In Real Life

Furries And Lolitas Pave The Way For The Modern Journalist

There’s a lot we can learn from furries. While animal costumes might not be your thing, Lauren Rae Orsini says that they have inspired her as a journalist.


August 23, 2010

Exclusive: Microsoft Kinect Supports Furries

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We know what you’re thinking. Will Microsoft’s Kinect read your body when fully encased in a fur suit? Direct from Germany, Kotaku has your answer.


July 7, 2010
In Real Life

It’s Like Where’s Waldo, Only, With Team Fortress 2

A few weeks back, the biggest “Furry” convention in the world went down in Pittsburgh. Here’s a group shot of some attendees, which we show you not because we’ve gone furry, but because there’s a spy in their midst.


October 20, 2009
In Real Life

Nintendo Helping Furries To Communicate

Somewhere along the line, we lost their tails and evolved into the species we are today. But tails are useful in communicating — especially if you are a Furry. Fret not, inventor person Wei-Chieh Tseng is here to help.

He’s devised the “Mood Tail”, which uses a mechanical tail, RFID chipped cards and the Nintendo Wii Nunchuk. Now this is evolution!

Let other Furries know what mood you’re in with this creepy robotic mood tail [I Heart Chaos]


September 3, 2009

Earth Eternal Impressions: Dispelling Furry Worries

Up until yesterday, all I’d heard about Earth Eternal was some grumbling about furries and over-long exposition text. Funny, because I saw neither of those when I sat down with the game.


July 24, 2009
In Real Life

Comic-Con 2009′s Sexiest Cosplay…

…is not this Pikachu girl. Imagine something two-hundred times cuter than she is. Someone so gloriously sexy that we couldn’t place them on the front page for fear of riots. Brace yourself, and continue.


January 24, 2009

Kotaku Podcast: The Drinking Game!

In this month’s in-game podcast Mike McWhertor, Mike Fahey, Adam Barenblat and I are joined by our Kotaku Editor for a day winner in Grand Theft Auto IV.


January 3, 2009
In Real Life

A Field Guide To Second Life Animal Hybrids

As some of you were confused about the difference between what Second Life denizens call furries and what they call nekos, or hybrids, I thought I would take a moment to clear things up.


January 1, 2009

PlayStation Home And Second Life: Worlds Apart

Ever since PlayStation Home was first announced in January 2007, people have been calling it Second Life for the PlayStation 3. We take a look at what separates these two very different virtual worlds.