By: Josue Garcia, Reporter OMAHA, Neb. – The 18th annual Omaha Film Festival kicks off strong this week showcasing over 100 films from across the country. Hosted by Aksarben Cinema, The Omaha Film Festival shines a spotlight on independent filmmaking. With over 1,000 entries submitted this year, Chief Executive Director Marc Longbreak, says this is
By: Maret Elgren, Reporter OMAHA, Neb. – The Sea of Red will once again return to Memorial Stadium this August, but unlike every other year, it won’t be because of Husker football. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln announced last week that its legendary football facility will serve as the host for Volleyball Day in Nebraska on
During tonight’s Nintendo Direct, a brief chat built wholly around the third and final Mario movie trailer, series creator Shigeru Miyamoto ended the presentation with one of the weirdest “one more thing” announcements I can remember. Nintendo is renowned for saving some of its biggest news for the very end of its shows, so when
By: Matt Detlefsen, Reporter OMAHA, Neb. – The only thing new to Omaha residents about potholes is that it’s just a different year driving with them. According to a 2020 Cityworks study, there are an estimated 55 million potholes in the U.S., and it feels like they’re all in Omaha. Whether it’s residential areas, college
By: Mitchell Cutcher, Reporter OMAHA, Neb. – With the Mavericks’ regular season wrapped up the team will now be looking ahead to the start of the NCHC quarterfinals. For only the third time since the inception of the NCHC Omaha will be hosting the first round of the conference tournament when they welcome North Dakota
Screenshot: Capcom Today, during Capcom’s latest online spotlight event, the publisher officially announced and released a demo for the upcoming Resident Evil 4 remake. This demo isn’t super shocking news, as earlier today fans had spotted and reported seeing ads on Twitch for a then-unannounced RE4 remake demo, seemingly spoiling the surprise Capcom had planned
By: Madison Bonin, Reporter OMAHA, Neb. – In January of 2022 Pottawattamie county took ownership of the Mt. Crescent ski area located 15 miles northeast of Omaha. Reporter Madison Bonin took a trip to Mt. Crescent to see how the county’s first year of ownership is going. With new owners comes new things and Mt.
Screenshot: Nintendo / Illumination / Kotaku Today, during Nintendo’s special Super Mario Bros.-themed Direct, we got a look at the third and final trailer for the anticipated, animated Super Mario Bros .Movie . Before the trailer rolled, we got to see the Hollywood cast, Miyamoto, and Illumination founder riff about how March 10 (which spells
By: Jamie Harvey, Reporter You might have seen them come across your TikTok feed or pop up in your YouTube recommendations–satirical videos featuring United States presidents playing video games with shockingly accurate voices. The creators of most of these videos use Instant Voice Cloning, an AI-powered tool offered by tech startup ElevenLabs. According to a
Samurai-themed action-adventure Like a Dragon: Ishin! was originally released in 2014, but its recent remake was so solid, Kotaku staff writer Sisi Jiang called it the “best samurai game ever” way out here in 2023. That was mostly due to the appeal of the original game’s absorbing historical fiction, inspired by Japanese history, and not