Kotaku: Crazy

Murder Balls, Meat Grinder, Juggernaut Will Haunt Your Twisted Metal Valentine's Day

Brian Crecente — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:00:00 EDT

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Here's a look at Dollface's particular blend of crazy as featured in upcoming road mayhem racer Twisted Metal. Crazy, she's crazy for feeling so blue... More »

Screen-Free Week Goes On The Attack, Pushes TV-B-Gones

Brian Crecente — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:30:00 EDT

Screen-Free Week seems to be going guerrilla, calling not just for folks to avoid using their TVs, game consoles and computer screens this week, but to turn off other people's televisions. More »

Dodge Viper Or Ford Bronco? That Is The Blur Preorder Question

Mike Fahey — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:20:00 EDT

Bizarre Creations' combat-racer Blur is coming May 25, and your choice of preorder locations determines which ride you'll get early access to in online multiplayer, because everyone loves retailer-exclusive preorder bonuses, right? More »

Apple Admits Gaming is Hard On Their Devices, Patents Solution

Brian Crecente — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 09:25:55 EDT

Gamers complaining about the lack of buttons on the iPhone, iPod and iPad may see a solution in the near future through the help of a frame for the devices that will be packed with features, control pads and buttons. More »

Don't Blame Sonic For Hedgehog Violence

Mike Fahey — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:20:00 EDT

We have to nip this story in the bud before the mainstream media get a hold of it, though it may already be too late! There is absolutely no connection between Sonic the Hedgehog and the New Zealand man who allegedly assaulted a 15-year-old boy with a flying erinaceus europaeus.

"It hit the victim in the leg, causing a large, red welt and several puncture marks," said Senior Sgt Bruce Jenkins, in the North Island town of Whakatane.

The suspect has been charged with assault with a weapon (the hedgehog) and faces trial on April 17th. Police cannot tell if the hedgehog, found on the ground dead after the assault, was alive pre-flight. The gaming community needs to distance ourselves from this incident quickly, before another gaming icon comes under fire from major media outlets. Gamers don't mildly injure people. Crazy men flinging small pointy mammals mildly injure people. More »

Breaking: Bill Gates Loses Mind, Plays Guitar Hero

Brian Crecente — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:30:12 EST

Seriously, you need to be watching Bill Gates' farewell speech at CES. I'm sure news is coming, but that picture up there, that's all you need. If you want actual news out of the speech make sure to check out Mike's Liveblogging here. More »

Win a Wii... and a House... and a Car... Wait, WHAT?!

fdemarco — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 16:00:00 EST

We've all seen some crazy auctions on eBay before. Organs, porn, super rare vintage games, entire gaming collections and overpriced gaming console bundles, but this Wii bundle really takes the cake. How would you feel if I offered to sell you a Wii for a mere $9,876,543.00? Ok, now what if I threw in a fully furnished, two story North Carolina house and a BMW? More »

Japan Still Re-importing US DS Lites. (Yes, STILL.)

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:40:31 EST

A while back, Japan's DS craze red lined, and it got so bad that American DSes were re-imported from America to satisfy the demand. Things quieted off, or so we thought. But even recently, consumers still line-up for DS Lites, and stores, it seems, are too! Writes Kotakuite Scott from Nagasaki: More »

Japan Still Lining Up For DS Lites (Yes, STILL.)

jeansnow — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 11:22:37 EST

Eds note: Our man in Tokyo Jean Snow brings word of just how insane getting a DS Lite is More »

Is THIS Master Chief's Face? Naaaaaaaaaaaaah.

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 13:22:07 EST

The doesn't-get-out-very-much Halo die-hard version of the Shroud of Turin. Folks over at the Xbox Domain game site are saying some claim it's possible to see Master Chief's face in the new trailer. Look closely at the reflection in his helmet, and there it is. Me, I've seen better faces in those ink blot Rorschach Tests and say that it's either a candlestick or a dead trout. Or a dead trout on a candlestick. You? Brian Ashcraft More »

Nutty Uwe Freaks Out Game CEO

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 08:22:34 EDT

Last month, chowderhead Uwe Boll challenged his critics to a boxing match, which he would film and include in his adaptation of Running with Scissors' Postal. Uwe failed to clue-in Running with Scissors, it seems. The company's CEO Vince Desi said, "I didn't know he was going to do this." Then again, who did? More »

KotakuStalku: Peter Moore Hates England

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:22:12 EDT

Even though England was knocked out by Portugal in the 2006 World Cup, Liverpool-born Peter Moore proudly draped a Portugal towel around his neck and wraped his 24-inch gun around a Portuguese fan. Drunk on cheap beer or just out of his mind? Until Queen Elizabeth makes a permanent appearance on Moore's bicep, he's getting only suspicious glances from me. Brian Ashcraft More »

One Crazy Sony Fanboy's Pathos

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 07:23:54 EDT

Poor Sony fanboys. Times have been tough recently, with everyone picking on the company and knocking its upcoming console. Take heart, there are others out there going through the same pain. Some cope by sending us illegible emails, lambasting Florian for being lippy. Others drink large amounts of Mr. Pibb and call GameSpot, just as this caller did. Feel free to continue using GameSpot as your fanboy forum to vent. Brian Ashcraft More »

Nutso Uwe Found Someone to Beat Up

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 09:22:34 EDT

Last week, Uwe Boll proved that he wasn't only a stinky filmmaker, but batshit insane by offering to physically beat-up his critics, film the bouts and put them in one of his cruddy "movies." More »

Fancy Feet Stomp Out In the Groove

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 20:40:12 EDT

You've seen what a 5 year-old can do on DDR, he's was a 14 year-old can do on In the Groove. It's like he's Riverdancing or something. And the kid isn't even happy with his score! Brian Ashcraft More »

Uwe Boll Wants to Kick Your Ass (No, Really)

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 03:20:23 EDT

He's has had enough snark. German filmmaker Uwe Boll announced he is willing to take on the haters. In a boxing ring. With gloves. (Read: he's nuts.) More »

Jack Thompson Battles Sony for Most Insane Quote of the Month

egauger — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 17:40:00 EDT

A Louisiana news website has an unsettling report about the West Feliciana Parish Sheriff seizing video games from a 16-year-old murder suspect's home, based on a suggestion by anti-games zealot Jack Thompson: More »

Suda51 Explains the Meaning of Crazy

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 21:21:28 EDT

Goichi Suda, aka Suda51, sat down with Gamasutra's Brandon Sheffield and a buncha journos to talk about his company's latest release: Contact. Best known for designing Killer 7, Suda took a producer role for the RPG Contact. Tomm Hulette described the game as "a rare breed of quirky RPG that attracts a rabid fanbase with its whacked-out story, setting, and characters." The game also includes animal-training, item-collecting, monster-hunting and mini-games. More »

PS3 Pwns Your Puter, Says Sony

egauger — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 17:40:00 EDT

I'm starting to wonder if perhaps our favorite certifiably batshit corporation is not actually poorly-run and ignorant, but trying to take the company down for tax purposes, or even some more sinister scheme. Sony bigwig Phil Harrison dropped the following bomb in German publication Der Spiegel: More »

Almost Killed While Playing WoW

ataylor — Thu, 25 May 2006 10:00:00 EDT

This poor fella was playing WoW, as you do, when his neighbour let off a .44 Magnum, shooting through the wall, ricocheting off our WoW'ers gaming desk and missing him by a mere 3 inches. I mean, I know this guy was playing Alliance and all, but there's no need for that. More »

Starforce Reboots Your PC Without Warning. Don't Like It? You're Mafioso.

brownlee — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 12:40:39 EST

Are you still not convinced that you shouldn't buy games that use Starforce? From Gadget Life: More »