Kotaku: Halloween

Jimmy Kimmel Smashes Bandstand As Donkey Kong

Brian Crecente — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:00:00 EDT

Jimmy Kimmel went full video game for the Halloween airing of Jimmy Kimmel Live. More »

This Live-Action Angry Birds Halloween Special Brought to You by Smashing Pumpkins

Mike Fahey — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:30:00 EDT

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All you need is some painted pumpkins, a few two-by-fours, a couple cinderblocks and a makeshift slingshot and your Halloween celebration can be as exciting as these guys' was. More »

Happy Halloween! Here Are Your Costumes, Kotaku

Evan Narcisse — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:00:00 EDT

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Salutations on Samhain, Kotakuites. Halloween falls on a Monday this year, which means that many of you are nursing candy hangovers after dressing up this weekend. Some good-to-great game- and nerd-themed Halloween costumes wound up in our inbox over the last week or so and we've decided to share them with you. The images in the gallery contain working flamethrowers, real-world 8-bit characters and Kotaku's very own Lisa Foiles as a bad-ass Princess Peach. Lots of dedication in these photos. More »

It's a Massively Multiplayer Online Halloween Spooktacular

Mike Fahey — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:00:00 EDT

With fewer and fewer children donning costumes and hitting the streets every year to celebrate all things sweet and spooky, the Halloween tradition is alive and well in the virtual worlds of today's massively multiplayer online games. More »

When You're Too Terrified to Finish the Game

Mike Fahey — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:20:00 EDT

In today's spooktacular edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter God Hand BrynnFlynn wonders if they're alone in being so terrified by a game that they just couldn't go on. More »

Dungeon Defenders Offers Free Halloween DLC (for PC)

Owen Good — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:00:00 EDT

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A new mission, costumes and weapons and other good stuff await you in Dungeon Defenders' "Halloween Spooktacular" downloadable extension, available for free now but only on PC. More »

If You Have Two iPad 2s, Here's an Easy Halloween Costume That'll Blow Everyone Away

Owen Good — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 13:00:00 EDT

This reader, Mark, is a pretty bright guy—he's literally a rocket scientist, working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., where he's spent six years helping to design the Mars Science Laboratory launching next month. Last night, Mark went to a Halloween party with this twin iPad rig. Start up a FaceTime video chat, add a torn sweatshirt, fake blood and, of course, duct tape, and it looks like you've blown a hole clean through yourself. More »

The Best Gaming Pumpkins of the Season!

Matthew Buzzi — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:00:00 EDT

With Halloween just around the corner, what better time is there to take a look at some of the best gaming-related pumpkins out there this year? More »

Kerrigan Shrute, StarCraft's Drag-Queen of Blades

Mike Fahey — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:00:00 EDT

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I thought I was the most hideous Queen of Blades in StarCraft history during my session with Blizzard DOTA at BlizCon 2011 last weekend. Last night Dwight from The Office proved me wrong. More »

Zombies Do Not Understand Pumpkin Carving, But Damn Can They Dance

Mike Fahey — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:20:00 EDT

It's Pumpkins Vs. Zombies as PopCap's zombie temp worker tries his hand at gourd gutting and cutting. Then a rave breaks out. More »

Adorable Zelda Cosplay is Breaking my Heart

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 05:30:00 EDT

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Not all Halloween costumes need to be scary. These parents dressed their son as Link and it's having the opposite effect of scary. More »

Mario Kart, Duck Hunt and Angry Birds Get Turned into Horror Flicks

Brian Crecente — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:00:00 EDT

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Next week G4TV.com will begin streaming dark takes on a trio of video game classics. More »

You'll Be Completely Sick of Angry Birds by the Time Halloween Is Over

Mike Fahey — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:20:00 EDT

With a wide assortment of Angry Birds costumes and accessories available from the game's official shop this Halloween, it's unlikely we'll make it through the holiday without someone tossing a baby through the wall. More »

Mass Effect's XXXL Cosplay Comes With an XXXL Price Tag

Brian Crecente — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:40:00 EDT

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It may not come with a pair of useless-in-space aviator sunglasses, but the official Mass Effect N7 Flight Suit does come with a five-pack patch kit. More »

Starcraft's Pumpkin Overlord Spews Seeds

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 02:30:00 EDT

Starcraft II developers Blizzard held a little competition over the Halloween weekend to see which of their fans could come up with the best pumpkin carving. To say this guy "won" would be selling his achievement short. More »

Why I'm Afraid Of NCsoft's PR Department

Mike Fahey — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:00:00 EDT

NCsoft's Lincoln Davis plays up his uncanny resemblance to a certain Showtime serial killer during last Friday's Halloween festivities. More »

The Right Hand Of Mushroom

Luke Plunkett — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:00:00 EDT

By Mister Hipp. More »

The Most Amazing Minecraft Costumes You'll Ever See

Brian Crecente — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 11:30:00 EDT

On Friday Electronic Arts had a Halloween costume contest. The winners? This trio of Minecraft fans. More »

Is Steve Jobs Trying To Protect Our Children From Cavities Too?

Brian Crecente — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 22:23:19 EDT

Handed out at the local Apple store during a night of mall trick or treating in lieu of candy. Shouldn't Apple be handing out King Sized Snickers bars, not patches, by now? More »

Gamings' Greatest Pumpkins

Brian Crecente — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 11:00:00 EDT

Happy Saturday everyone and happy Halloween eve as well. By now some of you have probably gutted and carved up a helpless pumpkin to celebrate dressing up and begging for candy. More »

How To Be a Left 4 Dead Zombie This Halloween

Brian Crecente — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:00:00 EDT

If you're a big fan of Left 4 Dead and haven't figured out your costume for this Halloween yet, this video might be just what you're looking for. More »

These Are Your Best Last Minute Video Game Halloween Costume Ideas

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 21:30:00 EDT

Ninja Golf. Phalanx. Wall Street Kid. David Jaffe. If any of these names ring a bell with you or your friends, you may have a great Halloween costume idea ripe for the taking right here. More »

Fear This Creeper Costume On Halloween

Brian Crecente — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 23:30:00 EDT

To gamers of all sizes, well computer gamers of all sizes, there is nothing more frightening to behold than an unexpected Creeper. More »

The Princess Is In Another Castle... Feasting On The Flesh Of The Living

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:20:00 EDT

A zombie Princess Peach? Anyone would think Halloween was right around the corner. By Luke Denby, thanks Glob! More »

Undead Nightmare's Brain-Eating, Sasquatch-Running Video Poetry

Brian Crecente — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:20:00 EDT

Cowboys? Zombies? Hell yeah! More »

Mario And Luigi Sitting On A Surfboard, Eating Popcorn

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:30:00 EDT

As seen by me. More »

Minecraft's Portals Are Guarded By Evil Jellyfish

Luke Plunkett — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 00:30:00 EDT

Minecraft's Halloween update will bring a new portal system to the game, courtesy of a new dimension, tentatively-titled "Hell". Sounds cushy! Such convenience, however, comes at a price. More »

Building A Metroid Cannon For Halloween

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:30:00 EDT

11 year-old Joe DeRosa wants to dress up as a girl this Halloween. That girl is Samus Aran, star of the Metroid series. So his dad Tony is helping him build an awesome arm cannon. More »

Take A Look At Minecraft's Inferno

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 04:30:00 EDT

Minecraft's Halloween update will bring not just Jack-O-Lanterns and fish, but also these hellish depths. More »

This'll Scare Those Trick-Or-Treaters Away

Owen Good — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 18:00:00 EDT

Yours for just $49! Seen in a Walmart by reader Kevin S. More »

What Boos Are Made Of

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 08:00:00 EDT

You probably never stopped to look at one too closely, but if you had, you'd have noticed the Boos of the Mushroom Kingdom are made of thousands of tiny, individual horrors. As seen on Teefury. More »

Costume Quest Will Be Out Before Halloween

Stephen Totilo — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:30:00 EDT

Costume Quest, the next game from the Psychonauts and Brutal Legend studio DoubleFine — and more importantly, the only trick-or-treating role-playing game of the year — will be released on October 20, the game's publisher THQ revealed today. Price: $15. More »

Minecraft Adds Pumpkins, Scary Depths To Big Halloween Update

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:40:09 EDT

Runaway indie success Minecraft will treat players to a deeper, scarier, more difficult version of the game later this month, when developer Notch has promised a new Halloween-themed update, complete with a new element—pumpkins! More »

Goddess Of War

Owen Good — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 15:00:00 EDT

Halloween's around the corner, and makeup artist Alisha Baijounas correctly notes that video games make great costume inspirations. She's advising the ladies to try this look inspired by God of War. More »

Pumpkin Season Kicks Off With This Amazing Red Dead Vegetable Art

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:00:00 EDT

Halloween is right around the corner, and while for some it means costumes and candy, for us, it means a few weeks of pumpkins with video game characters carved into them. More »

Make Your Own Papercraft Borderlands Psycho Bandit Mask

Mike Fahey — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:40:00 EDT

Just in time for Halloween, Gearbox Software's Jeffrey "botman" Broome created this rather attractive papercraft Borderlands Psycho Bandit mask, and he's sharing the plans with everyone willing to take a moderate hit to their printer's ink cartridges. More »

Pixelated For Halloween

Stephen Totilo — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:00:37 EST

Suitably late, old-School Halloween costume as seen at kindacarsick (via Harvey Smith's Twitter feed). More »

Pumpkin Chop Makes Top 10 Indie Games List

AJ Glasser — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:20:00 EST

Major Nelson's got the Xbox Live numbers up for the week of October 26th and who should be in third place on the Indie list but Pumpkin Chop. More »

Nintendo Love Invades West Hollywood Costume Carnaval

Brian Crecente — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST

Every Halloween the city of West Hollywood blocks off about a mile of Santa Monica Boulevard for the West Hollywood Costume Carnaval. More »

IRL Big Head Mode Makes Halloween Cool & Creepy

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:00:06 EST

Big head mode, an undisputed classic video game Easter Egg, as it turns out, also makes for a damn good Halloween costume. Kotaku reader Eric's papercraft big head mode version of himself makes normal Eric equally cool and creepy. More »