Crime is a constant feature of video games writing. Somewhere, someone is doing something illicit with them—sometimes comically stupid, but potentially tragic. Games and consoles are currency, objects of dispute, sometimes even weapons themselves. Kotaku's Police Blotter is here to round up the latest in games crime.
Horrid Friday the 13th NES Game Gets This Special Edition Figurine
Friday the 13th, the 1989 game, is widely considered to be one of the worst video games of all time, certainly one of the worst ever made for the NES. So of course it rates a special edition figurine—Jason Vorhees in the strange purple getup he wore for the final, deeply unsatisfying boss battle.
Kotaku 'Shop Contest: Roboshop
Next week we should have plenty of absurd things and derpfaces coming out of the Next Xbox reveal, so it's premature to parody that right now. We need a more timeless exploitable, something like—oh, yeah, this bigass statue of Robocop. Here we go.
Just in time for Mega Man 5's release on the 3DS Virtual Console, Capcom's offering the game's soundtrack (57 songs in all) on the Capcom store.
Gamification in the Classroom: The Journey Continues
If you went up to the average student and asked them if they wished school was more like a video game you would almost certainly get a passionate "YES!" I'm sure if you asked most adults they'd also put their vote in favor of making their tedious work day more fun and exciting. Gamification is in no way a new idea, but…
In case you were wondering, that incredibly rare instruction manual
Kotaku 'Shop Contest: Ridiculous Rift: The Winners
Oculus Rift isn't even in production and the VR device already has been put to that most basic of human needs—vigilante executions.
Ouya, the crowdfunded Android gaming console, will be in Los Angeles during E3, but it won't technically be *at* E3. That's because its booth will be in "a parking lot directly across from the Convention Center's South Hall." Is it this one?
