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Joker 2 Flops While A Different Evil Clown Movie Succeeds

Image: WB / DC / Cineverse / Kotaku Last weekend, Joker: Folie à Deux arrived in theaters with poor reviews, negative fan reactions, and a much lower opening box office weekend than the first Joker movie. And now the $200 million sequel has dropped about 80 percent in its second weekend while Terrifier 3, an indie horror flick, became the biggest movie in the U.S. 6 Things To Know Before Starting Persona 5 Tactica 2019’s...

Pokémon Fans Are Latching Onto A Starter That Never Was

Image: The Pokémon Company A lot of new information about the Pokémon series is surfacing this week after developer Game Freak suffered a data leak that exposed information and assets dating back decades. This unfortunately included some personal information about members of its staff, but the majority of the leak consists of information about old and upcoming projects from the Pokémon franchise. Among the files was a piece of concept art for the three Ruby...

Netflix’s Tomb Raider Show Isn’t Worthy Of Its Lara Croft

With nearly three decades worth of games, movies, and more to pull from starring one of gaming’s most recognizable heroines, you’d think a TV show based on the Tomb Raider franchise would be a sure hit. Yet Netflix, the streaming giant responsible for powerhouse game adaptations like its Castlevania series and Arcane, can’t seem to strike gold with Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft. The new animated series is plagued by a shallow plot,...

Super Mario Party Jamboree Reviews Are All Over The Place

Another Mario Party is upon us. Does this one finally deliver an unqualified masterpiece of board game antics and mini-game fun? Maybe, almost, not quite? Initial reviews for Super Mario Party Jamboree are here and while they’re mostly positive, there are also plenty of critiques. The Yakuza Devs Should Cast These Celebs In Their Next Hostess Club Minigame Out October 17 on Nintendo Switch, Mario Party Jamboree is the third installment on the handheld hybrid...

Scare Tactics Is Back Just In Time For Halloween

20 years ago, SyFy (which was still known as the SciFi Channel) premiered a hidden camera prank show called Scare Tactics. The premise behind the series was placing real people into terrifying, often paranormal or bizarre situations, and then watching them react. I loved the show when I was younger. And I’m so happy that this Halloween season, Scare Tactics is back with a seemingly bigger budget and under the guidance of horror master Jordan...

Nintendo Was Reportedly “Upset” About That Creepy Mario Photo

Back in 2016, Nintendo tweeted out an image of a person in a Mario costume peeking out from behind a curtain. The tweet was meant to tease the upcoming reveal of the Switch. But the odd image was seen as creepy by some and quickly became a meme online. And according to two people who used to work for Nintendo, the company wasn’t happy about the situation. The Week In Games: Return To Hyrule As...

Asmongold Twitch Account Banned After Rant About Palestinians

Twitch streamer and famous YouTuber Zack “Asmongold” Hoyt has had his zackrawrr account banned after a racist rant about Muslims and Palestinians killed in Gaza went viral on social media. “My bad,” he shared on X (formerly Twitter) following an online backlash. “Looking back on it, I was way too much of an asshole about the Palestine thing.” His other Twitch channel, Asmongold, remains up. Meet The Filmmaker Behind This Legend of Zelda Speedrunning Documentary...

The Penguin Is About Cristin Milioti’s Sofia Falcone, Actually

For most of the latest episode of HBO’s The Penguin, Sofia Falcone (Cristin Milioti) suffers at the hands of men. We learn how she was forced into Arkham Asylum by her father after she questioned how her mother died, and was then repeatedly violated by the male doctor there and stripped of her rights until she did, in fact, go mad, and, how ten years later, after her release, she is still questioned and maligned...

7 Things We Wish We Knew Before Playing Silent Hill 2

Screenshot: Konami / Kotaku A job worth doing is worth doing right, and that goes for anything, from grocery shopping, to building a house, to beating down an abominable fleshbeast until you start seeing white meat. But how do you really know for sure you did that last bit right, especially in a place where things have a terrible habit of coming back to life? Well, there’s a few things. For starters, when it comes...