In Real Life

How To Improve One Of Nintendo’s Best Games? Like This.

Kotaku reader Riccardo whipped up this HD version of Mother‘s opening credits. It, like the game itself, is fantastic. If anything should get you excited about an HD Nintendo gaming system, it’s this.


January 27, 2012
In Real Life

The Street Fighter IV Of My Pop Culture Dreams

Japanese artist Kei Suwabe created profiles for characters that don’t exist in Street Fighter IV, but Japanese pop culture.


January 24, 2012
In Real Life

BioShock: Infinite Has Never Looked Better

Comic book artist Alex Garner had so much fun with his Portal 2 fan piece that he decided to do his own take on upcoming game BioShock: Infinite.


PC

Portal 3 Box Art Has A Sex Joke. It’s Fake.

If you’ve played any of Valve’s Left 4 Dead games, you’ll know how the zombie hand (and fingers) played into each subsequent instalment.


January 18, 2012
In Real Life

Mass Effect, Portal And More As Things Of Pixelated Beauty

What Mass Effect, Portal 2, Deus Ex and BioShock have in common are memorable worlds and visual flairs. Not sacrificing either, artist Pieceoftoast traded the games’ high-def graphics for pixels. The result is stunning.


January 16, 2012
In Real Life

Mass Effect Has Never Looked This Classy

Don’t get me wrong. Mass Effect has its share of class. But, like most things, it could be classier. Enter artist Sean Donaldson.


Nintendo

Shibuya, The Animated Version

Tokyo hotspot Shibuya meant a lot of things to a lot of different people. To me, it means nice sneakers and a Starbucks with a hell of a view. To artist Andrew Wilson, it means Mario crossing the street.


January 13, 2012
In Real Life

The Smooth, Sexy Fan Art Of Will Murai

Brazilian artist Will Murai has worked extensively in the video games, comics and advertising industries. But that’s not why we’re here today. We’re talking about Will because of his amazing fan art.


January 5, 2012
In Real Life

Greet The Morning With Fantastic Blizzard, Halo Fan Art

Artist Toby Lewin, who took third place in 2011′s Blizzard fan art contest, wondered if we’d like to share some of his other work. Sure Toby. We’d love to.


January 4, 2012
In Real Life

Final Fantasy Meets Hellboy

Comic artist Joe Delgatta combines the moody art style of Hellboy creator Mike Mignola with the giant swords and giant haircuts of Final Fantasy. Somehow, it works.