initial pitch seemed out of place in a game like Destiny 2. But now, after playing many, many hours of Witch Queen, I’m happy to report that past Zack was an idiot. Glaives are awesome.
Source: Kotaku – Destiny 2’s New Glaives Are Perfect And I Love Them
Prolific and experienced Dark Souls speedrunner Distortion2 continues to set new speedrunning records in Elden Ring. He has now beaten Elden Ring in under 37 minutes, which could possibly be the new record for the fastest completion time.
Source: Kotaku – Someone Has Now Finished Elden Ring In Under 37 Minutes
Good news, For Honor players, Ubisoft has announced that next week the 2017 online action game will finally receive crossplay support as part of the game’s next season of content. Sure it took over five years, but this should help speed up matchmaking times, which is always nice.
Source: Kotaku – Five Years After Launch, For Honor Is Getting Crossplay
When Destiny first shipped it didn’t have much of a story to speak of. Years later, that’s definitely changed. There’s still plenty of ridiculous jargon, but also characters, conflicts and histories Bungie has spent nearly a decade diligently cultivating. With Destiny 2: The Witch Queen, it’s all coming to fruition,…
Source: Kotaku – Let’s Talk About How The Witch Queen Just Turned Destiny 2’s Universe Upside Down
Since its announcement during E3 2021, Team Ninja’s Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin has been a hotbed for shitposts and memes. These memes primarily involve out-of-context scenes of protagonist Jack Garland’s music tastes and his unbridled obsession with killing “Chaos”.
Source: Kotaku – The Stranger of Paradise Demo Is Unapologetically Cringe, And I Love It
If you check out the official Pringles Twitter account right now, you’ll notice an odd pattern in the replies. Folks are responding to every boring tweet about new flavors and favorite snacks with an image of Donkey Kong that makes it look like he is shooting lightning out of his crotch. Emblazoned across this…
Source: Kotaku – The Donkey Kong Cock Blast Pringles Meme, (Unfortunately) Explained
I’m nearing 60 hours with Elden Ring and, frankly, I still have no idea what’s going on story-wise. Like previous Souls games, the lore FromSoftware crafted with Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin is a mess of proper nouns and vague insinuations. One thing I do know, however, is that a boss known as General…
Source: Kotaku – Excuse Me While I Gush About Starscourge Radahn, Elden Ring’s Best Character
If you go into Triangle Strategy thinking that it’s going to be like Fire Emblem or Final Fantasy Tactics, then you’re in for a rough time. The latest turn-based strategy game from Square Enix is actually neither of those. It takes heavy inspiration from Tactics and Octopath, but Triangle is solidly its own beast. If…
Source: Kotaku – 10 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting Triangle Strategy
Elden Ring has been hacked. Maybe that comes as no surprise, considering Souls games often have copious issues with game-breaking exploits. But this is no ordinary hack. No, Elden Ring is just the latest FromSoft game to be targeted by a notorious Souls hacker with a particular penchant for invading players’ worlds…
Source: Kotaku – Elden Ring Hacker Wants Devs To Put A Stop To His Killing Spree
On February 22, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an order for child protective services to investigate the families of transgender children who receive gender-affirming healthcare for child abuse. A day later, he called on everyday Texans, in addition to professionals, to report parents for “child abuse” under threat of…
Source: Kotaku – EA And Gearbox Sign Letter Opposing Anti-Trans Bill In Texas
Yesterday, Ubisoft released Dawn of Ragnarok, the latest and biggest DLC expansion for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. And as has become tradition, it includes a new, unrealistic animal mount for players to ride. This time, it’s a huge armored boar. But unlike before, on this occasion I broke. I gave up. I rode that big…
Source: Kotaku – Actually, I Will Ride The Giant Pig In Assassin’s Creed’s New DLC
This week’s itch.io-based Bundle For Ukraine, organized by Necrosoft Games, has already raised $4 million for International Medical Corps and Voices of Children, and still has a week to go. It’s bloody wonderful! It also results in everyone having 992 video games, physical games, books, and albums in their account,…
Source: Kotaku – Where To Start On That Massive Bundle For Ukraine, Which You Already Got, Right?
Chocobo GP seemed like a welcome surprise when it was announced last year. It was pitched as a follow-up to 1999’s beloved little spin-off Chocobo Racing from the first PlayStation but this time on the portable Nintendo Switch. Mario Kart mechanics with yellow birds and Final Fantasy characters. What could go wrong?…
Source: Kotaku – Players Rage As Chocobo Racing Game Tries To Nickel And Dime Them
Originally released in 2001, Spirited Away is beloved by fans and critics alike. The award-winning film showed the depth and the brilliance of Hayao Miyazaki’s imagination. Creating a live-action stage show version was challenging, made even more so by a pandemic and a travel ban.
Source: Kotaku – Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away Comes To Life With Puppets
Atari, or at least the company currently holding the rights to use that name, announced earlier this week that it had spent $1.5 million buying MobyGames, a website most of you have probably used at one point or another in your lives without ever thinking about its monetary worth.
Source: Kotaku – Atari Buys MobyGames For .5 Million
